Egyptian security forces stormed a town held by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi on Monday and arrested 56 residents as part of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.
The forces entered the town of Delga in Minya province, about 190 miles south of Cairo, in the early morning, clearing barricades that had been erected by the Morsi supporters. Gunshots were exchanged but there are no official reports of injuries.
Delga has been under Islamist control since clashes between Morsi's supporters and security forces across the country following the violent removal of pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo on August 14. About 70 people were killed in Minya province on that day alone.
Monday's raid was launched to seize back control of the area and arrest people who had been accused of inciting violence.
Muslim Brotherhood activist Yehya Shaker, "The residents put up some resistance during the house raids."
They threw bricks at police and set car tires ablaze, and the security forces responded by firing bird-shot and tear gas, he said.
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[An Nahar] A police officer was killed in Libya's second city Benghazi on Tuesday by a bomb placed on his car, in the latest attack targeting security personnel, a medical source said.
Mrajaa al-Aribi died in the city's al-Jala hospital from injuries sustained in the kaboom, the source said.
The bombing came a day after a spate of attacks in the eastern city killed one security service member and maimed another, security service front man Colonel Abdullah al-Zayedi said.
The two men were ambushed by gunnies. Bombers also hit an air force vehicle and the car of lawyer Jibril al-Maksabi on Monday, without causing any casualties, Zayedi said.
Medics at Benghazi's al-Hawari hospital said it too had been hit by a bomb but nobody was hurt.
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[WORLD.TIME] An English-speaking front man for Egypt's embattled preeminent Islamist organization, the Moslem Brüderbund, was tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! Tuesday amid an ongoing crackdown on the Brotherhood and its political affiliates. I actually signed up for a Twitter account. Then I discovered that everything I have to say, I say either here or over the breakfast table. Apparently millions of other people haven't made that discovery.
Gehad Haddad, the son of an adviser to former President Mohamed Morsi, has been to some extent the face of the party to the English-speaking world, garnering on Twitter a following of 72,500 people (Arabic and English-speakers) and routinely appearing on international news channels.
The immediate response on Twitter is testimony to Gehad Haddad's influence--respected by some, spurned by others--in the virulently divided country.
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[An Nahar] British police said Tuesday they had tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! two men on suspicion of involvement in terrorism overseas and seized ammunition after they arrived at the port of Dover from La Belle France.
The men aged 29 and 22, both British citizens,
Named Nigel and George, perchance?
were held on Monday morning at the port in southern England and remain in jug at a London cop shoppe, the Metropolitan Police said.
The pair arrived at Dover from the northern French port of Calais.
They were held "on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism", the force said in a statement, adding that "the arrests relate to suspected terrorism overseas".
"A quantity of ammunition has been seized," it said.
Police carried out searches on an address in east London and on two cars.
A police front man, when contacted by AFP, declined to give further details about where the men were accused of being involved in terrorism.
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So, out in the old stomping grounds (probably), twenty thousand pounds of taxpayer funded ignorance falls (potentially) to current equiv. of ten rupee jezail (or truncheon or whatever). Way to go, Britannia. You've come a long way, baby!
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Yes, the first radio news of this made, as usual, a reference to "British"; it's happening so often, I am starting to think that it's all code, alerting those who know.
I can think of approximately 4 million "British" citizens who owe us no allegiance for the expense of our hospitality.
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A total of six individuals were murdered or were found dead in southern Chihuahua state municipalities since last Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts.
According to a news report posted on the online edition of El Diario de Juarez news daily, two men were found dead in a remote location in Guadalupe y Calvo municipality. The cause of death is said to be mechanical asphyxiation.
The victims were identified as Ivan Gerardo Moreno Gutierrez, 32, and Elizander Bejarano Martinez, 18. They were found aboard a Chevrolet sedan by Guadalupe y Calvo municipal police agents Monday near the village of Turuachi, which is between Parral and Guadalupe y Calvo.
Meanwhile, in Chinipas municipality in far southwestern Chihuahua state two men were found shot to death, according to a separate news account in El Diario de Juarez.
The victims were identified as Jacobo Alanis Mancinasm, 36 and Mauricio Bustillos Hernandez, 31. Both men were found aboard a pickup truck. One .45 caliber pistol with two magazines was also found with the victims.
