[Dhaka Tribune] A baby was declared dead before being found alive two hours later in Chittagong yesterday.
Her mother Ridwana Kawsar gave birth around 1am yesterday at Centre for Specialised Care & Research (CSCR) Private Ltd.
The premature baby is now undergoing treatment at the Neonatal Incentive Care Unit (NICU) of Max Hospital & Diagnostic Ltd.
Ridwana who is also a medical practitioner said: "I was at the delivery room when I heard Dr Shahena Akter shouting my newborn baby was trying to breathe and her heart was beating. But two hours later, I was given her death certificate along with her body in a box. To my shock when I opened the box, I found my daughter alive and her heart was beating.
"What pains me most is that the on-duty doctor without even properly checking declared my daughter dead. She told me that the baby was not breathing at all. When I insisted, the doctor told me that only the muscles the heart was moving."
Dr Shahin Akter, the on-duty doctor of Max Hospital & Diagnostic Ltd, said: "The newborn was struggling to breathe when she was admitted to the hospital at 5:30am on Tuesday. The situation began to improve when we resuscitated the newborn."
Nurul Azam, husband of Ridwana Kawsar, is also a physician now posted at Cox’s Bazar Zila Sadar Hospital.
Dr Basu Bandhu Barua, executive director of Max Hospital & Diagnostic Ltd, told the Dhaka Tribune that the infant was born prematurely.
"Premature babies suffer from various types of complications like breathing problem. The newborn which weighs only 500 gram has been given continuous positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory distress. Besides, IV saline and antibiotics were given to the newborn which is placed on a radiant warmer," said Dr Basu, a pediatric specialist.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... Chittagong chapter of Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday expressed grave concern and demanded exemplary punishment to the doctors and staff involved with declaring the newborn dead.
CAB leaders through a press statement said that the incident took place due to the utter negligence of the hospital authorities.
On the other hand, the CSCR authorities have formed a committee to investigate the incident.
Dr Jamal Ahmed, managing director of the CSCR Private Ltd, said: "This is a very serious matter. None of the hospital staff who was on-duty at that time can avoid his or her responsibility in this regard. We have formed a probe committee to investigate the matter. We will take all necessary action if anybody is found guilty."
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One member of Jeff's Jewelry store posse responds with AK47.
An employee of a jewelry store in Conroe, Texas, pulled an AK-47 from behind the counter to stop four would-be armed robbers. One of the armed robbers opened fire and multiple employees returned fire, killing the suspect.
Jeffery Turner, Jr., owner of Jeffs Jewelry Store in Conroe, told police that four men entered his store and demanded jewelry, purses and other items. At least one of the robbers displayed a firearm, according to Montgomery County Police Reporter Scott Engle. One of Turners employees responded by pulling an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle from behind the counter. The gunman fired at the store employees and a firefight ensued. At least three employees were said to have fired weapons at the robbery suspects.
The suspect who began shooting was struck and killed in the gun fight. The other three suspects escaped in a white Dodge Charger. Police found the Charger not far from the scene of the robbery. The suspects in the failed robbery attempt had abandoned the car and remain at large, Engle reported.
Police have not yet released the identity of the deceased suspect.
The attempted robbery took place on Monday afternoon at about 12:30 p.m.
Turners attorney, E. Tay Bond, spoke with the Conroe Couriers Catherine Dominguez. "You always have a right to defend yourself, especially when the robber shoots at you." Bond confirmed that Turner keeps an AK-47 in the store for defensive purposes.
The AK-47 rifle is manufactured in both automatic and semi-automatic models. In a semi-automatic weapon you must pull the trigger each time you want to fire. An automatic weapon will fire as long as you hold the trigger, until you run out of ammunition.
Conroe Police Departments Lt. Dorcy McGinnis told the Conroe newspaper, "There was a lot of gunfire. She reported the stores windows were broken out from the "bullet spray."
Texas's "Castle Doctrine" laws allow a business owner or employee to have a weapon for self-defense and to use that weapon to protect their life and the lives of others.
