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US forces arrive in Baghdad to advise Iraqi troops

July 10, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The first US troops deployed to assist the Iraqi army in combating a growing Sunni militant insurgency have arrived and begun work, the Pentagon has said.

Nearly half the 300 special operations soldiers promised by US President Barack Obama are in Baghdad or on the front lines of the fight.

The rest are expected within days.

Also, US Secretary of State John Kerry called for regional unity to expel the Sunni Isis rebels who have taken large swathes of Iraq.

On Tuesday, two teams totalling 40 US troops began work assessing Iraqi troops on the front line, the Pentagon said.

Mexican Tijuana cartel boss Sanchez Arellano ‘captured’

July 10, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The Mexican army says it has captured the leader of the once-powerful Tijuana cartel, Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano.

In the 1990s, the cartel controlled much of the drugs flow from the northern Mexican city of Tijuana to the United States.

But it was dealt a severe blow after the arrest of four of the brothers leading it and the killing of a fifth.

Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano is the nephew of the Arellano Felix brothers who originally founded the cartel.

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could face lengthy ban for bite

July 10, 2014 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Luis Suarez could face a lengthy ban that would force him to miss the rest of the World Cup if found guilty of biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini.

Fifa, football’s governing body, opened disciplinary proceedings after Uruguay’s 1-0 win on Tuesday and has requested television footage.

Chiellini claimed Suarez bit him on the left shoulder, but Suarez said the defender “bumped” into him.
Suarez, 27, could be banned for up to 24 matches or two years.