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Wild Police Shooting Caught On Tape Deputy, Suspect Wounded In California Shooting May 10, 2005 5:30 am US/Pacific COMPTON, CA (AP) A 15-minute car chase through a Los Angeles neighborhood that ended in a barrage of bullets is spurring a host of questions. CBS News Correspondent Sandra Hughes notes that, even in gang-hardened Compton, Calif., the middle of the night gun battle just yards away from people's homes was a startling wakeup call. "I'm hearing Fourth of July. That's exactly what it was. Gunfire everywhere," says freelance cameraman Jesse Escochea, who caught the shootout on tape, following along as sheriff's...

MISSOULA— The Missoula police officer who was shot in the chest and leg Wednesday night was saved by his bulletproof vest and the keys to his handcuffs. The keys, which Officer Rick Stevenson kept in the breast pocket of his uniform, deflected the first bullet, which then shattered and sent shrapnel into his arm, Missoula Police Lt. Mark Muir said Thursday. "His vest absolutely saved his life," Muir said. The second bullet struck Stevenson in the leg, breaking but not shattering the bone. Stevenson is being treated at St. Patrick Hospital and is recovering well, Missoula County Sheriff's Capt. Susan...

Ahmed Omar Abul Ali, the Virginia Muslim charged with conspiring to assassinate President Bush, met several times with Zubayr al-Rimi—Al Qaeda’s number two man in Saudi Arabia, killed in a shootout with Saudi forces in September 2003: Abu Ali linked to Saudi Arabia al Qaeda leader. (Hat tip: The Jawa Report.) A Falls Church man accused of conspiring to assassinate President Bush met several times with an al Qaeda leader in Saudi Arabia who once was the target of a global manhunt and a key suspect in an attack that killed nine Americans in Riyadh, law-enforcement authorities said. Ahmed Omar...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Kentro Taylor and April Jones had tried to get away. He sped through red lights while she shot at pursuing patrol cars, police said. When the high-speed pursuit finally came to an end Friday afternoon and the fugitive couple had nowhere left to run, they looked at the police closing in and contemplated fighting to the death. "At the very end, I wanted to fight it out," Jones said Tuesday from the Clark County Detention Center. "I still had the gun. I still had my finger on the trigger. I was...

/begin my translation N. Korea: Kim Jong-il Was Shot At By Jang's Son It is alleged that, last November, during a shooting incident by a son of Jang Sung-taek, who is Kim Jong-il's brother-in-law, Kim knocked unconscious. A source who used to be in N. Korean intelligence said on Feb. 14 that this story is making a round among high-level N. Korean security officials. According to this intelligence, between the night of Nov. 28 and the early morning of Nov. 29, there was a family gathering including Kim Jong-il, his second son Kim Jong-chol, Jang Sung-taek's son(Jang is Kim's brother-in-law),...

Breaking news from reliable Venezuelan media, no full story in English yet. Developing....

(IsraelNN.com) Sporadic exchanges of gunfire were reported in northern Gaza this morning, east of Beit Hanoun. IDF troops were engaged in exchanges of gunfire with terrorists in the area, PA sources reported. No additional information is available regarding the incident. There were no reports of injuries.

Hamas Victory Rally Erupts Into Shootout 57 minutes ago Palestinians chant Islamic slogans, as they participate in a Hamas movement rally in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Saturday Jan. 29, 2005. The Islamic group won an overwhelming victory in local elections in 10 Gaza towns, in a setback for the Fatah Party of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The Hamas victory reflected widespread support in Gaza for the movement, which provides welfare, schools and kindergartens to the impoverished residents of the territory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) JERUSALEM - A political rally by the militant Palestinian group Hamas turned violent Saturday, as...

Fox News and AP reporting now a 2nd major explosion in the Saudi capital.....

The U.S. may initiate incursions into Syrian territory to stop Baathist insurgents from crossing the border and attacking U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior administration official said. "I think the sanctions are one thing. But I think the other thing [the Syrians] have got to start worrying about is whether we would take cross-border military action in hot pursuit," the official told the Jerusalem Post. "In other words, nothing like full-scale military hostilities. But when you're being attacked from safe havens across the border – we've been through this a lot of times before – we're just not going to...

By Tamara Lytle | Washington Bureau Chief Posted October 5, 2004 CLEVELAND -- With the race for the White House drawing significantly closer in national polls, tonight's vice-presidential debate between Republican Dick Cheney and Democrat John Edwards could take a harsh turn. Because both men seek the No. 2 role in the White House, neither must act especially presidential. And that, experts say, could mean the debate equivalent of a bare-knuckled brawl. . SNIP... John Parmelee, assistant professor of communications at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. "It's going to be a shootout. Attack, attack, attack from the moment...

