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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/operation_ends_in_ha.php
“Operation ends in Hangu; Government opts for negotiations in northwest”
By BILL ROGGIO
July 23, 2008 3:47 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “But the Taliban have not laid down their weapons after conducting peace talks with the government, nor have they stopped attack on the Pakistani military or across the border in Afghanistan.
The security situation in northwestern Pakistan and in neighboring Afghanistan has rapidly deteriorated since the government initiated its latest round of peace accords with the Taliban and allied extremists in the tribal areas and settled districts in the Northwest Frontier Province. Peace agreements have been signed with the Taliban in North Waziristan, Swat, Dir, Bajaur, Malakand, Mohmand, Khyber, and Orakzai.
Negotiations are under way in South Waziristan, Kohat, and Mardan. The Taliban have violated the terms of these agreements in every region where accords have been signed.
The Taliban, al Qaeda, and allied terrorist groups have established more than 100 terror camps in the tribal areas and the Northwest Frontier Province, US intelligence officials have told The Long War Journal.”
Thanks to Ben Lurkin for starting this thread.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050338/posts
$50K Reward In 2007 Slaying Of Navy Reservist
cbs2.com ^ | Jul 23, 2008 5:15 pm US/Pacific
Posted on July 23, 2008 8:08:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES Authorities are offering a $50,000 for information in the drive-by shooting death of a U.S. Navy reservist outside an El Sereno liquor store in 2007.
Jesus Guevara, 24, a U.S. Navy reservist, was walking from the liquor store at 3:15 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2007 toward his parked car when someone fired at him from a dark-colored, mid-size car, wounding him in the back, police said. He died three hours later at a hospital.
“It’s not fair to lose him, to not have him around,” Guevara’s aunt, Maria Corona said. “We miss him terribly every day.... The irresponsible coward that did this has to come forward. They need to know that they took a life that was the engine that moved this family.”
Detectives say they don’t have a motive for the shooting. The reward is being offered by the Los Angeles City Council for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
Guevara served in the Navy as an aircraft mechanic for four years. When he returned to civilian life as a reservist, he worked for a steel company in South Gate.