Turners store had previously been robbed in 2014 when a group of men smashed through the glass door with a sledgehammer. At that time, Dominguez reported, one of the employees grabbed a shotgun and the would-be robbers said, "They've got guns. Let's get out of here."
A mantra for still-alive robbers everywhere...
The store employees were able to successfully stop the robbery and protect the lives of other employees and customers who were threatened by the armed gunmen.
A search for the suspects, which included support from a Drug Enforcement Agency helicopter, was not successful and the police manhunt continues. It has not been reported if any of the other suspects were injured in the hail of gunfire.
Pray for sepsis, or at least a sucking chest wound...
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Used to trade with an upscale coin shoppe owner who was severely beaten and robbed. He reopened with dual locking doors and entry chamber. Then I noticed he was packing, at this point I must add that this guy was a frail and gentle soul, whose main passion in life was hunting odd varieties of early U.S. 1/2 cents. Then I noticed the dawg, then I noticed the other dawgs. Rottweilers and Dobies, they were watch me like a hawk. Still in business, never robbed again. Must go visit him sometime. Still need a 1908S in matching AU for my collection.
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Used to work with an doc who had been robbed & shot during office hours when he worked in Detroit in the late 1970's. He then became an ER doc and packed a pistol in an ankle holster whenever he was on duty, this in rural Ohio.
Also met an EMT in Denver who did the same on his ambulance runs.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The slaughtering of Reem al-Rushaidi, a 6-year-old schoolgirl, by her stepmother on Monday, outside her home in the eastern al-Ahsa governorate has shocked Saudis.
The stepmother, who is said to be in her 30s, came to Rushaidi’s elementary school to take the young girl after she finished two of her classes only to kill her stepdaughter outside her home in Mahasin neighborhood.
A witness, who reported the gruesome incident, told Al Arabiya.net that he saw the stepmother slaughtering Rushaidi at 9 o’clock in the morning, which prompted him to "run after her [stepmother] but she managed to escape to her home."
On Twitter, Saudis expressed their disdain over the incident, when one user wrote: "How was it possible for the [stepmother] to look into her eyes during the horrendous crime. May God take his vengeance."
Spokesman for the eastern region Lieutenant Ziyad al-Raqeeti at 9 o’clock on Monday the police was notified that a 6-year-old citizen was killed and her corpse found near her home. The police also has found the knife used to slaughter the girl.
Local sources said that the killer is one among the four wives without providing details whether there was any issue between her and Rushaidi’s mother.
The sources also said that the stepmother did not show any remorse over her crime.
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Probably the thought of her stepdaughter having to grow up in S.A. was just too much for her.
[Dhaka Tribune] The female college student who was brutally hacked by a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... on Monday is in a critical condition, doctors said on Tuesday.
The victim, Khadiza Akhter Nargis, 23, is on life support after a team of specialist surgeons operated on her at Square Hospital in Dhaka, where she was brought in around 9am from Sylhet’s MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune, Dr Rejaus Sattar, associate consultant (neurosurgery) at Square Hospital, said due to the severity of the injuries she sustained, the result of the surgery could not be assessed as yet.
"The patient is on inactive ventilation in life support and will be under observation for 72 hours. Further neurological scans of consciousness signs will dictate the next course of actions," he added.
Earlier at a press briefing, Dr Mirza Nazimuddin, medical director at Square, said Khadiza sustained critical trauma on her head and arms.
"There are deep gashes on her skull and scans show brain damage. The tendons in both arms have been slashed, probably when she was trying to protect her head," he said.
Khadiza, an honours second-year student at Sylhet Government Women’s College, was attacked on Monday evening by Badrul Alam, fourth-year economics student at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and a top leader of Chhatra League’s SUST wing, while she was on her way back home after taking an exam at Sylhet MC College exam centre.
Locals rescued severely maimed Khadiza and took her to Osmani Medical College Hospital, while others gave Badrul a good beating before handing him over to Shah Paran cop shoppe.
Khadiza’s uncle Abdul Kuddus told the Dhaka Tribune that he did not know about the assailant before the attack was made public in the media.
Shah Paran cop shoppe OC Shahjalal Munshi said the incident might have occurred over a relationship dispute.
