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　北沢俊美防衛相は１５日午前、新テロ対策特別措置法の期限切れに伴い、インド洋で補給活動に当たっている海上自衛隊部隊に対して任務の終結と撤収を命令。同法が失効する１６日午前０時で補給艦と護衛艦の２隻が活動を終了し、日本に向けて出発する。２００１（平成１３）年９月１１日の米中枢同時テロを受け同年１２月に始まって以来、一時中断をはさんで約８年間にわたって続けられてきた活動は幕を閉じる。

　 ［フォト］最後のインド洋補給へ　「ましゅう」「いかづち」出港

　北沢氏は閣議後の記者会見で、「われわれは当時野党で法律に反対したが、それはそれとして法律として成立した以上、自衛隊が命令に従ってたいへん過酷な環境のもとで８年間にわたって任務を全うしたことについては心から敬意を表したい」と述べた。

　補給活動に代わる国際貢献についてはソマリア沖アデン湾での海賊対処への転用を念頭に「引き続き類似した貢献をしてほしいという国際社会の要請は思ったより強い」と説明。「広い意味で国際貢献をどうしていくか、さまざまなオプションを今、省内で研究している」と語った。

　現在、海自の補給艦「ましゅう」（１３５００トン）と護衛艦「いかづち」（４５５０トン）が現地に展開。テロリストの移動や武器、麻薬の密輸などを海上で阻止する活動を行っている各国艦船に対し、燃料や水を洋上で補給することを通じて、アフガニスタンでの対テロ作戦を支援している。

　これまでに、米英やパキスタンなど１２カ国に計９３８回、約５１万キロリットルの給油を実施。各国から継続を求める声が強かったが、政府は給油実績の低下を理由に活動中止を決めた。鳩山政権はこれに代わる支援策として、アフガニスタンの治安強化のための警察官支援、元兵士の職業訓練など５年間で５０億ドル規模の民生支援を表明した。

【海上自衛隊の給油活動】　

　２００１（平成１３）年９月１１日の米中枢同時テロを受けて始まったアフガニスタン支援策。当時の小泉純一郎首相は同国での「テロとの戦い」に当たる米国などを支援するため、海上自衛隊の派遣を決断。テロ対策特別措置法に基づき、インド洋でテロリストや武器の移動を阻止する活動に従事する米国など他国の艦船に対し、海自の補給艦が同年１２月から給油支援活動を開始した。平成１９年１１月に民主党の反対で一時活動が中断したが、新テロ対策特措法の成立で再開。しかし、同党への政権交代で１月の撤収が決まった。

Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops — back-to-back victories in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.

The Public Safety Department said in a statement Saturday night that Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in Culiacan, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers were born and allegedly started their gang.

Two weeks ago, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the Beltran Leyva cartel, was killed in a shootout with Mexican marines in the central city of Cuernavaca. He was the highest-ranking cartel suspect taken down since Calderon sent tens of thousands of soldiers and federal police across the country three years ago to fight brutal drug gangs.

Mexican officials in the past have described Carlos Beltran Levya, 40, as a key member of the gang, but it was unclear if he took over as chief of the cartel after his brother died.

A third brother, Alfredo, was arrested in January 2008. At least one other brother, Mario, remains at large and is listed as one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug lords, with a $2 million reward offered for his capture. Carlos Beltran was not included on the list, although the Public Safety Department said there had been a warrant for his arrest since 2008.

Officials from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, whose intelligence information helped track down Arturo Beltran Leyva, have said one of the brothers would likely fill the void. DEA intelligence chief Anthony Placido said last month the U.S. was getting sporadic reports of plots to break Alfredo Beltran Leyva out of prison.

The arrest of Carlos Beltran Leyva sent a strong signal that Calderon's government has no intention of backing down in its campaign to destroy the cartel despite a chilling reprisal attack for Arturo Beltran Leyva' death. Days after he was killed, gunmen massacred the mother and three other relatives of a marine who died in the Dec. 16 shootout.

Calderon vowed he would not be intimidated. However, authorities were far quieter in announcing Carlos Beltran Leyva's capture, waiting three days to make the arrest public.

In its terse statement, the Public Safety Department said federal police found Beltran Leyva on Wednesday carrying two guns, ammunition and a false driver's license identifying him as Carlos Gamez Orpineda. He later acknowledged he was Arturo Beltran Leyva's brother, the department said.

Public Safety officials said there would be no immediate comment beyond the statement.

The Beltran Leyva brothers worked side by side with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, before they broke away after Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas was arrested in 2003. They soon seized the lucrative drug routes in northeastern Mexico.

U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, police and others to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids.

While a victory for the Calderon government, the downfall of the movie posters Leyva brothers has raised fears of an intensified turf battle over areas controlled by the beleaguered cartel, leading to more deaths in a war that has already killed more than 15,000 people since Calderon took office in 2006.

In a possible sign of that fight, the bound, beaten bodies of two men were found Wednesday hanging by their necks from a highway overpass in the Sinaloa town of Los Mochis.

Nearby, a message written on a piece of cardboard said in part that "this territory already has an owner." The message appeared to be from the Beltran Leyva cartel.

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