In Jimenez municipality, after five days without a murder one unidentified man was found shot to death near a gas station on Calle Guadalupe Victoria. The news report said he was shot by an armed suspect traveling aboard a vehicle.
The killing is said to be the first after a 12-hour run five days ago in which three individuals were murdered.
In Creel in Bocoyna municipality, Pedro Gonzalez Vecinito, 30 was found beaten to death Tuesday. Reports say he was attacked by several people.
In Parral, an auto body shop owner was kidnapped Tuesday, according to an online report posted in El Diario de Juarez. The report said several armed suspects dismounted three vehicles and ordered employees to lie down, then took the victim from his shop near the intersection of calles Persimonio and Arroyo Hondo in Juarez colony.
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Armed suspects entered the far northern Sinaloa state municipality of Choix firing rifles and incinerating homes, according to Mexican news reports.
A wire dispatch which appeared on the online edition of El Imparcial news daily said that a total of 17 homes have been destroyed by fire in the last two weeks. Two vehicles added to the previous count of two (for a total of four) were also destroyed by fires deliberately set.
Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) deputy Martin Robles Armenta said that on Monday an armed group, which entered Choix from Chihuahua state, also kidnapped one unidentified individual in the village of Tacopaco.
Several Mexican news accounts say the armed suspects, dressed in black, entered Choix using boats to cross the Rio Fuerte near the Huites dam.
Communities affected by the attack were Tacopaco and Leon de la Presa, from which 12 people -- eight women and four children -- were evacuated from the area by army troops, and taken to a shelter where relatives can retrieve them.
Authorities also found spent cartridge casings for AK-47 rifles in the area.
In the last 45 days a total of 30 homes have been destroyed, 23 of them in Choix, with the remainder in Sinaloa municipality.
The mayor of Choix, Juan Carlos Estrada Vega, has made a public call for a permanent Mexican Army base in the region, saying that Choix would be a strategic location to stop the attacks from Chihuahua state, according to the Mexican news website am.com.mx.
The same report said that a total of 44 villagers from Cieneguilla de los Núñez and Babo were escorted by Sinaloa state police as they returned to their homes last Friday. The report also noted that 15 primary schools in Choix were to be activated, according to data supplied by the Sinaloa state Secretaria de Educacion Publica y Cultura del Estado.
According to a separate report which appeared in El Debate news daily, Estrada Vega and his police chief, identified only as Said Gastelum, said that it is in the northern approaches to Choix in the mountains where the problems are, not in Choix itself, although the area near Huites dam was a location where marijuana was being cultivated.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com. His latest work of non-fiction, The Wounded Eagle: Volume 2 went on sale September 1st at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
[Dawn] At least six persons, including a political party worker, were killed in various incidents of violence whereas Rangers and Police personnel jugged Book 'im, Mahmoud! 30 suspects and recovered weapons during targeted operations conducted in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... At least three persons were killed in a gunfiring incident in Orangi town area of Karachi on Tuesday.
Unknown motorcylce-riding gunnies opened fire near Islam chowk in Orangi town area of Karachi killing three persons including an office bearer of a political party.
Fear and panic gripped the area following the shooting and markets and shops were closed in the locality.
Another person was bumped off near Mohajir chowk in thesame area shortly afterthe first incident.
In another incident, a police party allegedly came under attack while conducting an operation in Karachi's Musharraf colony area.
The raiding police party resorted to retaliatory firing which resulted in the death of two suspected dacoits.
Police sources claimed to have recovered two TT pistols and a stolen cycle of violence from the possession of the person killed in the encounter.
Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... a Rangers spokesperson said that 19 suspects were arrested during operations were conducted in Chanesar Goth, Shah Faisal, Green Town, Rasheedabad, Taiser town, North Karachi, Quaid-e-Azam colony and North Nazimabad areas of Karachi.
Police also claimed the arrest of a person involved in heinous crimes from Samanabad area of the city.
Moreover coppers from the city's Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... i precint claimed the arrest of eight persons involved in several criminal activities.
Police sources added that two alleged dacoits were arrested within the remit of Karachi's Boat Basin area.
Earlier on Monday, police had claimed to have placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! four hard boyz belnging to the procribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... outfit and five hit mans (hitmen) during operations conducted in Karachi.
