[Pak Daily Times] Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up a government offer to negotiate for peace, according to a longtime Taliban member.
Trying to quash rumors of a break in their ranks, the Taliban also have vehemently denied reports, including one that representatives of the terrorist group were involved in negotiations with the Afghan government.
The leadership could be worried that commanders might strike separate deals that would threaten to undermine the insurgency and cripple the morale of their rank-and-file fighters. President Hamid Karzai has made reconciliation a top priority and recently formed a 70 member High Peace Council to find a political solution to the insurgency. At the same time, the US-led coalition has ramped up its military campaign in an effort to pound Taliban commanders to the negotiating table.
There are no signs that either strategy is having much effect on the senior Taliban leadership. A veteran Taliban member who recently visited the powerful shura - or council -- in Quetta That's the one the Paks can't find, that they say doesn't exist...
and controlled by Mullah Omar said there was no talk of negotiation among those who control the insurgency.
"None of the big Taliban is talking," the Taliban member said on condition of anonymity.
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There are no signs that either strategy is having much effect on the senior Taliban leadership. A veteran Taliban member who recently visited the powerful shura - or council -- in Quetta
"We'll fight to your last drop of blood"
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..or till the leather boots are on the ground a few hundred meters from the Reich Chancellery bunker.
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Get small, cheap and tamper proof nuke power units to market - and past US and Euro regulators - and bury one in concrete for every 20k people or so. Prototypes promise 10 yrs or so of electricity production without any fuel change. Not only will this reduce oil revenues but if they are sold into the Muslim world it will bring down governments and maybe bring about cultural change as a middle class finds they have an investment in education, work and savings.
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[Pak Daily Times] A teenage boomer blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in northwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 others, police said.
The attack targeted the head of the Faryab provincial council, Mullah Rahmatullah Turkistani, police chief Khalil Andarabi said. Turkistani, who was maimed in the blast, regularly visits the bazaar in Khwaja Sabz Post district on Fridays to hear citizens' concerns and dine at a local restaurant, Andarabi said.
"Witnesses told police that they saw a teenage boy walking in the bazaar," Andarabi said. "He had a book in his hands and sometimes he was reading. He was probably waiting for his target to come."
When Turkistani arrived, the teenager walked toward him and detonated his cache of explosives, killing an Afghan policeman and eight civilians and wounding 30 more, Andarabi said.
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Three pro-government soldiers have been killed and four others injured in south Mogadishu in another day of heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual light or sporadic fighting... in which anti-government forces engaged African Union (AU) and Somali government troops.
The three soldiers were killed in a hit-and-run attack by gunnies in the Dharkenley district of south Mogadishu on Friday, but it is not clear if the attackers were members of Hizbul Islam or al-Shabaab, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported.
The anti-government forces also attacked AU bases in the Somali capital and the positions of Somali government troops on Friday, while the AU and Somali government troops used missiles to attack the fighters' bases in south Mogadishu.
In addition, al-Shaboobs have threatened to attack US bases in Africa.
Al-Shabaab have also warned that they plan to carry out attacks in Uganda because they believe the Ugandan troops in the AU peacekeeping force have killed innocent civilians through indiscriminate small arms fire and artillery attacks in Mogadishu.
On Friday evening, Somali Prime Minster Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo condemned the fighting between rival clans in the Mudug and Galgaduud regions and called for an immediate ceasefire.
The Somali government has dispatched a team of elders to the area to attempt to resolve the dispute and they are expected to arrive on Saturday, the Somali prime minster said.
The corpse count in the inter-clan fighting has hit 45 and about 70 people have been injured, with both sides using light and heavy arms, eyewitnesses told the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu by telephone.
On Friday, senior al-Shabaab member Fuad Mohamed Khalaf issued a statement condemning the inter-clan fighting and saying that al-Shabaab would capture the warlords who instigated the clan fighting and would deal with them according to the al-Shabaab interpretation of sharia (Islamic law).
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[Pak Daily Times] Three Russian helicopter pilots were kidnapped in the South Darfur capital Nyala, the South Darfur governor Abdel Hamid Kasha said on Friday. The UN World Food Programme confirmed three pilots contracted to them had been kidnapped in Nyala on Thursday but could not give further details.
"Yesterday there were three Russian helicopter pilots kidnapped by unknown men and the security people are chasing them," Kasha told Rooters from Nyala, the centre of a spate of recent kidnaps for ransom. Kasha said he believed the kidnappers were the same as those who kidnapped Russian airmen in Nyala in August.
