FEMALE MEDIC GOES ON PATROL WITH ARMY IN AFGHANISTAN

Spc. Amber Reinhold is a medic with the U.S. Army and in this video you get to see her doing her job as she goes on combat patrol with her platoon in Afghanistan.

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HEART-STOPPING VIDEO OF COMBAT MEDICS

Video shows combat medics working to save the lives of wounded American soldiers from the war in Afghanistan.

Very graphic.

SONG: Enya's "Now we are Free"

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AMAZING VIDEO OF COMBAT MEDICS

This video shows Rogue Company of the Combat Medics during a daring rescue of wounded U.S. troops in Iraq.

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NEW VIDEO: MARINES LAUNCH NEW BATTLE FOR KANDAHAR. ONE MARINE KILLED

CBS News is reporting in this new video how the U.S. Marines have launched a counter-insurgency against the Taliban to gain control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

One Marine has been killed in the offensive and an IED narrowly misses the Marines as they move forward.

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WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT IRAQ

If you are receiving your news on what is taking place in Iraq from the mainstream media and cable news, you are not getting the full story.

The situation in Iraq is deteriorating and the media in the U.S. is totally ignoring it.

Here is what has happened in a number of the provinces in Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday.

Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Reported security incidents Baghdad:#1: A roadside bomb wounded six civilians in Baghdad's southwestern district of Jihad, police said.
#2: A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in Baghdad's western district of al-Ghazaliya, police said.
#3: A roadside bomb wounded three civilians in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
#4: A bomb attached to a car wounded the driver in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
#5: A roadside bomb wounded five civilians near the Shaab soccer stadium in eastern Baghdad, police said.
Diyala Prv:#1: Five al-Qaeda elements were killed and two more were arrested on Wednesday in clashes flared up with SWAT forces in southeast of Baaquba, according to a security source. “Armed clashes erupted on Wednesday evening (May 19) between SWAT forces and al-Qaeda gunmen inside al-Dayniya village in Baladruz district, southeast of Baaquba ,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The three-hour clashes left five gunmen killed and two more arrested, including al-Qaeda leader in the village, Karim Hussein Muftah,” he added. “Seven SWAT forces were wounded in the clashes,” he said.
#2: One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in a blast in the north of Baaquba on Thursday, according to a police source. “An improvised explosive device went off on Thursday (May 20) near a civilian car in al-Nada region, southern al-Saadiya district, north of Baaquba, killing a civilian and injuring three, one of them in critical condition,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Musayyib:#1: A car bomb exploded in front of a restaurant killing six people south of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi officials said, highlighting the fragile nature of Iraq's security. The bomb in the mixed Sunni-Shiite town comes as the country enters its third month without a new government, raising concerns that violence will rise as political disputes spill out into the streets. A spokesman for the Babil police, Maj. Muthana Khalid, said the parked car detonated in the town of Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad. The car was left in front of a restaurant where people had gathered to eat grilled meat. Ten people were injured in the incident.At least six people were killed and ten others were wounded in two simultaneous explosions in north of Babel on Wednesday, a police source said. “The first blast took blast near a restaurant in central al-Askandariya district, north of Babel, while the second explosion occurred five minutes later near the first scene,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He gave no more details.
Mahmoudiya:#1: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two policemen and two civilians in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Yusufiya:#1: A bomb exploded inside a house, wounded three people in central Yusufiya, 20 km (12 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Basra:#1: Gunmen in a speeding car exchanged fire with security guards at the headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), a major Shi'ite political faction, in central Basra, 420 km (260 miles) south of Baghdad, but no one was hurt, police said.
Salah al-Din Prv:#1: Five mortar shells have fallen on a U.S. base in Salah al-Din, but no casualties have been reported, a local police source said on Wednesday.“Five mortar shells landed on the U.S. Camp Anaconda in Yathrib district, southern Tikrit, on Wednesday (May 19),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Balad Ruz:#1: Iraqi police killed five militants in clashes that lasted for three hours in an area near Balad Ruz, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a security source said. The militants wounded five policemen, the source added.
Baiji:#1: A roadside bomb targeting a government-backed militia leader wounded six members of the militia in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.
Kirkuk:#1: One Sahwa fighter was killed on Thursday by an improvised explosive device blast in the southwest of Kirkuk, a local police chief said. “The bomb exploded early Thursday (May 20) targeting a vehicle in Abi al-Khanazeer village in al-Rashad district, southwest of Kirkuk, killing the driver, a Sahwa fighter,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Mosul:#1: Police forces waged on Wednesday security raids in central Mosul, according to a security source. “The operations covered Babl al-Toub region, Ghazi, al-Najafi and Ninewa steets and Bab Saray region in central Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The operations aimed to track down suspects and wanted men but ended without arresting anyone,” he said. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
#2: One policeman was killed and 10 were wounded in a suicide attack in western Mosul on Thursday, a police source said. “A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body on Thursday morning (May 20) targeting a police checkpoint in Dourat Qassem al-Khayat region, western Mosul, killing a policeman and injuring ten, including four policemen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#3: Gunmen attacked security checkpoints, killing two Iraqi soldiers, in different parts of the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police.#4: A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in northern Mosul, wounding one soldier, police said.