"We will take necessary actions once a complaint is filed regarding the matter. Badrul has been admitted in Osmani Hospital under police surveillance."
Speaking to news hounds at his office in the Secretariat on Tuesday, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said whoever had attacked or hacked Khadiza would be brought under punishment.
SUST suspends Badrul
The SUST authorities suspended Badrul from the university on Tuesday evening following a meeting of the university proctorial body, SUST Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Aminul Haque Bhuyan told the Dhaka Tribune.
The proctorial body has also formed a three-member committee led by acting proctor Rashed Talukder to investigate the attack.
The committee has been instructed to submit the probe report as soon as possible, said the VC.
BCL claims Badrul isn’t a member
The Chhatra League wing at SUST has claimed that it has no affiliation with Badrul Alam.
"Badrul is currently employed at Alhaj Ayazur Rahman High School, and according to the organization’s charter, job holders cannot remain members of this organization," said a press statement issued by Chhatra League on Tuesday evening.
However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... sources said Badrul is currently the vice-president of SUST Chhatra League.
Chhatra League’s central committee General Secretary Jakir Hossain was seen leaving Osmani Medical College Hospital around 2pm on Tuesday. Asked about the assailant, he claimed that Badrul was not a member of the organization.
"Chhatra League is not liable for any individual’s action, especially by someone who is not a member. We have looked into the incident and have found that he is a job holder. Anyone who is married or working has his or her Chhatra League membership automatically cancelled."
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[AA.TR] Political uncertainty continued to hang over Columbia on Tuesday after voters rejected a signed peace deal between the FARC and government that would’ve ended the longest war in the Western hemisphere.
"In the best-case scenario, the parties will agree quickly on a new agenda, taking into account the concerns of Colombia’s political right, with a clear timetable," Adam Isaacson, Regional Security Policy Program chief at the Washington Office on Latin America, said in a statement to Anadolu Agency on Tuesday.
The Democratic Centre party led the effort to reject the deal it believed gave too much to the guerrillas. If, as feared, negotiations between President Juan Manuel Santos and members of the party is prolonged, there are several ominous possibilities that could occur, according to Isacson.
Since the referendum was rejected, FARC guerrillas are "technically runaways," and their transfer to the 28 zones of concentration for 180 days and disarmament observed by the UN is now on hold, according to Isacson. "Without verification and concentration, the cease-fire may become unstable," he said. And if these guerrillas, mainly middle and low-ranking members, feel that the government will not keep its end of the deal, then there is the possibility of a "disintegration of the FARC into structures that would be impossible to demobilize."
The FARC has said the signed agreement is binding.
The group’s legal advisor Enrique Santiago Romero told a local radio station that he is not against some changes to the deal.
"It will not be a simple task, but I would be open to modifying some points so as to address the issue of impunity," he said.
The victims of the 52-year armed conflict -- who, for the first time had had their voices heard in peace talks -- are inconsolable and bereft of hope after the voting Sunday swung in favor of the "No" campaign by just 60,000 votes.
"We feel that the urban population doesn’t understand the reality and the needs to end this conflict. It was a huge opportunity for us and we missed it," Leyner Palacios told Blu Radio. Palacios managed to survived the May 2002 massacre in which 119 victims bit the dust when a FARC cylinder bomb landed on a church where civilians found shelter during a battle between guerrillas and the right-wing paramilitary United Defense Forces of Colombia.
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F*ck FARC. Let the Colombians wipe them out properly. They know how.
[UPI] The governor of Venezuela's Táchira state has said some drivers next week could begin to pay gas stations with Colombian pesos or U.S. dollars.
Táchira Gov. José Vielma Mora said gas stations under the new currency program -- aimed at Colombian drivers -- will be jointly operated by Colombian companies and Venezuela's government-owned Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, oil company.
The announcement comes weeks after the regional government reduced the monthly allocated amount of gasoline for private use from about 3 gallons a month to 1.3 gallons, which has led some Venezuelans to stop using their cars or to seek gasoline through third-party gasoline providers at a higher price.