George W. Bush Games Guide picks Bush vs. Kerry Joust Who will win the White House joust? Pick a candidate as Bush and Kerry square off in this amusing game presented by Kewlbox.com. Requires Shockwave to play. Bush Shoot-Out A fun White House shoot-out game starring George Bush and Condoleezza Rice from MiniClip.com. Dancing Bush President Bush struts his stuff on the dance floor as he gets down and boogies. Bush Aerobics Control Dubya's exercise moves as he works his buns and abs to the beat. Bush Background Generator Create your own "message of the day" backdrop for President Bush....

Two Militants Killed in Mecca Shootout RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Two militants were killed Monday in a shootout with police in the holy city of Mecca, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Police foiled a terrorist operation "that did not respect the sanctity of holy places and the month of Ramadan" — the holy month of fasting that began days ago, SPA quoted an unnamed Interior Ministry official as saying. The shootout occurred after police surrounded two buildings in Mecca's al-Share'a neighborhood at 8 a.m. local time, the agency reported. "The terrorists began shooting heavily at security forces, using automatic...

JIZAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Blood and bullets littered the halls Wednesday of a Saudi housing complex where a shootout with security forces left three suspected militants dead, including a man wanted by the FBI for possible terrorist threats against the United States. The hours-long gunfight ended Tuesday afternoon after Saudi security forces stormed the three-story complex in Jizan, 600 miles south of the capital, Riyadh, shooting their way through the doors. At least one security officer also died and two suspected militants were arrested, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency....

Sorry for the vanity but if anyone has been watching the FX cable channel you may have seen the cheap shot which Hollywierd couln't resist taking at gun ownership. The special was a re-encactment of the North Hollywood shoot out a few years ago. It was a fine moment for our couraeguos LAPD, but the producers turned the show into an anti-gun propaganda piece.In particular was the moment when LAPD went to B & B Gun Sales in the valley to pick up rifles for use against the bank robbers. This actually happened. I have been to the B &...

MEXICO CITY -- A wild shootout between drug traffickers and Mexican soldiers near the Texas border Friday ended with the arrest of Osiel Cardenas Guillen, reputed chief of the Gulf Cartel and one of the fugitives most wanted by the United States. Mexican officials confirmed the arrest Friday after word spread in Matamoros, across the Texas border from Brownsville, of another successful strike by the same army special forces units that last year arrested alleged kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix. In previous raids, the military strike forces had met little resistance. On Friday, however, three soldiers were injured when they confronted...

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Two people were killed and an American soldier was wounded in a shootout involving U.S. Marines training on a Kuwaiti island in the Gulf, security sources said Tuesday. "The island of Failaka is sealed off now and no one can get in now," a well-placed source told Reuters. "A civilian vehicle fired at the Americans who returned fire and killed two people in the car. One American was wounded." U.S. military and diplomatic sources were unable to immediately give a detailed account of the incident but they are expected to issue an official statement later Tuesday. An...

A convicted felon wanted on a parole violation died yesterday afternoon following a dramatic shootout with police on Kahekili Highway that sent area residents scrambling for safety and snarled Windward traffic for hours. Arnold Willets, 36, was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds at the Queen's Medical Center. He had been paroled several months ago, and police said a warrant for Willets' arrest was issued earlier this week for a parole violation. A 22-year-old man, who was in the pickup that Willets was traveling in, was in guarded condition at Queen's Medical Center with gunshot wounds, and another passenger, a 2-year-old...

NAPLES, Idaho - Just the crude foundation remains. The sun-bleached plywood floor outlines the mountain cabin that long ago collapsed under the strain of North Idaho winters. Gone is the door through which FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi fatally shot Vicki Weaver and injured family friend Kevin Harris. Gone is the shed where 14-year-old Sammy Weaver was laid to rest after being shot in the back by a U.S. marshal. Gone, too, are the signs of the foot-chase-turned-shootout between Sammy, Harris and federal agents that left Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan dead. No monument rests on this rocky outcropping of Ruby...

Hizbullah and Amal southern representatives agreed Friday to intensify cooperation and coordination a day after a gun battle erupted between the two parties. A statement released after the meeting said that the two groups had agreed that domestic stability was necessary to confront the regional tensions. On Thursday, Hizbullah fighters and Amal members fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at each other near Zibqine in the western sector of the border district. The fight started when several Hizbullah fighters blocked a group of Amal scouts from setting up a camp on the southern edge of the village. Hizbullah and Amal...