The pilots were taken from a minibus in the centre of the town on Thursday about two hours before sundown, he said.
Russia directed rare criticism at ally Sudan for being unable to stop the kidnapping of foreigners for money in the war-torn Darfur region. The United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society estimates some 300,000 people have died since mostly non-Arab Darfur rebels took up arms in early 2003 demanding more of a share of wealth and power from central government.
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[Iran Press TV] Somali pirates claim they have abandoned a South Korean oil supertanker after receiving a 9.5-million-dollar ransom for the vessel.
The release comes nearly seven months after the pirates hijacked the Marshall Islands-flagged Samho Dream as it was passing through the Indian Ocean on its way to the United States from Iraq.
A pirate who identified himself as Abdi Wasuge told Press TV that the bandidos had received about USD 10 million in exchange for the vessel and its crew.
The supertanker was carrying USD 170 million worth of crude oil with a crew of five South Koreans and 19 Filipinos onboard.
While Saturday's alleged ransom payoff is one of the largest so far, many shipping and insurance companies are believed to have paid up to USD 12 million in ransom for hijacked ships. This is hard to verify as the companies or governments involved seldom acknowledge the ransom deals.
Earlier, the Chinese transport ministry said a rescue operation successfully helped free a Singapore-flagged fat merchantman with 19 Chinese crew hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
"The 19 Chinese crew and the ship Golden Blessing were rescued safely at 1:03 a.m. Beijing time (1703 GMT Friday)," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
The ministry statement did not elaborate on how the petroleum and chemical tanker had been rescued. MV Golden Blessing was pirated in late June while travelling to India from Soddy Arabia.
Sea bandidos from the lawless Horn of Africa nation have turned piracy into a lucrative business, with ransom demands seldom less than two million dollars.
Despite the presence of international anti-piracy forces, the number of attacks has continued to surge since 2007. Some analysts say the lack of a judicial system to try "suspected pirates" jugged in failed hijacking attempts has contributed to the surge in piracy.
On Friday, a court in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa released 17 suspected Somali pirates jugged in joint operation between the US and South Korean navies in May 2009, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The court said the prosecution failed to offer solid evidence. The move comes a month after Nairobi decided not to renew a piracy deal with Western countries to try Somali pirates.
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[Iran Press TV] A court in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa has released 17 suspected Somali pirates captured by the naval forces in the dangerous waters.
The men were jugged on May 31, 2009 in the Gulf of Aden following a failed attack on an Egyptian tanker, MV Amira. The vessel was attacked in the waters off Yemen.
The court says the US and South Korean navies that jugged the alleged pirates could not provide solid evidence for a conviction, a Press TV correspondent reported.
"The prosecution has not proved its case against the accused persons beyond reasonable doubt as required by law," Magistrate Michael Kizito said on Friday.
"Consequently, I find that the accused persons are not guilty of the offence which they were charged with and acquit them," he added.
The landmark decision to free the suspects is the first such ruling in similar cases since the East African country signed a piracy deal with Western powers to try suspected pirates from neighboring Somalia. Yeah, looks like that's gonna work out real well...
Nairobi did not renew the agreement after its expiration in September, making Seychelles the sole costal African country ready to try suspects handed over by foreign navies.
This is while more than a hundred suspected Somali pirates are currently awaiting trial in Kenyan jails.
Pirates from lawless Somalia have terrorized the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, preying on trade ships passing through the waters.
The European Union says the sea bandidos are currently holding some 19 vessel and at least 400 crewmembers hostage.
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Quite nearly at the top of highly predictable outcomes. Aunt Zeituni must be roaring. When will they be arriving in the US to seek due compensation, unemployment benefits and pension housing? Of all places, Kenya for phuechs sake. Has everyone gone mad?
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Prosecution was probably ably assisted by our DOJ personnel who'd rather process terrorists in civilian courts rather than legally constituted military tribunals.
NORFOLK - Five Somali men accused of firing assault rifles at a Navy ship off the coast of Africa are set to appear in federal court here this week. The charge might be difficult to prove because the suspected pirates did not board the vessel, which had a crew of 100 highly trained sailors. In a similar but separate case involving a group of alleged pirates who are suspected of firing at the USS Ashland on April 10, a federal judge has thrown out the piracy charge, ruling there was not enough evidence to prove the charge. Hmmmmmm...am I detecting a trend?
