Two Louisiana Sheriff Deputies Killed

On Thursday morning, a gunman with a rifle shot a St. John Parish, Louisiana deputy who was directing traffic, whilst off duty.

The shooter fled the scene, and other deputies began the investigation.

Their investigation led officers to a trailer park, where they began questioning residents.

As they were conducting their interview, the rifleman came out of the trailer, shooting as he went.

Two of the officers were killed, and another was wounded during a firefight which developed between police and five civilians, two of whom were wounded as well.

All five civilians are under arrest, though the two wounded are in the hospital.

Brandon Nielsen, 34, and Jeremy Triche, 28, were the two deputies that lost their lives; Scott Boyington, 33, and Jason Triche, 30, are the wounded officers.

Louisiana state flags will be flown at half mast until dusk on Friday, in honor of the fallen officers.

CU Moves Against Concealed Carry

The University of Colorado Boulder and University of Colorado Colorado Springs have announced changes to their housing rules.

Students who have a valid concealed carry permit will now have their own housing area.

The rest of campus housing will not allow concealed carries.

New policies were also enacted that disallow concealed weapons to be carried at official ticketed school events, of any type.

Two More Cows Die of Anthrax

A week after fifty cows were confirmed to have died from anthrax, in northern Colorado, two more have been found.

The first fifty had all been from the same ranch, and authorities had been sure that the disease would not spread.

However, both of the new cows were from two separate neighboring ranches, showing that it did in fact spread.

Workers on the ranches, and nearby ones, as well as students and staff at CSU who were near the autopsy which discovered the anthrax, have begun taking antibiotics to prevent the disease spreading to them.

All the rest of the cows, on the three ranches, as well as others, are being vaccinated as well, to ensure that it does not spread any further.

No cattle left any of the ranches since well before the cows died, so authorities are confident that it could not have spread beyond the area.

Anthrax is capable of lying dormant in soil for decades, until it is ingested by human or animal.

USA Beats Mexico

In the eightieth minute of the game it finally happened.

On Wednesday night the US men's soccer team finally beat Mexico, in Mexico.

Orozco Fiscal made the one and only goal of the game, making history.

Over seventy-five years of playing each other, the US was 0-23-1 when playing in Mexico.

Even more striking for the US, they were playing with a half strength squad.

Team USA didn't even qualify for the Olympics, and Mexico won the gold medal.

Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum

Ecuador's embassy in London continues to be the spotlight of international verbal conflict.

In June, Julian Assange took shelter inside the embassy, in order to avoid being extradited to Sweden to face charges over assault and rape.

Earlier in the week Ecuador announced that they would decide on Thursday whether or not to give Assange asylum.

On Wednesday, the British government responded by sending a letter stating and showing the law allowing it to revoke the diplomatic status of the embassy.

British police further increased their numbers outside of the building, as protestors gathered as well, some of whom have been arrested since.

Thursday saw Ecuador grant Assange the asylum he was after, leaving him stuck inside the embassy, as he will be arrested immediately upon stepping outside.

International focus is growing, with the world wondering if the UK will go through with their threat to take Assange from the embassy, by force.

Minhas Airbase on Heightened Alert After Attack

Heightened security can be seen outside of Minhas Airbase at Kamra, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, where Pakistan manufactures JF 17 jets, in a joint operation with China.

Thursday morning, before dawn the base was attacked by militants that were part of the Taliban.

After hours of gun battle the militants were driven off, after eight of their number were killed; one soldier lost his life as well.

Some of the militants breached security, in the cover of darkness, by climbing a nine foot wall and crawling through barbed wire.

The infiltrators were wearing military uniforms, but had explosive devices strapped to their bodies.

When they were caught approaching aircraft hangers, the battle began, and was joined by militants on the outside.

For over an hour after the battle, small explosions were heard as the military started controlled detonations of bombs that had been planted by the infiltrators.

It is unclear how many were wounded in the assault, or what damage occurred to the base.

A Dozen Killed in South African Riots

South African police opened fire on striking miners on Thursday afternoon, near a platinum mine near Lonmin. No confirmation has come of the number of dead, but it is at least a dozen.

Police had been demanding the miners hand over clubs, blades, and other weapons; but most refused and moved against the town.

Water cannons, tear gas, and stun grenades were deployed against the miners, who then rushed police. The officers responded by opening fire with live weapons, wounding many. After the chaos had settled, there were at least twelve bodies on the ground.

The strike began last Friday, with around three thousand workers taking up arms and refusing to work. Strikers attacked other miners who tried to work on Saturday. On Monday, two workers and two officers were killed by mobs of miners. Police killed three strikers in the fighting.

Arizona Enforcing Laws Obama Orders Deferred

On August 15, 2012, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies conducted their sixty-fourth major raid, since 2008. the raid included arresting four suspected professional identity thieves directly connected to illegal immigration and human trafficking. The business, Sonoran Doors, located at 21002 N. 19th Ave, Suite 130 in Phoenix, Arizona employed several suspected illegal immigrants. A search and audit of their employee records determined many of them were employed on forged documentation and stolen identification information that the four identity thieves assisted the illegal employees in attaining, including helping forge documentation. In Arizona, eighty percent of illegal immigrants detained have been found involved in identity theft, a felony.

Given the connections between illegal immigration and identity theft, Sheriff Joe cautions that Obama's recent announcement to "defer action" on "child and young" illegals is nothing less than an invitation for increased identity theft. Many of these kids will require stolen identity information and forged documentation such as Social Security cards and Drivers' Licenses in order to attend schools and work in sweat shops (including food service businesses such as smaller fast food franchises). It appears that Obama is not only soft on illegal immigration, but willfully complacent (if not indirectly complicit) in identity theft.

After Obama's announcement that the Federal Executive Branch, responsible for implementation and enforcement of laws passed by Congress, will "defer and delay actions against minors crossing the border", Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed her own executive order. Arizona will not play along with the irresponsible complacency.

In fact, Governor Brewer ordered increased enforcement of identity theft and other activities directly linked to illegal immigration. Furthermore, this recent EO reaffirms that illegals will not receive any "public benefits". That includes drivers licenses, food stamps, housing assistance, education benefits, or any other form of benefit. The EO could lead to self-deportation. The only detractor is that illegals can just leave the state of Arizona for a state that is softer on illegal aliens, such as California, Oregon, or Illinois.

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Attack on Pakistani Airbase

Militants are currently engaged in an assault on Kamra Airbase.

They began the attack before dawn, Thursday morning.

Security forces have responded, and a battle has ensued.

Gunfire can be heard and flames seen, coming from the base.

Kamra Airbase is located in the Punjab province, fifty miles from Islamabad.

This story has been continued in a new article.

UK Threatens Ecuadorian Embassy Over Assange

In June, Julian Assange took shelter inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

He did so in order to avoid being extradited to Sweden to face charges over assault and rape.

Ecuador's Ricardo Patino stated that a decision would be reached on Thursday, as to whether Assange would be given permanent asylum in Ecuador.

In an effort to force matters, the British government sent a letter stating and showing the law allowing it to revoke the diplomatic status of the embassy.

Responding to that Ecuador made it clear that they realized the extent of such a threat, telling the press that the UK had threatened to storm the embassy.

Soon after, British police were seen to reinforce their presence outside the embassy.

Witnesses outside the embassy have posted video of police entering the embassy, to which police said nothing happened, that it was just a shift change.