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ByRafCasert and Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS Police found a man dead when they stormed a house in Brus- sels at the end of a major anti-terror operation Tues- day, several hours after they were shot at during a raid linked to last year's attacks in Paris, a prosecutor said. It was not clear whether the dead man was one of the suspects sought in the raid earlier Tuesday in the For- est neighborhood of Brus- sels, the Belgian capital where several of the Paris attackers lived. Four police officers from the French- Belgian operation were in- jured when at least one sus- pect opened fire through the door, apparently with an assault weapon, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. Forest mayor Marc-Jean Ghyssels told local media two people had barricaded themselves in a home dur- ing the raid, but it was not clear what happened to them. The prosecutor, who asked not to be identified because the operation was not finished, said it was not clear if suspects from the raid were on the run. He said many people fled the area when they heard gun- fire, and it was too early to say if some were suspects or all were just people trying to escape. The anti-terror raid in the Forest neighborhood was linked to the Nov. 13 gun and bomb attacks on a stadium, cafes and a con- cert hall in Paris that left 130 people dead. Yet police didn't expect violent resis- tance on Tuesday, the pros- ecutor said. That indicated they were not targeting a major suspect like Salah Abdeslam, who fled Paris and remains on the run. Most of the attackers died that night, including Ab- deslam's brother Brahim, who blew himself up. Four months on, Belgian police and magistrates are still piecing together the role Belgian nationals and others living here played in aiding the Paris attackers. The suspected ringleader of the attacks was a Brus- sels resident, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Another attacker, Bilal Hadfi, was said to have lived for a time in the For- est neighborhood. Hadfi blew himself up outside a stadium in Paris the night of the attacks and Abaaoud was killed in a police raid in a Paris suburb soon after. On Tuesday, the Forest neighborhood was locked down for five hours after the initial burst of gunfire. Police sealed off a wide perimeter around the area where the shots were heard to keep the many bystand- ers at a safe distance. A he- licopter was hovering over- head to patrol the area as police were still looking for at least one suspect. Several hundred spectators were trying to get a closer look at the operation in the mul- ticultural neighborhood, which has a big Audi car factory nearby. Audi asked its personnel to stay at the plant while the police raid was going on. Several hooded officers wearing body armor milled around the neighborhood and ambulances were on standby. Belgian authorities have stepped up their counter- terror efforts since a lone gunman killed four peo- ple at the Brussels Jew- ish museum in May 2014. The small western Euro- pean country has also been prime recruiting ground for the Islamic State group, and officials freely acknowl- edge their concerns about what radicalized recruits might do after returning home from the battlefields of Syria or Iraq. Tuesday's raid was a re- minder of the anxious days the Belgian capital lived through in November and December, when the sub- way and schools were closed for a time, and the New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled be- cause of the threat of ex- tremist violence. ANTI-TERROR OPERATION Police:1manfounddeada erraidlinkedtoParisattacks THIERRYMONASSE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Police secure an area a er an apartment raid in Brussels on Tuesday. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press BAGHDAD Omar al-Shis- hani, a top Islamic State commander who was a mag- net for fighters from the for- mer Soviet Union, has died of wounds suffered in a U.S. airstrike in Syria, a senior Iraqiintelligenceofficialand the head of a Syrian activist group said Tuesday. Al-Shishani, who was wounded in a U.S. airstrike earlier this month, died on Monday evening outside the Islamic State group's main stronghold of Raqqa in Syria, the two told The As- sociated Press. A U.S. mili- tary spokesman confirmed the reports. The IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency cited an un- named source as deny- ing that al-Shishani was wounded or killed, without providing any evidence that he was still alive. The red-bearded al-Shis- hani, who was in his 30s, was one of the most prom- inent IS commanders, ap- pearing in several online videos leading fighters into battle. He served as the top commander in Syria be- fore being appointed to lead three elite units that car- ried out special missions in Syria and Iraq, according to Hishamal-Hashimi,anIraqi scholar who closely follows the group. Al-Shishani, whose real namewasTarkhanBatirash- vili, was born in the Pankisi Valley, a predominantly eth- nic Chechen region within the former Soviet republic of Georgia. He did military serviceintheGeorgianarmy but was discharged after an unspecified illness, a former neighbor told The Associ- ated Press in 2014. Georgian police later arrested him for illegal possession of arms, the neighbor said. Upon his release in 2010, Batirashvili left for Turkey. He first surfaced in Syria in 2013 with his nom de guerre, which means "Omar theChechen"inArabic,lead- ing an al-Qaida-inspired group called "The Army of Emigrants and Partisans," which included a large num- ber of fighters from the for- mer Soviet Union. Some 1,500 battle-hard- ened fighters from the Cau- casus region joined IS be- cause of al-Shishani, al- Hashimi said. He first showed his battle- fieldprowessinAugust2013, whenhisfightersprovedpiv- otalintakingtheSyrianmil- itary's Managh air base in the north of the country. SYRIA Senior IS commander dies of wounds from US strike By Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press HAVANA The Obama ad- ministration punched a new series of holes in the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba on Tuesday, turning a ban on U.S. tourism to Cuba into an unenforceable honor sys- tem and paving the way for Cuban athletes to one day play Major League Baseball and other U.S. professional sports. Five days ahead of the first presidential trip to Ha- vana in nearly 90 years, the U.S. also eliminated a ban on Cuban access to the in- ternational banking sys- tem. The inability to send or receive payments that passed even momentarily through the U.S. banking system had crippled the country's ability to trade with third countries and became a major hindrance to the U.S. attempt to nor- malize relations with Cuba. "The simple basis of our policy is that by loos- ening these restrictions we are better able to en- gage with the Cuban peo- ple, to support them and to build bridges between our two