The governor said the gas stations can be paid in Colombian pesos or in U.S. dollars through a pre-paid card that will be handled by currency exchange operators or through public or private banks.
FOUR European countries were forced to scramble fighter jets after two Russian Blackjack bombers blasted across the continent, it has been revealed.
If you look at the flight plan as published in The Sun, the bombers stayed over the Atlantic the entire time. But I'm impressed they could fly all the way to Spain and back.
The UK, Norway, France and Spain all intercepted the TU-160 planes as they made a daring flight from Norway to northern Spain and back. During the flight, the bombers swooped across the top of Scotland, before skirting the west coast of Ireland, completing their route near northern Spain.
Spanish media has reported it is the furthest south such an operation has had to take place – while the frequency of Russian bombers being intercepted by Nato aircraft has significantly increased.
Although the incident occurred on September 22, the full details only emerged following an statement from the French Ministry of Defence.
According to the statement, the two bombers were first detected by Norway, which scrambled two F-16 jets to accompany them to the north of Scotland – where they were then intercepted by RAF Typhoon aircraft. French Rafale fighter planes then picked up the bombers after they skirted Ireland’s west coast, before Spain sent two F-18 jets to intercept the Russian planes north of Bilbao.
The RAF has confirmed that the Russian jets did not enter UK airspace at any point.
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Free training, that's ok
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Can't we get the Nobel Peace Prize winner to do a reset in Europe?
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Nope you keep him, please.
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[Sputnik] Since Sweden became the first Nordic country to abolish conscription six years ago, a total of 437 million SEK ($51 million) has been spent on advertising, Swedish trade magazine Resumé reported. Nevertheless, the Swedish Armed Forces currently lack over 7,400 soldiers, which constitutes roughly a third of the total number of active soldiers.
In the first year after conscription was abolished, the Swedish Defense maintained an advertising budget of a whopping 100 million SEK ($12 million). Subsequently, the budget for advertising was cut down somewhat, yet hovered nevertheless at around SEK 60 million in recent years ($7 million).
Last week, government investigator Annika Nordgren Christensen presented a proposal to reintroduce some form of conscription. The new model was described as a mixture of goodwill and duty, where the number of people obliged to serve would depend on the volume of standard recruits available. Accordingly, motivation is seen as a key factor to arouse interest among Swedish citizens in military service.
In recent years, the Swedish Armed Forces have been blamed for failure to offer adequate incentives for military service. Today, there is widespread dissatisfaction among Swedish soldiers with the starting salary of 18,000 SEK ($2,000) per month, which is 2,000 SEK ($200) lower than that of a supermarket cashier.
Another problem for professional soldiers in Sweden is that employment contracts are limited to eight years, in a bid to prevent "isolation from society." This makes Swedish servicemen look for employment elsewhere before long, Jimmy Olson noted.
The Armed Forces marketing department is so far cautious not to draw any conclusions about what the comeback of the draft could possibly imply.
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You could appeal to old Viking traditions like raping, pillaging and looting, but you've turned that over to your immigrants to practice there at home.
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You could appeal to old Viking traditions like raping, pillaging and looting, but you've turned that over to your immigrants to practice there at home.
Russia was founded by Vikings. So, I wonder --- when things get bad enough, could Russians come "to help kinsmen"?
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Weren't the Nordic ties dumped when they adopted Pan-Slavism back in the 19th Century? Of course, any excuse to rationalize your actions is fair play if you can get away with them.
[DAWN] An Elite Force commando was killed after being run over by a freight train in police lines on Monday.
Adnan Javaid, a 30-year-old Elite Force commando, was passing through the police lines headquarters and was crossing the railway track Monday morning when he was run over by a freight train.
According to the police, Adnan was going to the police barracks from the Elite Force Headquarters and had stopped to let the train pass. When the train had also stopped, he tried to crawl under to cross to the other side. The train suddenly started moving again and Adnan did not get a chance to get out of the way.
The commando was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead
The railway track running through police lines is not usually used for regular rail traffic and is only used by freight trains once or twice a week.
When the freight train was passing through on Monday, there was no trackman who could have alerted the train driver that someone was on the tracks.
