[Quqnoos] A roadside bomb struck a civilian vehicle in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing and wounding a dozen on board
At least five civilians were killed and seven others, including women and children, were injured in the explosion occurred in the Gulistan district of the western Farah province, provincial governor Roh-Ul Amin said.
Governor Amin blamed Taliban militants for planting the roadside bomb in the restive district of Gulistan.
"Taliban militants perhaps intended to target Afghan or foreign troops but the bomb hit a civilian vehicle," governor Amin further said.
No groups, including the Taliban, have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Moreover, government officials in Farah said two Taliban insurgents were killed yesterday while planting a roadside bomb in the Bakwa District of the province.
The bomb was likely exploded due to technical errors, an official said.
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taliwhackers making the same error AQ made in the Al Anbar.
Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera has some interesting news on the covert raid conducted by US Special Forces, dubbed Celestial Balance, that targeted an al Qaeda leader in Southern Somalia on Sept. 14th. According to a local stringer for the newspaper, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was not killed but captured alive. Along with Nabhan, American commandos apprehended Abu Mansur al Amriki, the American convert to Islam who has become a commander in charge of military training for Shabaab.
Good Gawd! I certainly hope they don't put ladies' underwear on their heads! That would be tragic.
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Nobody has acknowledged the death of Monsour al-Meriki:
Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, the American commander serving in the al-Shabaab militia and who is the star of several slick recruiting videos, has been identified as Omar Hammami, a former computer science major at the University of South Alabama. He is originally from Daphne, Alabama.
Hammami was president of the universitys Muslim Student Association right after 9/11.
It would be nice if they captured the bastard.
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Abu Mansur al Amriki could end up being the next senator in the great state of Massachusettes.
Rival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia's strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the area.
Animosity has been growing between al Shabaab, which the United States says is al Qaeda's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, and another rebel militia, Hizbul Islam. Both groups want to control Kismayu, which is a lucrative source of taxes and other income for their fighters, and until this week they controlled the port in an uneasy alliance. Then on Wednesday, al Shabaab named its own local governing council, excluding all their Hizbul Islam rivals.
Residents say both sides are rushing in reinforcements in anticipation of battle, and on Thursday a senior Hizbul Islam leader said they would not recognise the new authority. "The men who call themselves al Shabaab have formed an administration with disregard to the other mujahideen," Sheikh Hassan Turki, Hizbul's deputy leader and the commander of southern Somalia's Ras Kamboni militant group, told reporters. "No one should claim total control of the city. There should be mediation before there is bloodshed ... they broke a promise about forming the town's administration and should fear Allah."
Leaflets denouncing al Shabaab, widely thought to have been printed by the Kamboni group, have been circulating in Kismayu in recent weeks, locals say, raising fears of a confrontation.
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MY ammo fund is doing nicely, and doesn't need any donations, thank you.
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This is good news, all them Kalashnikovs from the same dealer wearing themselves out against each other, and none to replace them, /sarc on/off, not sure, time will tell.
But I bet both sides are fighting with Chinese weapons, and there will be an endless supply of those.
Divide and Rule rules from somewhere?
Let them get on with it more quickly now, and do it properly.
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Look at antenna tubing, it's rigid aluminum and strong but light.
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Ummm a sudden thought, I've seen crossbow bolts advertised should be easy to find online, or just get a small pipe cutter and shorten common hunting arrows. if not strong enough, or you wish Invisibility, Wooden dowells or small pipe should stand the thrust.
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[Asharq al-Aswat] Witnesses say fighting in Somalia's capital has killed at least 8 people and wounded 15 after Islamic insurgents attacked an African Union peacekeeping base. A spokesman for the AU force, Bahoku Barigye, said no peacekeepers died in Tuesday's attack or the subsequent fighting.
Witnesses report seeing at least 8 corpses. The powerful al-Shabab insurgent group is trying to topple Somalia's government and install strict Islamic law. Last week, they launched two suicide car bombs on the main African Union base, killing 21 people. It was the deadliest single attack on peacekeepers since they arrived in 2007.
There are increasing concerns that al-Shabab's ties to Al Qaeda are growing.
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[Bangla Daily Star] A BDR jawan died of cardiac failure at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain, 48, of Tarpurchandi village of Chandpur district.
He worked under 19 Rifle Battalion in Feni, said a BDR press release.
