Fugitive kills himself in dramatic armed siege

LONDON: One of Britain”s biggest-ever manhunts ended in dramatic scenes Saturday with fugitive gunman Raoul Moat shooting himself dead to end a tense armed stand-off with police.

After gradually closing the net on Moat, who had been on the run for a week after a deadly shooting rampage, armed police surrounded him in the country village at the very epicentre of the massive manhunt.

They cornered the 37-year-old bouncer by a riverbank late Friday and negotiated for six hours into the rainy night when the wanted man killed himself.

A source close to the investigation confirmed that Moat was dead.

In a search that brought in police officers from across the country, Moat was finally captured in Rothbury, north of Newcastle.

He was wanted for shooting dead his ex-girlfriend”s new partner, and seriously injuring her plus a policeman in the Newcastle area shortly after being released from prison.

In letters left for detectives he claimed to be a “killer and a maniac”, declared “war” on the police and said in a letter to them he would not stop killing “till I”m dead”.

Police said they found the father-of-three in Rothbury at around 7:00 pm Friday.

“Raoul Thomas Moat was discovered by police in the vicinity of the riverbank and he was armed,” Northumbria Police said in a statement.

“Expert negotiators were brought in to speak to him and spoke to him extensively for several hours.

“At around 1:15 am, from information available at the moment, it appears the suspect shot himself. No shots were fired by police officers.

“No officers have been injured.”

He rushed by ambulance to Newcastle General Hospital. Moat was seen being carried in on a stretcher, with a blanket covering his head.

The search for Moat closed in quickly on Friday.

It had focused on the wild terrain around Rothbury after a car linked to him was found abandoned there.

Detectives arrested two people accused of helping him, found three of his mobile phones and released photographs of camping equipment including a tent and sleeping bag which he and accomplices are thought to have used.

They said they had “recovered valuable information”.

Armed police had imposed a lockdown around Rothbury for days and within hours threw an exclusion zone around part of the village as the siege began, with those stuck inside ordered to stay inside their homes.

BBC television showed a grainy, night-vision footage of the moment the stand-off ended, which featured shouting and dogs barking in the downpour.

Saturday”s newspapers were filled with headlines about the siege.

“Got Him”, said The Sun and the Daily Express”s front pages.

The search for Moat brought in officers from 15 forces, including specialist snipers, and armoured all-terrain cars from Northern Ireland. A Royal Air Force plane with imaging equipment also joined the search.

Moat had been serving an 18-week sentence for assault.

It is the second gun rampage in quick succession in England”s most northerly counties.

On June 2, taxi driver Derrick Bird killed 12 people before turning the gun on himself in Cumberland in a shooting spree that shocked the quiet, rural area.

Happy new year greeting message

Happy new year greeting message :- happy new year 2010, happy new year, happy new year wishes, happy new year greetings, novogodisni sms updates:-

Revellers across the globe began ringing in the New Year but Bali terror warning and a deadly shooting in Finland stoked security jitters, already high after a failed US bomb plot.( New Year SMS )

Police were on alert in many world cities after the thwarted Christmas Day attack on a US-bound plane, as party-goers from Vanuatu to Vancouver began raising glasses to 2010 and closing the door on a decade scarred by wars, terror attacks, natural disasters and financial turmoil.

The party spirit was alive and well in Sydney, where a vast display of fireworks burst into the night sky at midnight.

The US embassy in Indonesia said it had received a warning of a possible attack on the resort island of Bali, the scene of multiple bombings targeting Westerners, but local authorities denied any knowledge of such an alert.

In Australia, an estimated 1.5 million people crowded the harbour foreshore for the high-tech fireworks display on the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Paris’s Eiffel Tower was to be transformed into a multicoloured light show while in Berlin, more than one million revellers were expected on the boulevard leading to the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of German unity.

Celebrations in Britain centre on the London Eye, the giant wheel across the river Thames from the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the world’s most famous clock.

A downpour of confetti was to mark midnight at New York’s traditional mass celebration in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan, amid security jitters rekindled by the bomb plot against a Detroit-bound passenger jet claimed by al Qaeda, undercover police, surveillance cameras, uniformed teams and radiation and biological detection equipment were to monitor the crowds.

“It will be a full fledged deployment of resources,” city police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. “We assume here that New York is the number one terrorist target in America.”

Around half a million revellers were expected to crowd Hong Kong’s harbour front to watch 9,000 fireworks.