Adnan’s funeral was offered in the police lines and was attended by hundreds of coppers including SP VVIP Security Haseeb Hussein Shah.
Adnan Javaid joined police service on April 29, 2006 as a constable and was selected for the specialised police unit of Elite Force on March 15, 2014.
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The railway track running through police lines is not usually used for regular rail traffic and is only used by freight trains once or twice a week.
[DAWN] RAWALPINDI: A fight broke out between the family of a woman and doctors at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) after the girl was declared dead when she was alive.
The girl’s family, including her mother, broke the windows of the ICU, beat doctors and rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud against the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... chief minister, the principal of the Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) and the chief of Allied Hospitals and BBH Medical Superintendent Dr Asif Qadir Mir.
The family also intercepted Health Secretary Punjab Najam Shah who was on an official visit for reviewing health departments and their anti-dengue arrangements, and brought the matter into his notice.
The secretary reprimanded RMC Principal Prof Dr Mohammad Umar, ordered an inquiry into the matter and demanded a report within 48 hours.
Hafsa Bibi, 22, was brought to BBH complaining of high blood pressure five days ago and was admitted to the ICU. Doctors declared her dead on Monday and removed her from the ventilator. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... Hafsa’s mother later found a pulse, after which the family started protesting against the doctors, who were forced to leave the ICU.
During the fight, the windows of the ICU were also broken. Hafsa was later put on the ventilator again and is said to be out of danger.
When asked BBH Medical Superintendent Dr Mir said the matter was a misunderstanding and that during CPR, the women’s family had mistakenly heard that she had died.
He said the patient had recently undergone cardiac surgery, had come complaining of high blood pressure and had been on a ventilator for four days.
Dr Mir said an inquiry had been launched and a committee of senior doctors will record statements of doctors and paramedical staff.
He added that Hafsa’s mother had alleged that the condition of the patient was deteriorating and that the on duty doctor had been late.
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[DAWN] KARACHI: A suspected hitman was bumped off in what police described as an exchange of fire between them and his accomplices in Korangi Industrial Area just a day after he had been rejugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! by the Pakistain Rangers, Sindh.
The suspects, however, managed to flee following the shootout in the early hours of Monday, the police said. The alleged hitman, Abdul Malik, 20, had escaped along with his accomplice Mohammad Imtiaz from police custody on Friday evening under mysterious circumstances after the killing of a police constable.
Initial investigations into their escape and the policeman’s murder led to the arrest of Korangi police Station Investigation Officer (SIO) Abdul Wasay whose pistol had been used in the crime. In the early hours of Sunday, the alleged hitman, Abdul Malik, who was said to be involved in drug business, was arrested again.
Landhi SP Arif Aslam told Dawn that a police team, led by Korangi DSP (Investigations) Raja Mehmoodul Hasan, took Malik along to trace the hideout of his accomplices near TCF godown in Korangi. They were conducting a raid when they came under attack, the officer said, adding that the held suspect was killed by the firing of his accomplices.
He said the armed suspects managed to flee following the brief encounter.
The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination. Additional police surgeon Dr Kaleem Sheikh said the dear departed sustained three gunshot wounds. All the three bullets pierced his body, he said, adding that the dear departed was hit by bullets in the face, head and arm.
The Landhi SP said the dear departed was involved in the assassination'>assassination of coppers. Three days ago, he along with another suspected hitman, Imtiaz, had fled from police custody after the killing of a police constable, Rafiq, in a car ambush near Malir River. SIO Wasay who was taking them in his private car from an antiterrorism court to the Korangi cop shoppe remained unhurt in the attack. Initial investigations showed that the firing was carried out with his "missing" pistol from inside the car. The mysterious circumstances under which the suspected hitmen fled led to the arrest of the SIO.
Malik was rearrested from the Korangi area by the paramilitary force on tip off late Saturday night.
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[Reuters] Two U.S. warships made port calls at Vietnam's strategic naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, the U.S. navy said on Tuesday, in a brief but symbolic return for U.S. combat vessels to what was a crucial logistics complex during the Vietnam War.
