61. The U.S. military denied that any aircraft was hit, saying all planes returned safely following a raid in response to Iraqi anti-aircraft fire. 62. The visitors were ejected in April following a raid by authorities against an autonomous town council organized by sympathizers of the Zapatista rebels based in Chiapas state. 63. The warning from Palestinian civil police chief Brig. Gen. Ghazi Jabali followed morning raids on two mosques run by militants of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups. 64. They were released after being held and questioned following the raid. 65. U.S. and British planes last week bombed an Iraqi fiber-optics communications base that the Journal said had been rebuilt with Chinese help following a raid in February. 66. Fourteen people have already been charged in connection with the affair, notably following raids in Paris in March. 67. Following the raid, eight men were initially arrested, and five were held on charges of extortion and organized crime. 68. Heavy rounds of anti-aircraft gunfire followed the raid, filling the night sky with red tracer bullet rounds and the pops of the shells exploding in mid-air. 69. A man and two women were brought to a police station to help in an investigation following raids to two apartments believed to be a holdout for organised crime. 70. Authorities have sent more police to the area to beef up security following the raid. |