[Ennahar] Malian and Mauritanian military have, for the first time, set up joint patrols in the desert of northern Mali to strengthen the fight against Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) very active in this region.
A few hundred Malian military vehicles have joined the Mauritanian troops who arrived last week, about 80 kilometers north of Timbuktu (northern Mali).
"You see, we are brothers, our goal is the same: to ensure the security of our people, not leave the ground to terrorists, preventing the organization from any attack," told AFP a Mauritanian military, taking the arm of a Malian military in a friendly gesture.
"Today we are in the Malian desert. Tomorrow, together we can go, we will go, in the Mauritanian desert. Together we can fight against insecurity. The problems of Mali are problems of Mauritania, and those of Mauritania are those of Mali," said an officer of the Malian side.
These joint patrols, the first ever held between the two armies will continue "the time it takes," said a source close to the two armies.
Some hundreds of military vehicles, including armored cars, were traveling in this area, found Saturday an AFP journalist.
The Mauritanian army has conducted several operations in northern Mali, in July and September, to prevent attacks by AQIM in its territory.
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[Ennahar] The court in Dellès will rule on the case Droukdal and fifteen other gunnies according to judicial sources to Ennahar.
The court will decide this week on the case of the emir of the terrorist organization Salafist Group for Preaching and combat, Abdelmalek Droukdal, alias Abu Mosaab Abdelouadoud, involved along with fifteen of his elements, among them the Chief of the phalanx "El Khartoum", the head of Saryate "Ouled Aissa" and Chief of Saryate "Zemouri", previously eliminated in a clash with elements of the security services.
The respondents are accused of creating an armed terrorist group, premeditated murder, carrying weapons, while eight terrorists, among them a woman 'Z. D.", are accused of financing terrorist groups.
The trial could be postponed due to absence of several members involved in the case.
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[Magharebia] A young Mauritanian terrorist surrendered to authorities in Timbedra, close to the Mali border, AFP reported on Thursday (November 4th). Izid Bih Ould Mohamed Mahmoud, 30, joined al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in 2008, and received training in weapons and explosives at a Northern Mali camp. According to security sources, he said he had chosen to "reject a culture of violence in which he saw no future or noble goal".
The recent Nouakchott anti-terror policy forum endorsed clemency measures for bully boyz who lay down arms and denounce violence.
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[Al Jazeera] More than 650 women and girls have been raped during mass expulsions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past two months, according to a body of the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society.
Many of the victims said they were locked up and tortured for several weeks while they were raped repeatedly by security forces.
The report by the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) said 6,621 people arrived in Congo's western Kasai province, in two waves during October. It is not clear on which side of the border the rapes took place.
"The conditions of expulsion are still terrible. In many cases, sexual violence is reported and even cases of torture," the report said, citing 657 instances of sexual violence based on evidence collated by welcome committees on both sides of the border.
Separately, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), citing humanitarian workers, said the true figure was close to 100.
"We are not in a position to confirm in which country they (the rapes) happened, but we do call on the authorities of the two countries to investigate these accusations to find out whether the rapes took place and where," Maurizio Giuliano, a front man of OCHA, said.
'No complaints'
Lambert Mende, the DRC information minister, said authorities had not received any reports of rape.
"We're not informed. We don't know, these figures are not confirmed," he said. "There are expulsions, perhaps there are rapes but we have received no complaints and we don't want to launch a dossier."
The report comes in the wake of an international outcry triggered by the rape of at least 303 civilians in eastern Congo between July 30 and August 3 by rebels in the town of Luvungi.
Angola and Congo often indulge in tit-for-tat expulsions and the figure touched 211,000 in 2009.
Angola helped the Congolese government fight off Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebels during fighting between 1998 and 2003, which drew in several neighbouring countries.
However, The infamous However... deteriorating relations between the two countries followed disputes over border demarcation, offshore oil ownership and closer Congolese relations with Rwanda and Uganda, its neighbours to the east.
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For the first time in years, the US has deployed Predator drones to search for al-Qaeda in Yemen, but has yet to fire any missles from the aircraft due to a lack of good intelligence.
Officials said the Predators have been in Yemeni airspace for months in search of al-Qaeda operatives. After a number of attacks involving cruise missiles earlier this year, local al-Qaeda leaders "went to ground," according to a senior administration official.
