The beautiful lizard women of V e.g., Jane Badler, June Chadwick, Faye Grant(although Faye was a human) would make fine additions to the Rantburg cover or undercover page and they are about the same vintage as Victoria Principal.
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Eyewitnesses confirmed that security forces guarding the church withdrew nearly one hour before the blast, leaving only four policemen and an officer to guard such a big church and nearly 2000 people attending the midnight mass. "Normally they would have waited until the mass was over," said el-Gezeiry. He also commented on the Muslim's schadenfreude at the massacre at the church, who were heard chanting "Allah Akbar."
Nasir al-Wahishi, a top al-Qaeda commander, who reportedly served as an aide of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan on December 28.
Well done, O anonymous UAV pilots, and those who point them toward their targets!
Al-Wahishi, 32, a Yemeni national, who presided over the January 2009 merger of Saudi Arabian and Yemeni splinters of al-Qaeda, was killed in the year end.
Wahishi was killed when two missiles were fired on a militant camp at the Ghulam Khan sub-district of North Waziristan, Kyodo reported quoting Pakistani officials.
Al-Wahishi is among four top al-Qaeda commanders killed in American drone strikes which assumed unprecedented proportions in 2010. Those killed by US missiles include al-Qaeda number 3 Abu Mustafa al-Yazid, Sheikh Fateh al-Misri, al-Qaeda's operations head for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who replaced Yazid.
The drones have also felled top Taliban commanders including its chief Baitullah Mehsud and the trainer of suicide bombers Qari Hussain Mehsud.
The officials claimed Wahishi had served as secretary of bin Laden until 2003. He was arrested in Iran and extradited to Yemen in 2003. The al-Qaeda commander was among 23 Yemeni captives who made a dramatic escape from maximum security prison in Sana'a, in 2006 and was at large since then.
The Yemeni figures in the Interpol's Orange Notice as well as US State Departments and UN Sanctions List.
Not a bad year, on this front. Congratulations all around!
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Am I the only one that first read the headline as OsBama's top aide killed in drone strike?
Or is this a distinction without a difference?
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Nope, I also saw "Obama".
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I also wondered what the hell Mrs Bill was doing In Paki-Waki-Land.
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#5 Nope, I also saw "Obama".
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I saw "Obama" as well, which was immediately followed by a micro-burst mental images of Robert Gibbs, Jeremiah Wright, Barney Franks, and Val Jarrett. Very, very disappointing.
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Kazakh military advisors,eh ? Question - who is going to be advised by them?
Do not forget that Kazakhstan is a muslim country and a proud member of Organization of Islamic Conference.
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Afghanistan isn't and was never much of a "trap". The Russians withdrew for a combination of reasons: (1) the Soviet economy had weakened sufficiently from 6 decades of communist rule that even a small-scale guerrilla war like Afghanistan had left it winded and (2) there's not much in Afghanistan worth conquering, whereas if oil had been discovered there, Afghanistan would probably have been annexed to the Soviet Union, and the population massacred a la the Ukraine's Holodomor.
[Tolo News] Afghanistan had the biggest production of drugs in 2010 all across the world, Afghan Counter-narcotics Ministry said on Sunday.
While describing last year gains of the ministry as small, Counter-narcotics Ministry said around 85% of world's drug was produced by Afghanistan.
Counter-narcotics Ministry warned if international community refuses to help Afghanistan in the fight against drugs in 2011, regional countries and even the whole world would face serious drug-related problems.
The ministry said drug prices have increased by three percent, which could persuade farmers to grow poppy instead of saffron or anything else.
International community aid to anti-drug efforts of the ministry was not sufficient in 2010 and if the aid still continues the same in 2011, most farmers would turn to drugs, the ministry said.
"Producing more than 85% of world's opium, Afghanistan had the highest rates of drugs production last year," Mohammad Ebrahim Azhar, planning and financial deputy to the ministry said.
Lack of facilities in the ministry to implement its anti-drug programmes is called the only challenge facing the ministry.
It is believed that development programmes in Afghanistan can hardly be implemented when there is an increase in poppy cultivation in the country.
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well at least they are no. 1 at something. Who cares if someone is gonna go hardcore and use opium or heroine then they are going too anyway. I would rather it be grown there than right acroos the border where it would have even easier access to our market.
