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Dear RDS&TP (aka Fred);
I read that Helen Jesmer was the most beautiful Zeigfield girl and that she was Julie Newmars' mother. Unfortunately mu Google-fu is weak and I'm unable to find any pictures of Helen. Can you help?
- Signed Intrigued that Catwomans' mom might be hotter that Catwoman herself.
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KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. service member was killed as the deadliest month for foreign troops in the Afghanistan war drew to a close, the U.S. military said on Friday, with commanders vowing to continue the fight despite the toll. The death in southern Afghanistan brought to 40 the number of U.S. troops killed in July, by far the heaviest monthly toll in the 8-year-old war. The worst previous month for U.S. forces was in September 2008, when 26 were killed.
The latest death occurred in a firefight with insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the U.S. military said, without giving further details. At least 70 foreign troops have been killed in July.
Britain has suffered its worst battlefield casualties since the 1980s Falklands War, with the 22 troops killed in the month taking its total losses in Afghanistan to 191, 12 more than were killed in the Iraq war.
Casualties spiked after thousands of U.S. and British troops this month launched major operations in southern Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and the center of Afghanistan's opium production.
"We understood the return of security to these areas would not be achieved without sacrifice," said U.S. Rear Admiral Greg Smith, chief spokesman for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. "For some that has come at a high price."
The Helmand operations are the first under U.S. President Barack Obama's new regional strategy to defeat the Taliban and its Islamist militant allies and stabilize Afghanistan. They come before crucial presidential elections on August 20. They are also the first phase of a new "clear, hold and build" strategy introduced after criticism that previous strategies lacked cohesion and direction.
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Someone can die in combat. The more combat the more casualties. Sounds like a teachable moment to me! /s
Looks like the MSM is trying to "Iraq" the Afghan war now. Do we have a daily casualty count yet?
Of course they aren't too concerned with the Taliban casualties (the US has stopped reporting them) as they would require work to estimate on their own.
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I worry that we're going about this the wrong way, and that the increased casualties are an indicator of this. I'm haunted by that link to a comment @ Michael Yon's I read here recently: shouldn't this be handled by about a thousand special ops-types, with about 3,000 support, mostly at Bagram? Much better logistical situation, too.
Hunter-killer teams in deep country with horses and air support. Train and Equip the Afghan Army. That's all we really need in Afghanistan, as the real driver of events is Pakistan.
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Nope PS. Only so much can be done with limited assets. The present actions are the Afghan equivalent of the "Surge". More troops are required for decent results.
The surge in British casualties in Afghanistan has left military surgeons so exhausted that a US surgical team has been drafted in to help.
The British doctors have also been overwhelmed with casualties from other nations, including US Marines, Afghan troops and civilians. Extra British plastic surgeons have had to be sent to the field hospital at Camp Bastion in central Helmand along with additional X-ray technicians and specialist nurses.
The Ministry of Defence revealed that 57 soldiers had been wounded in action in the first two weeks of this month, the worst casualty figure since British troops deployed to Helmand province in 2006. The previous highest toll of those injured, 46, was in June -- but that was for the whole month. In the same two-week period, 15 soldiers were killed. Of the 57 wounded in action, nine were categorised as "very seriously injured" with life-threatening wounds, and seven were "seriously injured".
In one week alone this month, 157 wounded people were brought to the Bastion field hospital for treatment, although they were not all British. The toll was recorded during Operation Panther's Claw, launched on June 19 to sweep the Taleban out of central Helmand.
Surgeon Rear-Admiral Lionel Jarvis, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (health), said: "Because of exhaustion among our surgeons and the very long hours that they were working, we talked to our coalition colleagues and a surgical team from one of the US facilities has moved temporarily down to reinforce the facility in Bastion."
Colonel Peter Mahoney, defence professor of anaesthesia and critical care at the Royal Centre of Defence Medicine at Selly Oak in Birmingham, gave a graphic description of the emotional strains suffered by the British medical staff at the Bastion hospital.
"It has been very stressful dealing with all these young people, cutting away the camouflage [uniform] that you know is one of your own. It's very distressing," he said at a press conference at the MoD to announce the latest casualty figures.
