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2 unusual facts about Security Forces


Iraqi Police

Later in the program, the duties began to be filled by USAF Security Forces members.

The abbreviation "IP" is used to refer to Iraqi Police, while the initialism "ISF" is usually used to refer to the broader "Iraqi Security Forces".



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.401 Winchester Self-Loading

The only chambering available in the Winchester Model 1910, the .401SL was used by France, Russia, and American company security forces in the First World War.

2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash

BBC News reported that journalists at the scene were attacked by Iranian security forces, who confiscated their tapes.

2006 Georgian–Russian espionage controversy

In July 2006, the Georgian police and security forces took control of the Kodori Valley, hitherto controlled by the local Georgian militias led by the defiant commander Emzar Kvitsiani.

908th Airlift Wing

Within two days of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, 26 908th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) members were called to active duty primarily augmenting the security forces at Maxwell and Gunter in their heightened security efforts.

Abdullah Barghouti

Following a deterioration in relations between the PA and Israel in January 2002, Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti lobbied Jibril Rajoub, chief of the PA security forces, to release Abdullah Barghouti.

Afghan parliamentary election, 2010

"We urge people not to participate in the election. Everything and everyone affiliated with the election is our target -- candidates, security forces, campaigners, election workers, voters are all our targets," said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid.

Air Force Security Police Badge

Many of these original shields survive today and can be seen on display at the Security Forces Museum, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Ammar al-Qurabi

12 March 2006: Arrested by the Syrian security forces at Damascus International Airport, as he was coming back from two conferences on human rights and democratic reforms in Syria, which were held in Paris and Washington D.C. He was then brought to the “Palestine Branch” of the military intelligence services, in Damascus, a place known for its extremely harsh conditions of detention.

Angkhana Neelaphaijit

In 2006, Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra stated that Somchai Neelaphaijit was dead and may have been killed by state security forces.

Aslambek Vadalov

After engaging in the battles for Argun and Gudermes, Vadalov's unit withdrew to the mountainous districts of Vedeno and Nozhay-Yurt in order to launch guerrilla attacks on Russian security forces.

Ayn al-Tineh

Ayn al-Tineh was historically a fief of the Kheirbek clan, a prominent family in the Syrian security forces and part of the Kalbiyya tribal confederation.

Baha'uddin Jan

He, along with his two sons, was killed following the communist Saur Revolution at the end of the 1970s, by security forces from Kabul who were eliminating political and religious opposition to the new regime.

Bangladesh Awami League

In 1952, the Awami Muslim League and its student wing played an instrumental role in the Bengali Language Movement, during which Pakistani security forces fired upon thousands of protesting students demanding Bengali be declared an official language of Pakistan and famously killing a number of students including Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Barkat and Abdul Jabbar.

Colin Winter

On 30 January 1972, South African security forces shot members of the congregation of St Luke's Church, Epinga, on the Angolan border, when they were going home from church.

Controversies surrounding the Indian National Army

Other political forces, including the communist party and its members viewed the INA as fascist-collaborators, and was instrumental in helping the British Indian police and security forces track down INA agents landed in India by submarine or Parachute during the war.

Cuerpo Tecnico de Policia Judicial

The police's central role in judicial investigation in Venezuela can be traced back to the security forces of Juan Vicente Gómez, via the Seguridad Nacional of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.

Dahaniya

Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to leave the entire Gaza Strip, including the village of Dahaniya, meant that Israeli security forces would no longer be able to defend the residents from Palestinian militants.

Darayya

Young activist Ghiath Matar (1985-2011) was one of the activists in Darayya Coordination, who was detained and afterwards tortured to death by the security forces.

Deir al-Balah Camp

On 22 November 2003, 24-year old resident of the camp, Muhammad Suleiman Khalil Sarsur, was killed by Israeli security forces while attempting to infiltrate the Netzarim settlement.

Dounia TV

On 29 June, the CSC announced that all Dounaia broadcasting was suspended for "the broadcast of calls for insurrection against security forces", presumably for airing opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou's statements the day prior.

Federación Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadoreños

In the 1980s, during the country's civil war, FENASTRAS' San Salvador headquarters were located two blocks from the National Police headquarters, and its activities were heavily monitored by the security forces.

Gawakadal massacre

On January 19, 1990, the night Jagmohan was appointed governor, Indian security forces conducted extensive house-to-house searches in Srinagar, in an effort to find illegal weapons and root out any hidden militants.

