US Troops Seize Four Members of Gang Smuggling Bombs from Iran to Iraq

BREITBART.com has a good read that starts off like this... US forces on Friday detained four members of a gang suspected of smuggling armour-piercing bombs from Iran to Iraq and sending back militants for "terrorist training", the military said... A statement from US command in Iraq said the suspects were picked up in an early morning raid on the east Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, a known stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.. "The individuals targeted during the raid are suspected members of a secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran to Iraq," it said....
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US troops seize gang 'smuggling bombs from Iran'

Taliban Rebels seize southern Afghanistan district

Gulf-Times.com has this read this morning that goes in part like this... Taliban rebels seized control of a district in the south of Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, as more than 1,000 ISAF and Afghan soldiers attacked a Taliban stronghold... Police made a “tactical” withdrawal after insurgents attacked the headquarters of the mountainous district from several directions at once, said Ghulam Shah Alikhil, spokesmen for the provincial governor... There were no immediate plans in place to retake the area, he said...
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