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Police say exchange of fire erupts in NW Pakistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Pakistani flood-affected people stand in queue to get food at a camp in Sukkur, in southern Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. According to the United Nations, almost 17.2 million people have been significantly affected by the floods and about 1.2 million homes have been destroyed or badly damaged. The floods began almost a month ago with the onset of the monsoon and have ravaged a massive swath of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A heavy exchange of fire erupted Saturday at an office of security forces in northwest Pakistan, but the motive behind the attack was not immediately clear, police said.


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Devastating series of attacks across Iraq kill 55 (AP)

August 25th, 2010

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Bombers and gunmen killed 55 Iraqis in two dozen attacks spanning the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces in seemingly coordinated strikes the day after the number of…

Karzai: Shutter private security companies (AP)

August 7th, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - President Hamid Karzai called Saturday for the international community to stop supporting private security companies in Afghanistan, which he said have created parallel security forces in competition with police…

Militants kill 23 security forces across Iraq (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country Thursday in a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers…

Militants kill 7 policemen, soldiers in Baghdad (AP)

July 29th, 2010

FILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya. A statement posted Thursday, July 29, 2010, on the website of the Islamic state of Iraq said the operation was carried out by a 'hero of Islam.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi police and army officials say seven members of the country’s security forces have been killed in what apparently were coordinated attacks in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Azamiyah.


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