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Good morning
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy Birthday/Daily Gam Shot

Yvette Mimieux aka Weena in "The Time Machine" aka Melanie Tolman (The girl who hated herself in the morning) in "Where the Boys Are" aka Dr. Kate McCrae in "The Black Hole" (age 69)



Gorb, no, there are no bicycles in 802,701 A.D.! Furthermore I'm not interested in coming to dinner with you and your Morlock buddies.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 01/08/2011 3:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Once again..... Drapes....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/08/2011 8:34 Comments || Top||

#3 
For Gorb
Posted by: Parabellum || 01/08/2011 11:22 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Auzzie escapes AFG death sentence by paying in cash.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/08/2011 08:41 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Auzzie?
Posted by: Parabellum || 01/08/2011 11:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Auzzie?
They are Aussies who have fallen ...zzzz..(wake up)
Posted by: tipper || 01/08/2011 11:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Auzbourne
Posted by: Frank G || 01/08/2011 13:00 Comments || Top||

#4  "However, the payment, known in sharia law as ibra, was not enough to commute the whole sentence, so Langdon will face 20 years in Kabul's notorious Pol-e-Charki prison, home to Taliban and al-Qaida inmates"

Why does this seem like an extorsion racket?
Posted by: Frozen Al || 01/08/2011 13:17 Comments || Top||

#5  Because it is, Frozen Al.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 01/08/2011 13:41 Comments || Top||

#6  so I guess sharia law is partly used in the US already! This has been going on here for years.
Posted by: chris || 01/08/2011 14:00 Comments || Top||

#7  Frank G wins snark of the day.
Posted by: Steve White || 01/08/2011 14:56 Comments || Top||


17 killed in attack on Afghan bath house
[The Nation (Nairobi)] A jacket wallah killed 17 people and maimed another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath in a southern Afghan town on the border with Pakistain, the local government said.

A nine-year Taliban insurgency is concentrated in southern Afghanistan, but suicide kabooms in public places dominated by civilians are relatively rare.

"At around 12pm, a jacket wallah blew up explosives strapped to his chest at a public bath in Spin Boldak," border police official General Abdul Raziq told AFP.

The local government confirmed from placid provincial capital Kandahar that at least 17 people had died in the attack and that 23 people were maimed.

The administration released a statement saying that the bomber had been targeting a police commander named Ramazan, who died in the attack. Raziq identified him as head of the local rapid reaction police border unit.

Taliban trademark
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but such attacks are trademarks of the Taliban, who are fighting to bring down the Western-backed Afghan government and expel 140,000 US-led foreign troops.

Spin Boldak is a short distance from the border with Pakistain, where US officials say the Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked snuffies use rear bases to plot attacks in Afghanistan and the West.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  Soap is unislamic?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/08/2011 2:59 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Kenyan herder killed by Al-Shabaab
[The Nation (Nairobi)] A Kenyan herder was on Friday killed in Somalia by members of the Islamist group Al-Shabaab for refusing to part with his five camels as payment for a yearly tax.

The 60-year-old man, identified as Mr Mohamed Muhumed, was among thousands of Kenyans who decamped Hamey Village in Damajaley location after a ravaging drought in North Eastern Province.

He is reported to have been shot on the head several times before his entire stock of camels was confiscated.

Mohammedans are expected to pay zakat, a form of alm, willingly in the first month of the Islamic calendar (Muharaam). The payment can be in the form of animals or money. But in the case of Mr Muhumed there was use of force.

Speaking to the Saturday Nation in Hamey Village, some 10 kilometres from the Somali border town of Hosingo, the Damajaley ward councillor, Mr Hassan Noor Sahal, said Kenyan herdsmen who decamped with their animals to Somalia were being forced to pay zakat by the Islamist group.

"The beturbanned goons are confiscating animals and harassing our people who moved there in search of water," said the councillor.

At the same time, a mother lost her twins she had given birth to on her way to look for water at a point situated 78 kilometres from the drought-hit village of Homajo in Dadaab District.

