Well it was not the Taliban that kidnapped Mr. Weinstein, they would not have found him so quickly.
I'm wondering if he is planning a trip back to the U.S.
Foxnews
Using tips from arrested suspects, police on Thursday safely recovered a U.S. development expert who was kidnapped almost two weeks ago in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, a senior police official said.
Police traced the whereabouts of Warren Weinstein, 70, to Khushab city, located some 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of Lahore, and freed him during an early morning operation, said Lahore police chief Malik Ahmed Raza.
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad could not immediately confirm that Weinstein had been found.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Pakistani Police Safely Recover Kidnapped American
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
La Familia cartel in retreat
La Familia Disbanded, I don't think so.
Maybe laying low, but disbanded; No!
Foxnews
The Mexican government vowed Tuesday not to back down in its fight against La Familia drug cartel, despite mysterious banners proclaiming that the brutal gang has dissolved itself.
Lawmakers and drug war experts expressed skepticism about the banners, saying the message could be a ploy to divert the focus of federal security forces away from the cartel, known for beheadings and bold attacks on police and soldiers.
Alejandro Poire, the federal government's security spokesman, "there would be no truce" with La Familia. He did not comment directly on the banners but said La Familia has been weakened since its leader Nazario Moreno was killed in a gunbattle with police last month.
"What is clear is that this criminal organization is weakened and in retreat," Poire said at a news conference.
The banners claiming "La Familia is completely dissolved" appeared Monday on bridges in western Michoacan state, the cartel's stronghold.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Soldiers kill 10 gunmen in northern Mexico clash
Whittling away at the Bad guys.
Foxnews
Soldiers patrolling a rural area on the border with Texas killed 10 suspected drug gang gunmen at a training camp, Mexico's Defense Department said Saturday.
The military patrol came under attack after finding the camp of armed men in the town of Valle Hermoso, in the border state of Tamaulipas, on Friday, the department said in a statement.
The soldiers returned fire and killed 10 suspects. Soldiers also seized weaponry including 24 rifles, two grenade launchers and 18 grenades, as well as an armored vehicle, it said.
The Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, has seen a spike in violence since last year's split between the Gulf cartel and the Zetas, formerly a gang of enforcers and now a cartel in its own right.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Mexico can't control border
Not that border silly, Their southern border.
Mexico does not have a problem with their northern border, that is our problem.
El Paso Times
The Mexican government has no control of its 577-mile border with Guatemala, where arms, drugs and immigrant smugglers appear to have free rein, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable disclosed recently by WikiLeaks.
The document says that Mexico does not have enough resources to patrol the border.
"Limited resources also undermine the effort: while there are 30,000 U.S. CBP officers on the 1,926-mile Mexican/U.S. border, only 125 Mexican immigration officials monitor the 577-mile border with Guatemala," the document states.
"The weakness of the state (Guatemalan government), the pervasive violence, the widespread corruption, and the country's strategic location for drug trafficking are creating a very dangerous cocktail."
The state of lawlessness in Guatemala is such that residents rely on the Zetas instead of police to provide security, the released documents say. The Zetas, who formerly worked for the Gulf cartel, are reported to be making inroads in Chihuahua state.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Gunmen slay former Mexico state governor
Becoming a politician or even being a former one really is not a good idea in Mexico.
(Reuters) - The former governor of the Mexican Pacific coast state of Colima was gunned down in his home on Sunday morning, the latest attack on a politician in the country wracked by drug violence.
Jesus Silverio Cavazos, who left office in November 2009, died of his wounds in a hospital, Colima state prosecutor Arturo Diaz said in an interview on Mexico's Foro TV.
Cavazos' wife was injured in the attack, but additional details were unavailable. Investigators have no motive for the crime, Diaz said.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Mexico hunting 12-year-old drug gang hitman
A Twelve year old !
The Mexican cartels are truly ruthless, $3000 to off somebody ?
The AA (Artist Assassins) are a group of young kids that go around and not only point people out to the Cartels, but they also perform hits.
It's a messed up world.
(Reuters) - Soldiers are hunting a 12-year-old suspected drug gang hitman accused of helping wage a gruesome turf war in central Mexico, a state prosecutor and Mexican media said on Friday.