But in Thailand, police banned fireworks after a New Year’s Eve blaze at a Bangkok nightclub a year ago killed 65 revellers.

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Happy new year greeting message was first posted on December 31, 2009 at 10:15 pm.

New Mexico Soccer Elizabeth Lambert,Elizabeth Lambert

New Mexico Soccer Elizabeth Lambert,Elizabeth Lambert: A female version off Vinny Jones has been suspended for her infractions during a 1-0 loss to Brigham Young in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. It seems the Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

New Mexico Soccer Elizabeth Lambert,Elizabeth Lambert:A female version off Vinny Jones has been suspended for her infractions during a 1-0 loss to Brigham Young in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. It seems the Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

Liz Lambert threw elbows, collided with several players, and then yanked the ponytail of BYU player Kassidy Shumway, who went crashing to the ground. Lambert has now apologized for her behavior she said “my actions were uncalled for; I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. This is in no way indicative of my character or the soccer player I am. ”

New Mexico coach Kit Vela said “Liz is a quality student and athlete, but in this instance, her actions clearly crossed the line of fair play and good sportsmanship.” Lambert was the only player to be yellow carded in the game, which came in the 77th minute for colliding with a BYU player who was driving toward the net.

After watching the video on a recent post, the question I would like to know is why the referee has not been suspended, just in the short clip that I saw Lambert should off received 4 yellow cards, and two straight red cards. Why not take a look at the clip and let us know your thoughts. She may have a future in UFC.

Source freep.com.

Texas High School Football Playoffs,Texas High School Football

Texas High School Football Playoffs,Texas High School Football: The scene here at Leo Buckley Stadium late Friday night was reminiscent of most high school football venues across the country, as the Shoemaker Grey Wolves dealt with the reality their season was over. Tears were shed, hugs were exchanged between players, coaches and players, coaches and coaches. Then the coaches thanked the seniors for great effort

Texas High School Football Playoffs,Texas High School Football:The scene here at Leo Buckley Stadium late Friday night was reminiscent of most high school football venues across the country, as the Shoemaker Grey Wolves dealt with the reality their season was over.

Tears were shed, hugs were exchanged between players, coaches and players, coaches and coaches. Then the coaches thanked the seniors for great effort.

But this was no ordinary season-finale ritual for the Grey Wolves. Just over 24 hours earlier, many of them weren’t sure if their parents or loved ones were injured — or worse, killed — in the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, the nation’s largest military base.

Shoemaker High School, which is just a stone’s throw away from Fort Hood, is heavily populated with kids whose families either live on base or are serving in the military. With wars going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, these young people have become accustomed to dealing with death.

But that didn’t make news of Thursday’s deadly rampage any easier for many of them to take. Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed, and 30 others were wounded. If there was any solace, it was that none of the Grey Wolves’ parents or immediate family members were affected by the shooting.more info http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2009/11/07/high-school-football-team-near-fort-hood-copes-with-tragedy/

Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting

Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting, US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Saturday, following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas.

Japanese national broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press reported that Washington had asked Tokyo to change the schedule for the two-day visit to allow Obama to attend a memorial service for the 13 people killed in Thursday’s shooting.

Obama had been due to arrive for his first trip to Japan on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and to meet Emperor Akihito.

“The (US) government has requested a delay,” a foreign ministry official told AFP, adding that the Japanese government had agreed to the request.

Obama would now be arriving on Friday and stay until Saturday, the official said. A meeting scheduled for Friday with Hatoyama would go ahead as planned, Kyodo News reported, quoting an unnamed foreign ministry source.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs earlier told reporters in the United States that Obama would attend a memorial service for those killed when a Muslim army doctor went on the rampage at the Fort Hood base.

“When a service is scheduled the president will attend,” he said, adding only that the timing of the memorial would be scheduled “for the convenience of the families.”

The US president’s visit to Japan is likely to be dominated by a row over an American military base on the southern island of Okinawa.

Residents have long complained about the base and plan to relocate it to another part of the island, while Hatoyama’s government, which came to power in September, has promised to review the issue.

Hatoyama on Friday said he did not plan to make a decision on the base before Obama’s visit.

While the Japanese leader has promised to review a pact under which a new US base would be built on the island, Washington has insisted Tokyo stick to the agreement.

The issue has clouded ties ahead of Obama’s visit.

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Barack Obama Delays Japan Visit after Texas Shooting was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 3:02 pm.