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20 Civilians Killed, 50 More Injured in Nangarhar Suicide Attack
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Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Israeli "skunk" fouls West Bank protests
(Reuters) - Imagine taking a chunk of rotting corpse from a stagnant sewer, placing it in a blender and spraying the filthy liquid in your face. Your gag reflex goes off the charts and you can''t escape, because the nauseating stench persists for days.

This is "skunk", a fearsome but non-lethal tool in Israel''s arsenal of weapons for crowd control. It comes in armored tanker trucks fitted with a cannon that can spray a jet of stinking fluid over crowds who know how to cope with plain old tear gas.

While the army calls skunk an attempt to minimize casualties, rights groups dismiss it as a fig-leaf for the use of deadlier force against protesters in the occupied West Bank.

For although recent years have been among the quietest of the 45-year-old occupation, Israel has been unable to stop an epidemic of local grassroots demonstrations that often turn into clashes.

Skunk is certainly a repellent, but not a complete deterrent. The protesters are fouled but not foiled.

On a Friday in the West Bank''s rugged hills, battle lines are drawn for another day of protest.

Gangly Palestinian youths in jeans are ready to let fly stones from homemade slings at Israeli soldiers down the main road of Nabi Saleh village, whose residents demand access to a local spring seized by Israeli settlers.

The soldiers form a phalanx around their curious weapon of war.

"We run away fast when it comes at us, but we don''t quit," said a local boy clutching a rock, his dark eyes framed by the oval opening of a black t-shirt wrapped around his face.

"They think they''re pretty smart for inventing it, but they still move on to the tear gas, bullets, and breaking into our homes, just the same as usual," he said.

The skunk truck makes its charge, scattering the youths up into the town, where the armed Israelis follow.

"SHIT"

Palestinians call it simply "shit."

"How can you describe this stuff?" said Muad Tamimi, whose gas station on the front line of Nabi Saleh''s standoffs is often bathed in it. "It''s beyond foul water, like a dead body and rotting food together, which no soap or perfume can take off - I''m hit with it and nobody goes near me for days."

Developed by a private Israeli company and first deployed by the army in 2008, skunk is an organic brew of baking powder, yeast, and some ingredients kept secret. It is harmless to health and designed to reduce casualties, the Israelis say.

"Every attempt is made to minimize the risk of casualties among the rioters, as well as minimizing the risk towards security forces," the army said.

A skunk truck was spotted recently at a base high in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, ready to repel any assault on the fence along the disengagement line between Israel and Syria. A rush by Palestinians from Syria caught Israeli troops by surprise last year and they opened fire, killing a dozen people.

Withering Israeli military incursions into West Bank towns have become as much a memory as Palestinian suicide bombings in Israeli cities in recent years. But local protests have continued against land lost to Israel''s separation barrier and Israeli settlements on land seized in a 1967 war.

Seventeen Palestinians have been killed in protests since 2004, according to Israeli human rights organization B''Tselem. Scores have been wounded.

CLOSED MILITARY ZONES

The demonstrations play out to a predictable choreography. Many of the young protesters and Israeli soldiers have even come to know each other by name. They use the knowledge mostly to sharpen the taunts they trade about each others'' mothers.

Each village has its own script.

In Bil''in, where a court petition by locals reclaimed a portion of the village land from the wall, the fetid stream of skunk now sails at protesters from behind its concrete ramparts. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlers in black garb and curls watch the spectacle from atop their settlement homes.

For the army, skunk, and a less-used, focused noise beam called "scream", are proof of defense minister''s Ehud Barak''s claim that Israel''s is "the most moral army in the world", pioneering non-lethal weapons.

"We don''t have any intention of harming these civilians," said the army''s spokesperson Avital Leibovich. "However, the number of security personnel injured in these riots is actually increasing."

Rights groups question the army''s motives, dismissing the rhetoric and the inventions as a public relations ploy to conceal the harsh means used in what they say is a campaign to stamp out legitimate opposition to the occupation.

"Given the exaggerated, unlawful, and dangerous use of tear gas and bullets, we doubt the army''s characterization of these events," said Sarit Michaeli of B''Tselem.

Military "Order No. 101," issued the same year Israel seized the West Bank, required political gatherings of more than 10 people to obtain an Israeli permit. It is used to prosecute organizers and proscribe protests before a stone is even thrown.

