(SomaliNet) An Ethiopian convoy escorting the body of the slain Yaqshid district commissioner has escaped a roadside bomb in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday. Soon after the blast the Ethiopians opened fire killing one civilian and wounding two others who were walking along the road.
The explosion happened on the road near the mother and child SOS hospital where the soldiers continued their journey carrying the dead body of Yaqshid DC who was killed last night by unknown local militants.
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Apparently lethal and recently placed in an active family recreational area. h/t Lucianne.com
STRATHROY -- A country creek where children swim, fish and frolic was instead swarmed by police yesterday as Canadian Forces explosives experts detonated two live landmines.
The mines, found in a culvert that runs under Inadale Drive between Strathroy and Mt. Brydges, appeared to have timers and were likely the type used to blow up tanks.
The mines, found in a culvert that runs under Inadale Drive between Strathroy and Mt. Brydges, appeared to have timers and were likely the type used to blow up tanks, Strathroy-Caradoc police say.
Strathroy is in Middlesex County in Southwestern Ontario...
One mine was discovered by two girls Friday. They called police, and a second mine was found yesterday morning, only one metre away from the first. Unsure if more mines are hidden nearby, Strathroy police asked the OPP to conduct a sweep. It was to have been done by dusk yesterday.
The creek is popular with families, so police suspect the mines were put there to maim and kill, or in callous disregard of that possibility. "The senseless loss of life or grievous bodily harm that could have taken place at this creek -- it's reprehensible," Strathroy-Caradoc police Sgt. Mike Overdulve said.
The potential for devastation was evident yesterday as a military team detonated the mines from a safe distance. The force of the blast ripped bark and limbs from a tree and sprayed water so high it could be seen by observers a kilometre away. "I could feel the percussive force," Overdulve said, "It was 100 times louder than any fireworks you ever heard."
Seven centimetres thick and 25 centimetres in diameter, the mines appear to be the kind used to disable tanks. "We can't definitively prove that, but that is the direction we are leaning," Overdulve said. After the detonation, the explosives experts found debris "consistent with timers," he said.
The first mine was found Friday afternoon by nearby resident Lynn Denning, who walked to the creek with her two teenage daughters so that their yellow lab, Jesse, could enjoy the cold water. "It's upsetting," she said.
While Inadale is a two-lane country road, many residents cross the culvert to commute to London, Denning said. "There's quite a lot of traffic during the week," said Denning, who commutes to work at London Health Sciences Centre.
The family called Strathroy-Caradoc police, who sought help from the OPP, who called in the explosive ordinance disposal team from CFB Base Borden. The explosives team left its base 100 kilometres north of Toronto at 6:20 a.m. yesterday. "We responded quickly -- we take this matter quite seriously," said Capt. Cheryl Swarbrick, a base spokesperson.
Their presence was soon felt and heard on a normally quiet, tree-lined road. "I've seen hand grenades and ammunition, but I never encountered anything like this," Overdulve said. Until a year ago, Overdulve lived near the creek, taking his three kids there to fish so often, they called it "crayfish creek."
"This area is typically occupied by children, who come here to play," he said.
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Pure speculation - Culverts are choke-points for vehicular traffic, particularly LE/EMS cars/trucks responding to a terrorist attack.
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This is just plain odd. Anti tank mines with timers close enough to the water to cause spray? Add to that that the first mine was found, so must have been exposed in some way.
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Anon, there's a picture of one of the mines en place in the linked article. They were apparently in the water inside the culvert, not buried in the roadway.
As for the timers, it is my understanding that modern mines manufactured in Western, democratic countries now include fuses incorporating de-activation timers. If the mines found are of current manufacture, that would certainly preclude their being washed-out WWII training weapons.
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Did these mines have traces of goat hair?
Did they smell as if someone had recently ate couscous?
Did they look as if the wiring had been done by some missing his right hand?
Were there any footprints made with sandals?
These are the questions the Mounties need to answer.
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mrp.
Good point. I looked at the map of Strathroy and there seemed to be too many access roads to make that a practical tactic.
There was, years ago, a situation near a small town in Indiana--can't find report--of explosives in large quantity found under a bridge.