The boy, known only as "El Ponchis," is believed to be working for the South Pacific cartel in Morelos state, outside Mexico City, and is one of a group of young teenagers who have already committed "terrible acts," Morelos State Prosecutor Pedro Luis Benitez told local radio.
"These minors are still not fully developed and so it is easy to influence them, to give them a gun, pretending it is plastic, that it is a game."
Benitez did not name the boy or give more details, but when asked directly about the teenage hitmen he said: "They're persuaded to carry out terrible acts; they don't realize what they are doing," he added.
Mexican daily La Razon said the boy is being paid $3,000 for each murder and is under the command of a little-known drug lord who heads the South Pacific cartel fighting the Beltran Leyva and La Familia gangs for control in southwestern Mexico.
Benitez said soldiers this week arrested a teenage boy and a pregnant teenage girl also believed to be working for the South Pacific cartel.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Incoming small town Mexico mayor kidnapped, killed
Nice, you cant even be a mayor elect in Mexico.
This is like the 6th or 7th Mayor killed in the past couple months.
(Reuters) - A mayor-elect from the Mexican state of Veracruz was kidnapped and killed along with two companions on Monday, local media reported.
The reports did not link the killings to the violence sweeping Mexico as the government fights powerful drug cartels. Several mayors and other elected officials have been targeted by drug gangs in recent months.
Gregorio Barradas Miravete, the mayor-elect from the municipality of Juan Rodriguez Clara, was a member of President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party.
Monday, November 8, 2010
20 Killed Over Weekend in Mexican Border City
Nothing new here, Just a typical weekend in Mexico.
The Cartels are nothing short of Terrorists, Modeling themselves after Al Qaida or the Taliban.
Foxnews
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this northern Mexican border city, including seven found dead outside one house.
The seven men were believed to have been at a family party when they were gunned down Saturday night, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the attorney general's office in Chihuahua state, where Ciudad Juarez is located. Five were found dead in a car, and the other two were shot at the entrance of the home.
There have been several such massacres in Ciudad Juarez, a city held hostage by a nearly three-year turf battle between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Mexico kills top drug lord at U.S. border
Awesome,
Dodging grenades and coming under heavy fire from gunmen hidden in houses and shooting from trucks, the marines moved in on Cardenas, one of Mexico's most-wanted traffickers, and killed him on Friday afternoon, the navy said.
Mexico Has a Navy?
(Reuters) - Mexican marines killed drug baron Ezequiel "Tony Tormenta" Cardenas in a ferocious gunfight at the U.S. border on Friday, a fleeting victory for President Felipe Calderon that is unlikely to quell raging violence.
Around 150 marines backed by helicopters and soldiers fought running battles with members of the powerful Gulf cartel for hours in Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, terrifying residents and briefly shutting border bridges.
Dodging grenades and coming under heavy fire from gunmen hidden in houses and shooting from trucks, the marines moved in on Cardenas, one of Mexico's most-wanted traffickers, and killed him on Friday afternoon, the navy said.
"He died in a shootout with us," a navy spokesman said.
Three marines and four gunmen were killed, the navy said. A reporter was killed after being caught in crossfire, local media reported.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Fifth American Killed in Mexican Border City
I'm not sure, but I don't think it is very safe south of the Border !
So why the hell do Americans keep going there?
Foxnews
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A U.S. university student died Wednesday from a shooting attack on a car in Ciudad Juarez, making him the fifth American slain in the violent border city in six days.
Eder Diaz, 23, a student across the border at the University of Texas at El Paso, was attacked Tuesday evening along with classmate Manuel Acosta, 25, the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez confirmed in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.
Friday, October 29, 2010
9 Policemen Killed in Ambush in Western Mexico
Jalisco authorities complained that Michoacan officials had not joined in the search for the attackers.
Obviously the Jalisco Authorities did not realize that the Michiacan officials don't want to help out, Why would they turn in the people who supply Money to them ?
Foxnews
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy of five police vehicles in the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Thursday, killing nine officers and leaving one missing.
The 20 officers in the convoy were outnumbered by the attackers, who were riding in about ten sport utility vehicles, the Jalisco state public safety department said in a statement.
The ten officers who survived the attack fought an hours-long battle with the gunmen, and several were wounded.
The attackers used grenades and assault rifles before fleeing into neighboring Michoacan state.
Michoacan is home to the violent La Familia cartel, which has been known to launch fierce attacks on police convoys.
Jalisco authorities complained that Michoacan officials had not joined in the search for the attackers.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Mexican hitmen kill 15 in latest massacre
It is just non stop Mayhem in Mexico.
(Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen shot dead 15 people at a car wash in western Mexico on Wednesday, the third massacre in just a few days, putting new pressure on President Felipe Calderon to stop the growing violence.
The gunmen, in three SUVs, opened fire on staff and customers in the car wash on the outskirts of the city of Tepic in Nayarit state, provoking panic as the victims, all workers at the car wash, collapsed to the ground.
The multiple murder is the third since Friday when gunmen shot and killed 14 people and injured a 9-year-old boy at a party in Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas. On Sunday, gunmen in Tijuana killed 14 people at a rehabilitation center in the city bordering San Diego, California.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Three Bystanders Killed During Gunbattle in Northern Mexico
"They are civilians who unfortunately died in the exchange of gunfire," it said, describing a running series of confrontations between police and assailants who allegedly fired shots into the air to clear bystanders from their path at one point.
Well at least they fired shots in the air to clear the people out of the area!
Foxnews
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Three bystanders died in the crossfire of a shootout between gunmen, police and soldiers in northern Mexico on Sunday.
The victims were a 14-year-old boy and two women aged 18 and 47, according to a statement by the prosecutors' office in northern Coahuila state.
The statement said gunmen traveling in two vehicles opened fire on a convoy of federal police and soldiers in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila. The officers and soldiers returned fire.
It was not clear who fired the shots that killed the bystanders, but the state attorney general's office said it was investigating and expressed condolences to the victims' families.
"They are civilians who unfortunately died in the exchange of gunfire," it said, describing a running series of confrontations between police and assailants who allegedly fired shots into the air to clear bystanders from their path at one point.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Gunmen kill 13 at birthday party in Mexico
Any time the Cartel does this, their is a reason.
It may not have been the Birthday boy, but it could have been his Father or his Uncle,even his little brother maybe just a friend that was their.
The Cartels do not care who they kill when they are trying to off their target.
(Reuters) - Gunmen sprayed bullets into a family birthday party in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing 13 people and wounding 20, authorities said on Saturday.
It was the second massacre at a party this month in Ciudad Juarez, which borders El Paso, Texas, and is one of the world's most violent cities as drug cartels battle security forces and each other over smuggling routes into the United States.
"I threw myself down on the floor and then a lot of other people piled on top of me," a young man who survived the shooting late on Friday told Reuters, declining to give his name out of fear of reprisals.
The celebration was for a boy's 15th birthday, he said.
At least four of the people killed at the house party were teenagers and a 9-year-old boy was among the wounded, officials said.
"A group of heavily armed men arrived in two minivans. At least 10 men burst into the party," Carlos Gonzalez, a spokesman for state prosecutors, told the Reforma newspaper.
It was not clear whether the shooting was related to Mexico's drug war, which has killed more than 6,900 people in Ciudad Juarez alone since early 2008.
It is an Unfortunate fact that the teenagers of Mexico are usually hooked up with the "AA" Artist Assassins, They get paid to kill for the cartel.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Somali government seizes Bulo Hawo town from al-Shabab
A little bit of smackdown for Al shabab.
Somalia's government says 11 al-Shabab fighters and one government soldier were killed in Sunday's fighting.
Maybe there will be more operations like this in Somalia.
BBC
Pro-Somali government forces have seized the town of Bulo Hawo on the border with Kenya and Ethiopia from the hardline Islamist group al-Shabab.
This is seen as a significant victory for the weak, UN-backed government against the al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Al-Shabab and their allies control most of southern and central Somalia but pro-government forces have been gaining ground in recent weeks.
Kenya has responded by boosting security along the border.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Mexican Police Official Investigating Border Lake Shooting Found Dead, Missing Head
Hello Mexicanistan !
Still not a problem , Another American has been killed , we can't recover his body
from the bottom of Falcon lake . And an investigator is now found Decapitated !
What will it take to be a problem?
Foxnews
U.S. and Mexican authorities say a Mexican state police commander investigating the reported shooting of an American tourist on a border lake plagued by pirates has been killed -- and he reportedly was found decapitated.
Ruben Rios, spokesman for the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office, says Commander Rolando Flores, the head of state investigators in the border city of Ciudad Miguel Aleman, was killed.
Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez told The Associated Press that "reliable sources within the law enforcement community of Mexico" told him that Rolando Flores' head was discovered Tuesday morning.
Rios said authorities "don't know how or why he was killed. We don't have any details on how he died."
I Can Help here , His Head was cut off resulting in his death !
Monday, October 11, 2010
US drone strike in North Waziristan kills seven
Pakistani authorities have reported 27 drone attacks that have killed more than 150 people since September 3.
That's some good stats right there,an average of about 4 Taliban/insurgents/militant rejects killed everyday for 38 days!
or ,
5 jackass's per hellfire missile !
Either way Good shooting Guys !
MIRAMSHAH: A US drone strike killed seven militants at a compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region Sunday, security officials said.
The compound was located by a road in Shewa district about 40 kilometres northeast of the region's main town of Miramshah.
The drone fired four missiles at the compound and two vehicles parked outside were also destroyed, an intelligence official in Miramshah told AFP.
“At least seven militants were killed and three wounded,” a security official in Peshawar told AFP, raising his earlier casualty estimate.
The casualties were confirmed by two other intelligence officials in Miramshah.
The strike is the latest in a series of US operations in the region that are believed to have targeted Taliban and al-Qaeda extremists plotting attacks in Europe.
Mayor-Elect Shot as Hits on Mexico Politicians Climb
Soon there will not be anybody left kill when it comes to politicians in Mexico.
Mexico the Worlds first Country entirely run by a Drug cartel.
Foxnews
The mayor-elect of a small town near Oaxaca state's Pacific coast has been shot to death, the latest in a string of political figures who have been slain in Mexico this year.
Antonio Jimenez Banos, 47, who would have taken office in January in Martires de Tacubaya, was killed Friday afternoon by an assailant as he was returning to his farm. He was hit in the head and chest apparently with a shotgun, prosecutors said.
Eleven sitting mayors have been killed so far this year in Mexico. Two of them were also in Oaxaca, but most of the killings have been in northern states plagued by drug gang violence.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Gunmen attack fuel tankers in Islamabad
I would love nothing better than to see most of Pakistan and of Afghsnistan , turned a nice color of Burnt Dirt from a Thermonuclear Cleansing, but I would be happy with just having the Taliban And Al Qaida wiped off the face of the Earth !
More Drones Please !
FT.com
Gunmen attacked fuel tankers in Islamabad on Monday transporting fuel to coalition troops in Afghanistan, police said, in a move likely to delay the reopening of a supply route through Pakistan.
“Gunmen opened fire and then set on fire tankers parked on the roadside. It’s a big fire. We’re trying to control it,” Omar Hayat, a senior police officer, told Reuters.
Pakistan will only reopen a supply route for coalition troops in Afghanistan, which the government shut down last week in protest at incursions by alliance helicopters, once public anger eases and security improves, the foreign ministry said on Sunday
German leader: Muslims belong here
wow, Muslims belong here .!
Well , I guess that marks the beginning of the end of Germany .
Just kidding !
Yes Muslims have the right to live where they want .
It is just what some choose to do once their seed of hate has been planted that has everyone worried .
Just look at what is going on right now in Europe !
Al Jazeera
The German president has urged his people to recognise that the religion of Islam and its followers have a legitimate place in Germany after a recent spike in anti-Muslim sentiment in the country.
Christian Wulff, who as president is considered a moral authority for the country, issued the statement on Sunday during a speech celebrating two decades of the country's reunification.
"Christianity doubtless belongs in Germany. Judaism belongs doubtless in Germany. That is our Judeo-Christian history. But by now, Islam also belongs in Germany," Wulff told an audience in the northern city of Bremen.
"First and foremost, we need adopt a clear stance: an understanding that for Germany, belonging is not restricted to a passport, a family history, or a religion," he said.
Wulff's speech was part of nationwide festivities marking reunification of the country's east and west in 1990, after Germany spent a half-century divided into two countries following defeat in the Second World War.
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