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  • NINE Australian Diggers have been injured in Afghanistan

    NINE Australian Diggers have been injured in Afghanistan

      

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    NINE Australian Diggers have been injured in Afghanistan, some seriously, in a gun battle with Taliban insurgents. The special forces soldiers , one of whom suffered life-threatening injuries, were w

    By: biggles9 | Comments: 45 | Views: 10963 | Votes: 1 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Sep-2-2008 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Two Dozen Taliban Killed by Coalition Forces in Afghanistan

    Two Dozen Taliban Killed by Coalition Forces in Afghanistan

      

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    Troops in Afghanistan Kill, Detain Enemy Fighters American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2008 – Afghan and coalition forces killed more than two dozen militants and detained two o

    By: marinemom | Comments: 37 | Views: 9499 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Aug-30-2008 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Aussie Special Forces Kill Taliban Commander

    Aussie Special Forces Kill Taliban Commander

      

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    AUSTRALIAN special forces soldiers have killed a senior Taliban commander responsible for co-ordinating attacks on government facilities in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province. Australian troops spotted

    By: hayton69 | Comments: 32 | Views: 12607 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 1
    Leaked: Aug-19-2008 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Aussie forces capture key Taliban leader

    Aussie forces capture key Taliban leader

      

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    Australian special forces have caught a Taliban leader behind a host of bomb attacks in Afghanistan 's Oruzgan province, potentially dealing a blow to future terrorist assaults. The Defence Departm

    By: biggles9 | Comments: 18 | Views: 3230 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Aug-10-2008 in Afghanistan, News

  • The Wedding Crashers: A Short Till-Death-Do-Us-Part History of Bush's Wars

    The Wedding Crashers: A Short Till-Death-Do-Us-Part History of Bush's Wars

      

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    by: Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com It was a tribal affair. Against a picture-perfect sunset, before a beige-colored cross and an altar made of the very Texas limestone that was also used to build he

    By: AndyBIue | Comments: 0 | Views: 5429 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 1
    Leaked: Jul-14-2008 in Iraq, Afghanistan

  • Australia Vows to Avenge NZ-born SAS Man's Death

    Australia Vows to Avenge NZ-born SAS Man's Death

      

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    5:00AM Thursday July 10, 2008 Australia has vowed to step up search-and-destroy operations against the Taleban after a New Zealand-born special forces trooper was killed in Afghanistan. Sean McC

    By: bravo61 | Comments: 27 | Views: 5808 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 1
    Leaked: Jul-10-2008 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Diggers Demand Shoot-to-Kill Policy

    Diggers Demand Shoot-to-Kill Policy

      

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    AUSTRALIA'S frontline troops are urging a new shoot-to-kill policy as they confront an increasingly hostile enemy in the war on terror. Diggers in Afghanistan are facing a rising risk of casualties

    By: bravo61 | Comments: 28 | Views: 11161 | Votes: 1 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Jun-30-2008 in Iraq, Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Australian Army turns over Camp Lyddiard

    Australian Army turns over Camp Lyddiard

      

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    A new Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol base in Oruzgan Province that was constructed by Reconstruction Task Force Three (RTF-3) has been left with a lasting Aussie connection. The Afghan troops no

    By: doorman77 | Comments: 6 | Views: 11483 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: May-13-2008 in Middle East

  • Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban

    Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban

      

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    GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Afghan police officers working a highway checkpoint near here noticed something odd recently about a passenger in a red pickup truck. Though covered head to toe in a burqa, the t

    By: Dat1111 | Comments: 3 | Views: 11971 | Votes: 0 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Dec-24-2007 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Another Aussie Digger Killed

    Another Aussie Digger Killed

      

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    23 November - An Australian Commando serving with the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) in Afghanistan was killed earlier today by Taliban extremists. Private Luke Worsley, 26 years of age from

    By: andyj025 | Comments: 38 | Views: 11359 | Votes: 1 | Shared: 1
    Leaked: Nov-23-2007 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Fallen SASR soldier begins journey home

    Fallen SASR soldier begins journey home

      

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    Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group & Reconstruction Task Force have farewelled fallen Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) soldier Sergeant Matthew Locke during a Ramp Ceremony

    By: bravo61 | Comments: 10 | Views: 8981 | Votes: 3 | Shared: 0
    Leaked: Oct-30-2007 in Afghanistan, Middle East

  • Fallen soldier a 'genuine' hero

    Fallen soldier a 'genuine' hero

      

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    The identity of the Australian soldier killed in a firefight with Taliban rebels in Afghanistan yesterday has been revealed as has the manner in which he died. Sergeant Matthew Locke, from Perth, w

    By: Interloper | Comments: 44 | Views: 11483 | Votes: 2 | Shared: 1
    Leaked: Oct-25-2007 in Afghanistan, News