Just for fun, check out small towns around the country, see how many have, one, few access roads which are, two, cut by streams across them near the town. And in the midwest, in spring guaranteed and possibly in the fall, the fields are impassable, even for tracked vehicles.
Now, if you figured some guys who wanted to do something like, say, rob the banks at leisure and escape to enjoy their success, it would seem pretty stupid to cut off the town until the nearest Guard choppers landed. It would be delaying the inevitable, presuming the cops and citizens didn't take care of business first.
If the guys had some other goal including dying, that could be different.
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Berkeley County police found explosives in a van with Florida tags during a routine traffic stop near Goose Creek, north of Charleston, South Carolina around 6PM tonight. The van was reportedly driven by two men of Middle Eastern descent. Highway 1-76 near Goose Creek has been shut down. In addition to the FBI, authorities from Goose Creek, Berkeley County, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are on scene. The Charleston County bomb squad has also been called. (ABC News4)
UPDATE: Police closed the highway outside Charleston for more than five hours. Goose Creek is home to the Naval Weapons Station and the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig, a military prison where enemy combatants have been held. (AP)
UPDATE, Sunday August 5: Technicians exploded a an item at 2:45AM on Sunday. The two men who were detained on Saturday evening are being held pending a charge of unlawful possession of an explosive device. (AP)
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She [Feeb] said the FBI was still trying to determine if a crime had been committed.
A backpack, a gas can, and a red box were found in the van--contents not reported at this time.
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If it was the weapons depot - you have to wonder if they had just stolen the weapons from the base or if they were going TO the base. This article notes that enemy combatants had been held there, the implication being they were headed towards the base rather than away from it. I guess we will find out in due time.
Can you imagine the cop's face? How yew boys doing? Why, what ya got back there?
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"This is not terrorism related. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along."
Wanna bet that there will be a release like this soon, if the whole story dosn't just dissappear down the memory hole.
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I-26 dead ends or starts depending on how you look at it, there is a SC HY 76 which runs through the state.
there was about a month ago, an incident with an officer shot and burned and there they had caught a "middle eastern man" but it has been buried.
In any event this is a little to close for me and i can't wait till these jerks are put in with bubba at Liebler
also there was not a thing in todays paper about this.
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A lot of latex gloves will meet their doom this day.
Hot contender for Snark O' the Day.
(I tried to post the google map link but it took me to roadside am)
3dc, long map addresses usually contain certain secret cabalistic symbols that summon forth the Roadside genie at Fred's maleficent behest. Try using TinyURL.com to compress such lengthy incantations web addresses.
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I belive Jose Padilla was/is one of the terrorists held in the Goose Creek brig.
I also heard the initial claims of mid-eastern men in the vehicle was based on one not-credible witness, but who knows.
Could just have been a couple of rednecks stocked up on 'fishing supplies' at the state line fireworks store.
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This is about 1 hr south of me - they are mooselimbs - and they're grinning like a couple of idiots in their mugshots. They DID have an explosive device in their vehicle and EOD has dealt with it. The exact location where they got stopped is unclear buit it looks like they were headed in the general direction of the NWS...
Mike
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ISLAMABAD - Fresh violence left 23 people, including four soldiers, dead on Saturday in an escalation of the bloody unrest that has rocked Pakistan over the past month. The military said terrorists militants fired a barrage of rockets at security checkposts and then attacked one of them with automatic weapons overnight in a wacky restive primitive tribal district near the Afghan border.
The terrorists miscreants fired 50 to 60 rockets at five posts before attacking one of the posts with automatic weapons in Dosali, in the North Waziristan tribal district, military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad told AFP. Fierce fighting ensued and the troops repelled the terrorists attackers, killing 10 terrorists rebels, Arshad said, adding that four soldiers also died in the battle.
About 50 kilometres (32 miles) to the north, in Parachinar town, a splodydope suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a taxi stand Saturday, killing nine civilians. Several cars and shops were also damaged in the attack, which officials linked to the wave of unrest gripping the country since the July 9-10 army raid on the pro-Taleban Red Mosque in the capital Islamabad.
