Raid News

UK, France, Belgium agents raid suspected people smuggling gangs

London - Agents with the UK Border Agency (UKBA) have raided 35 locations in England and Scotland in an effort to put a halt to a major people-smuggling network. Forty additional raids are being carried out in Belgium and France.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 1 comment

Details of attempted hostage rescue in Algeria remain unclear

Thursday was a day marked with confusion, concern, frustration and bloodshed as members of the Algerian military launched a rescue offensive on a BP gas complex in Amenas, Algeria.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 1 comment

Op-Ed: Toronto cops Name-tags — Not visible as push-in at senior's home

Toronto - Several years ago the City of Toronto made it mandatory that on duty police must wear their personal name-tags on their uniforms at all times. If that is the case, why are they attached to the uniforms with velcro.

In the Media by Daniel Boyington - 2 comments

Lions, tigers and bears — Oh my, they're 'brothers'

Locust Grove - A new email about an old story is making its rounds through cyberspace, chronicling the story of Leo the lion, Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 4 comments

Satellite images reveal training facility used for bin Laden raid

Ariel satellite photos of a CIA owned property in North Carolina appear to reveal a mock up of the Osama bin Laden complex stormed by Navy SEALs in 2011.

In the Media by Greta McClain - 1 comment

UK withdraws threat to raid Ecuador's London embassy

Quito - On Friday, the OAS met and signed a resolution to support Ecuador in both its asylum grant to Julian Assange and the threat to its sovereignty by the U.K. Now the U.K. has withdrawn its threat to raid the London embassy.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 4 comments

UK threatens to storm Ecuadorian embassy over Assange (update)

London - As the decision over Julian Assange's asylum looms near, the U.K. is threatening to raid the Ecuadorian Embassy unless Assange is handed over for extradition to Sweden.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 23 comments

Charges filed against church pastor for mock terrorism raid

Middletown - Dauphin County prosecutors have filed charges of false imprisonment and assault against a church and its pastor for staging a mock "terrorism raid." But church authorities say the raid was conducted only as "learning experience" for church youths.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus

Video: Watch hungry dog raid fridge for a bite

The video shows a hungry dog that just learned a new trick — how to open the fridge. What follows is the spectacle of a dog raiding the fridge for a bite.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus