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Posted on 08/01/2008 12:17:04 PM PDT by nwctwx
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21744&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080810-08
Aug. 10, 2008
ISF detain 13 suspected criminals, uncover weapons cache in separate operations in central Iraq
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces detained 13 suspected criminals and uncovered a weapons cache during operations in central Iraq Aug. 7-8.
In an operation Aug. 8 in Babil, Hillah Special Weapons and Tactics team detained two suspected Special Groups criminals pursuant to a Ministry of Interior warrant. The individuals are wanted for their alleged involvement in an improvised explosive device emplacement cell.
In Amarah Aug. 8, Iraqi Police uncovered a suspected Special Groups criminal weapons cache. The cache contained approximately 70 mortar rounds, 20 rocket propelled grenade rounds and several mortar round carriers.
On Aug. 7 in al Hamza, approximately 23 km southeast of Hillah, the al Hamza Iraqi Police detained 11 suspected Special Groups criminals pursuant to a local warrant. Five of the suspects are wanted for armed robbery to fund anti-Iraqi and Coalition forces operations in the region.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21745&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080810-09
Aug. 10, 2008
ISOF detain 12 suspected AQI members during separate operations in Diyala
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained 12 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during operations in the Diyala province Aug. 8-9.
On Aug. 9, during an operation in Kanaan, approximately 15 km east of Baqubah, ISOF detained two suspected AQI members pursuant to a local warrant. The individuals are reported to emplace improvised explosive devices.
In an operation in the Mahmudiyah area of Diyala Aug. 8, ISOF detained eight suspected AQI and Islamic State of Iraq terrorists pursuant to a Ministry of Justice warrant. The suspects are believed to be involved in running illegal checkpoints, direct-fire attacks and kidnapping.
During another operation in Diyala Aug. 8, ISOF detained two suspected AQI and recovered a weapons cache. One of the suspects is believed to be an AQI leader, and the other a leader and financial minister for a group consisting of approximately 300 AQI terrorists. They are suspected of conducting criminal activities and launching attacks on Coalition force bases.
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21747&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080811-01
Aug. 11, 2008
National ERBs detain suspected criminal leader, three others in separate operations
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – The Sharqat National Emergency Response Brigade detained a suspected 1920 Revolutionary Brigade criminal leader in Bayji, approximately 50 km south of Mosul, Aug. 7.
The suspect is said to provide command and control for the 1920 Revolutionary Brigade that operates around Sharqat and Bayji. He is believed to have connections to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Tigris River Valley.
Reports indicated the suspect was in the final planning stages of emplacing improvised explosive devices and planning sniper attacks against Coalition forces at nearby forward operating bases.
Also on Aug. 7 during a separate operation in Baqubah, the Baqubah National Emergency Response Brigade detained three suspects pursuant to a Ministry of Interior warrant. The suspects are believed to have murdered an Iraqi citizen a year ago.
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http://www.persecution.org
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
“Worldwide Caution”
July 16, 2008
SNIPPET: “This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-stalker-indict-both-09-aug09,0,1492653.story
“Ex-convict indicted in cyber stalking case against woman
Former Des Plaines man stalked her for 8 years, sent threatening e-mails, authorities say”
THE BLOTTER
5:51 PM CDT, August 8, 2008
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Montreal police killing triggers riot
Officer kills one teen, wounds two others in altercation at park
Aug 11, 2008 04:30 AM
MONTREAL–Cars were set on fire and stores were vandalized in a Montreal neighbourhood last night as violence erupted following the shooting of a young man by police a day earlier.
A police officer was reportedly shot in the leg in the same neighbourhood where the man was killed by police in a local park.
Several blazes were set in the same neighbourhood.
The city's police riot squad were deployed late yesterday to deal with the demonstrators.
The shot officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
A police patrol in a Montreal park turned ugly Saturday night when an officer opened fire on three young people, killing one man and wounding two others.
A man of 18, identified by his sister as Freddy Alberto Villanueva, died in hospital from his wounds.
The other two, an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old, were reported to be in stable condition.
Montreal police say the officers were trying to arrest an individual during a routine police intervention in Henri Bourassa Park in the Montreal district of Montreal North when they were surrounded by a group of about 20 youths.
A few individuals are said to have broken away from the group and rushed the officers.
According to police, it was then that one officer opened fire. No officers were wounded in that incident.
Quebec provincial police are investigating the incident and are interviewing witnesses.
“We do think there are many witnesses because, at that time, around 7 p.m., there were a lot of people in the park or in the surroundings of the park,” said provincial police spokesperson Gregory Gomez del Prado.
According to police, there is currently no information on the reasons behind the police intervention and attempted arrest.
“It's too early to say what happened exactly,” said Gomez del Prado. “We're talking about the death of a man. It's a major investigation.”
Villanueva’s sister, Julissa, said in an interview from her home in the Montreal suburb of Laval, that the family is waiting for answers.