Local administration official Sahibzada Anis said the splodydope bomber probably detonated his payload prematurely after he had a roadside accident with another car near the taxi stand on a main road in Parachinar. He detonated himself after the accident fearing he could be arrested by the police, Anis said, adding that authorities had ordered an investigation into the attack.
Local official Mujtaba Asghar said the attack took place at a taxi stand in front of a car showroom in the town, some 240 kilometres (150 miles) west of Islamabad. Some public transport vehicles were parked on the road in front of the showroom when the bomber rammed his car and exploded, said Asghar.
The devastating blast damaged several vehicles and five shops. A senior doctor at Parachinars main government hospital, Hanif Jan, said nine people were killed and 35 wounded, some critically.
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(KUNA) -- Up to 10 Iraqis were killed, 21 others were injured, and 15 cars were set on fire when mortar shells hit two gas stations in east Baghdad, Iraqi police said on Sunday. An Iraqi security source said a number of mortar shells hit Al-Fudhailia gas station east of Baghdad which killed 21 civilians and wounded 15 others. The Iraqi police said mortar shells also hit near a gas station in Al-Mashtel area east of Baghdad severely injuring six civilians and damaging their cars. Gas stations in Iraq are always crowded with hundreds of people at a time due to the major fuel crisis.
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(KUNA) -- A riot which broke out Friday in an Iraqi-run prison in Mosul, northern Iraq, was contained but left one person dead, the Multi-National Forces said Sunday. A US army statement distributed here today said over 65 prisoners were involved in the riots which begin Friday morning as some prisoners were being transported. The prison was surrounded by American troops who were supporting the transport operation. No prisoners were able to flee the prison during the riots. The US army praised the Iraqi prison guards' swift and decisive action to regain control of the situation.(
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The US army praised the Iraqi prison guards' swift and decisive action to regain control of the situation.
Something tells me the "Iraqi guards" may have been Kurds, snicker, snicker.
(KUNA) -- The Iraqi army announced on Sunday that it has killed six terrorists and arrested 10 others suspected of being members of a terrorist cell. The army said in a statement that the militants were killed and arrested in a military operation in Mosul north of the country. A statement by the second contingent of the Iraqi army said that elements of the contingent killed today six terrorists and arrested 10 others suspected of belonging to the al-Qaeda. The statement said that two big explosive factories were found in Wadi Akab's industrial area west of Mosul.
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(KUNA) -- More than 80 suspected terrorists have been detained in Samarra since Iraqi-led clearing operations began July 31. The US army announced that the joint operations, dubbed "Operation Jalil" in honor of the fallen former police chief, targeted suspected al Qaeda elements working throughout the city. They are believed to be responsible for numerous acts of terrorism and attacks on Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and the local populace. The most recent large-scale attack was the June 13 bombing of two minarets of the holy Shia muslim shrine, the Askariya Mosque, it said.
Maj. Gen. Rashid al-Helfy led more than 1,000 Iraqi Soldiers and policemen from the 4th Iraqi Army Division, Askariya Police Brigade and local police to capturing the suspected terrorists and discovery of a number of homemade bombs. Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, served a supporting role in the operations. Salah ad Din governor, Hamed Hamoud Shekti, the Provincial Council President, and the provincial police director visited Samarra today following the completion of the successful operations, it added. "We hope that normal life will gradually come back to Samarra. The coming days will witness a development campaign in Samarra," said Hamoud during his visit, adding "We have big amounts of money allocated for Samarras city reconstruction from the regional development plan." ISF and CF continue operations in and around the city.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces said on Saturday they had killed the al Qaeda leader who masterminded the bombing that destroyed the twin minarets of the revered Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra in June. An earlier bombing of the mosque in February 2006 triggered a wave of tit-for-tat sectarian violence between majority Shi'ite and minority Sunni Arabs that has killed tens of thousands.
The U.S. military said Haitham al-Badri, the al Qaeda leader in Salahuddin province, was killed by U.S. forces on August 2. They said he was responsible for the bombing of the Golden Mosque on June 13 this year that destroyed its minarets and sparked a series of revenge attacks on Sunni mosques.
