... is good, but could be better. With the popularity of Rantburg, Mayor Fred is needing a new server so Rantburg can be all that it can be, and is....
Just so you know, when he gets a new server, an elementary school receives his donated server which is prolly the most sophisticated server in the entire school district.
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Sitting in the BA lounge at Zaventam (BRU) waiting for KLM flight to JFK and the freaking connection won't connect with PayPal. Will have to defer my endowment until after I land.
I still have a sock filled with Rupiahs if that will help.
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What are the specs for Fred's new server?
I see that he is hosted. Why not a VM on one of theirs?
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The 'Burg server is a physical piece of hardware, located in south Baltimore. It also runs three small VMs for other projects I do. Donations pay the monthly hosting fees except for when I dip into the till and have to cover it out of our family budget.
If we crash, I should be able to drive the twenty minutes from my house, swap the old server for the new, and be back in business within, say, an hour or an hour and a half at the outside.
We back up the database three times a day: midnight, 8 a.m., and 4 p.m., so that if I do have to restore we won't be more than eight hours out of date.
That's all subject to occasional change, mind you. The local version has a GUI, so I can compose the 'Burg on it when not working on my laptop. I also do my programming on it, to include other projects, many of them abortive, and it runs my local Samba file system so I can access it from my wife's machine(s) and from my Windows VMs. I compose the bloid using an ancient copy of Fireworks on one of those.
Occasionally I do something stupid on the backup box and end up blowing the system away and having to reinstall from scratch. Once I did something spectacularly stupid, blew away the system, and let Ubuntu try and install over the backup disk. I was pretty pale and shaky until I got the backups running properly again.
The new server I'm looking at has twice the memory of our current machine, twice the storage (not that we're running close to filling up what we've got), and an improved processor. It should sing like a nightingale.
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or a fat lady?
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If you're going to buy anything from Amazon, if you'll click on the Amazon logo and go to Amazon through Rantburg, Fred gets a minuscule cut. (But hey, it's better than nothing.)
Every time I go to Amazon to buy something, I always go through Rantburg. It's easy, and helps Fred a little.
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Wow, an IBM 360, WITH the punched-card reader? Top o' the line!
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I don't think that's an IBM/360 - the front panel has way too few 'flashing lights' and the 'console' was usually hardcopy (with a very loud bell). Somehow this makes me think of Honeywell....
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Bet the mods are excited! But looks like they are playing video games on it! ;-)
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[An Nahar] Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud escaped unhurt Tuesday from an ambush on his heavily armoured convoy claimed by Al-Qaeda linked Islamists, the latest attack targeting the internationally backed leader.
Shabaab gunnies claimed to have ambushed the convoy as it travelled to the port of Merka south of the capital and boasted of destroying vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades.
But officials said that the attack had failed and all in the presidential entourage were safe.
"Gunmen tried to disrupt the president's trip ... but I can confirm the president and his delegation are well and reached their final destination Merka to have meetings with local community," said Somali army official Mohamed Qorey, speaking by telephone from Merka.
The president was travelling in an armoured convoy from the 17,700-strong 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... force (AMISOM) that fights alongside the Somali army against Shabaab gunnies.
"We ambushed a convoy that was escorting the self-appointed Somali president," Shabaab front man Abdulaziz Abu Musab told Agence La Belle France Presse.
The attack took place near the small settlement of Buffow, close to Merka, a former Shabaab stronghold captured one year ago around 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital.
"The presidential convoy was attacked but they have continued after about 15 minutes of heavy gunfire," said Ibrahim Adan, a resident of Buffow.
Diplomatic sources played down the attacks saying it had consisted of little more than a roadside kaboom.
Residents in Merka said Mohamud appeared in the port, greeting officials and residents as he toured the town.
"He was fine and well, meeting the people who had come to see him," said Nasir Abdirahmam, a resident of Merka.
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[Al Ahram] Security forces tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Mostafa Issa, prominent Moslem Brüderbund member and former governor of Minya, on Tuesday, MENA reported.