Amjad was admitted to BDR Hospital with cardiac problem on August 27. Later, he was shifted to DMCH on September 12 as his condition deteriorated, the release said.
Amjad breathed his last at DMCH around 8:00pm.
He left behind his wife, two sons and one daughter. Amjad's body was sent to his village home under BDR management. He will be buried in his family graveyard.
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[Bangla Daily Star] A Jubo League leader was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and law enforcers at Taltola, on the outskirts of Kushtia town, early yesterday. Taltola, on the outskirts of Kushtia town won't be the same without him.
The dead was identified as Rashedul Islam, 35, Jubo League organising secretary of Kushtia town unit. "Yes. That's him. I'd know that corpse anywhere."
He along with his brother Hamidul formed an outlawed party named Rashedul-Hamidul Bahini, police said. "I'm bored, Hamidul!"
"Me, too, Rashedul!"
"I got an idea! Let's form an outlawed bahini!"
"Oh, neat idea!"
The gang was mainly involved in drug and arms smuggling, abduction and extortion. "So what's our bahini gonna do?"
"How about we try our hand at drug and arms smuggling?"
"Yeah! And abduction!"
"And extortion!"
"We can wear turbans!"
"And masks!"
"This is gonna be lotsa fun!"
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Rab-12 raided a field at Taltola where a gang of outlaws, led by Rashedul, was holding a meeting at about 5:30am. "Rashedul, it's 5.30 in the morning! Don't youse ever sleep?"
"Not when there's extortiin' to be done!"
"And abduction!"
Sensing presence of the law enforcers, the criminals opened fire on them, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight. "Whoa! Is that the cops!"
"Gimme that gun!"
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
Rashedul was caught in the line of fire while trying to flee the scene. "Hey! Watch it, youse guys!... I'm outta here!... Ow!... Ow!... Hey! Stop it! You're hurting me!... Owwwww!"
Police took him to Kushtia General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. "Rosebud!"
"He's dead, Jim!"
[rattle]
Police recovered a locally made gun and three bullets from the spot. "Hey, chief! Y'ever see a gun like this?"
"Oh, yeah. There's a guy in Kushtia makes them."
"How about these bullets?"
"I dunno who makes them."
Rashedul and his brother Hamidul were arrested during the last caretaker government. "Stick 'em up, Rashidul! You, too, Hamidul!"
Later, Rashedul was released after Awami League government assumed power and was made organising secretary of Jubo League. "Hey! Let us outta here!"
"Why?"
"We got twenty bucks!"
"Twenty bucks? Why, you can be organizing secretary with that kinda dough!"
He was accused in a number of cases, including four for murders, police said adding that Rashedul was involved in looting Millpara police outpost in 2001.
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(CBS) Najibullah Zazi, the Denver man believed to be the central figure in a terror plot against the New York City transit system, has officially been indicted on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in the United States, CBS 2 has learned. WMD are actually chem, bio, or nuclear weapons by definition and by treaty. Anything that's not chem, bio, or nuke is merely an "explosive," even if it produces a big kaboom.
Zazi was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday in Denver on a count of lying to terrorism investigators. The new charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction was filed in New York City, and authorities plan to transfer him to the federal court in Brooklyn to face the new charges.
Zazi has publicly denied making any terrorist plots. Counterterrorist agents fear he and others may have been planning to detonate homemade bombs on New York City commuter trains. Zazi's father and the Queens Imam Ahmad Afzali were also charged with lying to investigators in the case.
Afzali was ordered freed on $1.5 million bail, and elder Zazi was set free under court supervision until an Oct. 9 hearing.
The court documents do not identify any conspirators or targets and sheds no light on the scale of Zazi's intended plot, but the newly revealed evidence coupled with the discovery of backpacks and cell phones in the recent Queens raid add to the suspicion that Zazi and his partner were intending on developing portable bombs for use at muliple targets.
According to the Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned a one-count indictment alleging that between Aug. 1, 2008 and Sept. 21, 2009, Zazi knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to use one or more weapons of mass destruction, specifically explosive bombs and other similar explosive devices, against persons or property within the United States. The indictment also alleges that Zazi and others traveled in interstate and foreign commerce, used email and the Internet, and that this offense and the results of the offense would have affected interstate and foreign commerce.
If convicted, Zazi faces up to life in prison.
