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CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 22, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday. The ground operation started after Turkish warplanes and artillery bombed suspected rebel targets on Thursday, the milit.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CBS News -- A fatal attack launched two days ago against the headquarters garrison of the American military in Iraq was carried out using a 240 mm rocket - a type of weapon provided to Shiite extremists by Iran, a U.S. general said Thursday. One person was killed.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Jul 22, 2007 @ 5:31am neoform

CNN -- Afghan and international forces have launched an operation to rescue a group of South Koreans taken hostage by Taliban insurgents south of the capital Kabul, the Afghan Ministry of Defense says. "Afghan forces and international troops have launched a join.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Apr 20, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

USA Today -- U.S. combat deaths in Baghdad have risen steadily since February, when the U.S. military launched an initiative to secure the capital, Pentagon records show. Meanwhile, a hotbed of the Iraqi insurgency has become significantly safer for U.S. troops. Th.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Jan 11, 2007 @ 9:24am mrmdc

Canada.com -- International concern over civilian casualties mounted Tuesday after the United States launched air strikes in Somalia against what the Pentagon said were ''principal'' al-Qaida suspects... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BBC News -- Nato and Afghan forces have launched an operation to drive Taleban insurgents from the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar. Troops backed by helicopter gunships are patrolling west of the Arghandab river, a Nato statement said. There have bee.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat Jun 9, 2007 @ 5:57pm neoform

BBC News -- Palestinian militants have launched a raid into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The militants used an armoured jeep to burst through the Kissufim border crossing, and attacked a nearby Israeli army post, leading to a gun battle. One of the attackers is.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed May 16, 2007 @ 5:01pm neoform

FOX News -- An Israeli helicopter launched missiles at a Hamas command center in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least four people, after Hamas fired rocket barrages into Israel in an apparent attempt to draw Israel into increasingly violent Palestin.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Feb 25, 2007 @ 10:29am neoform

BBC News -- Iranian media say the country has successfully launched its first rocket capable of reaching space. But officials said it was just for research and would not go into orbit. Experts say if Iran has fired a rocket into space it would cause alarm abroa.. Read More