The legal leeway on the IDF''s actions, and its ability to bar and detain activists, are reinforced by the declaration of weekly protest sites as "closed military zones."

"The target is the right to protest, and not much attention is paid to what they''re protesting about: the violation of their rights and the taking over of their land and livelihoods," Michaeli said.

Better for the Israelis than using any degree of force would be talks that lead to Palestinian statehood, Palestinians say.

"They should look to granting us our rights, negotiating with us, and paving the way for two states for two peoples," said Shaher Arouri, a lawyer from the al-Haq rights organization.
Posted by: Glinesh Craling7938 || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They could save a lot of money by filling up the tanker with the real thing at the local sewer plant to spray protestors with.
Posted by: Maggie Sproing7942 || 09/05/2012 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  "It''s beyond foul water, like a dead body and rotting food together, which no soap or perfume can take off - I''m hit with it and nobody goes near me for days."

I'd like to order some of this stuff for personal use around the Holidays......
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 09/05/2012 8:42 Comments || Top||

#3  What will this do to Palestinian birthrates, already falling more rapidly than admitted?
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/05/2012 9:14 Comments || Top||

#4  They really should say "Fine, since it's so inhumane, we'll just go to using M134's for crowd control."

I'll wager there'd be no protests day two if they did that.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division || 09/05/2012 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  Not many repeat protesters...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 09/05/2012 11:06 Comments || Top||

#6  When my dog got skunked we could kinda sorta control the aftermath with tomato juice (diluted Ragu one night, but that's another story ;^)

Would tomato baths work on this stuff?


Oh that's right Tomatoes are Christian fruit right?
Posted by: AlanC || 09/05/2012 12:15 Comments || Top||

#7  Bullets would be mo betta. As an aside, what does a picture of an Indian woman and her two daughters have to do with this story? Other than them holding their nose that is.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man || 09/05/2012 12:32 Comments || Top||

#8  They're holding their noses, Secret Asian Man, even a third of the way round the world, which is enough excitement for anyone.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/05/2012 13:19 Comments || Top||

#9  Plenty of uses for this stuff. Greenpeace anti-whaling idiots come to mind. Union picket lines. San Francisco.
Posted by: Iblis || 09/05/2012 16:50 Comments || Top||

#10  While the army calls skunk an attempt to minimize casualties, rights groups dismiss it as a fig-leaf for the use of deadlier force against protesters in the occupied West Bank.

"Rights groups" baffle me.
Posted by: Shinter Javirong9154 || 09/05/2012 17:11 Comments || Top||

#11  IBlise, San Francisco wouldn't notice.
Posted by: Charles || 09/05/2012 17:47 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
20 Civilians Killed, 50 More Injured in Nangarhar Suicide Attack
[Tolo News] At least 20 non-combatants were killed and more than 50 others were maimed in a suicide kaboom in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province on Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said.

The attack took place about 3:00PM local time in the province's Dur Ba Ba district when a jacket wallah detonated his explosives at the funeral ceremony, the MOI said in a statement.

All the victims are civilians, provincial front man Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told TOLOnews.

Among the injured who were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment were district governor Haji Hamisha Gul and his brother, Abdulzai said.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
one of Gul's sons was killed.

Gul has been the governor of Dur Ba Ba district for two years and is a well-known person in the district.

No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack.

The attack comes just three days after a double suicide kaboom in the Sayed Abad district of central-eastern Maiden Wardak province killed at least 14 people and injured scores of others, with some estimates put at around 60.

Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid grabbed credit for the attack, which he said was targeting the US base nearby. The dead and most of the injured were Afghan civilians.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  In exchange for Shabeer?
Posted by: Neville Hatrack3598 || 09/05/2012 1:42 Comments || Top||


'Illegal Militia' Kill 3 Civilians in Parwan
[Tolo News] Three Afghan non-combatants were killed in a clash with a group of gunnies, described as "illegal militia", in northern Parwan province on Monday, local officials said.

The incident happened after Afghan cops launched a military operation in the province to clear the gunnies and gangs from in the province, the 202 Shamshad police zone spokesperson told TOLOnews.

"During the operation, the illegal militia rubbed out three civilians. One person has been placed in long-term storage
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
over the case," he said.

But residents of the province told TOLOnews that the security forces "have not yet placed in long-term storage
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
the illegal militia group."

The province, north of Kabul, has seen a rise in activities of gangs, according to locals.

