MAKE IT FIVE!
The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that a fifth Haqqani Network bigwig was killed during an operation last week.
http://www.sofmag.com/fifth-haqqani-network-leader-confirmed-killed-duri... [2]
MEET THE OPFOR
One of the features of training units to deploy to a combat zone is the opposition force - or OPFOR.
http://www.sofmag.com/raider-battalion-provides-opfor-116th-cavalry-mobi... [3]
NUMEROUS INSURGENTS WHACKED
ISAF also announced that during a joint operation in Helmand province, numerous insurgents were killed.
http://www.sofmag.com/numerous-insurgents-killed-during-joint-operation [4]
MEXICAN MASS GRAVE
Authorities in southern Mexico discovered a mass grave near Acapulco after receiving an anonymous tip.
http://www.sofmag.com/police-find-mass-grave-southern-mexico [5]
AWLAKI VIDEOS PULLED
BigPeace.com reports that finally, Youtube has begun to pull video by Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with ties to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
DARPA VS. BIO-THREATS
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working to combat bio-threats by finding ways to make vaccines faster.
http://www.sofmag.com/darpa-effort-speeds-bio-threat-response [6]
NCS MOUNT UP
Video of training the Afghan National Army to conduct mounted patrols.
http://www.sofmag.com/ncos-mount-training [7]