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- Six killed in fighting in breakaway Georgian region: rebels
- TBILISI AFP — Six people from Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia were killed Friday by sniper and mortar fire from Georgian positions, the rebel province's government said. "Six people have been killed and seven have been wounded" after Georgian forces fired on the rebel capital Tskhinvali with rifles...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Three Palestinians killed by Israeli air raids on Gaza: doctors
- GAZA CITY AFP — Three Palestinians were killed and four injured on Friday during two Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian doctors and Hamas. The first raid, which killed two Palestinians near Rafah at the southern end of the strip, was aimed at a police...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- Mortar bomb slams into BBC office in Baghdad
- BAGHDAD AFP — A mortar bomb hit the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and witnesses told AFP. The projectile struck the building in the Karrada district of the Iraqi capital at around 2:45 pm (1145 GMT), a security official...
- Research articles 2008-05-09
- MQ-1 predator maintainer: healthy predator can strike back
- The thing about enemy rockets and mortars is they don't distinguish between man or woman, local national or foreigner, active-duty Airman or Air Force contractor. So when the alarm of an imminent attack sounds, all most people can do is dive for cover. Most don't get a chance to...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Clear Iranian role in Baghdad violence: military
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi and US military commanders on Sunday claimed a clear Iranian role in violence engulfing Baghdad's Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen have been battling security forces for the past month. The claims come after the top US military leader, Admiral Michael Mullen, last week expressed concern...
- Research articles 2008-04-27
- Rockets spread fear in Baghdad's Green Zone
- BAGHDAD AFP — With volleys of mortars and rockets raining down daily on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, security rules for soldiers and diplomats in the complex have taken on a chilling new urgency. Two US officials and two Iraqi guards of Sunni Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi have been killed...
- Research articles 2008-03-30
- Offices of Iraqi VP and assembly speaker come under mortar fire
- BAGHDAD AFP — Mortar rounds struck the offices of Iraq's Sunni Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi and parliament speaker Mahmud Mashhadani in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, killing two people, security officials said. A succession of mortar bombs hit the two offices, killing two of Hashemi's guards and wounding...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Baghdad Green Zone hit by rockets
- BAGHDAD AFP — Insurgents on Tuesday slammed at least four rockets into the heavily-fortified Baghdad Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and the US embassy, Iraqi and US officials said. At least four Katyusha rockets struck the Green Zone, an Iraqi security official said. The latest...
- Research articles 2008-03-25
- 47 killed in Iraq bloodshed
- BAGHDAD AFP — A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 47 people, while insurgents fired a barrage of mortars at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers. The deadliest attack was in the main northern city of Mosul where a suicide bomber...
- Research articles 2008-03-23
- Barrage of mortar fire slams into Baghdad Green Zone
- BAGHDAD AFP — A barrage of mortar fire slammed into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone at dawn on Sunday, followed by a fresh attack four hours later, officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, US embassy officials said. Black smoke was seen rising from...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Five killed in fierce Mogadishu mortar fighting
- MOGADISHU, Feb 18, 2008 AFP — At least five people, including four Somali government soldiers, were killed Monday evening in violent clashes between state security forces and insurgents, witnesses said. "I've seen the bodies of two soldiers and of a civilian. The bodies were lying near an army vehicle...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Seven killed in fierce Mogadishu fighting
- MOGADISHU AFP — Seven Somali civilians were killed on Sunday as fierce fighting erupted between Ethiopian-backed government forces and insurgents in the Somali capital, witnesses told AFP. Five members of the same family died when a mortar shell struck a populated area in northern Mogadishu, witnesses said. "A...
- Research articles 2007-12-30
- Israeli airstrike in Gaza wounds four Hamas militants: Hamas
- GAZA CITY AFP — Four members of the Hamas military wing were wounded in an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City early on Sunday, Hamas and Palestinian medics said. Ezzadine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, said gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire and missiles at Israeli...
- Research articles 2007-12-15
- Mogadishu mortars kill 11 Somali civilians: witnesses
- MOGADISHU AFP — At least 11 Somali civilians were killed Thursday in two mortar blasts, as ordinary Mogadishu residents continued to bear the brunt of relentless fighting in the capital, witnesses said. "A mortar shell exploded in the midst of a crowded stall, killing six people and wounding five...
- Research articles 2007-12-13
- Veteran recalls WW II service
- LIVERMORE -- From the first day of 1942 until the end of World War II, U.S. Army mortar squad leader George Wagner kept it all in. He couldnt write down what he was seeing all around him, for the U.S. Army ordered all servicemen to cease keeping...
- Research articles 2007-11-11
- Four killed in Mogadishu fighting
- MOGADISHU AFP — Four civilians were killed in overnight fighting between Ethiopia-backed government forces and Islamist-led insurgents that shattered a week-long lull in Mogadishu, witnesses said Wednesday. At least 34 were wounded in the clashes that erupted late Tuesday in the south of the capital, also touching northern areas,...
- Research articles 2007-10-17
- Attack on Polish military base in Iraq kills five
- BAGHDAD AFP — Militants attacked a mainly Polish military base in central Iraq with mortars and machine guns on Monday, killing five civilians and wounding two Polish soldiers, officials said. At least 20 civilians were also wounded, including women and children, during the attack on the military base at...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- Attack on Iraq military base kills five
- BAGHDAD AFP — Five civilians, including two toddlers, were killed in a mortar attack on a joint US and Iraqi military base on Monday, an Iraqi security official said. At least 20 civilians were wounded, including women and children, during the attack on the military base at Diwaniyah, 180...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- U.S. ARMY FIRES CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
- With an expansion of tactical capabilities already demonstrated in combat, the U.S. Army continues with the Base Realignment and Closure BRACmandated consolidation of the Air Defense Artillery ADA and Field Artillery FA Centers and Schools at Fort Sill, OkIa. The commanding generals for both Fort Sill and Fort Bliss, Texas,...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- US army awards contract to develop truck-mounted laser weapon
- WASHINGTON AFP — Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract Friday to develop a mobile truck-mounted laser capable of destroying rockets, artillery shells and mortars, the US Army said. Northrop Grumman will be in competition with Boeing which was awarded a seven million dollar contract to develop a similar higher...
- Research articles 2007-08-17
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