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[Dawn] Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) leader and former Sindh politician Nadeem Hashmi has been sprung from police custody and acquitted Tuesday from all charges including killing of two coppers in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... last week.
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed to probe charges against the MQM leader, has submitted their investigative report to the Inspector General Sindh Police declaring him not guilty.
According to sources, Hashmi has reached MQM headquarters "Nine-Zero" in Karachi following his acquittal.
An anti-terrorist court in Karachi on Thursday had ordered a seven-day-long physical remand of Hashmi.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain had condemned the arrest followed by a complete shutdown observed in the port city and in some areas of Hyderabad on Wednesday last week.
Hashmi, in charge of the MQM's North Nazimabad unit, was handed over to the police following the order of the ATC.
The former politician was nabbed Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! for his alleged involvement in the Tuesday killing of two coppers in a North Nazimabad locality.
He was apprehended in a raid on his house and booked under the anti-terror law, killing of two coppers and snatching their official rifles.
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[An Nahar] A series of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... boom-mobileings mostly targeting Shiite neighborhoods were the deadliest in a spate of attacks that killed 34 people in Iraq Tuesday, security and medical officials said.
The attacks were the latest in a surge of unrest that has left more than 4,200 people dead this year, the highest toll since 2008 when Iraq was emerging from a brutal sectarian war.
At least seven boom-mobiles went off across Storied Baghdad from around 5:00 pm (1400 GMT), when Iraqis are typically shopping or visiting cafes, killing 26 people, security and medical officials said.
The deadliest of the bombings hit the eastern neighborhood of Zafraniyah, where at least six people were killed.
Earlier in the day, a provincial official was rubbed out in the capital's northeast.
No group immediately grabbed credit for the attacks, but Sunni forces of Evil linked to al-Qaeda often use coordinated boom-mobileings in a bid to target Iraq's Shiite majority, whose adherents they regard as apostates.
"The continuing boom-mobile wave phenomenon is increasing in volume," Jessica Lewis, an analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"Casualty levels seem to be getting bigger," she said, adding that targeting civilians helped the bad boy group gain publicity.
Violence in northern Iraq killed another seven people, all of them members of the security forces.
Near the main northern city of djinn-infested Mosul, gunnies ambushed a vehicle carrying unarmed coppers and raked it with machinegun fire, officials said.
Six coppers were killed in the attack and two seriously maimed.
A separate attack west of djinn-infested Mosul, a primarily Sunni Arab city that remains one of Iraq's least stable, left a soldier dead.
In Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperity or a really nice place to raise your kids... a former myrmidon bastion west of the capital, forces of Evil wearing boom belts attacked a cop shoppe and shot it out with security forces.
Three of the bombers were killed when their explosives blew up while a fourth bad boy was shot by police, officials said, adding that 12 coppers were maimed, including two officers.
The latest violence took the corpse count for September to more than 400, the sixth consecutive month to top that figure, according to an AFP tally.
Authorities insist a campaign targeting forces of Evil is yielding results with hundreds of suspects captured and dozens more killed.
They say security forces have also dismantled a number of myrmidon training camps and bomb-making sites.
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The mooselimbs deserve to be left to themselves without some maniac (who is, himself, in the mass slaughter hall of fame) keeping the lid on sectarian idiocy.
[Jpost] Security forces engaged in operational activity in refugee camp met with Molotov cocktails, makeshift grenades, fire back maimed two Paleostinians wanted for terror activity. One dies of his wounds in hospital in Israel
Security forces engaged in anti-terror activity at the Jenin refugee camp met violent resistance and responded with fire Tuesday morning.
Two Paleostinians were hurt in the festivities, one of whom died of his wounds at a hospital in Israel.
According to the IDF, Paleostinians fired Molotov cocktails and makeshift grenades at the forces who responded by firing at one of the main instigators who sustained light wounds and was taken for treatment in Israel.
A statement further noted that "During the operation, the troops detected a suspect who was wanted for terrorist activity and was fleeing
the area, and apprehended him after firing at his direction. He sustained serious injuries, was taken for treatment and later died of his wounds at a hospital in Israel."
According to the Wafa news agency, Hussam Said al-Tubasi, 19, died of his wounds after soldiers blew open his house doors and placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! him.