Already this year 61 British troops have been seriously or very seriously injured, compared with 65 for the whole of 2008.
It was also revealed that additional beds may have to be provided at the defence rehabilitation centre at Headley Court, near Dorking, Surrey, to cater for the rise in military patients who have had amputations. Last month there were 30 new patients at the Selly Oak hospital and at Headley Court -- double the number that have been admitted at any time this year. The figure is likely to be exceeded when the July total is published.
The casualty figures show that since 2001, when British troops were first sent to Afghanistan, 753 Service personnel have been treated for battle wounds.
The scale of the wounded figures so far this year has underlined the intensity of the fighting in Helmand where British soldiers are based. In 2006 85 were wounded in action, although troops did not deploy until April of that year. In 2007 the figure rose to 234, then to 235 last year. A total of 199 have been wounded up to July 15 this year.
Dr Kate Harrison, who is responsible for compiling the injury figures for the MoD, dismissed claims that the casualty tolls released did not reflect the true total. "We hide nothing. These figures are what comes to us from the chain of command," she said.
The Bastion hospital was not only treating wounded British personnel, she said. The medical teams were also dealing with injured Americans, Danes and Estonians serving in Helmand as well as Afghan troops and civilians.
The Defence Medical Service is trying to recruit more specialist doctors and nursing staff to handle the flow of casualties. The service has a requirement for 150 specialist nurses but that total has still to be met.
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Not surprising, given that the NHS is short on doctors and imported a bunch from Pakistan, IIRC.
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lotp, the uk has an "accelerated visa program" for medical personel. think edinburg bombers, they ALL entered under that program! (coming to a doc in a box near you)
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Maybe the Brits should do what the US Army does. Send some medical professionals to LA and Chicago so they get real world experience on gunshot injuries without learning under combat conditions.
[Quqnoos] An air-strike that reported to have hunted down insurgents in southern Afghanistan last Tuesday, appeared to have killed civilians
At least six civilians were killed and six others, including four kids, have been wounded Tuesday in an air-strike erupted after Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in Mizan district of the southern province of Zabul.
Zabul's provincial governor, Mohammad Ashraf Nasiri, confirmed the civilian deaths on Thursday, after visiting the bombed village in his province.
"There were civilian casualties caused by the air strike," Quqnoos' Abdullah Abid in the provincial capital, Qalat, quoted governor Nasiri as saying.
The officials confirmed that two Taliban insurgents have also been killed in the air raid on Tuesday. Taliban have yet remained silent on this issue.
"There were two Taliban fighters killed in the bombing but the remaining several others were villagers," said a tribal elder, Haji Sardar Mohammad.
Zabul is a volatile province, neighbouring Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban, in the southern Afghanistan.
Civilian causalities have been a point of friction between the Afghan government and the United States. Inadvertently killing civilians from US-led air strikes has provoked the anger of Afghan people.
Zabul's civilian deaths occurred three weeks after the top US commander for all foreign troops in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, in a new tactical directive urged his troops to prevent targeting Afghan civilians.
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At least 11 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by alleged Islamic fighters, local media has reported. According to El Watan newspaper, the soldiers were killed when their convoy was attacked in the Tipaza province of western Algeria on Wednesday. The paper said the convoy was first hit by roadside bombs, after which gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons. Algerian officials have not yet confirmed the reports.
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The Algerians still haven't learned to include a couple of "gun wagons" in their convoys. When they do, ambushes will become a good way for the "terrorists" to die. The US uses Bradleys, but even a fairly well-armored ten-ton truck will work. Just mount a few machine guns in the cargo bed, put armor plate around them and the driver to keep the operators safe, and return fire when fired upon. The NVA hated the ones we used in Vietnam.
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These guys are remnants.
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You can almost hear Taps on the harmonica...as the boys come limping home.
[Iran Press TV Latest] As guns fall silent in Nigeria, it seems that the immediate crisis in the country may be over, but the threat of violence still remains, residents say.
Residents of Maiduguri the capital of Borno State in Nigeria where the clashes occurred, after days of imprisonment in their homes due to fighting between Nigerian troops and Taliban-inspired insurgents, streamed out onto corpse-littered streets.
