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, also called Shushan, Greek Susiane, modern Shush, capital of Elam (Susiana) and administrative capital of the Achaemenian king Darius I and his successors from 522 bce. It was located at the foot of the Zagros Mountains near the bank of the Karkheh KÅ«r (Choaspes) River in the Khuzistan region of Iran. 1  The archaeological site, identified in 1850 by W.K. Loftus, consists of four mounds.