“We only know what we see in the news, in the newspapers, that's all,” she said, breaking into tears as she spoke about her brother, a student who wanted to become a mechanic.
repeating earlier story with added detail . . .
http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/08/11/special_report_kuwait_readying_for_war_in_gulf/7724/
SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf?
CLAUDE SALHANI
Published: August 11, 2008 (snipped)
The small oil-rich emirate of Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has reportedly activated its “Emergency War Plan” as a massive U.S. and European armada is reported heading for the region.
Coming on the heels of Operation Brimstone just a week ago that saw U.S., British and French naval forces participate in war games in the Atlantic Ocean, the object of which was to practice enforcing an eventual blockade on Iran, the joint task force is now headed for the Gulf and what could easily turn into a major confrontation with Iran.
The naval force comprises a U.S. Navy super carrier battle group and is accompanied by an expeditionary carrier battle group, a British Royal Navy carrier battle group and a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine.
Leading the pack is the nuclear-powered carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and its Carrier Strike Group Two; besides its 80-plus combat planes the Roosevelt normally transports, it is carrying an additional load of French Naval Rafale fighter jets from the French carrier Charles de Gaulle, currently in dry dock.
Also reported heading toward Iran is another nuclear-powered carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan and its Carrier Strike Group Seven; the USS Iwo Jima, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and a number of French warships, including the nuclear hunter-killer submarine Amethyste.
Once the naval force arrives in the Gulf region it will be joining two other U.S. naval battle groups already on site: the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Peleliu; the Lincoln with its carrier strike group and the latter with an expeditionary strike group.
Telephone calls to the Pentagon were not returned by publication time.
This deployment is the largest naval task force from the United States and allied countries to assemble in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf since the two Gulf wars. . .
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OPINION - SPECUALTION: Yep, fanfan, it sounds like the “youths” from Paris are living in Canada, too.
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It’s always good be be prepared.
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“Al-Qa’eda in Iraq alienated by cucumber laws and brutality”
Last Updated: 8:30PM BST 11 Aug 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “They include a ban on women buying suggestively-shaped vegetables, according to one tribal leader in the western province of Anbar.
Sheikh Hameed al-Hayyes, a Sunni elder, told Reuters: “They even killed female goats because their private parts were not covered and their tails were pointed upward, which they said was haram.
“They regarded the cucumber as male and tomato as female. Women were not allowed to buy cucumbers, only men.”
Other farcical stipulations include an edict not to buy or sell ice-cream, because it did not exist in the time of the Prophet, while hair salons and shops selling cosmetics have also been bombed.
Most seriously, Sheikh al-Hayyes said: “I saw them slaughter a nine-year old boy like a sheep because his family didn’t pledge allegiance to them.”
Such tactics have triggered a backlash among Sunnis, whom Al-Q’aeda had claimed to be protecting, the sheikh and military leaders said.”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022160.php
(TELEGRAPH.co.uk)
ust 11, 2008
“UK: Jihadists in prison threaten to behead prison officials”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “However, a senior prison source said that the risk went beyond one jail.
“This is a threat faced by officers in prisons from across the country. This is why the prison service is preparing direct intervention if ever a prison officer is taken hostage,” he told the Daily Mail.”
UPDATE:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50765
“U.S. to Complete Redeployment of Georgian Forces from Iraq”
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2008 – The U.S.-assisted redeployment of Georgian troops from Iraq to their home country should be completed today, a Pentagon spokesman said.”
Note: President Bush is back in the USA and has given a speech (not posted yet) regarding Russia and Georgia.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,401702,00.html
“U.S. Security Council to Take Up Georgia-Russia Crisis in Emergency Session”
Monday, August 11, 2008
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50757
“Militants, Noncombatants Killed in Oruzgan”
American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2008 –
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Once the battle had ended, coalition and Afghan troops searched the compound, where they discovered the three survivors. Coalition troops rendered medical aid and brought the survivors to a coalition base to receive further medical treatment.
“The Taliban uses innocent civilians’ homes, taking them by force to attack Afghan and coalition forces,” said Juma Gul, the head provincial police chief of Oruzgan.
“If civilians get killed during these attacks, the responsibility falls on the Taliban and their terrorist sponsors,” he said. “Afghan and coalition forces always use extreme measures to avoid collateral damage. In this situation, in Khas Oruzgan, the Taliban was attacking the Afghan and coalition forces from a civilian compound. Unfortunately, eight civilians were killed and three wounded. They were held by the Taliban against their will.””
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50761
“U.S. Soldiers Detain ‘Special Groups’ Suspect in Baghdad Raid”
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_border_closure.html
Last updated August 11, 2008 5:26 a.m. PT
“Suspect package prompts border closure in Blaine”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLAINE, Wash. —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Inspector Derren Lench, RCMP watch commander in Surrey, British Columbia, said nothing amiss was found in the bag.
The woman tried to enter the United States but was turned back to Canada and, apparently angered, told a Canadian border officer that she had something suspicious in a bag, Lench said.
Further details about the woman and why she was denied entry to the U.S. were not available.”
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