Submarine tender USS Frank Cable and guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain made the visit on Sunday to the deep-water naval base, marking an important step in fast-growing defense ties between the two former enemies.
The visit came after the full lifting of a U.S. embargo on trade in lethal arms with Vietnam in May as part of President Barack Obama's strategic "rebalance" toward Asia.
At the same time, tension has been rising over rival territorial claims in the South China Sea, straining ties between Vietnam and its giant neighbor China. Vietnam has been intensifying efforts to diversify relations in Europe and Asia and engage more with the United States.
Cam Ranh is the jewel in the crown of Vietnam's military, with an air base once used by the U.S. and Soviet forces and a deep water bay home to its modern, Russian-built submarines. Visits by foreign ships are rare and usually reserved for maintenance. Japanese and French warships have recently made port calls at Cam Ranh.
Established as a base by the United States during the Vietnam War, Cam Ranh Bay had been used largely by Russian forces since then.
The John S. McCain visited nearby Danang city before sailing to Cam Ranh Bay, the U.S. Navy said.
[Wash Times] Nearly one-third of American adults say they are less likely to watch a National Football League game because of the growing number of Black Lives Matter protests that are happening by players on the field, a Rasmussen poll found.
Thirty-two percent polled online and by telephone said they’re willing to skip NFL games this year because of player protests over racial issues, the pollster said on Tuesday. Only 13 percent said they were more likely to watch the games because of the protests, and 52 percent said the protests had no impact on their viewing decisions.
Twenty-eight percent of African Americans said they were more likely to tune-into an NFL game because of the protests, compared to 8 percent of whites and 16 percent of other Americans, the poll found.
Whites were twice as likely as blacks to say they are less likely to watch this year.
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Their problem is when people get used to not watching the games.
One day, we went and planted trees. Another, played with the kids.
Chores get done in 1/4 of the time, instead of rubbernecking the tube. Its great.
To be honest, and as I have said, I grew up bleeding Chiefs red, and peeing Chiefs gold. The industry has been rubbing me raw with the personality-forward marketing approach, or as I call it the soccerization of sports in general and very much so with football. Fantasy this, he said what that, what outlandish personality commentator can we get - then those personalities told me I was responsible for a murder-suicide by a belligerent drunked up drug head whose baby's momma called him out for spending the night with a mistress.
This, this just does it. No more Latin month, no more pink month, no more wasted time. And the feeling has crept into my view of college ball.
[Guns.com] The Army for the past couple months has been looking for vendors interested in getting rid of possibly the largest cache of battleship food still in existence.
While it would seem like the Navy would take point on this one, the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Rock Island, Ill., in as part of the Joint Munitions Command is announced in August they were looking for potential sources who possess the expertise in demilling and disposing of 15,595 surplus 16″/50 caliber shells currently being stored at the Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Indiana.
The shells are all for the Iowa-class battleships, commissioned in World War II and brought back by popular request for Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon and the Persian Gulf wars.
Decommissioned at the end of the Cold War, by 2012 all four ships of the class (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin) were transferred to various museums around the country. Some shells belonged to even older North Carolina and South Dakota-class ships.
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Perhaps, where the low gate opens to some cottage-garden, the tired traveller may ask, idly, why the moss grows so green on its rugged wood; and even the sailor's child may not answer, nor know, that the night-dew lies deep in the war-rents of the wood of the old Téméraire.
There's a far bell ringing
At the setting of the sun,
And a phantom voice is singing
Of the great days done.
There's a far bell ringing,
And a phantom voice is singing
Of renown for ever clinging
To the great days done.
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#5 Could they be chained together in six-packs, and pushed off the ramp of a C-130 somewhere's ?
Careful there, pal. That's dangerously close to metal cylinders filled with explosives and dropped from aircraft. As we know from all the whinging about Syria, that's like war crimes and barrel bombs and stuff.
Personally, as long as we blow *something* up with them, I'm good.
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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[UPI] The governor of Venezuela's Táchira state has said some drivers next week could begin to pay gas stations with Colombian pesos or U.S. dollars.
[DAWN] KARACHI: A suspected hitman was 