Issa was taken from in front of the building where his private clinic is located.
Egyptian prosecution ordered Issa's arrest on charges of "inciting violence" during recent conflicts in the Minya governorate.
Following the dispersal of two pro-Morsi sit-ins by security forces on 14 August, the governorate of Minya has witnessed ongoing civil strife, during which dozens have been killed and several buildings, including churches and Coptic houses, were burned, allegedly by Morsi supporters.
On Monday, security forces arrested Saad El-Husseini, former governor of Kafr El-Sheikh, in a house in the fifth settelement district of New Cairo.
These arrests are part of a state crackdown on Moslem Brüderbund leaders and cadres over the last few weeks, which has amounted to the arrest and detention of several hundred members who are awaiting investigation or trial.
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[MAGHAREBIA] A Tunis court on Monday (September 2nd) issued an international arrest warrant for Seif Allah ben Hassine (aka Abou Iyadh), Attounissia reported. The warrant is reportedly related to the Jebel Chaambi violence and weapons caches discovered in Médenine and Douar Hicher.
On August 21st, an arrest warrant was issued for the Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active... leader in connection with the liquidation of opposition politician Chokri Belaid.
On August 27th, Tunisia officially designated the hard-line salafist movement as a terrorist organization tied to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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[MAGHAREBIA] A Sale court on Monday (September 2nd) sentenced nine members of a Moroccan "Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active... " cell to multi-year prison terms, Atlasinfo.com reported.
The Ansar al-Sharia in Morocco members were tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! at the end of 2012 in Rabat and other cities for allegedly plotting attacks against "sensitive buildings, security headquarters and tourist sites", the interior ministry said.
Dubbed "Ansar al-Sharia in the Islamic Maghreb", the cell was seeking material and military support from its fellow al-Qaeda allies in northern Mali, the ministry added.
The cell included a former Salafist Jihadist prisoner and a man known for expertise in explosives, intelligence officers from the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST) determined.
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[MAGHAREBIA] The latest festivities in the Libyan city of Sirte reportedly killed a young man at the week-end, prompting tribal elders and Libyan politicians on Sunday (September1st) to call for calm.
"There was fighting in the central town area between two gangs in which light and medium weapons were used," local resident Ezzedine al-Amin said.
All the heavy weapons having been sold to their friends in Syria...
"The sound of blasts and gunshots could be heard in different areas of town, and some public properties were damaged," the Sirte man added.
The General National Congress asked the western faction of the Libya Shield forces to step in to ensure stability in Sirte.
"There are talks and a series of continuous meetings between the local council and Council of Elders and all security agencies in town," al-Amin said. "They want to put an end to the recent security chaos in Sirte, including liquidations, festivities and attacks on state properties."
"There is major resentment over the bad security situation," he added.
Shield forces were reportedly prepared to intervene should the situation deteriorate.
The security threat escalated last month, when Derna jihadists said they would move into Sirte. The snuffies threatened that anyone who stood up to them would be killed.
Their threat followed the death of the commander of al-Qaeda in Sirte. He died last month following festivities with the Zawiya Martyrs Brigade, which is affiliated with the Libyan army.
"Ahmed al-Tir, also known as Abu Ali - the commander of the al-Farouk brigade recently named by al-Qaeda as emir of Sirte - was maimed in Sirte," said Amin al-Mansouri, a 24-year-old employee at the city's university.
The Islamist fighter was then reportedly taken to Tunisia, where he died of his wounds on August 4th. Two foreigners fighting in his al-Farouk brigade -Tunisian Hasan Mohamed and Algerian national Ali Sasi - were critically maimed, al-Mansouri added.
The festivities with Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active... have not been the only incidents to rattle nerves in Sirte.
Journalist Youssef Mohammed told Magharebia that Radio Free Sirte was robbed and sabotaged.
With equipment stolen, the station was taken off the air.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Forty-nine inmates broke out of a prison in Gabes on Sunday (September 1st), the president of the Prisons and Correctional Institution Syndicate told Magharebia.