Traffic was gradually returning to normal to the deserted streets as locals tried to stock up on depleted supplies and lined up in huge queues to withdraw cash at automatic teller machines.
The smell of death still hung in the air as there were still signs of tension in this arid city where hours ago, government security forces had attacked a mosque filled with militants, killing scores of fighters and forcing more to flee.
The militants had aimed to overthrow the federal government in Abuja, capital of Africa's most populous country of 165 million, and impose a strict version of Taliban-style Sharia law in the whole of the multiethnic country, which has a fairly even population of Muslims and Christians.
The sect's leader, Mohammed Yusuf, along with some 300 of his men had apparently escaped government arrest, but he was later shot dead following his capture, according to police. Footage of his bullet-riddled body was shown on state television. Hey! You can't do that!
OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH...OUCH
Rosebud.
Five days of clashes, sparked by attacks on police stations and government buildings, have killed at least 300 people.
Someone on the Iran press TV staff just took a cereative writing course.
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but he was later shot dead following his capture
Now that's a clean ending. No multimillion dollar incarceration, an endless stream of taxpayer funded lawyers, demands and appeals, only to be shipped off to an Caribbean or Pacific island paradise for a $20 million/head bribe.
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Nigerian police have claimed the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of an Islamic group Boko Haram while in detention. A police officer said Yusuf, blamed for violence that killed hundreds of people in northern Nigeria, was shot dead following his capture on Thursday. "Come out witcher hands up, Mo!"
"Don't shoot! I quit!"
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaiiieee! [THUD!]"
"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri, said.
The death announcement came after reports said that at least 180 people had been killed and thousands displaced following clashes between security forces and fighters from the group, which seeks to impose Islamic law across Africa's most populous country.
Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege, reporting from Borno state in northern Nigeria, said: "One cannot be a hundred per cent sure of what the police are saying about the capture and death of Mohammed Yusuf for two reason.
"One, the military and police are under sustained political pressure to root out Boko Haram. Two, on Wednesday we were told that Yusuf and at least 300 of his supporters fled Maiduguru as they were being pursued by Nigerian security forces. "What we have asked the Nigerian police force for is evidence that they have actually captured Mohammed Yusuf but we have not got it."
News of Yusuf's death came after the group's deputy leader was reported to be among dozens of people killed after troops shelled Boko Haram's base in the city of Maiduguri.
Bystanders 'killed'
A spokesman for a human rights group said government forces had killed bystanders and other civilians as they battled members of the sect. But a military spokesman denied the charge and said it was impossible for rights workers to differentiate between civilians and members of the Boko Haram.
Abubakar Umar Gada, a senator from Sokoto state in northern Nigeria, told Al Jazeera that security agents had been deployed heavily and the situation "is totally under control". He said Boko Haram had "taken advantage of the large number of people who are unemployed" and lacking opportunities to better their lives.
"We largely have a social problem that has been taken advantage of by these miscreants to cause havoc and confusion," Gada said.
Boko Haram, which means "Western education is prohibited" in the local Hausa dialect, has called for the enforcement of sharia even among non-Muslims.
Nigeria's 140 million people are nearly evenly divided between Christians, who dominate the south, and the primarily northern-based Muslims. Islamic law was implemented in 12 northern states after Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 following years of military rule.
The clashes began on Sunday in nearby Bauchi state, with fighters attacking police stations, before spilling over into Yobe. Residents said fighters armed with machetes, knives, bows and arrows and home-made explosives attacked police buildings and anyone resembling a police officer or government official in the city. But most of the casualties appear to have been in Maiduguri, the northeastern city known as the birthplace and stronghold of the group.
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My favorite thing about following tis story have been the BBC's "Are you in Nigeria?" Why yes I am and if you will help me get $200,000,000 out of the country I will give you 10%.
I hope this asshat has gone where all theocrats belong. There is no such think as extra judical killing when it comes to theocrats.
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"He has been killed. You can come and see his body at the state police command headquarters," Isa Azare, spokesman for the police command in the northern city of Maiduguri, said.
