Archive for May 20th, 2009

3 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Three American soldiers were killed and nine others wounded Thursday in a bombing attack in Baghdad, the U.S. military said, in a burst of violence only weeks before American combat troops are due to leave Iraqi cities.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

APNewsBreak: 4 arrested in plot to bomb NYC temple (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 in 242910.

AP – The FBI arrested four men Wednesday in what authorities called a plot to detonate a bomb outside a Jewish temple and to shoot military planes with guided missiles.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Pakistan struggles to aid 1.5 million displaced (AFP)

Written by on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 in 237577.

An injured internally displaced Pakistani girl, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, carries food at the makeshift Jalala camp in Mardan. Pakistan boasted of a military victory in a small Taliban stronghold but struggled to provide for 1.5 million people who fled its onslaught as fears grow of a lengthening crisis.(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)AFP – Pakistan boasted of a military victory in a small Taliban stronghold but struggled to provide for 1.5 million people who fled its onslaught as fears grow of a lengthening crisis.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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