"The indictment alleges that Najibullah Zazi conspired with others to use explosive devices against persons or property in the United States," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "We are investigating a wide range of leads related to this alleged conspiracy, and we will continue to work around the clock to ensure that anyone involved is brought to justice," said Attorney General Eric Holder.
"We believe any imminent threat arising from this case has been disrupted, but as always, we remind the American public to be vigilant and to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement," he added.
According to a detention motion filed, "Zazi received detailed bomb-making instructions in Pakistan, purchased components of improvised explosive devices, and traveled to New York City on September 10, 2009 in furtherance of his criminal plans."
Authorities have said they found bomb-making instructions on a hard drive on Zazi's laptop computer, but still were unsure of the specific target or scope of a possible terrorist attack.
On Wednesday, the NYPD was showing a new training video in precincts citywide detailing the intelligence from the agencies. Bomb Squad Commander Lt. Marc Torre narrates the video, giving regular cops some tips on how to spot evidence of homemade bombs.
"Of particular concern to us is a family of explosives called peroxide-based explosives," he says in the video.
It's part of the now-nationwide alert as police try to locate whoever might have been working with terror suspect Zazi. Police are being told to watch for any large quantities of hydrogen peroxide, drain cleaner, acetone, or nail polish remover various types of acids and large quantities of ammonia nitrate or urea fertilizer.
That's coupled with visits to public storage areas to enlist the assistance of employees there, and stepped-up security on mass transit, hotels, stadiums, and entertainment complexes.
The first arrests came after the raids of several apartments in the Queens neighborhood, where Zazi had driven from Denver to visit earlier this month, and were followed by a flurry of nationwide warnings of possible strikes on transit, sports and entertainment complexes.
On Wednesday, hundreds of federal agents and NYPD investigators again fanned out in the neighborhood where apartments were searched -- and backpacks and cell phones removed -- over a week ago, to re-interview "people previously encountered" during previous raids there, and to locate others who know them, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the probe.
The effort also includes a review of phone and other records that could link potential suspects to one another or identify new ones.
"Many of the people we've spoken to have been cooperative," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the investigation is ongoing.
The official said business owners also are on the list of possible witnesses in a potential homemade-bomb plot. The official declined to identify those businesses, but authorities regularly monitor sales by suppliers of chemicals that could be used in improvised explosives.
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Najibullah Zazi, Yup a nice American name?
And just WHY is an Alien working for the city of Denver, Transit Authority?
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"...Zazi knowingly and intentionally conspired with others..."
Probably be nice to know who/where the 'others' are. I certainly hope they don't hurt him in their efforts to obtain that info.
I guess Zazi knows he isn't going to get any enhanced interrogation.
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Previous articles have talked about at least twelve others, in cells of three or four, plus others abroad. The problem, apparently, is that the Feds have emails and phone taps, but don't necessarily know who was at the other end of the communication. So given, f'r instance, an IP address, was it Susie or Sammie or Daddy or Mummy who uses Iwannablowuptheworld@fuse.net? Or Cousin George or Aunt Tammy, who happened to drop by for coffee that day?
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I live in Denver. Local news channels and papers report that Zazi worked for a van shuttle service that transports passengers to/from Denver International Airport. There is no Denver Transit Agency. Our local bus & light rail are called RTD or Regional Transportation District.
BANNU, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile at a house in a northwest Pakistan militant stronghold on Thursday killing three people, Pakistani security officials said. The suspected U.S. missile struck a house near a religious school run by Afghan Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, the intelligence agency officials said.
The identity of the dead was not known, they said.
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I wonder if there is a law in Pakistan banning droning to death near a religious school? I'm sure that such a regulation is in or will be included in the rules of engagement for our troops in Afghanistan.
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Militants ambushed a convoy of prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, spraying their cars with gunfire and killing nine people, police said.
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The Paki taliban have been whacking Pastun tribal leaders for years now. Doubt there are many pre 2001 tribal leaders left. Consider it a generational change in leadership.
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Unidentified men planted a remote-controlled bomb in Landikotal bazaar late on Sunday. The bomb was fitted near a bakery in Haji Khan Building in Landikotal bazaar, sources said, adding however that it only caused minor damage to the building. Official sources said Khalid Khan, a resident of Swat, sustained minor injuries, adding that the explosives were planted near the wall of the bakery. Police have registered a case, the sources said.