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Compare wid WAFF > RUSSIA: THE CHECHEN CEASEFIRE. Russia covertly fears that the new pro-Peace, Pro-Kremlin, Russ-trained NEW CHECHNYAN POL LEADERSHIP WILL TURN AGZ IT IN TIME, UNITE THE CURR DIVIDED VARIOUS CHECHNYAN MILTERR GROUPS, + ULTIM CREATE A NEW, MORE POTENT PAN-CAUCASUS ANTI-RUSS MOVEMENT.
IOW, RUSS + CHECHNYA = USA + GWOT = "LOSE THE WAR, ETC. BY WINNING IT"???
* "HOW VARUS LOST HIS LEGIONS", i.e. THE TREASON + CONSPIRACY WITHIN.
Nigeria's troops on Thursday captured the spiritual leader of the Islamist extremist sect behind an uprising in four northern states that left hundreds dead, army sources said. Mohammed Yusuf, 39, was seized in a hideout near his house after an assault on his headquarters by Nigerian security forces killed around 200 of his followers, an army officer said on condition of anonymity. But wait! There's more!
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Nigerian security forces have stormed a mosque where militants from an Islamic sect blamed for days of deadly violence have been hiding out. Reports say scores of fighters were killed in the assault, which came after a third night of gun battles in the northern city of Maiduguri. Many of the militants have now fled, attacking police stations on their way.
The group, known as Boko Haram, wants to overthrow the government and impose a strict version of Islamic law.
Reports from the city on Thursday said the fighting had stopped and the streets were quiet. The assault by the security forces came after 1,000 extra soldiers were drafted into the city. Army commander Major General Saleh Maina told the Associated Press that the deputy leader of the sect was killed in the bombardment. But he said Mohammed Yusuf, leader of the group also known as "Taliban", escaped along with about 300 followers.
An AP reporter who watched the storming of the mosque on Wednesday night and counted about 50 bodies inside the building and another 50 in the courtyard.
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Nigerian security forces have stormed a mosque
The first step in countering any muslim insurgency. US gov take copious notes.
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See also TOPIX > THE "NIGERIAN TALIBAN": HOW SERIOUS IS THEIR THREAT?
Stop! Or I'll...BANG...shoot! From the press agency that can not be named... Mohammed Yusuf That'd be the head of the Nigerian "Taliban"...
"died in police custody." I'll bet it was heart failure. Wanna bet? No way! Cirrhosis! RaB Training Team final exam?
Troops killed about 100 militants. In addition to the 200 or so they banged previously...
Yusuf reportedly found in a goat's pen at the home of his in-laws. "Come out witcher hands up!"
"No! I'm a goat!"
"Come out now or you're dinner!"
"Alright. I'm comin'. I'm comin'."
"shot while trying to escape." "Hokay. I'm out now."
[BANG!]
"Aaaiiieee! [THUD!]"
"He's dead, Jim!"
Human Rights Watch:"extremely worrying." Oh, yasss. I just don't know how I'm gonna sleep tonight...
"Authorities must act immediately to investigate and hold to account all those responsible for this unlawful killing." Harrrumph...harrumph...harrumpph...
[Bangla Daily Star] Outlawed party operatives launched a bomb attack at Purbabonogram village in Sadar upazila on Thursday that killed two people. The deceased were identified as Md Abdur Razzak Pramanik, 52, son of Meser Pramanik and his nephew Abdus Sattar, 32, son of Gani Pramanik of Shakharipara village of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Ataikula Police Station Md Sirajul Islam said internal feud might be the reason behind the bomb attack.
Police quoting local people said some outlaws, lying in ambush, hurled bombs at Razzak and Sattar at about 2:30pm when they were going to Puspopara Bazar from their residence. Razzak died on the spot while Sattar succumbed to his wounds on the way to hospital. On information, police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to Pabna General Hospital morgue for autopsy. "Where do you want 'em, Dr. Quincy?"
"Put 'em over there with the others, Sam!"
Police suspect that 'Janajuddha' faction cadres might have launched the bomb attack.
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A powerful bomb on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca killed two police officers in their patrol vehicle Thursday, the second attack blamed on Basque separatist group ETA in two days.
Police found a second bomb under another police jeep later Thursday in the same area and carried out a controlled explosion. Authorities temporarily blocked all outgoing flights and ships from leaving Mallorca as part of a manhunt.