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Most Afghan opium goes to Europe or the Middle East. It's a problem no matter where it goes, and needs to be at least reduced if not crushed altogether. Ninety percent of the Taliban funding comes from opium. Ending opium cultivation would go a long way toward hurting the Taliban and their allies.
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Didn't Russia recently send in a team -- with Coalition permission, just to destroy some opium warehouses in Taliban territory?
[Tolo News] At least 20 gunnies were killed and 21 others were jugged in an operation carried out by Afghan and foreign forces in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Sunday.
The operation was launched one week ago in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province to wipe out gunnies from the area. The operation will soon be expanded to two other districts in the province, officials added.
The Death Eaters have suffered heavy casualties in the operation so far, Alishah Paktiawal the police chief of Nangarhar told TOLOnews.
"A Taliban capo was also killed in festivities with Afghan and foreign troops in the operation," Paktiawal added.
There were no civilian and military casualties in the operation, local officials said.
Shirzad district, bordering Pakistain, is one of the volatile areas where Talibs have been active.
Afghan and Nato forces have also launched military operations in the northern Afghanistan in which gunnies have suffered a lot of casualties so far.
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[The Nation (Nairobi)] Some 18 people described as Muslim preachers were on Sunday arrested while being ferried from Nairobi to Mombasa.
The arrest of the preachers, who were 'hidden' in a lorry container, at Kyumbi trading centre on the Machakos turn-off to Nairobi has puzzled detectives.
The preachers had national passports, identity cards and even voters cards, which they readily handed to the police to justify their claims that they were bonafide Kenyan citizens.
"But our main puzzle is in this age of good and comfortable means of transport why the preachers chose to be transported this way. This is what detectives are trying to establish", said Machakos police boss Charles Kerich.
In their small bags, each had a Holy Quran and other religious literature as well as clothing.
Mr Kerich said police stopped the lorry at the Kyumbi patrol base after a tip off and on inspection found the 18 inside.
Police ordered that the lorry be driven to the Machakos police station.
At the station, CID boss Samuel Kobina took pictures of the suspects before they were locked up.
Speaking to the Nation, one of the suspects who identified himself as a Mr Mohammed said they had come to Nairobi to attend a routine gathering of preachers from all over the country in Eastleigh.
"It is what in Christianity you call a crusade. In the Islamic world we call such gatherings Markaz Baabul", he said.
He said the lorry driver offered to drive them to Mombasa free of charge.
"We requested the crew to bail us out as we did not have transport to take us back to Mombasa," he said.
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Curiouser and Curioser, why not leave the "Muslim Preachers" to rot?
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It is what in Christianity you call a crusade.
UPS guy to pokey preacher: "The sooner you get into the box with the other preachers, the sooner we can get you to the crusade."
Yeah, that's the ticket!
[Ennahar] A cargo of mixed Algerian company ABC, the "Blida", with 27 crew members aboard was hijacked by Somali pirates while sailing to Slalah seaport, southeast of Oman. The attack was the first of its kind against an Algerian vessel.
Among the crew of the "Blida", 27 in number, including seamen, engineers and technicians, 17 are of Algerian nationality, six Ukrainians, one Jordanian, one Indonesian and two Filipinos.
The vessel sailing to Dar Es Salam in Tanzania was attacked by pirates Saturday the first day of the year off the Arabian Sea shortly after leaving the port of Salalah.
The vessel was loaded with 26 tons of raw materials for cement manufacture. According to the director of the company Nasreddine Mansouri, in a statement to the press yesterday, following this incident, the operation has took place Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm (local time), adding that Somali pirates had violated the territorial waters of the Sultanate of Oman and hijacked the ship to an unknown destination.
The last contact with the crew of the freighter, the sources said, took place just minutes after capture. The captain, a Ukrainian had launched an SOS before the pirates did cut all contact.
According to the director of the company, the "Blida" has not seen the Algerian territorial waters for three consecutive years; it was leased to the British company "Secure Holding" and it was the last one having been informed of its capture.
The director of ABC said when we met with him last night that the families and relatives of the 17 sailors will be notified when necessary. He added that the British company was contacted by the pirates but they have not yet clarified their demands.
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Isn't it monsoon season yet? Will these pirates never take a break?