countries ," deputy na- tional security adviser Ben Rhodes said. "We deeply be- lieve that this is in Ameri- ca's national interest." The Cuban government made no immediate com- ment on the measures. Tuesday's announcement allows Cuban citizens to earn salaries in the United States as long as they don't pay special taxes in Cuba, specifically mentioning ath- letes, artists and perform- ers as potential beneficia- ries. Until Tuesday, only Cubans who had begun the process of emigrating to the U.S. could legally earn money in the United States beyond a tiny living sti- pend. Major League Baseball is negotiating with both the U.S. and Cuban government to create a legal means for Cuban baseball players to play in the U.S. without hav- ing to abandon their coun- try, eliminating the need for some of the world's high- est-priciest baseball talent to use human traffickers to get to the major leagues. As for ordinary Amer- icans, they can now take "people-to-people" edu- cational trips to Cuba on their own instead of join- ing expensive group tours. That means any American can legally go to Cuba after filling out a form asserting that their trip is for educa- tional purposes instead of tourism. Although they'll be required to keep records for five years about what they did in Cuba, they won't have to submit them to the gov- ernment unless asked. The Obama administra- tion had previously allowed independent travel for spe- cific purposes like support- ing religious organizations or participating in sports events. Tuesday's move was expected to have much greater impact because the definition of educational travel is so amorphous that it can include virtually any activity that isn't lying on a beach drinking mojitos. U.S. leisure travel to Cuba nearly doubled last year, to more than 160,000 visitors, and Tuesday's measure is expected to add another in- crease of between 10 and 20 percent, helping fill seats on as many as 110 commercial flights a day starting later this year. "It's the closest thing to straight-away travel," said Tom Popper, president of in- sightCuba, one of the larg- est companies organizing U.S. travel to Cuba. "The message to most Americans that the travel restrictions are really loosening will come across more clearly. I think we'll see another surge in interest." The elimination of the tour requirement could cost the Cuban government many millions of dollars in revenue and allow U.S. trav- elers to see Cuba in a far more independent way than before. Because the Cuban government controls virtu- ally all the travel industry, American groups were re- quired to stay in state ho- tels, travel on state buses, pay for the food through a state agency and use state tour guides to show them the sights. ANNOUNCEMENT Obama administration punches new holes in Cuba embargo RAMON ESPINOSA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Refrigerator magnets are displayed for sale in a tourist shop, several showing images of President Barack Obama, at a market in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. LEGALNOTICE T.S. No.: 2014-01777-CA A.P.N.:006-060-35 Property Address: 18410 Rory Lane, Cottonwood, CA 96022 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF IN- FORMATION REFERRED TO BE- LOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCU- MENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPER- TY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02/08/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: JOHN P. LYNDE JR. AND CHRISTINA I. LYNDE Duly Appointed Trustee: West- ern Progressive, LLC Recorded 02/21/2007 as Instru- ment No. 2007003385 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Tehama County, California, Date of Sale: 03/30/2016 at 02:00 PM Place of Sale: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE TEHAMA COUNTY COURTHOUSE 633 WASHINGTON STREET, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 Estimated amount of unpaid bal- ance and other charges: $ 343,990.17 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN AS- SOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIA- TION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECI- FIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FI- NANCIAL CODE AND AUTHOR- IZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest con- veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter descri- bed property under and pur- suant to a Deed of Trust descri- bed as: More fully described in said Deed of fully Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 18410 Rory Lane, Cottonwood, CA 96022 A.P.N.: 006-060-35 The undersigned Trustee dis- claims any liability for any in- correctness of the street ad- dress or other common designa- tion, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but with- out covenant or warranty, ex- pressed or implied, regarding ti- tle, possession, or encumbran- ces, to pay the remaining princi- pal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reason- able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 343,990.17. If the Trustee is unable to con- vey title for any reason, the suc- cessful bidder's sole and exclu- sive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and deliv- ered to the undersigned a writ- ten request to commence fore- closure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real prop- erty is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding this lien, should you considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not auto- matically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, be- fore you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour- aged to investigate the exis- tence, priority, and size of out- standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a ti- tle insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this no- tice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in- formation about sale requires formation about trustee sale postponements be made availa- ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://ww w.altisource.com/MortgageServ ices/DefaultManagement/Trust eeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2014-01777-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that oc- cur close in time to the sched- uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone in- formation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: February 19, 2016 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 Automated Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www .altisource.com/MortgageServic es/DefaultManagement/Trustee Services.aspx For Non-Automated Sale Infor- mation, call: (866) 240-3530 Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COL- LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL- LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Publish: March 2, 9 & 16, 2016 i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià i}> ÌVià | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 6 B