"They violently assaulted a fellow prisoner in their cell until his blood covered the cell," Olfa Ayari said in describing the breakout. "After that, they called a prison guard for help, and when he opened the cell, they took him as hostage and asked the rest of the inmates to leave the cell."
"However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... only 49 out of a total of 61 inmates at that cell responded," she added.
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[Al Ahram] An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced a Moslem Brüderbund member to life in prison for violence targeting the army in the port city of Suez last month.
Forty-eight other members received sentences of between 5 to 15 years in prison, while twelve others were acquitted on the same charges.
The defendants were accused of "shooting and adopting violent means" against the army in Suez on 14 August following a nationwide security crackdown against supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
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[Al Ahram] A Cairo court ordered on Tuesday Al-Jazeera ... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means the Peninsula, as in the Arabian Peninsula. In recent years it has settled in to become slightly less biased than MSNBC, in about the same category as BBC or CBS... Mubasher Misr be taken off air. The administrative court ruling also banned Al-Yarmouk, Al-Quds and Ahrar 25, regarded as channels linked to Islamists, off the Egyptian airwaves.
Al-Jazeera Egyptian channel has come under fire as local media and authorities accused it of bias against the popularly-backed overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July, in favour of the Moslem Brüderbund from which he hails. Egyptian officials even said the station posed a threat to national security.
The three other channels were also blamed for one-sided reporting in favour of the Brotherhood and its supporters.
Some analysts, however, do not find any value in the ban. "I don't understand the rationale behind such court orders. They are impossible to implement," Khaled Dawoud, a leading member of the liberal Dostour Party told Ahram Online. "If they ban a channel, other channels will come up and find a country to broadcast from."
Dawoud said he had reservations on the coverage of some of these channels for being "platforms" for the Moslem Brüderbund, yet counselled "we should get accustomed to the broadcasting of views we do not sympathise with and stop blaming the media, as we live in an age of diversity."
Egypt's government had already ordered a ban on the the broadcaster's Egyptian channel last week on allegations it lacked legal permits. The channel, now broadcast from Qatar, later challenged the authorities, publishing an alleged operation license by the Egyptian government.
The Doha-based network said in a statement on Sunday it was concerned over alleged harassment of the channel by the Egyptian authorities, citing "the series of detentions" of its staff and seizure of its equipment.
Police have tossed in the slammer Book 'im, Mahmoud! a correspondent for Al-Jazeera's Arabic channel, Abdullah El-Shami, since 14 August, and a cameraman for its Egyptian affiliate, Mohamed Badr, for over a month. Three foreign news hounds for the Qatari-owned channel were also deported on Sunday after being caught covering political events without the required permits.
The ban comes a day after an Egyptian court ordered the permanent closure of the fiercely anti-liberal Al-Hafez channel.
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[MAGHAREBIA] The daughter of Moamer Qadaffy's former spy chief was kidnapped in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , Libya Herald reported on Monday (August 2nd). I think they typo'd the date by a month. We had the story she was going to be released on August 29th.
Gunmen kidnapped Abdullah Senussi's beautiful daughter as she left Al-Ruwaimi prison in Ain Zara, Libyan Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani said Tuesday. She's actually kind of hefty, the lady arm wrestler type. Better looking than her daddy, though. Most people are.
"Turban-wearing gunnies in five vehicles attacked the convoy that was accompanying Unud al-Senussi as she left prison and kidnapped her," AFP quoted Marghani as saying. "Hrarrr! Into the motor car wit' yez, me proud beauty!"
The convoy had been due to take Senussi's daughter, in her early 20s, to the airport to join her family. "Help! Help! I'm being kidnapped!"
"It is the shared responsibility of the government, of the thwar and the international community to find this girl," he added, calling on those who kidnapped Senussi to return her without delay. Calling on them to return her without delay always works.
She served 10 months for entering Libya from Algeria on a false passport. "Ummm... Is the air conditioning broken?"
"No air conditioning."
"Where's the bathroom?"
"That bucket in the corner!"
"[Sigh!] I'll have to take it for ten months!"