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[Geo News] At least two people were killed and another was injured in the firing incident by unidentified people, Geo News reported Wednesday. According to sources, the incident occurred in Bannu area of Mirian, where some unidentified miscreants opened indiscriminate fire on a vehicle, killing two persons on the spot. The deceased have been identified as Irfan and Jibran. The one injured was shifted District Headquarters Hospital. According to police, the incident is the result of personal enmity and the investigations are underway.
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[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Security forces arrested four hardcore militants, including an important commander and a would-be suicide bomber, on Wednesday in the ongoing operation in Swat Valley.
Official sources said security forces arrested militant commander Naseem alias Abu Faraj in Matta, who was initially affiliated with the banned organisation Jaish-e-Muhammad, and had later joined the militants in Swat. Sources added that Abu Faraj also masterminded the looting of a bank in Chuprial and remained actively involved in acts of violence against security forces. He was considered to be among the top militant commanders in the valley.
In another raid in Charbagh, security forces arrested two militants. The troops did not disclose the identity of the held militants. However, there were reports that they were Taliban militants Fazal Haq and Rasool Khan, residents of Charbagh.
Security forces also arrested a would-be suicide bomber, identified as Ihsanullah.Two houses owned by the militants were demolished in Sangota while two roadside bombs were also defused in the same area.
Meanwhile, the dwellers of Swat Valley celebrated Eidul Fitr with zeal and zest after two years of violence. Cinemas reopened in the principal city Mingora after a long gap on Eidul Fitr and a great rush was witnessed as cinemagoers availed the opportunity to watch movies on the big screen.
Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Masood Aslam, while celebrating Eid with the Army Jawans, said the governmentís writ had been restored across the valley. He said the back of the militants had been broken and no terrorist would be spared.
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The German government is trying to secure the release of a group of suspected German terrorists, arrested by Pakistani authorities while they were on their way to a jihadi colony in Waziristan Agency.
A report in the German newspaper Speigel claimed that entire families from Germany, and Europe, were moving to the region to take part in jihad.
Why would Germany want to get back people like that?
In a recent jihadi video surfacing in Germany, a young speaker, who called himself "Abu Adam", praises his stay in the mountains. "Doesn't it appeal to you? We warmly invite you to join us!" Abu Adam said.
The latest recruitment video from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is 30 minutes in length and is addressed to "beloved" brothers and sisters back in Germany.
The video was presented by, among others, Mounir Chouka, alias "Abu Adam", who grew up in the western German city of Bonn. The video showed shacks erected against a backdrop of lush greenery and craggy rock formations, with women wearing blue burqas seen surrounded by children, the paper said.
The video appeals seem to be finding fertile ground in Germany. German security officials believe the IMU is currently the largest and most active Islamic group recruiting in the country. But what was worrying them more was that the terrorists did not usually recruit women and children, as the IMU appeared doing.
I beg your pardon. How can the German security officials tell whether the women are German or local girls -- or even not boys in drag -- through the blue tents? And how can they tell whether the children, unless blue-eyed tow-heads, are "German" or local?
Families are moving to "mujahideen villages" in the Tribal Areas, which are used as bases for supporting the battle against the US troops and the Afghan army, Speigel claimed.
The paper said the German government was also examining the propaganda offensive and for several weeks, diplomats in the German Foreign Ministry have been engaged with Islamabad over the fate of a group of suspected terrorists from Germany's Rhineland region, who have been held in custody in Pakistan for several months now. The group includes a young Tunisian and six Germans, including Andreas M of Bonn, a Muslim convert, and his Eritrean wife Kerya.
The case has gathered much attention of the German government, as those in custody include the couple's four-year-old daughter, believed to have suffered in tough conditions since May.
Germany has made several attempts to negotiate a swift return for the mother and daughter at least, but Pakistan has so far refused.
The travellers, which the paper said apparently met each other in a Bonn prayer room, left Germany in several small groups in March and April. "They travelled through Turkey to the Iranian city of Zahedan. Located close to the border with Pakistan, Zahedan is notorious for its jihad tourism -- hotels even set aside entire room allotments for radical foreigners making their way to the city," Speigel said. "From Zahedan, most take taxis to Pakistan. For the group of Germans, though, that's where the problems started. After crossing the border, the Germans were captured by police and taken to a jail in Peshawar."
"Yew ain't from 'round here, ares yew?"
The group claimed they were handled roughly by Pakistani officials, with several claiming they had been beaten as well.
Life sucks in a third world dictatorship, huh ...