It comes as politicians raised concerns on Monday at the growth of gangs in the country, including those which are pro-government, after a clash between residents and local militia in Kunduz turned deadly on Sunday.

Illegal gangs may pose a major threat to the security of Afghanistan, speaker of the Parliament Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi said in Monday's sitting session.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Haqqani Commander Killed in Logar Airstrike
[Tolo News] A Haqqani leader, Shabeer, was killed in an NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
Arclight airstrike in central Pashtun-infested Logar province on Sunday during a military operation of Afghan and coalition forces, Isaf said in a statement.

"Afghan and coalition forces today confirmed the death of Haqqani leader Shabeer following a precision Arclight airstrike in Pul-e 'Alam district of Pashtun-infested Logar province, Sunday," Isaf said Tuesday.

"Shabeer was believed to have been coordinating high-profile attack using vehicle-borne improvised bombs (IED) and had spent the days prior to his death acquiring explosives, weapons and snuffies for the planned attack," it added.

Another Arclight airstrike followed on Monday, with two more snuffies killed. During a joint operation, Afghan and coalition forces "positively identified two armed snuffies transporting weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, toward a populated area," Isaf said in the statement.

"After ensuring no civilians were in the vicinity, the security force engaged the armed snuffies with a precision Arclight airstrike, killing both of them. A post-strike assessment determined no civilian property was damaged and no civilians were harmed."

Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment...
joint forces enjugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
a Taliban improvised bomb expert during an operation in Khugyani district of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province and a suspected explosives dealer in Zharay district, southern Kandahar province.

"The enjugged
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
IED expert is believed to be a leading figure in the movement and provision of explosives for attacks against coalition and Afghan cops throughout eastern Nangarhar," Isaf said.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1  there goes another one. "Eighty six" another high level guy off the Haqqani totem pole.
Somebody out there has figured out a smart way to dial these guys in for targeting.
Posted by: Raider || 09/05/2012 0:52 Comments || Top||

#2  We need to move from these little retail operations to wholesale or distributor-level strikes.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/05/2012 10:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Can never find a fat lady when you need one......
Posted by: Knuckles Chiger3064 || 09/05/2012 14:15 Comments || Top||


Kapisa Residents Take Fight to the Taliban
[Tolo News] Dozens of eastern Kapisa province residents started an uprising against the Taliban in their local areas to drive them out after the beturbanned goons threatened schools and other public services in the province.

The residents of Kapisa's Nijrab district said that they took up arms against the Taliban in order to reopen schools, clinics, and resume other social activities which were being stopped by their threats.

A resident of Nijrab told TOLOnews: "We don't want the Taliban cut-throats in the district. We want to drive them out. They are threatening the residents and want to make the district insecure."

Another resident said: "We want peace in our district and Afghanistan. Every day, dozens of residents join with us and the tribe elders also help us in the uprising."

One resident said that the President, Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
, did not care about the province and security was diminishing each day, to the concern of the people.

"We don't want the cut-throats placing roadside kabooms and being active in the district. If they do not leave the province, they will face the reaction of the people," he added.

In Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
last week residents of Shigal and Dangam districts called on the Taliban cut-throats to leave. The tribal elders had a meeting with residents and the decision was made to fight back. The warning was given by the elders that "if the cut-throats do not leave the district, we will take up arms and launch an uprising against them."

Ordinary civilians fighting back against the jihad boy Islamists was first reported in eastern Ghazni province in June. Since then it has continued to be reported in several parts of Afghanistan, including, Faryab and Laghman.

It comes as Afghan politicians recently raised concerns over the rise of "illegal" militia, and also whether another jihad boy group Hezb-e-Islami is taking advantage of the uprisings in villages to wrest power from the Taliban.

They called for the government to closely monitor these situations in order to prevent other groups from gaining power in the upheaval.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has said that they will monitor the uprisings and prevent any enemy infiltration but rejected any suggestion of Hezb-e-Islami's involvement saying that people are tired of their cruelty and will never fight in favor of them.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  How many of these bad boys are pakistani?
Posted by: Thrineter Juling6998 || 09/05/2012 12:31 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab big turban killed by troops in Kismayu
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Seven Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
fighters, including a senior commander, have been killed in an Amisom raid.

The missile strikes on Kismayu by Kenya Navy vessels, came as African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
forces stepped up efforts to capture Kismayu, the thugs' only remaining base in southern Somalia.