Asked whether the drones would be free to fire, another administration official said, "The only thing that does fall into the 'no' category right now is boots on the ground."
[Al Arabiya] The United Arab Emirates aviation authority is investigating a claim by al-Qaeda that it was behind the September crash of a UPS plane in Dubai, but has found no link so far, an official said on Saturday.
"The investigations which were carried out and the details collected from the site of the UPS cargo plane crash have not shown an kaboom taking place on board the aircraft," the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said.
"This does not mean that the claim of an kaboom taking place will not be taken seriously; the authority will investigate this claim," said a statement carried by state news agency WAM.
On Friday, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed it had planted a bomb on a jumbo jet belonging to US delivery giant UPS near Dubai airport on September 3, and that the authorities had kept the cause of the crash quiet.
"We downed the plane belonging to the American UPS company, but because the media of the enemy did not attribute responsibility for this work to us we kept quiet about the operation until the time came that we hit again," it said.
On October 28, the group said, it placed bombs on flights operated by UPS and FedEx. The bombs which were traced to Yemen, were intercepted in Dubai and in England before they could explode.
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[Yemen Post] Al Qaeda denied claims that it was responsible for the bombing of a Wahda Sports Club in the province of Aden two weeks ago, which resulted in the death of three people and several civilians injured.
A statement issued by al-Qaeda said: "We in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula deny responsibility for this process, and declare that we have no relation to it from close or far."
The statement emphasized that they only target "criminals from the Americans and the crusaders and their followers from the security forces and intelligence officers," and accused the media for promoting the crusader alliance propaganda to distort the reputation of the Mujahideen."
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[Yemen Post] The prosecution said that Hesham Mohammed Asim kept in touch with Anwar and was convinced to kill foreigners after months of corresponding with Anwar via e-mail. According to the judge, Anwar incited him to kill foreigners, which in the end resulted in the killing of a French engineer on the 6th of October at OMV Oil Company where he was working as a guard.
In addition, the prosecution indirectly accused Anwar Awlaqi of being an Al-Qaeda member; therefore, opening doors for trialing him as an Al-Qaeda suspect in later hearings.
This is the first time that the Yemeni government hints that Anwar is an Al Qaeda operative.
Osman Awlaki, Anwar's cousin, was also charged of incitement to kill foreigners.
When questioned by Judge Mohsen Alwan, the first defendant Hesham Mohammed Asim denied all charges against him and claimed he was tortured during interrogation. The judge adjourned the trial for one week.
After the incident, the French Foreign Ministry called French families living in Yemen to leave the country due to the deteriorating security situation.
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[Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, now nabbed, criminal masterminded the massacres in Santhia upazila and elsewhere in the district in 1971, a war crimes probe finds.
"In our primary investigation, we found that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition.... chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was the criminal mastermind behind the massacres," said Md Abdur Razzak of the International Crimes Tribunal probe team.
The 11-member team led by Sayed Rejaur Rahman, prosecutor of the tribunal, wrapped up their three-day probe in Pabna yesterday.
The investigators visited killing spots in Baushgari of Demra union, Dhulauri, Karomja of Santhia yesterday and interviewed a number of war crimes witnesses.
Santhia is the birthplace and election constituency of Nizami.
Earlier on Thursday and Friday, the probe team visited places in Pabna sadar and Ishwardi upazila where Pakistain army and their collaborators had set up camps and torture centres during the Liberation War.
"In the investigation we learnt that in 1971 some eight to nine hundred innocent people were killed in Demra in a day and another 21 in Dhulauri," Razzak said.
Talking to the probe team, Md Shajahan, a Liberation War veteran, recalled the Dhulauri carnage.
"Following Nizami's directives, local collaborator Sattar razakar led the Mighty Pak Army to Dhulauri on November 27, 1971. They killed 21 people including nine freedom fighters. The collaborators had attacked me but I was saved by the grace of the Almighty. Still I am carrying the wound in my body," said the freedom fighter.
Another war hero, Jahurul Haque of Santhia claimed, "Nizami was the organiser of the collaborators. He used to make plans and direct his associates. Most of the war criminals are relatives and followers of Nizami."
The collaborators, widely called razakars, led by Nizami committed mass killings in Baushgari, locals said. Asad, one of the razakars, led the occupation troops to the remote village where the Hindus had taken shelter.