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Not until we ARCLIGHT a couple of the pirate ports and make it very uncomfortable to be a pirate. As long as it makes tons of money, with few downsides, the pirating will continue. Destroy their homes and their boats, make life a royal pain for any survivors, and they'll find another way to make a living - one with fewer dangers, regardless of the rewards.
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[Ennahar] A unit of the judicial police, under the security of Bir Mourad Rais, specializing in the fight against drugs, has succeeded in dismantling a major network of trafficking in hard drugs, cocaine, heroin and crack, active at the level of an upscale neighborhood of Hydra, in addition to the neighborhoods of Bab Ezzouar, Dar El Beida and the town of El Afroun.
This network of drug trafficking is led by two African nationals, a Nigerian and a Malian and is composed of executives and senior officers of the army. Among its members are also two sons of two generals and the son of a former minister of housing "B. Abderrahmane".
The accused were presented yesterday, Sunday, in the court of Bir Mourad Rais. They arrived under high escort, wearing balaclavas and flak jackets. This operation, which was conducted by Sherlocks since last month, led to the arrest of a dangerous narco of cocaine and heroin. The security services have seized a large quantity of hard drugs (more than 40 capsules) in addition to syringes and cigarettes.
According to judicial sources, the facts are very serious; especially that the network dismantled was intoxicating young Algerian cons large sums of money. Our sources have failed to give us more details.
One dealer jugged in Hydra; gave the names of the other members of the network, whose principal defendant, a Nigerian national, who was jugged in El Afroun.
According to our sources, one of the accused, a habitual criminal, cited the name of one of his suppliers; the son of a former general.
Presented before the public prosecutor, he ordered the detention of nine accused.
Investigations are still ongoing in order to know more information.
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[Pak Daily Times] Egypt is holding seven people for questioning over the New Year's Day bombing of a church in the northern city of Alexandria and has released 10 others, a security source said on Sunday. Another source said questioning was continuing related to the attack, which killed 21 people outside the church during a midnight service. He said "a number" of suspects had been nabbed and most were held briefly before being freed.
The suspected jacket wallahmaimed 97 people in the blast, which prompted hundreds of Christians in Mohammedan-majority Egypt to protest against a failure of the authorities to protect them.
Egyptian officials said there were indications 'foreign elements'were behind the blast and said the attack seemed to have been the work of a jacket wallah. Extra coppers were posted outside several churches in Cairo and Alexandria on Sunday, preventing cars from parking next to the buildings, witnesses said.
An Iraqi group linked to al Qaeda threatened the Church in Egypt with attack in November and a statement on an Islamist website, posted about two weeks before the Alexandria bombing, urged Mohammedans to attack Coptic churches in Egypt and elsewhere.
One security source said seven people were being nabbed, and 10 had been released after questioning.
"There are people being held and investigated. This is part of the investigations to reveal the mysterious circumstances of the incident and gather information," said the second source, who declined to give specify how many were being nabbed. geriatric President Hosni Mubarak, 82, has pledged to track down the culprits and called for national unity, saying the attack was directed at all Egyptians, not just Christians.
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So, they're "Holding" them to pass out medals? Or to give cash awards?
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They were let go this afternoon.
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RELATED: DEUTSCH WELLE = EGYPT REGIME UNDER PRESSURE AS AL-QAEDA LINKS [Church bombing] STIR TENSIONS | FEAR OF AL-QAEDA INFILTRATION INTO EGYPT'S ISLAMIST MOVEMENT.
IIUC, EGYPT = another "NORTH KOREA" AS PER PROBLEMATIC SUCCESSION widin allegedly unpopular MUBARAK GOVT-DYNASTY???
[Bangla Daily Star] Nigeria's biggest thug group denied yesterday involvement in a New Year's Eve bombing that killed four people in Abuja, as police hunted for those responsible for the attack.
MEND, which claims to be fighting for a greater share of oil revenues for communities in the Niger Delta, had previously grabbed credit for the last major bombing in the Nigerian capital, when 12 people in a crowd celebrating Independence Day were killed on October 1.
"Bombings and attacks carried out by MEND are always preceded by a warning in order to prevent casualties and followed by a statement of claim," the group said in a statement.
Friday's attack killed four people and injured 26.