Reports identified the commander who was killed as Abdikadir Duecsane.

Military sources told the Nation that he was among Al-Shabaab fighters fleeing Kismayu to neighbouring towns. The missile strikes also hit Jilip another town near Kismayu.

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) front man Col Cyrus Oguna confirmed Tuesday's Amisom attacks against Al- Shabaab bases.

"The attacks that took place as from 10.30 to 11.30 in the morning targeted a strategic thug base and killed seven people," he said.

Col Oguna said that it was still not very clear whether Duecsane was among those killed, but independent reports from Somalia confirmed that the Al-Shabaab commander had been killed.

During the attack, military equipment belonging to the thugs, including missile launchers, technicals (vehicles mounted with machine guns), guns and ammunition, were destroyed.

The Kenyan contingent of Amisom troops, supported by attack helicopters and naval ships, have reached Harbole, a town near Kismayu.

The troops are said to be waiting for approval from their commanders before pushing into Kismayu.

The allied forces have since Friday attacked Al-Shabaab strongholds near the city forcing the Al-Qaeda-linked militia to flee to other areas.

Military sources told the Nation that the Kenyan troops, which are in charge of Sector II, are facilitating the ground attack from the south as well as a naval assault while Ugandan and Burundian contingents were moving in more ground troops from Mogadishu.

The commanders at the weekend attended a series of meetings at the Karen Staff Training College in Nairobi and flew back to Somalia.

British experts are said to have facilitated the meetings also attended by the Amisom Commander, Lt-Gen Andrew Gutti.

Earlier last week, Amisom spokesperson Eloi Yao told the Nation that the battle for Kismayu was being delayed by the deployment of fresh troops to lead the assault.

In recent months, the Kenya Navy has attacked Kismayu in "shaping-up operations", which are meant to soften targets and destroy key installations that the enemy forces could use to resist attacks.

The Kenya Army has deployed its troops from most of its branches, which include infantrymen, armour, engineers, ordnance, medical corps, signals, transport, air cavalry and artillery.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Somali, AU forces seize town outside Mogadishu
(Sh. M. Network)-- African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Tuesday from Islamist orcs, the latest since the pro-government forces took control of the port city last weekend.

Daud Hajji Iro, the front man for Middle Shabelle region, said the troops moved into El-ma'an port on Tuesday and that most of the town was under the coalition's control.

"African Union and Somali troops are here now, and Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
fighters abandoned the town," Mr. Iro said by phone. "The fighting has stopped and people are indoors. We hope no more fighting will happen."

The situation is reportedly calm and business and people's movement have returned into normal soon after the allied forces backed by tanks and machine-guns rolled in the town.

Al shabab officials were unavailable on the phone for further details and comments on the Somalia government claims.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Kenya charges Shabaab-linked radical preacher after riots
(Sh.M.Network)--A radical Kenyan preacher accused by the US of supporting Somalia's al Qaeda linked bully boyz was Monday charged with inciting violent protests, after he surrendered claiming he feared for his life.

Abubaker Shariff Ahmed handed himself over to a court in the port city of Mombasa after the liquidation there last week of fellow holy man Aboud Rogo Mohammed by unknown gunnies sparked days of deadly rioting.

Ahmed, also known as Makaburi, pled not guilty to charges of encouraging that violence, which saw two days of running battles, with grenades hurled at two police trucks, killing three officers and wounding over a dozen others.

Like Ahmed, the murdered holy man -- popularly known as Rogo -- was also on United States sanctions lists for allegedly supporting neighbouring Somalia's turban Shabaab, including by recruiting and fundraising for the group.

Following Rogo's murder, Ahmed is alleged to have called out from a mosque to supporters to target security officers and to torch churches in Mombasa, Kenya's main port and a key tourist town. He denies the charges. Rogo's supporters accused the security forces of murdering him, calling his death an "extra-judicial killing".

The police reject the claim and have appealed for help in hunting down those responsible. But Ahmed, speaking to Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper on Monday just before he handed himself in to the authorities, said he feared for his life.

"We are certain that there is a hit squad targeting Mohammedan holy mans and other Mohammedans perceived to be turbans," he told the newspaper. "They have accused us of terror but have refused to provide any evidence. Instead, they are now sending people to kill us," he added.

Ahmed, speaking through his lawyer Mbugua Mureithi, denied prosecution claims in court that he had been running from the police. "My client was not hiding as no police came for him there was no attempt by police to arrest my client," Mureithi told the court. He was remanded in jug until September 5, when a bail hearing will be held.