That attack was the second blamed on ETA in less than 36 hours. A powerful car bomb Wednesday destroyed a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring about 60 people.
If confirmed as ETA attacks, the blasts would conflict with government assertions that the group is seriously weakened after major police crackdowns in Spain and France in recent years.
The 50th anniversary of ETA's founding is Friday and the group may be trying to demonstrate with attacks on the two consecutive days before the milestone that it was not in any danger of breaking up.
The officers killed Thursday were aged 27 and 28. They belonged to the paramilitary Civil Guard, which is chiefly in charge of policing rural areas and guarding official buildings.
Television images showed the charred and mangled remains of a vehicle that had been parked on a street in the Palmanova beach resort area, southwest of the island's capital, Palma de Mallorca.
The blast was caused by a bomb attached to the underneath of the vehicle, Interior Ministry official Ramon Socias said. Police believe the attack was carried out by an ETA cell that came to the island specifically to carry it out and was not based there, he said.
The island's airport and ports were closed shortly after 4 p.m. (1400 GMT, 10 a.m. EDT) and reopened just under two hours later, police said.
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Two Taliban and a security forces' personnel were killed in a clash between the Taliban and the security forces in Miranshah on Thursday. Official sources told Daily Times that the Taliban attacked the security forces on the Dattakhel-Miranshah road when they were setting up a checkpost there. Two officials of the security forces and seven Taliban were injured in the clash. Sources said the fighting continued for four hours.
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The Royal Artillery Bazaar (RA Bazaar) police on Thursday submitted charge sheet against Qari Sanaullah in Pirwadhai Morr suicide attack case to Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No II Judge Baqir Ali Rana.
The accused refused to accept the charge sheet. Upon this, the court adjourned the hearing till August 7 with the direction to the prosecution to present the witnesses.
According to details, an unidentified suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus station near Pirwadhai Morr on March 15. Six people were killed and dozens injured. The police in collaboration with other-law enforcement agencies arrested the suspects Qari Sanaullah of Islamabad and Rizwan Abdul Qadir of Chontra from the city last month and recovered a suicide jacket, a hand grenade, two pistols and 90 live rounds from them.
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[Geo News] WANA: Missile strikes by US drones have been reported here at village Za Ghandai. According to sources, US drones targeted a house with two missiles in which casualties are feared. Feared?
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[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Dozens of Taliban militants attacked the British-era Girdi Rogha Fort on the Esha-Razmak Road in North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday night and kidnapped 10 soldiers.
Officials said the Taliban militants affiliated with commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, after hours of fighting, kidnapped 10 personnel of the Shawal Rifles, a wing of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC).
Ahmadullah Ahmadi, a spokesman for North Waziristan Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, however claimed that their fighters had kidnapped 20 soldiers.The Pakistan Army spokesman and ISPR Director General Maj Gen Athar Abbas denied the reports.
"That is not correct. Had anything happened, I would have the knowledge," he added.Official sources told The News that dozens of Taliban militants attacked the historic fort with heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles.
The FC troops retaliated and heavy exchange of fire continued for a few hours.Three soldiers were reportedly injured in the fighting. There were no details about the losses suffered by the militants.
An official based in Mirali told The News on condition of anonymity that the militants attacked a post which was established for the protection of the fort. He said the militants had taken away 10 soldiers of the Shawal Rifles and the authorities were clueless about their whereabouts.
Tribal sources said security forces Wednesday morning started heavy artillery shelling from Dosali and Razmak military camps on militants' locations. Meanwhile, an FC soldier and two Taliban militants were killed, while two FC men and seven militants sustained injuries in gunfire on the Miramshah-Dattakhel Road in North Waziristan Agency on Thursday.
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The Lashkar-e-Islami (LI) executed four men on Thursday after pronouncing them guilty of abduction and murder at a self-styled court, witnesses and a spokesman said. The executions by firing squad took place near Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The LI announced the impending execution by mosque loudspeakers in Bar Qambarkhel village, 10 kilometres northwest of Bara, late on Wednesday and urged locals to witness the killings, a local tribesman told AFP. "Four blindfolded criminals with hands tied behind their backs were brought by LI men and lined up outside the mosque. Four LI fighters sprayed bullets, killing them on the spot," said witness Malik Qasim Khan Afridi. The killings were carried out after morning prayers, he said. "The execution of four men allegedly involved in abduction and murder of innocent people was carried out after a sharia court procedure," said LI spokesman Haji Zar Khan. Ulas Khan Afridi, a 35-year-old shopkeeper, who lives near the mosque, said an LI member announced the execution soon after Fajr prayers.
