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02/10/2008 17h28
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Twin suicide bombings near Shiite mosques in Iraq’s capital killed 20 people on Thursday as worshippers celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said.
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02/10/2008 16h11
LONDON (AFP) - Felimon Cayang says he is ready to die to save his native southern Philippine island from the Muslim separatist rebels spreading terror through its Christian communities.
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17/09/2008 17h19
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) - Islamist militants attacked the US embassy in the Yemeni capital with two car bombs and rockets on Wednesday, leaving 16 people dead, as Washington blamed Al-Qaeda for the strike.
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By ELAINE SILVESTRINI
Published: September 16, 2008
Working under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, a group of Coast Guard law enforcement officers climbed atop a semi-submersible vessel in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean early Saturday.
Continue reading ‘U.S. Coast Guard Nabs Drug-Toting Semi-Submersible’ »
Shift of cargo to arms and people is feared
boston.com
By Bryan Bender
Globe Staff / August 17, 2008
KEY WEST, Fla. - Skimming just below the surface, they are extremely difficult to detect from surveillance aircraft or patrol boats. Their sleek design, up to 80 feet in length, can secretly carry several tons of cargo thousands of miles.
These “semi-submersibles,” which exhibit some of the same characteristics as military submarines, mark a significant advancement in the ability of drug smugglers to slip past coastal defenses.
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Lima, Jul. 25 (ANDINA).- The Ministries of Interior and Defence as well as the Superintendency of Banking and Insurance will ensure the enforcement of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1822 which considers sanctions against people, companies and entities listed in the list of members and collaborators of Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
According to a ministerial resolution, signed by Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaunde and published today in the official gazette El Peruano, the norm approved at the UN, establishes that all States shall take said measures against terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Two bombs exploded minutes apart in a packed Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 16 and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest attack against civilians in Turkey in almost five years.
The city’s governor called it a “terror attack,” but officials did not blame any specific group and no one immediately claimed responsibility. CNN-Turk television, citing security sources, said police suspect Kurdish rebels may be behind it because intelligence reports had suggested the rebels were planning a bombing campaign in Turkish cities.
“There is no doubt that this is a terror attack,” Gov. Muammer Guler told reporters.
The first bomb went off in the residential neighborhood of Gungoren in a busy square closed to traffic where people congregate at night, witnesses said. A number of people had rushed over to see what happened and help the victims when a second, more powerful blast hit close by about 10 minutes after the first. Many of the casualties were from the second explosion, witnesses said.
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Story Number: NNS080718-10
Release Date: 7/18/2008 4:19:00 PM
From USS De Wert Public Affairs
ABOARD USS DE WERT (NNS) — While on patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, USS De Wert (FFG 45) with embarked detachments, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 46 Det. 1 (HSL-46 Det. 1), Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 103, and Colombian Navy ship Buenaventura interdicted two go-fast vessels July 11, each carrying over one ton of cocaine.
The two suspect vessels were tracked and interdicted by the joint efforts of De Wert, HSL-46 Det. 1, LEDET 103, and Buenaventura. De Wert recovered several jettisoned bales from one of the suspect vessels. These bales were later confirmed to be cocaine. Five alleged traffickers from the second go-fast were detained on board De Wert by the crew and LEDET 103. The suspects were later transferred to another U.S. Naval vessel in the vicinity.
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By Marla Dickerson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 17, 2008
MEXICO CITY — The nation’s drug wars sank to new depths Wednesday as the Mexican navy announced it had seized a submarine that was transporting cocaine off the southern coast.
The navy intercepted the 33-foot vessel about 125 miles south of Puerto de Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state.
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A Military Operations news article
14 Jul 08
Plymouth-based Royal Navy warships operating in the Gulf region have seized a massive 23 tonnes of narcotics, which could have been used to fund the insurgency fighting British forces in Afghanistan.
![A team from HMS Chatham boards the dhow found to be carrying drugs<br />
[Picture: Royal Navy]](http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2EED139F-ED08-45B5-AD44-4E85F123D09F/0/GulfDrugsBust1.JPG)
The British warships involved were Devonport-based frigates HMS Chatham and HMS Montrose, and the Portsmouth-based destroyer HMS Edinburgh. They were supported by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary helicopter support ship Argus and her embarked Sea King aircraft.
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