"Where's my tip?"
Her father Abdullah, Qadaffy's brother-in-law and intelligence chief, is wanted by the International Criminal Court ... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... on charges of crimes against humanity. I shouldn't mock. The poor girl's probably dead now. Since she was being shipped out of the country the guys in turbans probably weren't Dad's myrmidons, come to rescue her.
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"[Sigh!] I'll have to take it for ten months!"
"Where's my tip?"
[Ynet] An Egyptian security official says helicopters have rocketed bad boy hideouts in the northern Sinai Peninsula.
The official said the two helicopter gunships fired 13 rockets after surprising bad boy gatherings on Tuesday in two locations, al-Muqataa and Touma, south of the town of Sheikh Zuweyid near the border with Gazoo. He said "dozens" of bully boyz were killed and maimed but that fighting was still ongoing. He did not mention if there were yet any soldiers on the ground to assess the number of casualties.
[Ynet] An improvised bomb went kaboom! at a cop shoppe in downtown Cairo on Monday, wounding two workers, the state news agency said. ... and if you can't believe the state news agency who can you believe? MENA said three people on a cycle of violence hurled what it called a homemade hand grenade at the cop shoppe.
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2 die, 2 detained in San Fernando municipality
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
A total of 11 unidentified individuals were rescued from captivity by Mexican Security forces in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, according to Mexican news accounts.
An El Universal wire dispatch featured on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily said that a Base de Operaciones Mixtas (BOM) detachment rolled up at a residence in Altavist a colony Sunday night. Two unidentified men were found in the house, strangled with plastic bags. Two men were detained at the scene.
The victims told officials that they were waiting payment of ransom for their release from their families.
BOM detachments are a mix of local, state and federal security units, including police and military. Ciudad Victoria is the state capital of Tamaulipas.
Meanwhile, in San Fernando municipality two unidentified armed suspects were killed by Mexican security forces Monday
According to an official news release posted on the website of the Tamaulipas state government, a BOM road patrol encountered a convoy of three vehicles near a break near Rancho El Novillo on the Urracas-Reynosa road. The news release said that passengers riding in the convoy fired on the patrol. Return gunfire killed two.
The three vehicles in the convoy were subsequently abandoned: one Chevrolet Avalanche, one Chevrolet Silverado and one Nissan Murano. Security forces also seized one rifle, one handgun, six weapons magazines and 70 rounds of ammunition.
The news release also claimed that two armed suspects were detained near an abandoned narco camp at a farmhouse. A couple was detained at the scene, identified as Margarita Hernandez Gonzalo Alvarez and Manuel Martinez Aldama. Two handguns were seized as well.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com. His latest work of non-fiction, The Wounded Eagle: Volume 2 went on sale September 1st at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.
[La Belle France24] Mexican police have placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! the alleged leader of the Juarez narco mob, a 47-year-old man known as "Ugly Betty," authorities said.
Alberto Carrillo Fuentes was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! by federal police in the western state of Nayarit and he was later questioned by prosecutors, an official from the attorney general's office told AFP on Sunday, on condition of anonymity.
He faces charges of drug trafficking, murder and organized crime. The official declined to provide more details.
Carrillo Fuentes is believed to have taken over the cartel named after Ciudad Juarez, the city bordering Texas, after his brother Vicente "The Viceroy" Carrillo Fuentes turned down the job.
The group was founded by another brother, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias "The Lord of the Skies," who died in mysterious circumstances following plastic surgery in 1997.
According to the weekly magazine Proceso, the Juarez gang was in an intense pie fight in several northwestern states against the Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man.
The two cartels waged a fierce battle for control of Ciudad Juarez in recent years and Guzman is believed to have come out on top.
Carrillo Fuentes's arrest marks the third capture of a high-profile drug lord since July.
Authorities detained Zetas cartel kingpin Miguel Angel Trevino, alias "Z-40," on July 15, followed by Gulf cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino on August 17.
[An Nahar] Police locked away Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a "suspected jihadist terrorist" wanted by Morocco, in the Spanish north African territory of Melilla on Tuesday, the government in Madrid said.