Security officials told the Wafa news agency that IDF troops riding more than 20 vehicles entered the refugee camp at dawn and raided several houses. Gunfire was heard shortly thereafter, and shock grenades were hurled. Several houses' doors were blown open.
Paleostinian youths then began to clash with the troops and several were hurt by gunfire and tear gas. The IDF reportedly arrested a 21-year-old man named Mohammad Abdul Latif al-Fayed.
Despite the relative calm in the West Bank, the IDF is routinely engaged in anti-terror activity in Paleostinian towns. A month ago, three Paleostinians were killed and 15 others were maimed in festivities at the Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem. Several days earlier, a Paleostinian was killed in Jenin in an IDF raid.
The Philippine militant group Moro National Liberation Front released the police chief of Zamboanga City amid fighting with government forces on the southern end of Mindanao.
Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II confirmed the release of Senior Superintendent Jose Chiquito Malayo and said some MNLF members had surrendered. He said, "[We're] happy to inform that Senior Superintendent Chiquito Malayo has successfully convinced 23 MNLF fighters to come into the fold of the law."
Police had earlier said that Malayo was making arrangements with MNLF fighters for the release of civilian hostages when the rebels took him hostage at gunpoint.
The militants, believed to be part of the Nur Misuari-led faction of the MNLF, had taken dozens of local people hostage before freeing more than 100 of them Tuesday during a deadly standoff. Fighting, including helicopter attacks by police, continues despite a cease-fire between the military and MNLF announced over the weekend.his week.
[An Nahar] Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zain issued on Tuesday arrest warrants against two Syrians for planting explosives that targeted a Hizbullah convoy in the Bekaa Valley.
Al-Zain issued the warrant against Amer Hamdan after interrogating him, said the state-run National News Agency.
He issued a similar warrant against another Syrian identified as Mohtasem Hamdan, NNA said.
Amer Hamdan is already in jug of authorities, but Mohtasem Hamdan remains on the lam, a judicial source told Agence La Belle France Presse.
Amer Hamdan, from Zabadani near Damascus, was enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! on July 23, a week after the latest blast targeting a Hizbullah convoy in the Bekaa valley.
One man was killed and three others maimed in the July 16 attack that targeted a convoy belonging to Hizbullah on the Masnaa road.
It was the fourth time that a vehicle had been targeted by an bomb in the Bekaa region, which is a stronghold of Hizbullah.
Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, the source said the two suspects are supporters of the Syrian opposition to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Leveler of Latakia... .
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[An Nahar] An armed clash took place on Tuesday evening between supporters of the bad boy group Jund al-Sham and Fatah members in the southern refugee camp of Ein el-Hellhole, the state-run National News Agency reported.
"The clash took place after Jund al-Sham supporters attacked a Fatah office in the camp," the NNA said.
It detailed: "Shells and machine guns were used in the fighting."
LBCI television said that one person was maimed in the clash, remarking that the fighting erupted after security cameras were targeted with gunshots.
Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck in the tree roots and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber... al-Jadeed television revealed that a number of the Taamir neighborhood residents have fled their houses and took refuge in the Mousalli mosque to avoid the armed festivities.
Ein el-Hellhole, the largest Paleostinian camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor hard boyz and runaways.
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[An Nahar] A Syrian national was killed on Tuesday while setting up an bomb in the town of Halat, north of Beirut.
The State Commissioner to the Military Court inspected the house where the blast took place in the morning.
"We are still in the initial stage of the investigation," Judge Saqr Saqr said after he came out of the house that lies near the coastal town of Jbeil.
"There is the smell of gunpowder," he said, when asked about more details by a news hound at the scene.
The Army Command later announced that the blast was caused by the kaboom of a 250-gram explosive.
The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! his brother, in addition to his brother's wife and friend who live with him in the same room, state-run National News Agency said.
The NNA identified the dead man as Moussa Mustafa Ibrahim. It said the force of the blast turned his body into shreds.
Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings... MTV revealed that Ibrahim is a Syrian army intelligence member.
The same source also provided details on the moment the incident took place.
"According to the images collected, the man was standing in a squatting position when he was setting up the bomb," it noted.
LBCI television revealed that Ibrahim's wife confirmed that her husband worked with the Syrian intelligence.
"He had an official document to prove it," she added.
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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.
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Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
[An Nahar] An armed clash took place on Tuesday evening between supporters of the
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