‘CIA says Al-Qaeda in Pakistan hit hard in US attacks’

WASHINGTON: The CIA’s expanding operations in Pakistan have taken “a serious toll” on the Al-Qaeda network, the spy agency director, Leon Panetta, has told US media.

But he said it remained unclear whether the effort had prevented a possible terror plot against European cities, the Los Angeles Times quoted him as saying Tuesday.

Panetta did not specify bombing raids by unmanned aircraft in Pakistan as US officials do not publicly discuss the campaign.

But the CIA missile strikes are an open secret, and US officials privately describe the program as a vital tool in the fight against Al-Qaeda and allied Islamist militants based in northwest Pakistan.

Referring to stepped up operations, Panetta said the effort is “taking a serious toll” on Al-Qaeda’s capabilities, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“The basis for that increased pace is

Mike Tyson Arrested after L.A. airport scuffle

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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was arrested after brawling with a celebrity photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and injuring the man’s head, police said.

The photographer, who was not immediately identified, was also arrested. He suffered a cut to his forehead and was taken to a hospital. It was not known if Tyson was hurt. “Shortly after four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Tyson was at the terminal seven United Airlines ticket counter. He was being followed by at least one paparazzi who was taking photographs of him. A scuffle ensued during which time it’s alleged that Mr Tyson struck him one time on the forehead. The other individual did suffer a laceration to his forehead and did fall to the ground. LA City Fire Department transported him to a local area hospital where he was in satisfactory condition with minor injuries,” Los Angeles Airport Police Sergeant Jim Holcomb said. The Los Angeles Times, citing an unnamed source, said Tyson told police the photographer struck him in an attempt to provoke him, and the photographer claimed Tyson punched him in the face and tried to take film from his camera.

Tyson, 43, won his first championship title at age 20, and his reputation as a ferocious boxer in the ring earned him the nickname “Iron Mike” during his heyday in the 1980s. But he also has had a troubled history. As a boy, he was involved in criminal gang activity in Brooklyn, New York, and he eventually went to a school for troubled youth in upstate New York where he began boxing. In 1988, as his career soared, he married actress Robin Givens. The pair fought publicly, Givens claimed he physically hurt her, and eventually they divorced. In 1991, Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. He was convicted of sexual assault in 1992 and spent three years in prison. After he bit off a portion of boxer Evander Holyfield’s ear during a 1997 championship bout, Tyson’s career never regained the lustre of his early years and he eventually retired from boxing in 2005.more updates about Mike Tyson Arrested so stay with us.

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