Officers arrested Mohammed El Bali, who was "in charge of a jihadist cell based in Nador", a nearby town in neighboring Morocco, a short statement from the Spanish interior ministry said.
He was arrested under an international warrant issued by Morocco.
The ministry said it would issue further details later.
Melilla, home to around 80,000 people, has one of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's two land borders with Africa, along with another Spanish territory, Ceuta to the west.
In June Spanish security forces broke up an al-Qaeda-linked network operating in Ceuta and the neighboring Moroccan town of Fnideq, arresting eight people.
That network was suspected of sending dozens of Islamist bully boyz -- some minors -- to Syria, in some cases to carry out suicide kabooms, the ministry said at the time
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[Dawn] Jail authorities in Gilgit Baltistan said extraordinary security measures have been adopted to avoid any untoward incident as eight prisoners were shifted from District Jail Gilgit to District Jail Ghizer in northeast of Pakistain on Tuesday.
"We have deployed law enforcing agencies around the Jails and personnel of police have also been placed at the disposal of jail authorities to make sure that inmates live in a peaceful atmosphere" Inspector General Prisons Wasil Khan told Dawn.com.
The official said situation in the whole country was not a hidden secret and since most of the prisoners here were facing cases in sectarian violence so enhancing security was the need of hour.
Citing some recent incidents of jailbreaks in the country, Wasil Khan said paramilitary troops including GB scouts, Punjab Rangers, Frontier Constabulary and GB Police have been deployed at the security of jails.
Dozens of heavily-armed Pak Taliban Death Eaters had freed nearly 175 inmates, including 35 'high-profile Death Eaters', during a brazen overnight attack on the central jail in Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... on July 30 this year.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... it was not the first instance when gunnies attempted to free their captive associates in Pakistain, nearly 400 prisoners including gunnies had escaped on April 15, 2012 from Bannu Jail after an attack by Death Eaters armed with guns, grenades and rockets.
"Since the capability of jail officials was not satisfactory thus we requested the government to provide us law enforcement agencies," said Wasil Khan.
He disclosed that the jail wardens had no weapons and they were not provided with uniforms.
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[Dawn] An activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi... (ASWJ) was bumped off in Orangi Town on Monday, police said.
They said that Arman Nizamuddin, 30, was targeted near his residence in Islam Chowk, Sector-11, within the jurisdiction of the Iqbal Market cop shoppe. He sustained multiple bullet wounds and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors declared him dead. He's dead, Jim!
The victim, father of four, was a barber by professor, said area SHO Amjad Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... , adding that he was a worker of the ASWJ.
SI bumped off
A policeman was bumped off in an apparent targeted attack near the Banaras bridge on Monday evening, police said.
They said that Sub-Inspector Piyaro Khan, 45, was on his way home after performing his duty at the Pirabad cop shoppe when gunnies targeted him near the Banaras bridge. He sustained three bullet wounds in the neck, head and chest and was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim!
The victim, who originally hailed from Larkana, was living in Musselmenabad, Qasba Colony. He was not wearing uniform when he was targeted.
The police said that it appeared that he had gone to the area to buy some eatables for the family.
Ex-MQM man killed
A young man was rubbed out in an Orangi Town locality on Monday evening.
The Pakistain Bazaar police said that Imran Jamil, 28, was sitting at his tyre puncture shop in Orangi Town-10 when gunnies targeted him and fled. The maimed was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim!
"The victim was a former activist of the Unit-125 of the organizational structure of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... ," said Pakistain Bazaar SHO Bashir Ahmed.
Body found
A young man was found murdered near the ICI bridge on Monday. Police said that the body, which bore torture marks, was found under the ICI bridge.
The victim was later identified as Amir Ahmed, who was a resident of Memon Society in Khadda Market, Lyari. He was working at a shop in the Kharadar area and had been missing since Sunday afternoon.
Shopkeeper bumped off in Manghopir
A young shopkeeper was rubbed out in the Manghopir area, police said.