The mother, Ms Saadia Ali Idle, said her husband had left with their animals for the Damajaley watering point after the borehole machine in Hamey broke down. Since he was away for three days, this forced her to search for water.

She joined scores of people heading towards the only water points.

After covering 38 kilometres, the tired mother was struck by labour pains and two women helped her deliver safely but with no single drop of water or food to give her.

Mr Ibrahim Abdi, a witness who narrated the ordeal to journalists, said the woman became unconscious and they rushed towards the main road to seek help.

Others, he added, looked for anearby home to get water or milk to save the mother and the two children but to no avail.

Mr Abdi said after five hours, the two children died. Those coming from a watering point later came to the woman's rescue.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab


Arabia
Al-Qaeda rebels kill 13 soldiers in Yemen
[Arab News] Yemeni official says Al-Qaeda gunnies have killed 13 soldiers who were escorting water tankers in the country's south.

The Deputy Governor of Abyan province, Salih Al-Shamsi, says Al-Qaeda gunnies ambushed the military patrol Friday in Lawder in Abyan. He said the attackers decamped and army units were chasing them in the area.

Lawder was the scene of heavy fighting
... as opposed to the more usual light or sporadic fighting...
between Yemen's military and Al-Qaeda elements this fall after a series of attacks on security forces in the town and surrounding area.

In November, a day after the state kicked off a regional soccer cup, a roadside kaboom in Lawdar killed one soldier and maimed two others riding in a military vehicle.

Abyan's capital Zinjibar was hosting the 20th Gulf Cup along with the neighboring coastal province of Aden and the government had put in place heavy security, deploying tens of thousands of troops to prevent any violence.

Yemen's government is battling a resurgent Al-Qaeda presence in the country that also drew deep international concern after the terror network's local offshoot grabbed credit for an attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner in December, 2009.

Yemen, also trying to maintain a shaky truce with rebels in the north, is a focus of Western security concerns after two US-bound parcel bombs were intercepted in Britain and Dubai in October, a plot claimed by Al-Qaeda's Yemen-based regional wing.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia


Bangladesh
Bombs hurled at Magura mayors home
[Bangla Daily Star] Unidentified myrmidons hurled two bombs on the residence of Magura municipality's acting mayor Tapan Kumar Roy on Thursday night.

Of the two bombs, one blasted while the other did not explode.

Police recovered the live bomb around 8:15pm.

Locals of Natun Bazar area brought out a procession yesterday to protest the incident.

Starting around 11:30am, the procession paraded the main roads of the town before holding a protest meeting at Chourongi Square.

The speakers condemned the bomb attack and demanded Tapan Kumar's security.

Awami League (AL)-backed candidate Altaf Hossain, however, reached the meeting venue and spoke pressing his solidarity with the protest programme.

Officer-in-Charge of Magura Sadar Police Station filed a general diary regarding the incident, police said.

Tapan is a rebel mayoral candidate in the January 27 municipality polls.

The acting mayor, also the organising secretary of district AL, was assaulted on December 29 when the supporters of a rival candidate from Abalpur area attacked him at Defulia bazar during electioneering.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Caribbean-Latin America
Paraguay to extradite Lebanese 'terrorist' to US
Posted by: Angerong Hupoluse2474 || 01/08/2011 19:54 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Sonora: State prison system under investigation
A total of 13 prison officials have been ordered to preventative detention following the murder of a newly appointed prison system director, and a prison break in Sonora in December, according to Mexican news reports.

Valencia Ortiz Erastus was shot to death last Monday in Hermosillo, Sonora less than two weeks after on the job following the firing of Saul Torres Millan December 22nd, 2010.

Saul Torres Millan was removed as director of the Sonoran state prison system on suspicions of corruption. He was later ordered into preventaive detention January 5th.

Preventative detention, colloquially known as "rooting", permits prosecutors to detain persons without charge suspected of serious crimes for up to 40 days. Although the legal maneuver is routinely granted in serious crimes, a judge is required to order the detention. It is used by prosecutors to gain time needed to investigate the detainee.

