Jamaica Cops Attack Drug Lord's Slum Stronghold -- Yahoo News/AP
KINGSTON, Jamaica – More than 1,000 police and soldiers assaulted a public housing complex occupied by heavily armed gangsters defending an alleged drug lord wanted by the U.S., waging a major offensive in the heart of West Kingston's ramshackle slums.
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