Security officials believe that the goal of Mounir Chouka and the IMU was to strengthen the German "colony" in Waziristan. The detainees also include Chouka's brother-in-law, the German-Libyan Ahmed K.
Ahmed K's arrest is now creating problems for the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP) back in Bad Breisig, the German town where he resides. He works as a market analyst at a consulting firm that specialises in the Middle East. The company's boss, Arnold Joosten, also happens to be the head of the local SPD chapter in Bad Breisig.
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I think they have a colony in Jamaica too !
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Jihad colony? Sounds like a job for the Orkin pest control man.
Security forces on Wednesday arrested a would-be suicide bomber, and nine suspected Taliban and recovered ammunition from them.
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, 14 Taliban also surrendered during search operations in last 24 hours in Swat and Malakand.
According to the ISPR, the security forces conducted a search operation in Kanatai and Gamsar during which two Taliban, including Muhammad Amin Qari, a terrorist who played a major role in the murder of Pir Samiul Haq, were apprehended.
"An amount of Rs 44,000 were also recovered from the suspects," the statement said.
The security forces also conducted a search operation in Rema, 1.5 kilometres north of Barshaur, and discovered a 15-foot-long tunnel inside a house.
It said 14 Taliban surrendered to the forces at Bar Shaur, handing in their two submachine guns and two double-barrel shotguns.
"Seven terrorists surrendered to the security forces at Devolai, Salhand and Shah Dheri," the ISPR said. The security forces also conducted a search operation in Kanju and apprehended a would-be suicide bomber, Ehsan. On Tuesday, the security forces conducted search operations in Shin Khad and apprehended five Taliban including local terrorist commander Muhammad Zaman.
"They also found four inter-connected tunnels along with shell proof bunkers at Plakan near Biakand. Each tunnel is eight meters in length," it added.
The ISPR said the forces conducted a search operation in Garai Kalle village and arrested one terrorist. "The security forces conducted a search operation in Kuz Bamakhela and apprehended two terrorists," it added.
The security forces also apprehended three Afghan nationals near Malakand Fort.
Kohat: Meanwhile, Kohat police arrested 12 suspects on the eve of Eidul Fitr and recovered large quantities of explosives in the Kohat Development Authority area.
During search operations in Kohat Garrison and city area, 12 suspects were arrested by police and were shifted to unknown place for investigation.
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"Would be suicide bomber.
Reminds me of the old joke about the chicken Kamakazi pilot who flew 37 missions.
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Five al-Qaida-linked prisoners awaiting execution and 11 other inmates broke out of a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, prompting a massive manhunt Thursday, officials said.
Few details on the fugitives were provided by Iraqi security chiefs. But five were Iraqis who were sentenced to death for terrorism-related crimes and links to al-Qaida in Iraq, said a Tikrit police officer, said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the operation with media.
The other 11 escaped convicts were jailed on charges that include kidnapping and murder, and some were awaiting sentencing, the officer said. At least one a 19-year-old inmate was recaptured early Thursday and the other remained at large.
A full-scale curfew was imposed on the city of 250,000 after the escape and eased before sundown on Thursday. Soldiers, however, expanded checkpoints and displayed wanted posters with photos of the fugitives. Military units also sharpened their watch on Iraq's borders particularly the western frontier with Syria as the dragnet widened over sparsely populated regions outside Tikrit.
At the request of local authorities, the U.S. military in the area provided search dogs and aerial surveillance, spokesman Maj. Derrick Cheng said.
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Ma'an -- The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades and the National Resistance Brigades announced a joint joint attack on Israeli forces entering the Gaza Strip in the north early Wednesday morning.
Did the Israelis notice?
The military groups, affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine respectively, reported no injuries, but said the would continue the attacks.
A statement on the attack said "our battle with the Israeli forces is continuous, we will not stop, we will always defend Palestinians."
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"...Even if we have ta go out and dig up somebody to shoot at."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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Rival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia's strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the area. 
[Bangla Daily Star] A BDR jawan died of cardiac failure at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain, 48, of Tarpurchandi village of Chandpur district. 
[Bangla Daily Star] A Jubo League leader was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and law enforcers at Taltola, on the outskirts of Kushtia town, early yesterday.
Five al-Qaida-linked prisoners awaiting execution and 11 other inmates broke out of a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, prompting a massive manhunt Thursday, officials said.