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Police claimed to have arrested five terrorists from the local railway station on Thursday. A senior police officer confirmed the arrests and said one of the suspects, Umer Daraz, hailed from Mianwali. He is believed to have associations with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's Punjab chapter, linked with Al Qaeda. Daraz is also an important member of the Commander Tariq Farooqi group, he added. He said the police arrested the men on a tip-off that four terrorists, including would-be suicide bombers, were en route to Sargodha via the Kundian Express from Mianwali, and Daraz would be at the station.
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Security forces on Thursday arrested 22 Taliban during search operations in Swat district and Bajaur Agency.
Also on Thursday, unidentified terrorists stormed the house of a tehsil nazim in Swat and killed his brother.
"Terrorists raided the house of tehsil nazim Muhammad Ali at Choga near Aloch, killing his brother and injuring his nephew and a neighbour," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The security forces conducted a search operation in Kuza Bandai and arrested 11 suspected terrorists, as a Taliban commander, Bakht Jehan, surrendered to the forces at Chaharbagh. The forces also launched search operations in Swat's Qadar Kandao and Chate Kale areas and apprehended four Taliban and seized communication equipment.
The forces also recovered six suicide jackets, two drums and six bags filled with explosives, 24 time bombs and 24 toy bombs from Godiwala mountains in Lakki Marwat.
Meanwhile, the security forces in Bajaur destroyed the houses of two Taliban commanders and arrested six suspected Taliban, a senior official said.
"Today's operation is part of a continuous campaign for enforcement of writ of the state in the region," an official said.
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Two bomb blasts killed 11 people in Iraq on Thursday, reflecting the ongoing insurgent activity that defies overall security improvements and sows fears among some Iraqis about a return to bloodshed of the past.
The first bomb exploded inside a political party office in Baquba, killing seven people and wounding eight, said Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Hameed al-Shimari, the head of an emergency police unit in restive Diyala province. Hours later, a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a police station in Qaim, near the Syrian border in western Iraq, killing four people and wounding seven.
Separately, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is due to meet Kurdish President Masoud Barzani next week, a rare encounter between two leaders whose standoff over territory, power and oil threatens renewed bloodshed in Iraq. Maliki may also meet with Barham Salih, a Kurd who is Iraq's deputy prime minister, who Kurdish officials say is set to become Kurdistan's new prime minister. Meanwhile, Iraq's government admitted on Thursday that seven Iranian exiles were killed when Iraqi forces took control of their camp north of Baghdad. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh had earlier denied anyone died in clashes on Tuesday between police and demonstrators who tried to block their entry into Camp Ashraf, which has been home to the People's Mujahideen of Iran for about two decades.
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Two soldiers were wounded in an ambush by terrorists presumed insurgents in the southern border province of Narathiwat Thursday night. The victims were identified as Sgt-Maj 2nd Class Udon Chanasen and Sgt Surasak Yoorobruay who were attacked when responding to an incident in which a transformer was shot at the entrance of a school in Rangae district. An initial investigation found about 15 spent bullet casings of M16, AK and shotgun cartridges. Nearby homes were damaged in the ambush, according to police.
[ADN Kronos] Indonesian police have begun distributing photos of terror suspect, Noordin M. Top to the public as they continue to hunt him down following the recent bombings in Jakarta against two luxury hotels that killed nine people and injured scores more.
Indonesian site Kompas.com reported from Banyumas, Central Java that many of Noordin's photos could be found at the local train station.
Police began to post Noordin's photos at the Purwokerto train station walls and on train windows at 5.30 a.m. local time, and handed out copies of the photos to passengers.
Local police senior official, Adj. Comr. Suryono asked people to call the police should they see someone who resembles Noordin.
"We have chosen trains as they cover wide areas and many people use them," he said.