Since that time Policia Federal units raided Centros de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) at Guayama and in Hermosillo to secure the facilities and to search for drugs and weapons.

Close to 600 Mexican Federal agents took over the prison in Hermosillo, closing down adjacent bulevar De los Ganaderos and other streets near the facility. The former director of the CERESO, Rodolfo Castillo Alvarez, is a fugitive.

Rafael Rivera Escobar, the security director at the Hermosillo facility was placed in preventative detention December 23rd.

In Guayamas, 400 Mexican Federal agents executed a search warrant on the CERESO where more than 580 men and women are housed.
Posted by: badanov || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Are the "Investigators" any more honest?
I Doubt it.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 01/08/2011 5:54 Comments || Top||


Mexican Security Forces Conduct Operations in Southern Chihuahua
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Mexican federal and state authorities have yet to release any information about an apparent counternarcotics sweep and search operation in southern Chihuahua, according to Mexican news sources.

A published report in El Sol de Parral reports a special Policia Federal unit searched vehicles and individuals in and around Parral Thursday night. The operation was backed up by Mexican Army troops deployed in nearby mountains.

El Monitor de Parral reported Policia Federal units erected checkpoints at Puerto del Tiempo and Avenida Tecnológico stopping and searching vehicles and individuals. Reports also say agents were searching for stolen vehicles and for gang members. A total of 15 vehicles and 45 federal agents took part in the operation, including an armored vehicle.

The Policia Federal unit was actually a specialized unit called Grupo Anthrax, which was formed to deal with preventative and intelligence operations.

Meanwhile about 20 agents with the Fiscalia Especializada (Special Prosecutor) conducted searches in the municipalities of Balleza, El Tule and Huejotitan, located due west of Parral, seizing three vehicles and an unknown number of detainees.

Mexican federal authorities have recently reinforced troops in Chihuahua including a Mexican Army deployment which arrived in Juarez at the first of the year. The unidentified army unit reportedly had 1,500 effectives.

It is unreported if the new troops supported Thursday night's operations.
Posted by: badanov || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


More Mexican Mayhem
10 Die in Northern Mexico

Ten individuals were killed in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico that included the mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila shot to death Friday.
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  • An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Thursday afternoon. The victim died when armed suspects took the victim at his residence near the intersection of calles Rodrigo Barragan and Margarita Robles de Mendoz in the Maria Martinez colony then shot him a short distance away. The shooters then went to the victim's brother's residence a short distance away and set it afire.

  • Two unidentified men were shot to death and a third was kidnapped in an intergang firefight in Juarez Thursday. The shooting took place near the corner of calles Grosella and Centeno in the El Granjero colony and lasted almost ten minutes. Two men in two different vehicles were shot to death. Subsequent reports say more than 300 shots total were fired in the gunfight. Also, "narcografitti" put up later that day referring to the gunfight challenged Mexican Federal agents to a gunfight. Reports also say the Juarez cartel armed wing La Linea was involved in the firefight.

  • A Juarez city councilman was carjacked Friday. Victor Valencia Carrasco was leaving a convenience store near the junction of calles La Raza and Newton in the El Futuro colony when he was attacked by a suspect. The suspect fled with Valencia Carrasco's Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup truck.

  • An unidentified man was found dead inside a vehicle in Tijuana, Baja California. The victim was found inside a Kia sedan on calle Claveles in the Valle de las Flores colony.

  • The skeletons of four individuals have been found near Ojinaga, Chihuahua in the last 30 days. The last victim was found last Sunday near Ojinaga eight kilometers away on a dirt road leading to El Mulato at the ranch Puliques, while the rest were found at a landfull dump near the city. The latest victim had identification papers identifying him as Salvador Dominguez Ortiz, 34, a local man.

  • A 17 year old man was shot to death near Nogales reportedly by an agent of the US Border patrol. The victim died at a local hospital after being transported by three unidentified men following the shooting. Reports are the victim was shot while attempting to cross the border into the US, and fell on the Mexican side of the border.