Hangu, Pakistan

On 22 August 2008, sixteen militants (including two Chechens) were killed by Pakistani security forces in a skirmish at Hangu when security forces opened fire on their explosive-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint.

Jalalabad Airport

According to Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said the Taliban were responsible and killed 32 Afghan and non-Afghan security forces.

Kurt Mälzer

Under his authority, Mälzer commanded not only the garrison Wehrmacht troops in Rome itself, but also indirectly the SS security forces assigned to maintain order in the city (although these troops were nominally under the authority of the SS and Police Leader of the region, Wilhelm Harster).

Matthew Lamb

Mathew Charles Lamb (1948–1976), Canadian spree killer and psychiatric patient, latterly a soldier in the Rhodesian Security Forces

May 2006 São Paulo violence

The ministry of Justice, led by Márcio Thomaz Bastos, offered assistance by making available all federal security forces and the army, but São Paulo State Governor Cláudio Lembo said this is not necessary at the moment and that São Paulo can handle the situation without assistance.

Mehmet Shehu

Mike Burke, the American spymaster who set up a 1950 paramilitary project to oust the Albanian Marxist regime, said in 1986 that Shehu was "one tough son of a bitch", whose security forces gave U.S. agents "a tough time".

Nassir al-Hiti

Since he has commanded the 2nd Division, he has been supported by United States Army General Raymond T. Odierno, who stated, The security forces here are widely considered to be part of the problem.

National Defense Force

Maldives National Defence Force, the military and security forces of the Maldives

Operation Dingo

Operation Dingo, also known as the Chimoio massacre, was a major raid conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) headquarters of Robert Mugabe at Chimoio and a smaller camp at Tembue in Mozambique from 23–25 November 1977.

Operation Green Hunt

On April 6, 2010, Maoist rebels killed 75 policemen/CRPF men in a jungle ambush in central India, the most security forces ever killed by the insurgents in a single conflict.

Perence Shiri

In the days before the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election Shiri, along with other Zimbabwean Defence chiefs, held a press conference where they stated that defence and security forces had been deployed across the country to maintain order.

Proxy bomb

It involved forcing people (including civilians, off-duty members of the British security forces, or people working for the security forces) to drive car bombs to British military targets, after placing them or their families under some kind of threat.

Riyadh compound bombings

Abdul Rahman Jabarah was killed in a gunfight with Saudi security forces, believed to have been involved in the attack, as was Zubayr Al-Rimi.

Russian government censorship of Chechnya coverage

Many foreign journalists were exposed to pressure from the security forces and the materials were confiscated from TV crews from ZDF and ARD (Germany), APTN (USA), and Rustavi 2 (Georgia).

Salam Fayyad

In September 2010, The New York Review of Books published an article by Nathan Thrall that raised questions about the Fayyad plan and one of its central elements: United States-sponsored training, equipping, and funding of the Palestinian Authority's security forces, which have been cooperating with Israel at unprecedented levels in the West Bank to quell supporters of Hamas, the main Palestinian Islamist group that opposes negotiations with Israel.

Sarathambal

The Committee was set up to receive complaints on illegal detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and Emergency regulations, delay in cases, harassment by security forces during and after arrest, non-issue of arrest receipts, police registration, holding relatives as hostages and problems faced by people from north-east Sri Lanka.

Security Forces Headquarters – Kilinochchi

Security Forces Headquarters – Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in Kilinochchi District, this includes several divisions and the independent brigades.

Sri Lanka Armoured Corps

Major General Y. Balaretnarajah, VSV, USP,ndc, SLAC- Former Chief of Staff of the Army, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, GOC, 1 Division and Commander, Security Forces, Jaffna.

Sýslumaður

The sýslumaður of Suðurnes maintains, for example, additional non-police security forces for Keflavík International Airport, meanwhile the sýslumaður of Kópavogur is in charge of issuing all Icelandic passports.

Ukrainian–Soviet War

359 were shot on November 23 near the town of Bazar, and 84 were passed on to Soviet security forces.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1683

The resolution recognised that the Liberian police and security forces needed to assume greater responsibility for national security.

Viviana Díaz

She is the daughter of Víctor Días sub-secretary of the Communist Party of Chile who disappeared after he was arrested by security forces in 1976.

Westgate shopping mall attack

Kenyan security forces had rescued about 1,000 hostages, according to Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku, who said that "the priority is to save as many lives as possible".