BREAKING NEWS: TALIBAN FLEXING MUSCLES IN AFGHANISTAN

Taliban flexing muscles in Afghanistan

By Laura King

Los Angeles Times

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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — With back-to-back strikes at symbols of U.S. power in Afghanistan, the Taliban movement appears determined to build prestige in advance of an expected confrontation on its home turf of Kandahar province.

Two high-profile attacks within 24 hours — a rare frontal assault Wednesday on sprawling U.S.-run Bagram Air Base, and a suicide strike a day earlier on one of the U.S. military convoys that traverse the capital, Kabul — appeared calculated to demonstrate the insurgents' ability to strike at will beyond their traditional bastions in the country's south and east.

The Taliban also may be seeking to telegraph resiliency in the face of a concerted U.S.-led campaign in recent months to capture and kill mid-level insurgent field commanders. The rebels also may be hoping to further erode public confidence in beleaguered President Hamid Karzai as he prepares to convene a large-scale jirga, or tribal-consultative meeting, at month's end.
The insurgents "are always trying to make a point," said Col. Wayne Shanks, spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

Taken together, the strikes in Bagram and Kabul seemed intended to show "alarm and confusion" at a politically and militarily sensitive juncture, he said.
The attack on Bagram, a heavily fortified enclave an hour's drive from the capital, began early Wednesday. A squad of attackers, some in suicide vests and some clad in uniforms resembling those used by foreign forces, struck the base with rockets, grenades and small-arms fire, military officials and local police said.

A full-on assault against such a large, well-protected installation had almost no chance of success. But in the eyes of some, the insurgents likely reaped propaganda points for trying because Bagram carries heavy symbolic value.
The base is the seat of the U.S. military in Afghanistan and houses a jail that, for the insurgents, is a hated symbol of U.S. detention practices. While the insurgents did not penetrate the perimeter defenses, they managed to bloody the defenders: Nine troops were wounded and a U.S. contractor was killed.
Although Taliban losses were far heavier — about a dozen dead, according to NATO — the attack showed the insurgency's willingness to expend fighters on what was essentially a suicidal mission.

Afghan police and military officials described battles that went on for hours as coalition forces hunted down the attackers in farm fields surrounding the base.

The base was on a state of heightened alert for much of the day, with parts of the installation cleared of personnel and military flights in and out of the airfield employing defensive measures, such as use of flares.

While Wednesday's assault at Bagram would have required careful planning, the suicide bombing of a convoy a day earlier was a swiftly seized opportunity.

It would have been difficult for a bomber to track and target the motorcade of armored SUVs. Such convoys are often used to ferry VIPs around the city.
The identities of the five Americans killed in the blast were not released, but it is possible that at least one of the victims was a high-ranking officer.
Canadian officials said a colonel also slain in the attack was their highest-ranking officer killed to date in Afghanistan.

Attacks like the Tuesday strike, which killed 12 Afghans, tend to fan resentment of foreign forces, even when Taliban fighters are the ones killing noncombatants.

Many Afghans feel endangered by the presence of Western troops on crowded urban roadways because the foreign forces are a magnet for insurgent attacks and bystanders usually take the brunt.

ARMY RELEASES NAMES OF TWO OFFICERS KILLED IN KABUL SUICIDE BLAST

CNN is reporting the names of two U.S. officers killed in the suicide blast in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier this week.

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