  • The mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila was found dead Friday in Nuevo Leon. Saul Vara Rivera was reported missing the day before and was presumed kidnapped. Vara Rivera was found in Galeana just across the border with Coahuila, and was reportedly shot with an AK-47 rifle.
Posted by: badanov || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: WoT
Conflicting reports: Congresswoman Giffords shot, maybe killed, by gunman
I call this domestic terrorism. Notice her party was not mentioned.
Posted by: Spot || 01/08/2011 14:55 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I have read that she was democrat but didn't really buy into the whole Obama side of things. So i guess she could kinda vbe middle of the aisle.
Posted by: chris || 01/08/2011 14:58 Comments || Top||

#2  She is, or was, radical leftist. However, there is now some speculation that she wasn't radical leftist enough. Someone at KOS was making hostile remarks about her not too long ago.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 01/08/2011 15:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Shooter identified as Jared Laughner.
Posted by: tipper || 01/08/2011 16:05 Comments || Top||

#4  She was middle of pack. For Obamacare, 2nd amendmant, Border Security AKA fence. Married to Astronaut who was scheduled to be on last Space shuttle flight. Only congressperson married to active duty Servicemember. She voted Against Pelosi as Minority Leader.
Posted by: Charles || 01/08/2011 16:17 Comments || Top||


3rd package ignites at Washington postal facility
[Jerusalem Post Front Page] A package ignited at a Washington D.C. postal facility Friday, a day after fiery packages sent to the governor and transportation secretary of the nearby state of Maryland burned the fingers of workers who opened them.

FBI Spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said initial information indicated the parcel that ignited in Washington was similar to the two packages opened in Maryland on Thursday. The Washington postal facility was evacuated and no injuries were reported.

The Maryland packages contained a note railing against highway signs urging motorists to report suspicious activity, Sherlocks revealed.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  On TV news they were saying the particular message being complained about was one that said "report suspicious activity to Homeland Defense at (tel num)"
Posted by: Water Modem || 01/08/2011 1:58 Comments || Top||


Investigators in US try to trace 2 fiery packages
[Arab News] Investigators attempted Friday to trace the origin of packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary that ignited when they opened, producing a puff of smoke, a small flame and a sulfur-like smell.

The package addressed to Gov. Martin O'Malley was sent by someone griping about highway signs that urge motorists to call in tips about suspicious activity. A similar package was sent to Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley.

They were opened within a 15-minute period Thursday afternoon at state government buildings 20 miles (30 kilometers) apart.

The workers who opened the packages singed their fingers, but there were no significant injuries.

Soon after, mailrooms across Maryland were cleared and two other suspicious packages uncovered, though they turned out to be a toner cartridge and laptop batteries.

Explosive material wasn't found in either package that ignited and authorities aren't sure if any other dangerous packages are out there, but mailroom employees were back at work Friday. They'll have pictures of the packages and were advised to be vigilant about anything suspicious.

O'Malley, a Democrat, said the mailing sent to him complained about highway signs that urge motorists to "Report Suspicious Activity" and give an 800 number.

"Somebody doesn't like seeing that sign," O'Malley said.

A worker ripped the pull tab on the first package, addressed in typeface to the recently re-elected governor and adorned with holiday stamps, in Annapolis where mail for O'Malley's office is routinely checked. The building is just blocks from the governor's office, which is inside the State House in the heart of the capital.

An administrative assistant to Swaim-Staley opened the second package on the fourth floor of the Department of Transportation headquarters in Hanover, near the secretary's office.

Both had incendiary devices inside and produced puffs of smoke and a smell similar to a match being struck, authorities said.

Maryland's terrorism tip line -- the subject of the complaint to the governor -- is widely shown on overhead highway signs. The state also uses the signs to post information about missing children and, to the ire of some drivers, added real-time traffic estimates to major highways in March. Some commuters complained drivers slowed to read the signs and backed up traffic. At O'Malley's request, the state studied the issue and removed the real-time postings from one congested area.

