Mystery of the fall of U.S. helicopters in Afghanistan, which killed 38 people in it, began to lift. Local government spokesman and commander of Afghan forces in the region mengeatakan helicopter crashed after being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fired by Taliban insurgents.
"U.S. helicopter shot down last night because of the Taliban while on takeoff. Rocket fired by the rebels right on target and destroy at once the helicopter," said Shahid Shahidullah, government spokesman Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, where the incident occurred on Friday (5 / 8 / 2011) night.
The death toll was composed of 31 U.S. soldiers and seven Afghan soldiers. Everything inside the Chinook helicopter that would take them home after an operation to complete. According to ABC News, as many as 25 U.S. soldiers who were killed were members of the elite Navy SEALs.
Based on the record of AFP and CNN, this is the largest number of victims killed in the coalition forces in one single incident that occurred since the US-led coalition forces attacked Afghanistan, 2001.
According to the Taliban before, they are running the operation raid a house where Taliban insurgents in the gathering of Zayd Abad district, Wardak, which is located in the southwest of Kabul. Both Shahid and the Taliban said eight Taliban insurgents were killed in the attack.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Barack Obama, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to say condolence to the families who are victims of coalition forces. "Their deaths remind us tremendous sacrifice our military personnel and their families, including all personnel who had served in Afghanistan," Obama said in a statement released by the White House on Saturday (08/06/2011).
Until now, the Pentagon and NATO has not confirmed the cause of the crash. However, if the Afghan official statement is true, this incident such as repeat incidents fall Chinook helicopter in June 2005 in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
At that time, four members of Navy SEALs caught in unequal battle with hundreds of Taliban militias now running Operation Red Wing, a covert operation aimed at capturing one of the leaders of the Taliban.
When about to rescue the soldiers, Chinook helicopters which contains eight members of a special aviation regiment 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) and eight other members of the Navy SEALs, was shot down by Taliban militia with RPGs, killing everyone inside.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Israel Fighter Attack Gaza
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday (2 / 8), attacked the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.
"Air strikes are directed to a tunnel dug under the border between southern Gaza and Egypt, near Rafah," Palestinian witnesses said.
There has been no reports of casualties in the attack.
Two blasts also rocked Gaza City. Source of the explosion is unknown.
A spokeswoman for Israel's questioning was not willing to confirm or deny the air strike.
"A woman suffered minor injuries when a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fell in southern Israel, Monday night," said Israeli military spokeswoman.
"Air strikes are directed to a tunnel dug under the border between southern Gaza and Egypt, near Rafah," Palestinian witnesses said.
There has been no reports of casualties in the attack.
Two blasts also rocked Gaza City. Source of the explosion is unknown.
A spokeswoman for Israel's questioning was not willing to confirm or deny the air strike.
"A woman suffered minor injuries when a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fell in southern Israel, Monday night," said Israeli military spokeswoman.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Car Bombs Kill 12 Afghan Police
Suicide car bomb attack killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern town of Lashkar Gah on Sunday (31 / 7).
The bombing occurred near the office of chief of police in the provincial capital, and seems aimed at a joint patrol of police and Afghan army.
The interior ministry condemned the attack in a statement and described it as anti-Islamic and inhuman.
The statement said 12 policemen and a child were killed.
"The bombing also wounded 12 people, consisting of nine policemen and three civilians," said Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province.
The attack came after a series of assassinations of high officials in Afghanistan, including the brother of President Hamid Karzai.
It happened just days after a suicide attacker with a gun killing 19 people, mostly children.
The bombing occurred near the office of chief of police in the provincial capital, and seems aimed at a joint patrol of police and Afghan army.
The interior ministry condemned the attack in a statement and described it as anti-Islamic and inhuman.
The statement said 12 policemen and a child were killed.
"The bombing also wounded 12 people, consisting of nine policemen and three civilians," said Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the governor of Helmand Province.
The attack came after a series of assassinations of high officials in Afghanistan, including the brother of President Hamid Karzai.
It happened just days after a suicide attacker with a gun killing 19 people, mostly children.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Commander and Chief of the Turkish Army Resign
Commander of Turkish Armed Forces to resign along with the Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy, and Air-reported number of Turkish media.
The reason of resignation Gen. Isik Kosaner and the third chief of staff was still unclear.
But the resignation took place just hours after the court indicted 22 suspects, including several military officers-because doing internet campaign to undermine the government.
Turkey's national television station, NTV, reported that the generals had been asked to retire soon after resigned.
While the news agency said General Kosanier Anatolita resigned because he felt it necessary.
Military Council, which decides the promotion of senior officers, the new plan will have a meeting next week.
In the past few years is often the case with the tension between the military-led government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
And General Kosaner reportedly met with Tayyip Erdogan in a few days later.
General Kosaner was appointed as the Commander of Turkish Armed Forces have not been up to a year.
The military at that time proposed as commander Gen. Hasan Igsiz but rejected by the government because his name was associated in a plot that want to overthrow the government in 2003.
The plot was touted raised at military headquarters in Istanbul and took place shortly after the AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power.
They reportedly planned the bombing of mosques and provoke tensions with Greece in order to create political chaos so the military could take power.