They said that Zamanuddin, 30, was sitting at his general store in Manghopir when three gunnies riding a cycle of violence emerged there, fired at him and rode away. The motive for the killing could not be ascertained immediately.
'Robber' killed in encounter
A suspected robber was rubbed out in a police encounter in Sohrab Goth on Monday evening. Police said that two men were allegedly looting Lal Mohammed near Lasi Goth when a police team reached there.
In an ensuing encounter, one suspect, Jodo Khan Mehsud, 32, was killed, while his accomplice, Sheruddin, was jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! , said Sohrab Goth SHO Mohammed Naeem.
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[Al Ahram] A spate of boom-mobiles in mostly-Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday evening killed at least 14 people, security and medical officials said.
The bombings struck across Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... at around 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) and left dozens of others maimed, in the latest in a trend of increased attacks in the evening as Iraqis visit cafes and other public areas.
Nine other people were killed in attacks around Iraq earlier on Tuesday, part of a surge in violence in recent months that has sparked concerns that Iraq is edging back towards the all-out sectarian war of 2006-2007.
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A bomb went off yesterday afternoon in Narathiwat province, injuring a member of a seven-man teacher protection unit. The explosion occurred on a village road in Chanae district as the unit was returning to its base.
Volunteer ranger Adithep La-ongsri was injured by the blast which almost blew his left leg off. Sgt Preecha Pikhiri, the unit leader, said he and his men were on foot when the bomb exploded. They had just escorted a group of teachers home.
[Al Ahram] The army retook control of a strategic town in northwest Syria on Tuesday after 10 days of intense bombing and festivities, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Armed forces, backed by paramilitary soldiers, retook Ariha after 10 days of shelling" of the town, which on August 24 fell to fighters from rebel factions including the Islamist group Al-Nusra Front, it said.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that the town in Idlib province had been virtually emptied of its residents and armed forces and pro-regime militias were currently on a looting spree.
His Britannia-based group relies on an extensive network of activists, doctors and lawyers on the ground for its information.
Ariha was of "strategic importance" as it is located on the main road linking the large town of Idlib to the coastal city of Latakia, Abdel Rahman said.
"The regime managed to retake the town in ten days," he said. "The town was hit last week by air raids and artillery fire, and on the ground, violent festivities opposed the army and paramilitary forces against rebel armies."
The army was on Tuesday also bombing Jabal Arbain, a mountain near Ariha, to try and retake control there, the Observatory said.
Armed forces control the majority of Idlib town, while rebel fighters exert power on large parts of the province of the same name.
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[BIGSTORY.AP.ORG] As the B.O. regime tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas.
Politically, Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... has gone on the offensive, warning in a rare interview with Western media that any military action against Syria could spark a regional war.
If the U.S. undertakes missile strikes, Assad's reaction could have a major effect on the trajectory of Syria's civil war. Neighboring countries could get dragged into a wider conflict, or it could be back to business as usual for a crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people over 2½ years.
The main Western-backed opposition group says that during the buildup last week to what seemed like an imminent U.S. attack, the army moved troops as well as rocket launchers, artillery and other heavy weapons into residential neighborhoods in cities nationwide. Three Damascus residents, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... for fear of reprisals, confirmed such movements.
One man said two members of the elite Elite Republican Guards broke into an empty house he owns and showed him an official document stating they were authorized to do so because Syria is at war. A woman in another area said soldiers moved into a school next to her house.
A U.S. official confirmed there are indications that the Syrian regime is taking steps to move some of its military equipment and bolster protection for defense facilities.
The official, who was not authorized to discuss intelligence matters and spoke on condition of anonymity, said that at this point, the U.S. has the information it needs to maintain a good handle on what the regime is doing to prepare.
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Of course, using human shields is itself a war crime. And also a well established Arab tactic.
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I'm sure the local population count of kiddies has zoomed around potential key targets. Can't wait to see the net [but not MinTruth] distribution of tons of pictures of dead children's bodies in counter to the stuff about gassing kids. The administration will just use Reno's excuse about Waco.
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