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[Ennahar] The Jordanian Islamist opposition said Sunday that Soddy Arabia had jugged one of its leaders during a visit to Jeddah (west), and called for his "urgent release".
"Khaled Hassanein went to Jeddah last Monday and was jugged at the airport by the Saudi authorities and taken to an unknown destination," said Hamzeh Mansour, secretary general of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the main party of opposition in Jordan and the political arm of the Mohammedan Brotherhood in this country.
"We requested a meeting with the Saudi ambassador in Amman but did not get any response. We call for the urgent release of Hassanein and we demand that the Jordanian Foreign Minister do everything possible for his liberation."
In a statement posted on the website of the party, Mr. Mansour said that the government has not informed the party of the reasons Hassanein is held.
Khaled Hassanein is a member of the Shura, the highest decision making body of the party.
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[Arab News] Online newspapers, blogs and forums will now need to register with the Ministry of Information and Culture for licenses to operate, according to new regulations that the ministry announced Saturday it is to introduce.
The new system, which will be introduced in a month's time, has been discussed by online newspapers and bloggers who say the attempt to regulate online media in the same way that the Kingdom's print publications are regulated is not workable.
The regulations also specify punishments in case of violations. These include the obligatory publishing of corrections, fines and bans for various time periods, including total bans. Applicants for licenses need to be Saudi, no less than 20 years of age, have high school certificates in the least and documents testifying to their good behavior. Online newspapers also need to employ editors in chief who have been approved by the Ministry of Information and Culture.
Abdul Aziz Khoja, minister of information and culture, said that the system is "in line with the development moves that the media sector is witnessing." He added that the rules do not include any clauses restricting freedom of speech and that the ministry is eager to ensure there is transparency. He also said that the rules will be made open to improvement in the future.
Turki Al-Rougi, editor in chief of Al-Wiaam Online newspaper, said that the rules are welcome as they specify a particular government department that will be in charge of online media. He, however, added that there is fear that the regulations might be misused to restrict freedom of speech.
Al-Rougi said the Ministry of Information and Culture wants to implement the rules governing the print media on Internet websites and that this is not workable. He added that the drawbacks of the system will be discussed with the ministry at a seminar that is to be held on Monday at the Riyadh Literary Club.
"The fines could be as high as SR100,000 and SR50,000. The owners of websites simply cannot afford them as they are individuals unlike the print publications which are owned by establishments and businessmen," said Al-Rougi, adding that the new system neglects mentioning visitors to websites.
Trad Al-Asmari, who blogs about poverty, unemployment and social justice in the Kingdom at alasmari.wordpress.com, said the system will remain "ink on paper" because it is "not applicable."
"There are already contradictions in the system. It says that the person needs to have a license for his website and at the same time the person is actually applying for a license," said Al-Asmari who won an award -- "Reporters Without Borders, freedom of expression" -- for his blog.
He added that the system would work for online newspapers but not for blogs, forums or Twitter. He also wondered whether it would be a requirement to ask the Ministry of Information and Culture for permission to post on Twitter or Facebook.
"What we hoped for is a chance for the media to obtain a self-controlled system not that of a government one," he said.
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Maybe Israel will be willing to host forums for disgruntled Saudis. Uncensored ones. About as uninhibited as 4chan.
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The Michoacan based Mexican drug cartel La Familia has offered a one month truce, according to several online news sources.
An email was received Sunday by various news agencies claiming the Mexican Policia Federal has been lying to the public about its activities in Michoacan, that it disclaims all criminal acts that have taken place in December that were not instigated by Federal agents and that it would continue its withdraw from criminal acts starting January, 2011.
Mexican Policia Federal officials said two days ago that La Familia was out of money and on the verge of collapse due to two recent operations that killed one leader and captured another. Hence the offer of a truce -- please stop killing us!
The letter stated that the offer was intended to demonstrate the criminal gang was not responsible for criminal acts undertaken in December, and their involvement would be apparent in the coming month.
Associated Press reports that the letter has not been confirmed as coming from the criminal cartel. Was it on their letterhead?
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An opportunity to break up their support base, by dividing them from the leadership. Offer the unimportant ones conditional amnesty, which presents all sorts of opportunities to eradicate the organization entirely.
They must identify all others known in the organization, to help map it out. As well as safe houses, areas of responsibility, weapons caches, and any other useful information, such as communications, chain of command, where and how the money and drugs flow.