US Postal Inspector Frank Schissler, a front man for the Washington division of the inspection service, said Friday that Sherlocks were examining postmarks and other exterior markings on the packages in an attempt to trace their origin.

The postal service also will examine its internal tracking data, Schissler said. Packages are tracked once they enter mail processing plants. But the packages did not have individual tracking numbers because they were sent by first-class mail, not registered mail or express mail, he said.

Schissler also said that DNA analysis was likely. Maryland State Fire Marshal William Barnard said Thursday that numerous pieces of physical evidence were recovered from the scene of the package sent to the transportation department.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Bomb blast wounds four in Charsadda CD market
[Pak Daily Times] At least four persons, including two police officials, sustained injuries when a low-intensity bomb exploded in CD market at Charsadda district on Friday evening, police said. The bomb, which went off in a CD market, known as Doozakh Market in Umerzai Bazaar, caused critical injuries to Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Samiullah. A constable Khalil Ullah and two locals identified as Arif and Syed Akhtar Bacha also sustained injuries in the blast. Only a few shops in the market were damaged in the blast. Police rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and started a rescue operation. The injured were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital. The area was cordoned off by the police for investigation.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: TTP


US missile strike kills 6 in North Waziristan
[Pak Daily Times] A suspected US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle in North Wazoo on Friday, killing six alleged terrorists, intelligence officials said. The identities and nationalities of the suspected hard boyz killed in the attack were not known, the intelligence officials said. "US drones fired four missiles, targeting a vehicle and a house," a local security official said. "So far five bodies have been recovered," he said. "Taliban have surrounded the area and there are fears the final toll may go up," he said. The area in the town of Datta Khel that was hit is dominated by fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a prominent Islamic myrmidon commander focused on battling foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan

#1  No follow-up attack? Why not?
Posted by: Old Patriot || 01/08/2011 19:15 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Police: Iraqi family slain in predawn attack
[Arab News] Police say unidentified gunnies have killed a family of five in a predawn attack on a home northeast of the Iraqi capital.

A policeman in the town of Hussainya said there was no clear motive for the shooting Friday, which left two parents and three of their teenage children dead.

But he says the father was a ministry of electricity worker. Assailants increasingly have been targeting government employees.

A two-year-old toddler survived the attack in the town, located about 25 km northeast of Storied Baghdad.

A health official confirmed the killings and, like the policeman, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
DFLP-affiliated fighters say projectile fired toward Israel
[Ma'an] The National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine, said in a statement on Friday afternoon, that its fighters sent two mortars into Israeli territory.

The statement said the projectiles were fired from an area in the central Gazoo Strip, east of Wadi As-Salqa.

The Israeli military said a projectile fired from the Gazoo Strip in the morning "hit Eshkol Regional Council," east of central Gazoo.

In their statement, the brigades said the attack came in response to Israeli aggression against the Gazoo Strip, adding that "resistance is the right choice, it is the only way to secure the national rights of Paleostinians."
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: DFLP


Projectile lands in Israel as Hamas calls for retaliation
[Ma'an] Israeli military officials reported the launch of a homemade projectile from Gazoo into Israeli territory Friday afternoon, less than an hour after a protest in Gazoo City saw Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, leaders call for resistance factions to "take Dire Revenge™" for the death of a Hebron man.

None were reported injured by the projectile fire.

Hamas leader Ismail Radwan called for an end to PA-Israel security coordination, which the party believes was behind the death of Omer Salim Al-Qawasmi, 66, who was shot in his bed several times in an incident Israeli officials said the military "regrets." He was the uncle of a Hamas man released from PA prison the day earlier.

During a raid of Hebron, five of six Hamas members released by PA security officials were nabbed.

"The natural and national response on the crime is to stop security coordination and to release the political prisoners and to unleash the resistance to respond to it," Radwan said, adding that he held both Israel and the PA responsible for the death, and the safety of those recently nabbed.

Overnight, Israeli fighter jets launched a series of Arclight airstrikes on areas in the Gazoo Strip, targeting what a military statement said was a Hamas training area and a tunnel into Israel.

