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Τετάρτη 25 Ιουλίου 2012
Τρίτη 24 Ιουλίου 2012
Late night attacks take Iraq death toll to 116: police, medics
Late night attacks take Iraq death toll to 116: police, medics
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BAGHDAD | Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:50am EDT
(Reuters) - Two bombs killed nine people in Iraq late on Monday, police and hospital sources said, taking to 116 the death toll in a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets.
A car bomb exploded near a cafe in the Shi'ite Ameen district in southeastern Baghdad, killing six men and wounding 24 others as they sat smoking shisha water pipes and drinking tea.
Three other people died when a roadside bomb went off near their mini-bus about 20 km (12 miles) west of Baquba, a city northeast of Baghdad. Seven others were wounded in the blast, police said.
The attacks took to at least 299 the number of people wounded in the bloodiest day of violence to hit Iraq this year.
The bloodshed, which coincided with an intensifying of the conflict in neighboring Syria, highlighted deficiencies in the Iraqi security forces, which failed to prevent insurgents from striking in multiple locations across the country.
No group has claimed responsibility for the wave of assaults but a senior Iraqi security official accused the local wing of al Qaeda, made up of Sunni Muslim militants hostile to the Shi'ite-led government, which is friendly with Iran.
Sectarian slaughter peaked in 2006-2007, but deadly attacks have persisted while political tensions among Iraq's main Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish factions have increased since U.S. troops completed their withdrawal in December.
(Reporting by Kareem Raheem in Baghdad and Ali Mohammed in Baquba, writing by Aseel Kami; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Behind-the-Scenes Video of Deadly Taliban Attack Emerges
By MUHAMMAD LILA (@muhammadlila) and ALEEM AGHA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
July 23, 2012
The Taliban has released a new video that offers a chilling play-by-play account of a deadly, coordinated attack on large U.S. base that climaxed with an explosion so strong the shockwaves could be felt for miles away.
The hour-long video, released by the group's propaganda wing, shows the entire attack, which took place last month, from its initial planning stages to the dramatic moment when a suicide bomber detonates a ten-ton bomb outside the gates of Camp Salerno, the third largest U.S. base in the country. The blast is captured from three cameras, each at different angles, while militants provide commentary in the background.
In addition to offering rare insight into the group's planning for a large mission, the video also shows the Taliban's increasingly sophisticated video production capabilities. The interviews are shot in a style that look more like something seen on an American reality TV show than the deserts of Afghanistan and the jihadi songs that play in the background feature digitally-altered vocals.
The Taliban claim twenty coalition troops were killed in the attack -- numbers that NATO denies. While the footage does not show any specific casualties, it does show major damage to the base, including the crumpled roofs of nearby buildings, the sheer force of the explosion ripping them up from their bearings. The main target of the bomb, the dining hall, was completely flattened.
Initially, NATO did not report any casualties, but later admitted two American troops were killed and three dozen suffered serious wounds, while more than 100 others were treated for minor injuries.
Earlier in the video, many of the militants can be seen wearing U.S. army fatigues as they train in the mountains with rocket propelled grenades, mortars, and AK-47's. In a show of strength, the group's commander practices firing from two AK-47s simultaneously, one in each hand. Later, he is seen briefing the militants on the mission. The briefing includes aerial photographs, plus a miniature mockup indicating the locations of the major targets inside the base.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
July 23, 2012
The Taliban has released a new video that offers a chilling play-by-play account of a deadly, coordinated attack on large U.S. base that climaxed with an explosion so strong the shockwaves could be felt for miles away.
The hour-long video, released by the group's propaganda wing, shows the entire attack, which took place last month, from its initial planning stages to the dramatic moment when a suicide bomber detonates a ten-ton bomb outside the gates of Camp Salerno, the third largest U.S. base in the country. The blast is captured from three cameras, each at different angles, while militants provide commentary in the background.
In addition to offering rare insight into the group's planning for a large mission, the video also shows the Taliban's increasingly sophisticated video production capabilities. The interviews are shot in a style that look more like something seen on an American reality TV show than the deserts of Afghanistan and the jihadi songs that play in the background feature digitally-altered vocals.
The Taliban claim twenty coalition troops were killed in the attack -- numbers that NATO denies. While the footage does not show any specific casualties, it does show major damage to the base, including the crumpled roofs of nearby buildings, the sheer force of the explosion ripping them up from their bearings. The main target of the bomb, the dining hall, was completely flattened.
Initially, NATO did not report any casualties, but later admitted two American troops were killed and three dozen suffered serious wounds, while more than 100 others were treated for minor injuries.
Earlier in the video, many of the militants can be seen wearing U.S. army fatigues as they train in the mountains with rocket propelled grenades, mortars, and AK-47's. In a show of strength, the group's commander practices firing from two AK-47s simultaneously, one in each hand. Later, he is seen briefing the militants on the mission. The briefing includes aerial photographs, plus a miniature mockup indicating the locations of the major targets inside the base.
