WIBX 950 » army http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 CNY Soldiers Deploy To Afghanistan For Intelligence Mission http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/ http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:56:41 +0000 WIBX http://wibx950.com/?p=66771 Syracuse, NY (WIBX) - More than a dozen Army National Guard Soldiers based in Syracuse are on their way to Afghanistan today.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cny-soldiers-deploy-to-afghanistan-for-intelligence-mission/feed/ 0 Getty Images International Forces Kill Taliban Insurgents Responsible for Shooting Down US Helicopter http://wibx950.com/international-forces-kill-taliban-insurgents-responsible-for-shooting-down-us-helicopter/ http://wibx950.com/international-forces-kill-taliban-insurgents-responsible-for-shooting-down-us-helicopter/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:09:14 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=34352 In a Pentagon news conference on Wednesday, Marine Corps Gen. John Allen said international forces killed the Taliban fighters that shot down a Chinook helicopter last weekend, killing 38 US and Afghan forces.

The top insurgent leader remains at large and other details are vague, but a statement from the International Security Assistance Force said, “After an exhaustive manhunt, Special Operations forces located Mullah Mohibullah and the after receiving multiple intelligence leads and tips from local citizens. The two men were attempting to flee the country in order to avoid capture.”

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