Note: The following breaking new brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3475317,00.html
NATO and Afghan forces kill 65 Taliban - ministry
Published: 11.25.07, 12:34 / Israel News
Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban rebels when they called in air strikes as the insurgents smuggling weapons across the border from Pakistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Afghanistan has seen a steady escalation of violence this year with up to 30 percent more clashes with hard-line Islamist Taliban insurgents fighting to overthrow the pro-Western Afghan government and eject 50,000 foreign troops from the country. (Reuters)
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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blog:
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/11/iraqi_forces_launch.php
“Iraqi forces launch operation in Kirkuk”
By BILL ROGGIO
November 24, 2007 12:38 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Lion’s Leap is focusing on the Iranian-backed elements of the Mahdi Army and the Special Groups, which target Iraqi governmental officials and US and Iraqi security forces. “The real threat to our troops was the explosive charges that killed many of our men,” said Ghanmi. “Our troops have been provided with new equipment to detect explosive devices and thus these bombs have become under control. ... [T]he most dangerous bombs were those called the Iranian EFP [explosively formed penetrators] of which 24 were confiscated and more were still planted between houses and neighborhoods.””