Δευτέρα 23 Ιουλίου 2012
THE REVELATIONS OF A MAN OF THE CIA
The publication of Glenn Carle's account of the CIA's investigation methods has been fraught with controversy. This report discusses the former agent's shocking claims with him and asks why he is speaking out.
"I was there. What we did counts as torture". Former CIA agent, Glenn Carle, argues that after 9/11 the face of US international relations changed forever. Instructed that "the absence of an answer is proof of guilt", Carle claims he was given carte blanche with suspected Al Qaeda detainees, and actively encouraged to "do whatever it takes" to get information. Reviled by colleagues and politicians for speaking out, he remains adamant that "someone has to tell the truth about what we have done".
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A small sightseeing boat narrowly escaped a large wave created by a piece of crumbling iceberg in the Arctic.
The boat carrying a tourist was approaching a gigantic iceberg off the coast of western Greenland on Thursday when the wave was created.
A video taken by a crew member shows the iceberg creaking and cracking and a massive wave closing in on the boat.
The boat barely stayed ahead of the wave as its captain steered it at full speed.
No one was injured in the incident. But the crew member says the day almost became his last day.
Greenland has seen many glaciers melt and crumble in recent years. Some experts say climate change is to blame.
The boat carrying a tourist was approaching a gigantic iceberg off the coast of western Greenland on Thursday when the wave was created.
A video taken by a crew member shows the iceberg creaking and cracking and a massive wave closing in on the boat.
The boat barely stayed ahead of the wave as its captain steered it at full speed.
No one was injured in the incident. But the crew member says the day almost became his last day.
Greenland has seen many glaciers melt and crumble in recent years. Some experts say climate change is to blame.
Σάββατο 21 Ιουλίου 2012
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Grad school dropout's horrific attack came out of nowhere Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/20/grad-school-dropout-horrific-attack-came-out-nowhere/?cmpid=cmty_plus_fn#ixzz21D1TfZ25
Grad school dropout's horrific attack came out of nowhere
Published July 20, 2012
FoxNews.com
The 24-year-old man who police say walked into a Colorado movie theater and sprayed patrons with gunfire is a grad school dropout who grew up in San Diego and had only one known brush with the law — a traffic ticket last year.
Police say James Egan Holmes burst into the crowded Century 16 movie theaters in Aurora, Colo., where midnight showings of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Returns” were airing in five theaters and opened fire with three guns, killing at least 12 and injuring scores. What snapped in the neuroscience student’s brain is unclear. An Aurora man who told The Associated Press he had a beer Tuesday with a stranger he later realized was Holmes said they talked about Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos' new quarterback.
"We just talked about football," said Jackie Mitchell, a furniture mover. "He had a backpack and geeky classes and seemed like a real intelligent guy and I figured he was one of the college students."
Mitchell also said Holmes seemed smart, with a "swagger."
Holmes, who stands 6-foot-3, graduated from San Diego’s Westview High School in 2006, Poway Unified School District confirmed to Fox News. A gifted student, he studied neuroscience at nearby University of California-Riverside, where he graduated in 2010.
Anthony Mai, a 16-year-old who grew up next door to Holmes, described Holmes as a "solitary" person who largely kept to himself but his behavior was nothing out of the ordinary.
"He felt a little bit concealed, but it wasn't too much. It was alright" he said. "This is just a feeling in my gut, but I felt like he had something, like he was being picked on or something."
His father, Tom Mai, a retired electrical engineer, said Holmes was quiet.
"I said hello to him once in a while. He seemed to be a shy guy," he told reporters.
He said the Holmes have lived at the San Diego home about 10 years and they were a "very, very nice family." Holmes mother is a nurse. The suspect also has a younger sister.
Last fall, Holmes began graduate work in the same discipline at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver until last month, according to school spokeswoman Jackie Montgomery. She did not know why he dropped out.
A college syllabus shows classes Holmes would have taken included topics such as diverse as substance abuse, schizophrenia, depression and other disorders.
Holmes described himself last year in an apartment rental application as "quiet and easy going," the Denver Post reports.
Holmes, who is in police custody and is reportedly not cooperating with authorities, appears to have meticulously planned the horrific attack, booby-trapping his apartment near the Aurora, Colo., with what police described as "incendiary and chemical devices" equipped with sophisticated tripwires. At the cinema, he entered through a fire door he’d previously left open and then set off some sort of explosive before opening fire with multiple guns, including an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and at least one .40-caliber Glock handgun.
Holmes, who was dressed in black and wearing a protective vest, was arrested by his car outside the movie theater minutes after the attack. Holmes did not resist cops and reportedly told them his apartment — just four miles from the theater and within view of Children's Hospital, where some of his victims were taken — was rigged to kill.
Police say the attack is not tied to terrorism and have thus far have provided no motive. Holmes' only known brush with authorities was a speeding ticket issued last October. Federal law enforcement sources told USA Today Holmes "was not on anybody's radar."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/20/grad-school-dropout-horrific-attack-came-out-nowhere/?cmpid=cmty_plus_fn#ixzz21D1AUVDw
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