The strikes followed reports by Israel that two rounds of projectile fire had come from Gazoo.

According to statements from resistance brigades operating inside the coastal enclave, three mortar shells were fired toward an Israeli military base along the Gazoo border Thursday morning.

The night before, Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Paleostinians they said were trying to breach the Gazoo Strip border, hitting at least one of them, the military said.

By morning, medics said ambulance crews recovered two bodies killed in the fire, Gazoo medical services front man Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed.
Posted by: Fred || 01/08/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  It seems to me that if they were only permitted to do so, cities like Sderot would be more than willing to buy their own anti-rocket and mortar defense systems.

My own choice would be a 105mm howitzer, which, while it is not the best anti-rocket device around, clearly conveys a message to those on the rocket firing side that their efforts are appreciated.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 01/08/2011 9:23 Comments || Top||

#2  My own choice would be a 105mm howitzer

I don't know, Anonymoose. I'm more partial to a battery of 24 240mm mortars. They have the range to reach from Sderot to the Mediterranean, and pack a much bigger punch than a 105. The accuracy is about equal. I think I'd zero one battery in on Gaza City, and another on Khan Yunis. I'd also institute a "10 for 1" rule, where I'd retaliate with ten rounds per battery for each round fired from Gaza territory. Of course, if we "loaned" Israel a wing of B-52s and turned a blind eye to a REAL ARCLIGHT strike against Gaza, that wouldn't give me much heartburn, either.
Posted by: Old Patriot || 01/08/2011 19:23 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Village leader gunned down in southern Thailand
A village leader was gunned down by two suspected terrorists militants in Narathiwat province on Friday morning.

Singchai Salae, 37, was heading to a tea shop on a motorcycle when he was attacked by two men who followed him on another motorcycle.

The pillion rider fired at him with an AK47. When the victim and his motorcycle fell to the ground, the other man fired more shots at him with a handgun, killing him instantly. The two attackers then took a 9mm pistol from Singchai before fleeing.

Singchai had been working with Gen Pichet Wisaijorn, the assistant army chief, on a sufficiency economy project for the village. The project later became a model for other villages in the three southern border provinces.

Police said Singchai had earlier survived two similar attacks.
Plus:
Two suspected terrorists insurgents were killed in a gun battle with authorities in this Narathiwat province Friday afternoon.

50 troops from Narathiwat Taskforce 32 were sent to besiege a house after learning that terrorists insurgents were gathering there. Three of them rushed out of the house and shot at the troops.
The troops returned fire, killed two of them and arrested the other.

One of the slain suspects was identified as Rophi Kuado, 46.
And:
A paramilitary ranger was killed and another seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting in Yala province on Saturday, police said.

The rangers were traveling on a motorcycle when gunmen on a pickup truck shot at them before fleeing. One of them died at the scene and his colleague was seriously injured.

Police blamed separatist terrorists militants.
Posted by: ryuge || 01/08/2011 12:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in the Head at Public Event others hit
Posted by: Water Modem || 01/08/2011 14:41 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:



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Sat 2011-01-08
  AZ Dem Rep Gabrielle Giffords Shot
Fri 2011-01-07
  Church bombing foiled in north Iraq
Thu 2011-01-06
  Moqtada Sadr back in Iraq
Wed 2011-01-05
  Lahore, Islamabad on red alert after Taseer assassination
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  Punjab governor Salman Taseer assassinated in Islamabad
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  Osama's top aide Nasir al-Wahishi killed in drone strike
Sun 2011-01-02
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Sat 2011-01-01
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Fri 2010-12-31
  US missiles kill 8 in northwest Pakistan
Thu 2010-12-30
  Cartel threatens Guatemala with 'war'
Wed 2010-12-29
  Denmark Arrests 5 Suspected of Planning Terror Attack
Tue 2010-12-28
  15 More Drone-zapped in North Wazoo
Mon 2010-12-27
  Pakistan drone attack 'kills 18 militants'
Sun 2010-12-26
  Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 42 in Bajaur Agency
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