A total of 2,879 municipal police officers were assaulted during 2000, a 5 percent increase compared to the 2,751 assaulted in 1999. The assault rate, for every 100 municipal officers, was 13.8, a 4 percent increase compared to 1999.
(CITADEL OF SUSA - CAPITAL OF ELAM) Shushan the palace (the Citadel of Susa) located near Andimesk is mentioned 19 times in Esther, as well as in Nehemiah 1:1 and Daniel 8:2. Not only was Shushan the ancient capital of the. Elamite empire, but became the capital of the Medo-Persian Empire after Cyrus conquered. Babylon.
Susa is one of the oldest cities in the world. Excavations have uncovered evidence of continual habitation dating back to 4200 BCE. Susa was a principal city of the Elamite, Persian and Parthian empires (capital of the Elamites) and was originally known to the Elamites as 'Susanâ or 'Susunâ. The Greek name for the city was Sousa and the Hebrew, Shushan. The modern city of Shush, Iran, presently occupies the ancient site.