"During an operation August 2 east of Samarra, Coalition Forces killed ... Haitham al-Badri, the al-Qaeda in Iraq emir of Salahuddin province. He is also the terrorist mastermind responsible for the Golden Mosque bombing in Samarra on June 13," the U.S. military said in a statement.
The Iraqi government has previously blamed Badri for the mosque attack in February 2006.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Two Palestinians were killed and six wounded in an Israeli air strike on two vehicles near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Egypt on Saturday evening, eyewitnesses and hospital staff said. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an attack in the area, near the Rafah frontier crossing, but could not immediately give details.
The militant Islamic Jihad group said some of its members were in at least one of the vehicles a Mercedes saloon and a pickup truck parked alongside. Eyewitnesses said several explosions came from the pickup after the attack, suggesting that it had been carrying explosives.
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My joy is marred by the fact that---for what it cost---you can train an infantry platoon for a month.
Terrorists Militants shot dead three Muslims and set primary schools on fire in separate attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit south, police said on Sunday. Two other men were injured after the terrorists militants ambushed a pick-up truck in Yala province late on Saturday.
In the neighbouring province of Pattani, attackers set alight three public elementary schools, police said, adding that at least two buildings had been reduced to ashes. Elsewhere, a soldier was wounded in a gunbattle with militants.
A soldier was shot dead by suspected rebels and at least seven civilians were wounded in a bomb blast at a food stall on Saturday in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said.
A 45-year-old Muslim army soldier was shot dead by two militants at point blank range on Saturday in front of a convenience shop in Pattani, one of three violence-torn provinces bordering Malaysia, police said. In nearby Narathiwat province, a bomb hidden in a motorcycle went off in front of a food stall on Saturday, injuring seven people, they said.
At least 32 Tamil civilians have been killed and another 24 disappeared last month in Tamil-dominated areas of Sri Lankas embattled northeast, the guerrillas said on Saturday.
The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) blamed government forces for the killings as well as the disappearances from the Jaffna peninsula and the north-eastern areas where Tamils are concentrated. The worst affected district is Jaffna, the LTTE said, adding that some victims were killed by Sri Lankan military air strikes inside rebel-held territory. The military denies targeting civilians and in turn blames the Tigers for using civilians as human shields as well as forcibly conscripting child soldiers.
International rights groups have said that about 1,000 civilians had been killed in the island in the past 20 months while another 1,000 had disappeared.
The killings of civilians has increased since December 2005 with the escalation of fighting between troops and the Tiger rebels despite a truce arranged by peace broker Norway.
Tamil leader killed: Sri Lankan soldiers shot dead a senior Tamil Tiger leader when troops pre-empted a rebel attack on a northern defense line, the military said Saturday.
Insurgents were preparing to attack the defense line at Nagarkovil in Jaffna peninsula on Friday but were confronted by troops, triggering a fierce gunbattle, an official at the Defense Ministry information center said on condition of anonymity in line with policy.
He said soldiers confirmed that a senior rebel leader was killed in the fighting. The military did not give the name of the rebel leader.
There was no immediate comment from the Tamil rebels who have fought since 1983 for an independent homeland for the countrys ethnic minority Tamils.
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Are US or Israeli troops involved? How else could "civilians" be harmed?
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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(SomaliNet) An Ethiopian convoy escorting the body of the slain Yaqshid district commissioner has escaped a roadside bomb in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday. Soon after the blast the Ethiopians opened fire killing one civilian and wounding two others who were walking along the road. 
About 50 kilometres (32 miles) to the north, in Parachinar town, a 
(KUNA) -- A riot which broke out Friday in an Iraqi-run prison in Mosul, northern Iraq, was contained but left one person dead, the Multi-National Forces said Sunday. A US army statement distributed here today said over 65 prisoners were involved in the riots which begin Friday morning as some prisoners were being transported. The prison was surrounded by American troops who were supporting the transport operation. No prisoners were able to flee the prison during the riots. The US army praised the Iraqi prison guards' swift and decisive action to regain control of the situation.(
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Two Palestinians were killed and six wounded in an Israeli air strike on two vehicles near the southern Gaza Strip's border with Egypt on Saturday evening, eyewitnesses and hospital staff said. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an attack in the area, near the Rafah frontier crossing, but could not immediately give details.