Both Ahmed and Rogo had fiercely opposed Kenya's invasion of southern Somalia last year to attack Shabaab bases.

The US Treasury alleges that Ahmed is a "leading controller and recruiter of young Kenyan Mohammedans for 'action' in Somalia," and was a "close associate" of the late Rogo.

He was placed on the US sanctions list in July of those "engaging in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security or stability of Somalia" and is accused of "mobilisation and management of funding for Al-Shabaab
... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban...
" The US say he made "frequent trips to Al-Shabaab strongholds in Somalia", had "strong ties" with senior Shabaab leaders and is a "recruiter and controller" for the hardline fighters in Mombasa.

Human Rights Watch
... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
has called for a probe into Rogo's killing, noting it "follows the abductions and deaths earlier this year of several other people charged with recruitment and other offences related to the Shabaab."
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Somalia imposes curfew in Afgoye
(Sh. M. Network)--Somali government authorities imposed on Monday a night-time curfew on former rebel-held Afgoye town, just 30Km away from south of Mogadishu city, reports say.

Abdullah Abdi Ahmed, DC said the curfew came into effect on Monday nigh, after in cars with microphones erupted into the streets, ordering locals to desert from their business centres, public gatherings in the town around the time of evening prayers 7:00pm- a move that the government wants to defend Al shabab from the attacking the district.

According to the residents, the decision which affected the locals was taken by Somali government following the latest attacks on army base in the district by Al shabab orcs.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Africa North
Mali jihadists enforce sharia law after seizing new town
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Mali jihadists have forced women to cover their heads and banned cigarettes, alcohol and music in the newly-captured town of Douentza, bordering the government-controlled south, they said Tuesday.

"All those who can't stand these rules of good conduct are free to leave the town," said a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) on condition of anonymity, outlining the strict Islamic laws.

"They asked all girls and women to cover their heads, smokers not to smoke, alcohol drinkers to stop, and youths to no longer listen to music in the street," said a young man identifying himself only as Boura.

Douentza became the Islamic hard boys' farthest position south after they seized it Saturday in a bloodless confrontation with a local militia who had held it since the takeover of the country's north by gangs five months ago.

The takeover is believed to be due to a disagreement with the self-defence group whom they dubbed "traitors", according to a teacher in the town Moussa Dicko.

"The bearded men have installed themselves at the teaching academy, the highschool, the hotel and two exits from the town.

They are not hurting anyone and have promised that the application of sharia will begin in three months," said Dicko.

Douentza is a strategic town in the Mopti region of central Mali, situated 145 km (90 miles) from the town of Mopti, the frontier to the southern triangle of the bow-tie shaped nation which is controlled by government.
Posted by: Fred || 09/05/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in North Africa

#1  Ditto Gaza Salafists demand for Cairo = Egypt to impose strict Sharia law in the Sinai.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 09/05/2012 1:10 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Top outlaw killed in 'shootout'
[Bangla Daily Star] A regional leader of outlawed Lal Pataka, a faction of Purbo Banglar Communist Party
...the Proletarian Party of East Bengal, a Maoist party that has seen better days. It supported independence in 1971 and has periodic shootouts and fisticuffs with the Bangla Jamaat-e-Islami, but has fallen on hard times, with many of its leaders rubbed out by the RAB or indignant citizenry. It is also subject to factionalism, to the extent that it may have more factions than it has actual members...
, was killed in a "shootout" between police and his cohorts in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia early yesterday.
Manolo! Fetch the map!
The dead, Abdul Jalil, 43, of Isalmari village in the upazila, was a leader of the outfit active in Mirpur and sadar upazilas in Kushtia and Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga.

On information that a group of outlaws, including Jalil, was about to gather at Aziz Brick Kiln at Pulpara,
A properly proletarian location, redolent of the labouring masses...
two teams of Detective Branch of Kushtia and Mirpur police raided the area around 3:30am,
Yessss, the bestest raids take place at 0 dark thirty...
said Chokdar Abdul Halim, assistant superintendent of police (Mirpur circle).