Since many of them won't even be arrested, they must keep secret their application for amnesty, and continue to provide information if they get any in the future, especially about lieutenants that want to take charge and revive the organization.
And importantly, any information about other gangs moving in to the power vacuum.
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Two police stations and a state attorney general's office were attacked early Sunday morning by armed suspects using small arms and hand grenades, according to Mexican news reports.
A Nuevo Leon Procuradora General Justicia Estado (PGJE) office in Allende was struck by grenades at about 0040 hrs. The building on the corner of calles Niño Artillero and Venustiano Carranza was damaged along with one vehicle parked outside.
Witnesses say armed suspects drove by the office, threw the grenades and then fled. No injuries were reported.
Allende is about 25 kilometers south of Monterrey.
Just after midnight Sunday morning a police station at Cadereyta was attacked with two hand grenades. No damage and no injuries were reported.
Cadereyta is about 35 kilometers north of Allende and 15 kilometers east of Monterrey, and has been the site of several gunfights between Mexican security forces and drug gangs this past fall.
Just after midnight Sunday morning a Nuevo Leon state Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (SSP) facility was attacked by armed suspects using small arms fire and hand grenades. The suspects drove by the facility near the intersection of avenidas Manuel L. Barragan and Fidel Velazquez aboard a vehicle prior to the attack. No Damage or injuries were reported in the attack.
A recap of what Badanov and Rantburg have been reporting all year. The press is beginning to pay attention.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- More than 100 police officers were killed in 2010 in this violent Mexican border city, where the drug-related death toll exceeded 3,100 during that same 12-month period.
Of that total, most of the fatalities (67) were municipal police while the remainder were federal police, thousands of whom have been deployed to Juarez as part of President Felipe Calderon's nationwide crackdown on Mexico's numerous drug cartels.
That strategy, which has included enlisting the military in the drug war, has led to the elimination of several crime bosses and record seizures of cocaine but appears to have had no impact on the flow of illegal drugs from Mexico to the United States.
Drug-related deaths, meanwhile, have risen steadily since Calderon took office in late 2006. More than 3,100 people, or approximately nine per day, were killed in drug-related violence in 2010 in Juarez, with many of the deaths blamed on the war for control of smuggling routes into the United States between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels.
That figure represents about one-fourth of all deaths this year from gangland mayhem in Mexico, where more than 30,000 people have died over the past four years in cartels' battles for supremacy and clashes between the gangs and security forces.
Also Friday, assailants used Molotov cocktails in a firebomb attack on an elementary school in a low-income area that caused significant damage but no casualties. As reported in Milenio and probably El Universal.Turns out it was vandalism by a few 12 to 14 year olds kids who were detained by the cops. No assailants, no firebombs. Just a buncha bored kids. And the vandalism took place in Chihuahua city, not Juarez.
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[Pak Daily Times] The Bloody Karachi police has jugged eight alleged high-profile bully boyz involved in series of murders in the city.
"The arrests have been made from different parts of the city and the jugged people had belonged with a banned organisation," said Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Fayyaz Leghari while addressing a presser here on Sunday.
The accused are involved in the murder of at least 12 people and their ring leader is Tanvir Abbas, the CCPO added. He said that the gang was involved in act of terrorism since March 2, 2009.
The culprits used to acquire snatched cars, cycle of violences and illegal weapons as a modus operandi to accomplish their task, he added.
The CCPO did not give any information or identity of the accused due to security concerns.
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[Pak Daily Times] Two men were killed while one lost his life in an accident in separate incidents in the metropolis on Sunday. According to details, a man was killed within the jurisdiction of SITE-A Section cop shoppe on Sunday. The dear departed was identified as 40-year-old Sher Khan, son of Munir Khan. He was a resident of the same area. Police officials said that the dear departed was shot and killed by unidentified culprits riding on a cycle of violence. Police officials said that the culprits later managed to flee after committing crime. The victim had keeled over dead and his body was moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. In another incident, a stray bullet hit and killed a teenager within the jurisdiction of Garden cop shoppe on Sunday. Police officials said that 13-year-old Abdul Samad, son of Mohammad Anwar was the resident of Hina Apartments near Ranchorline and a stray bullet hit and killed him when he was standing near his house. The victim was rushed to the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi where doctors pronounced him dead. Separately, a passerby was knocked to death at Korangi No 6 within the remits of Korangi Industrial Area cop shoppe on Sunday. Police officials said that 22-year-old Zahir, son of Ibrahim was crossing the road when a vehicle hit him and managed to speed away. Police shifted the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for his appointment with Doctor Quincy and later handed it over to the heirs.