A total of 17 generals and admirals have been arrested along with 200 other military officers on charges of trying to topple the government.
But the military insisted that it was more of a planning based on scenarios in the event of political unrest.
The reason of resignation Gen. Isik Kosaner and the third chief of staff was still unclear.
But the resignation took place just hours after the court indicted 22 suspects, including several military officers-because doing internet campaign to undermine the government.
Turkey's national television station, NTV, reported that the generals had been asked to retire soon after resigned.
While the news agency said General Kosanier Anatolita resigned because he felt it necessary.
Military Council, which decides the promotion of senior officers, the new plan will have a meeting next week.
In the past few years is often the case with the tension between the military-led government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
And General Kosaner reportedly met with Tayyip Erdogan in a few days later.
General Kosaner was appointed as the Commander of Turkish Armed Forces have not been up to a year.
The military at that time proposed as commander Gen. Hasan Igsiz but rejected by the government because his name was associated in a plot that want to overthrow the government in 2003.
The plot was touted raised at military headquarters in Istanbul and took place shortly after the AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power.
They reportedly planned the bombing of mosques and provoke tensions with Greece in order to create political chaos so the military could take power.
A total of 17 generals and admirals have been arrested along with 200 other military officers on charges of trying to topple the government.
But the military insisted that it was more of a planning based on scenarios in the event of political unrest.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Demonstrators Back to Tahrir Square
Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators crowded Tahrir Square in Cairo on Friday (29 / 7), to fill the coffers of Islamist figures.
This is the first time the leaders of Islamic movements, especially among activists of the Muslim Brotherhood, called for demonstrations across Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was ousted from the presidency in February.
Demonstrators called for the establishment of an Islamic state based.
The rally will probably be one of the largest public meetings in Egypt, because the Muslim Brotherhood remains a political movement that most neatly organized in there, although the Islamist group was not prominent in the popular revolt that toppled regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Many of them called for the implementation of sharia, or calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Egypt.
Political events is a big event to show strength by the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist groups more radical, Salafist.
In recent days the news spread that the agreement does not mention the content is reached between the Icelandic wing groups and the ruling military council in Egypt.
Regardless of the truth, the news will bring a strong message to the mass of secular demonstrators who until today still dominate the opposition.
This is the first time the leaders of Islamic movements, especially among activists of the Muslim Brotherhood, called for demonstrations across Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was ousted from the presidency in February.
Demonstrators called for the establishment of an Islamic state based.
The rally will probably be one of the largest public meetings in Egypt, because the Muslim Brotherhood remains a political movement that most neatly organized in there, although the Islamist group was not prominent in the popular revolt that toppled regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Many of them called for the implementation of sharia, or calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Egypt.
Political events is a big event to show strength by the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist groups more radical, Salafist.
In recent days the news spread that the agreement does not mention the content is reached between the Icelandic wing groups and the ruling military council in Egypt.
Regardless of the truth, the news will bring a strong message to the mass of secular demonstrators who until today still dominate the opposition.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
NATO Troops in Kosovo Allowed to Return Fire
NATO peacekeepers from the United States and France were allowed to open fire if attacked border posts in Kosovo with Serbia, a day after the border post was burned by the Serbs, armed with Molotov cocktails.
Over the last few tensions between ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs after Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci ordered a special police unit to take over border posts that had been controlled by ethnic Serbs from the police under the supervision of the European Union.
"We are now responsible for these locations," said NATO spokesman Hans Wichter. "If our safety is threatened, we have been allowed to use weapons."
On Thursday (28 / 7), NATO troops were attacked by groups who use machine guns and antitank missiles. However, the NATO commander in Kosovo Major General Ernhard Buehler said there were no casualties in the incident.
Over the last few tensions between ethnic Albanians and minority Serbs after Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci ordered a special police unit to take over border posts that had been controlled by ethnic Serbs from the police under the supervision of the European Union.
"We are now responsible for these locations," said NATO spokesman Hans Wichter. "If our safety is threatened, we have been allowed to use weapons."
On Thursday (28 / 7), NATO troops were attacked by groups who use machine guns and antitank missiles. However, the NATO commander in Kosovo Major General Ernhard Buehler said there were no casualties in the incident.
BBC Journalist Killed Afghanistan
A BBC reporter was shot dead in an attack by the militants in Uruzgan province, in southern Afghanistan.
Ahmad Omid Khpolwak, 25 years, routinely sends reports to the BBC Pashto language last three years.
He also worked for the news agency Pajhwoke and became a presenter for one of the radios in Uruzgan.
Reports indicate he was working in the office of the local television and radio when the place was stormed by gunmen.
Director of BBC Global News Peter Horrocks said the BBC and all the world like to thank Ahmad Omid journalists who dare to take risks to report the news from dangerous places.
Ahmad Omid Khpolwak, 25 years, routinely sends reports to the BBC Pashto language last three years.
He also worked for the news agency Pajhwoke and became a presenter for one of the radios in Uruzgan.
Reports indicate he was working in the office of the local television and radio when the place was stormed by gunmen.
Director of BBC Global News Peter Horrocks said the BBC and all the world like to thank Ahmad Omid journalists who dare to take risks to report the news from dangerous places.
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