"Police asked the outlaws to surrender
Most politely, and with hand-delivered, engraved invitations on heavy card stock...
but they shot up the law enforcers.
How rude! RSVP does not mean 'shoot the innocent butler'.
We fired shots to defend ourselves," the ASP said.
And the butler. Though nameless, he ought not be forgotten.
At one stage of the hour-long shootout,
"You took an hour to put two bullets behind the ear of Abdul Jalil, 43, Corporal Md Abdullullah?"
"Sorry sir. But it was time for our tea break. We were multitasking, per the captain's efficiency drive."
the outlaws managed to flee the scene.
... as though they had never been...
Later, police recovered the body of Jalil from the spot, Halim said. Two light guns, six bullets and two bombs were also found there.
To be polished to a gleam by the newest recruit before being returned to their velvet cases in the evidence vault. The shutter gun has been out for repairs.
According to police, Jalil was an accused in 11 cases,
...On twelve systems, which takes some doing...
including four for murder and extortion, two for bombing and one for abduction, filed with Mirpur and Islamic University cop shoppes of Kushtia and Alamdanga Police Station of Chuadanga.

The Kushtia District and Sessions Judge's Court had sentenced Jalil to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in an arms case in 2001.

Soon after his release in 2011, Jalil allegedly bumped offed Abu Zafar, a member of Kursha Union Gay Pareehad in Mirpur upazila and since then he was on the run.
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Mexican Army rescues 2 in Guerrero state

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By Chris Covert

Rantburg.com

One unidentified armed suspect was killed and two unidentified kidnapping victims were rescued following an intense firefight between a Mexican Army unit and alleged kidnappers, according to Mexican news accounts.

According to an article posted on the website of El Sol de Zacatecas news daily Tuesday night, an armed criminal group associated with Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) encountered an army road patrol along the Lazaro Cardenas-Zihuatanejo highway in La Union municipality in Guerrero state.

Armed suspects opened fire on the army unit. Army return fire and the ensuing gunfight killed one armed suspect. Six other suspects surrendered, presumably ending the gun battle.

The two victims were travelling on the Lazaro Cardenas-Zihuatanejo highway bound for Acapulco municipality when the armed suspects who were travelling aboard three vehicles blocked their way, and then forced them into the vehicles at gunpoint. The victims were being transported to a criminal safe house when the army unit happened upon them, initiating the gunfight.

Seized following the fire fight was one 9mm handgun, seven rifles and three vehicles: one Niddan Tiida, one Nissan Tsuru and one sedan.

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
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India-Pakistan
N. Waziristan placed under indefinite curfew
[Dawn] The political administration imposed a curfew in North Wazoo on Monday for an indefinite period after a kaboom left two coppers injured.

Officials said a military vehicle was targeted with an improvised bomb planted on the under-construction Bannu-Ghulam Khan road. The vehicle was partially damaged and two troops were maimed.

The army's Frontier Works Organisation is building the highway to connect the Indus Highway with the Ghulam Khan, a town along the border with Afghanistan.

A few mortar shells were also fired by faceless myrmidons which landed near Machus village.

After the incident, the political administration imposed the curfew for an indefinite period. Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
residents of Machus village fearing a military action have started evacuating to nearby villages.--
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Iraq
Eight dead in north Iraq attacks
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Bombings and shootings in northern Iraq, mostly targeting security forces, left eight people dead on Tuesday, including six soldiers and a police general, security and medical officials said.

In the deadliest attack, two near-simultaneous roadside kabooms detonated as a military convoy was passing along the road between the town of Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
, and nearby Al-Adhaim.

The blasts killed six soldiers and maimed two others, according to a military intelligence officer and Dr. Mehdi Abdullah al-Bayati of Tuz Khurmatu hospital.

In the ethnically-mixed northern city of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
gunnies killed a police adviser to the provincial council and maimed two of his bodyguards while they were in a shop, a police official and Sadiq Omar Rasul, head of the provincial health department, said.

Major General Adnan al-Bayati died instantly when the attackers opened fire with machine guns, and his bodyguards were seriously maimed, the officials said.

Just northwest of Kirkuk, authorities found the mutilated corpse of a teenage boy, who police believe was killed earlier on Tuesday, according to Colonel Othman Hama Amin, a local police chief.

Ali Mohammed Ali, whose identity papers listed him as a 16-year-old Arab, was found with his hands, feet and head cut off, and with two gunshot wounds to his body.

Tuesday's violence came two days after two kabooms against security forces killed four -- two coppers and two soldiers -- in Tuz Khurmatu and the northern city of Kirkuk.
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