LONG and WINDING ROAD Nationals’ Comeback Culminates in 1St World Series Title
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FACES NATION WAR ON TERRORISM Hart says ‘world House Democrats Pentagon releases photos, forever changed’ establish rules for videos of raid that killed by car accident impeachment inquiry Islamic State leader Page 18 Page 8 Page 3 North Korea fires 2 missiles after warning over stalled talks » Page 2 Volume 78, No. 142 ©SS 2019 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas CIA accused of supporting rogue Afghan paramilitaries BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN Stars and Stripes JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The U.S. has trained and supported paramilitary groups in Afghanistan that have commit- ted summary executions, forcibly disap- peared people and have been behind more than a dozen serious abuse cases in the last 18 months, a human rights organization said Thursday. Afghan strike forces, which have been accused of raiding medical facilities and killing civilians in night raids on their homes, sometimes in front of their fami- lies, are largely trained and overseen by the CIA, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday. The report follows a strike force raid last month in eastern Nangarhar province that resulted in the deaths of four brothers, prompting Afghanistan’s president to an- nounce a rare investigation into paramili- tary actions. SEE CIA ON PAGE 6 LONG AND WINDING ROAD Nationals’ comeback culminates in 1st World Series title Back page Family photo The Washington Nationals’ Anthony Rendon, Ryan Zimmerman and Asdrubal Cabrera celebrate after Clockwise from top left, brothers defeating the Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night in Houston. Abdul Qadir Siddiq, Abdul Qadeer Bahar, Jehanzib Omar Zakhilwal and Abdul DAVID J. PHILLIP / AP Saboor Zakhilwal were allegedly killed by a CIA-backed paramilitary group. PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 1, 2019 MILITARY N. Korea fires 2 missiles off western coast BY KIM GAMEL cil expressed “strong concern” AND YOO KYONG CHANG about the launch. Stars and Stripes The South Koreans didn’t im- mediately identify the projectiles, SEOUL, South Korea — North but Japan ese Defense Minister Korea fired two short-range mis- Taro Kono was quoted as saying siles on Thursday, officials said, they were short-range ballistic days after the communist state missiles. warned it was losing patience Misawa Air Base, 700 miles with the United States over stalled north of Tokyo on the northern nuclear talks. tip of the island of Honshu, issued The launch, which came about a “real world missile alert” and a month after the North test-fired urged personnel to “seek shelter” a new missile capable of being on its official Facebook page at AHN YOUNG-JOON/AP launched from a submarine, was 4:50 p.m. Thursday. People watch a TV news report showing a file image of s North Korean missile launch Thursday at the the 12th this year, raising fears of The base declared “all clear” Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea . new tensions. within minutes, according to the The projectiles were fired from 35th Fighter Wing public affairs Chol said in a statement carried meeting on June 30 on the Korean “That new way seems to me the western city of Suncheon, office. on the state-run Korean Central border. But the working-level ne- what Pyongyang always does northeast of Pyongyang, the Joint North Korea has expressed in- News Agency. gotiations that took place in Swe- when it wants attention — setting Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said. creasing frustration over the lack Trump has dismissed concerns den in early October also ended off a crisis that can’t be ignored,” They flew a maximum distance of progress in diplomatic efforts about past launches, and his ad- without agreement. he said in an email. of 230 miles and reached an alti- over its nuclear weapons pro- ministration has maintained con- Experts believe the North Kazianis predicted that the tude of 55 miles before landing in gram as a year-end deadline set fidence that it can get diplomatic Koreans are trying to project North could do that by ending its the sea between the Korean Pen- by leader Kim Jong Un looms. efforts back on track. strength to increase their bar- self-imposed moratorium on long- insula and Japan, it added. A senior official hinted Sunday range missile and nuclear tests “This kind of action from North that even the “close personal” North Korea has demanded gaining power in future nego- that Washington present a more tiations with Washington while with an intercontinental ballistic Korea does not help efforts to ease relationship between Kim and missile test early next year. flexible approach before the end improving their capabilities. tensions on the Korean Peninsula President Donald Trump was The launches occurred hours of the year. The second summit “North Korea has warned time and we urge the North to stop im- being tested and warned “there after South Korea said that Kim mediately,” it said. can be the exchange of fire any between Trump and Kim broke and time again that if there is no had sent a message of condolence “Our military is tracking and moment.” down in February in Vietnam mutually acceptable deal on de- to President Moon Jae-in over the monitoring relevant movements “The U.S. is now more des- due to sharp differences over the nuclearization by the end of the death of his 92-year-old mother and maintaining readiness pos- perately resorting to the hostile North’s demands for sanctions year they will set out on a ‘new earlier this week. ture in case of additional launch- policy towards (North Korea), relief. way,’ ” said Harry Kazianis of the [email protected] es,” it said. misjudging the patience and tol- The two leaders promised to re- Washington -based Center for the Twitter: @kimgamel The national security coun- erance,” of the North, Kim Yong sume talks during an impromptu National Interest. 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Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, participated in classified briefings on Capitol Hill for House and Senate mem- bers about the raid in Syria. McKenzie was the operational commander for the mission and provided reporters at the Penta- gon a timeline of the mission as it unfolded Saturday. “[Al-]Baghdadi was the sub- ject of an intense interagency ef- fort to bring him to justice. And that effort significantly advanced recently as we closed in on his whereabouts,” he said. On Oct. 25, President Donald Trump was briefed “on all as- pects of the plan and the risks involved in its execution,” McK- enzie said. Russia and Turkey were contacted ahead of the mis- sion to avoid possible conflicts in the region with the American forces. With Trump’s approval, /AP McKenzie gave the order for the DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE mission to start Saturday at about U.S. forces, the figures at lower right, move toward the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday . 9 a.m. EST. The kill or capture raid was to McKenzie. pound, just that they were going an air assault with eight helicop- The second video presented to “exploit” the material and they ters pre-staged in Syria carrying shows a group of people in the expect it will help them “as we go special operations forces through foreground approaching a walled forward.” hostile territory to the “isolated compound with a building and Once the compound” in northwest Syria yard in the middle. The people American about 4 miles south of Turkey’s who came out of the compound, ‘ The forces left the border in the Idlib province, ac- including 11 children, were operation area by he- cording to McKenzie. The area is checked for weapons and moved licopter, the hundreds of miles from the lands away from the area, according to was compound that al-Baghdadi once controlled McKenzie. exquisitely was destroyed and has been largely dominated Five ISIS members inside the in a drone in recent years by anti-Syrian re- compound— four women and one planned airstrike. A gime forces, including al-Qaida- man — “presented a threat to the and third video aligned groups, which opposed force” and were killed when they executed. shown during ISIS. did not respond to commands in ’ the Penta- Gen. Kenneth The air cover for the assault in- Arabic to surrender, McKenzie gon briefing /AP cluded armed helicopters, multi- ANDREW HARNIK McKenzie shows bombs said. Marine Corps. ple drones and fighter aircraft to Once inside, the U.S. forces dis- A n image of al-Baghdadi is displayed on a monitor as U.S. Central falling from support and protect the soldiers covered al-Baghdadi hiding in the Command Commander Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie speaks at a an aircraft on the ground, according to McK- tunnel with two children, which joint press briefing on the raid at the Pentagon on Wednesday . off-screen and a large plume of enzie.