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[Pak Daily Times] Three coppers sustained injuries when an improvised bomb targeting a mobile van went off in the limits of Samar Bagh cop shoppe on Sunday, police said. The roadside kaboomexploded by cut-throats when a police mobile van of Sambar Bagh cop shoppe was passing through Pakari bridge. The injured were rushed to Timergara Hospital. The police, soon after the blast started a search operation. The police during the search operation on Sunday night killed two outlaws, suspected of blowing up the police vehicle, District Police Officer Mumtaz Zareen said. The police on a tip-off that the outlaws were hiding in a cave in Timergara mountains, besieged it and asked them to surrender. The assailants opened indiscriminate fire at the police, which also retaliated. During the half-an-hour encounter, two outlaws believed to be foreigners were rubbed out. Weapons, hand grenades and other ammunition were recovered from the cave.
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[Pak Daily Times] Gunship choppers pounded hideouts of cut-throats in Ziarai Mountain while security forces launched a search operation to nab cut-throats in Zakhakhel on Sunday. A khasadar, Raees Khan, was injured when unidentified cut-throats opened fire on him during the operation. The security forces used gunship helicopters to pound the hideouts of suspected cut-throats in Ziarai Mountain during the search operation. Earlier, cut-throats had taken away important equipment from the towers of two cellular services providing companies from mountaintop, rendering cell phone service dysfunctional in Landikotal and its adjoining areas.
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[Arab News] Officials says bully boyz have assassinated four members of Iraq's security forces in separate attacks in the nation's capital.
Iraqi police and hospital officials say gunnies killed an off-duty traffic policeman in a drive-by shooting in eastern Storied Baghdad, while bully boyz killed an Iraqi army colonel in his car downtown.
Assailants killed two other coppers in separate incidents later Sunday, raising suspicion the killings were part of a coordinated campaign.
Insurgents in Iraq frequently target the country's security forces.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren't authorized to brief the media.
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Mussa Hamada and Basem Omri, both Israeli citizens, were arrested for allegedly collecting weapons and scouting for launching spots around Jerusalem's Teddy stadium.
[Haaretz] - The Shin Bet security service has arrested two Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem suspected of plotting to fire rockets at a major sports stadium in the capital on behalf of Hamas, a gag order lifted Sunday revealed.
Mussa Hamada and Basem Omri, both Israeli citizens, were allegedly planning to carry out the attack on Teddy Stadium during a Premier League soccer game, but the plot never came into fruition.
If it had, the headline would have been quite different.
Both suspects have allegedly been affiliated with terrorist activities organized by Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood for a number of years. Their involvement in planning terror attacks began after Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip two years ago, according to the Shin Bet.
The two had apparently been scoping out the hills around Teddy Stadium to find a spot from which to launch the rocket and had been gathering information about security in the area, said the Shin Bet.
The Shin Bet said that the suspects had already collected a number of pistols and were working up to a cache of additional weapons and explosive materials to create the rocket device.
The security service arrested at least three Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem also suspected of taking part in the sale and purchase of these weapons.
Hamada apparently met with other Islamist activists a number of times over the last few years in Saudi Arabia, the investigation revealed, where he acquired money and the pistols for his terror activities.
The Jerusalem District Court indicted both Hamada and Omri on charges including membership in a terrorist network, illegal possession of weapons and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Three troops were wounded when terrorists insurgents detonated a bomb in an ambush against their unit in Narathiwat province on Monday morning.
The three injured troops were identified as Cpl Watcharasak Kongsilp, 27, Pvt Sakariya Daemoh, 22 and Pvt Samri Buaraheng, 23.
Police said Watcharasak was leading five troops on three motorcycles to a railway station to guard it when they were attacked. Terrorists Insurgents detonated a homemade bomb and opened fire on them. The two sides had an exchange of gunfire for five minutes before the terrorists insurgents left.
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.
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