He said police suspect that Noordin remained in Central Java.
Al-Qaeda linked fugitive Noordin M. Top is connected to the bombings, top government anti-terrorism officials believe. Top is wanted for plotting the Bali bombings of 2002 which killed 202 people and for other Indonesian attacks.
The 17 July bomb blasts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district killed nine people, mostly foreigners, and injured scores more.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Arina, the alleged wife of Noordin M. Top was released from police custody after seven days of interrogation.
Arina earlier acknowledged that Noordin's picture resembled her husband, a man she knew as Ade Abdul Halim.
However, Arina chooses to remain under police protection for her safety.
"Arina is still a witness," her lawyer, Asludin Hatjani said Wednesday.
"She, her two children and her mother are staying in a house guarded by five policewomen."
The man she knew as Ade and her father, Bahrudin, fled before police raided their homes in Cilacap, Central Java, earlier this month.
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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.
The surge in British casualties in Afghanistan has left military surgeons so exhausted that a US surgical team has been drafted in to help.
Nigerian police have claimed the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of an Islamic group Boko Haram while in detention. A police officer said Yusuf, blamed for violence that killed hundreds of people in northern Nigeria, was shot dead following his capture on Thursday.
Nigerian security forces have stormed a mosque where militants from an Islamic sect blamed for days of deadly violence have been hiding out. Reports say scores of fighters were killed in the assault, which came after a third night of gun battles in the northern city of Maiduguri. Many of the militants have now fled, attacking police stations on their way. 
[Bangla Daily Star] Outlawed party operatives launched a bomb attack at Purbabonogram village in Sadar upazila on Thursday that killed two people. The deceased were identified as Md Abdur Razzak Pramanik, 52, son of Meser Pramanik and his nephew Abdus Sattar, 32, son of Gani Pramanik of Shakharipara village of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Ataikula Police Station Md Sirajul Islam said internal feud might be the reason behind the bomb attack. 
Two Taliban and a security forces' personnel were killed in a clash between the Taliban and the security forces in Miranshah on Thursday. Official sources told Daily Times that the Taliban attacked the security forces on the Dattakhel-Miranshah road when they were setting up a checkpost there. Two officials of the security forces and seven Taliban were injured in the clash. Sources said the fighting continued for four hours.
The Lashkar-e-Islami (LI) executed four men on Thursday after pronouncing them guilty of abduction and murder at a self-styled court, witnesses and a spokesman said. The executions by firing squad took place near Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency. The LI announced the impending execution by mosque loudspeakers in Bar Qambarkhel village, 10 kilometres northwest of Bara, late on Wednesday and urged locals to witness the killings, a local tribesman told AFP. "Four blindfolded criminals with hands tied behind their backs were brought by LI men and lined up outside the mosque. Four LI fighters sprayed bullets, killing them on the spot," said witness Malik Qasim Khan Afridi. The killings were carried out after morning prayers, he said. "The execution of four men allegedly involved in abduction and murder of innocent people was carried out after a sharia court procedure," said LI spokesman Haji Zar Khan. Ulas Khan Afridi, a 35-year-old shopkeeper, who lives near the mosque, said an LI member announced the execution soon after Fajr prayers.
Police claimed to have arrested five terrorists from the local railway station on Thursday. A senior police officer confirmed the arrests and said one of the suspects, Umer Daraz, hailed from Mianwali. He is believed to have associations with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's Punjab chapter, linked with Al Qaeda. Daraz is also an important member of the Commander Tariq Farooqi group, he added. He said the police arrested the men on a tip-off that four terrorists, including would-be suicide bombers, were en route to Sargodha via the Kundian Express from Mianwali, and Daraz would be at the station.
Security forces on Thursday arrested 22 Taliban during search operations in Swat district and Bajaur Agency.
Two bomb blasts killed 11 people in Iraq on Thursday, reflecting the ongoing insurgent activity that defies overall security improvements and sows fears among some Iraqis about a return to bloodshed of the past. 
[ADN Kronos] Indonesian police have begun distributing photos of terror suspect, Noordin M. Top to the public as they continue to hunt him down following the recent bombings in Jakarta against two luxury hotels that killed nine people and injured scores more.