In Baushgari some 350 people were killed on that night. The entire Demra was turned into a graveyard as eight to nine hundred people were martyred, locals told the team.
However, The infamous However... some people were chanting slogans in favour of Nizami while the witnesses were talking to the probe team. But nothing untoward had happened, investigators said.
Earlier in a press briefing on Friday, the probe team said Nizami, top-tyre Jamaat leader Abdus Subhan, also the former politician from Pabna; and Moulana Ishaque, former minister of Pakistain government, were the leaders of collaborators.
Subhan and Ishaque are still on the lam. Asked about their arrest, prosecutor Abdur Rob Howladar said the tribunal investigators would decide when to arrest the duo.
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[El Universal] US Attorney Preet Bharara indicted in a Manhattan Federal Court Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled for trafficking drugs into the United States.
Walid Makled García is accused of trafficking "tons of cocaine into the United States," as reported by the NY1 website.
"Makled-Garcia is a king among kingpins. He allegedly coordinated a vast international narcotics trafficking organization and these charges emphasize our commitment to pursue those who flood the United States with poison for their own financial gain," Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said.
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[Al Jazeera] One of Mexico's most wanted drug pushers has been killed in a shootout with security forces, according to local media reports.
Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, known as "Tony Tormenta" or Tony the Storm, was rubbed out in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, during a security operation in the northeastern border city. Cardenas Guillen is believed to be a major narco for the Gulf Cartel.
Three other gunnies, two marines and a local newspaper news hound also died in the operation, which took place on Friday.
US authorities had indicted Cardenas Guillen on drug trafficking charges and offered a $5m reward for information leading to his arrest. Mexican authorities had also offered a $2m reward.
Cardenas Guillen's brother, Osiel, led the Gulf Cartel until 2003 when he was jugged by Mexican authorities. Osiel was extradited to the US in 2007 and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Texas court in February this year.
Franc Contreras, Al Jizz's correspondent in the capital Mexico City, said that the death of Guillen was a major blow to the Gulf Cartel, but would probably not end violence in the region as the group was still fighting other cartels there.
Elsewhere in the country, police in Mexico City said that Harold "The Rabbit" Poveda, suspected of being the main cocaine supplier for Beltran Leyva drug cartel, had been jugged.
Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... family members have identified five bodies found in a mass grave near the Pacific coast town of Acapulco. According to the families, the five belonged to a group of tourists who were kidnapped in late September while travelling to town.
Police discovered the mass grave containing a total of 18 bodies on Tuesday after an anonymous tip.
Contreras said that the state prosecutor said that the bodies had been buried for a month.
"Family members were able to positively identify these men and point out that at least five of them were in fact tourists. There was concern that maybe the men belonged to drug trafficking groups, but the families are saying no."
More than 28,000 people have been killed in escalating drugs related violence since Felipe Calderon, the president, began a crackdown on drugs trafficking in December 2006.
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A total of 13 individuals were murdered in ongoing violence in northern Mexican stattes, including three unidentified men shot to death in Juarez Friday night. For a map, click here.
An unidentified man was found shot to death Thursday night in Juarez, say Mexican news reports. The victim was found near the corner of calles Antonio de Ortemin and Francisco Dozal in the Chaveña barrio shot three times.
A man died from gunshot wounds he sustained Thursday night, say Mexican news accounts. Ricardo Macia, 25, was shot near the intersection of calles Vicente Guerrero and Panama in the Insurgentes district, but died while being transported in the back of a pickup truck before he received medical attention.
An unidentified man was shot to death during an armed robbery in Juarez Friday, say Mexican press accounts. Two men robbed the Banregio on Panamericana and Oscar Flores, then fled with Policia Federal agents in pursuit. The chase ended on bulevar Zaragoza when one of the robbers were struck by gunfire and died instantly. The other robbery suspect surrendered to police agents. Seized was a .38 caliber pistol and an amount of marijuana.
An unidentified man was found strangled in Tijuana, Baja California Friday morning, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found in the Loma Blanca district.
A food seller in Tijuana was shot to death Friday, say Mexican press accounts. Alejandro Martinez Hernandez, 22 was found shot several times on bulevar Simon Bolivar in the Cuero de Venados district. At the scene was found several 9mm and AK-47 spent casings.
An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Friday, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was making repairs on his Buick Regal when he was approached by armed suspects and shot. The incident took place near the intersection of calles Azucenas and Altamirano in the Bellavista district. Several 9mm spent casings were found at the scene.
Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Friday night, say Mexican press accounts. The victims riding aboard a Chevrolet Avalanche were intercepted by armed suspects on calle Soneto 56 in the Castillo Peraza district. Two victims were killed instantly while the third died at the hospital.
Two unidentified victims were found mutilated on a bridge in Juarez Saturday morning, according to Mexican news accounts. The find was made on the Zaragoza Pedestrian Bridge where it intersected with Calle Mora. Body parts were scattered throughout the scene. A second victim, similarly mutilated was found nearby. A banner on the bidge said the victims were extortionists.
An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Saturday morning, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found near the corner of calles Miguel de la Madrid and Libramiento Aeropuerto behind the Puento Valle with a dozen gunshot wounds.
An unidentified man was found shot to death in Hermosillo, Sonora Friday night, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found shot five times with a .38 Super near the intersection of calles Agustin Zamora and Luz Valencia in the Privada de Bosque district.
In the first strike, one American missile slammed into a house and another hit a vehicle in the town of Ghulam Khan just north of Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, the two officials said. Nine insurgents were killed.
An hour later, another pair of missiles struck a vehicle in the nearby town of Datta Khel, killing five suspected militants, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk to the media. They said all five killed were foreigners.
[Dawn] Ten gun-hung tough guys were killed and five others injured when helicopter gunships pounded their hideouts in various areas of Lower Orakzai Agency ... home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar... on Saturday.
Official sources said that military helicopters targeted cut-thoat positions in Andar Mella, Malokhel and Saidkhel villages after nine people, security personnel among them, were kidnapped.
Sources said that those kidnapped were going from Bezotkhel to Kohat on Friday when gun-hung tough guys stopped their vehicles in Saidkhel area and forcibly took them away.
Three hideouts were destroyed in the shelling.
The political administration called a meeting of the elders of Bezotkhel, Perozkhel and Istrikhel tribes and asked them to take action against gun-hung tough guys who were attacking security forces' convoys and government installations in the area.
The elders were told to inform the security forces about the movement of gun-hung tough guys in their areas.
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[Dawn] At least four people were killed in different incidents of firing in Bloody Karachi on Saturday, DawnNews reported.
Three vehicles were also set ablaze in different parts of the city.
Security had been put on high alert in Bloody Karachi ahead of the arrival of slain Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq's body from London.
The city wore a deserted look and public and private transports remain off the roads and commercial centres remained closed.
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KIRKUK, Iraq Three car bombs exploded at dawn on Saturday outside the homes of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party officials in northern Iraq, wounding 34 people, police said.
At about 6:00 am (0300 GMT) three booby-trapped cars exploded simultaneously outside the homes of three officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in north Kirkuk, wounding 34 people, said Brigadier General Adel Zeinalabedine.
The senior police commander had earlier said that 25 people were wounded in the attacks on the PUK a Kurdish former rebel movement which is led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
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[Iran Press TV] Israeli war planes have attacked the Gaza Strip, bombing Palestinian houses in the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south of the enclave.
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Secondary explosions?
Bunny fur everywhere?
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(KUNA) -- A Syrian woman living in the Golan placid provincial capital Al-Qunaitra suffered serious injuries in a blast of a landmine left behind by the Israelis forces, the Syrian Television said on Saturday.
The blast occurred while she was returning home, along with her mother, after herding the family cows at a spot north of the town.
Only a small number of Syrian citizens has remained in the town, extensively damaged before Israel pulled out of it in 1974.
Up to 607 Syrians have been killed, injured or maimed in such incidents in the region.
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Well, there ya have it. A shepherd herds sheep. A shepherd herding cows? Surely won't pass the smell test...
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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.
[Iran Press TV] Somali pirates claim they have abandoned a South Korean oil supertanker after receiving a 9.5-million-dollar ransom for the vessel.
[Iran Press TV] A court in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa has released 17 suspected Somali pirates captured by the naval forces in the dangerous waters.
For the first time in years, the US has deployed Predator drones to search for al-Qaeda in Yemen, but has yet to fire any missles from the aircraft due to a lack of good intelligence.
[Al Jazeera] One of Mexico's most wanted 
KIRKUK, Iraq Three car bombs exploded at dawn on Saturday outside the homes of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party officials in northern Iraq, wounding 34 people, police said.
