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Government’s case weakening against the U.S. Navy SEALs?
RedState —
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From the diaries by Erick As Erick has been repeatedly noting , there is an effort afoot to bring the public’s attention to the plight of three U.S. Navy SEALs (Julio Huertas, Jonathan Keefe and Matthew McCabe) who, as part of SEAL Team 10 , have been brought up on charges that one of the most-wanted ...7 hours ago -
Pelosi gives the finger to transparency for asinine Obamacare
C.O.P.S. —
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Details of Obamacare will not be known until it is rammed down the people’s throat. Pelosi emerged from a meeting with her leadership team and committee chairs in the Capitol to face an aggressive throng of reporters who immediately hit her with C-SPAN’s request that she permit closed-door final talks on the ...19 hours ago -
Iran hides nuclear secrets in web of tunnels
Muslims Against Sharia —
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WASHINGTON: Iran has hidden a large part of its atomic complex in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country, shielding its infrastructure from military attack in warrens of dense rock while obscuring the scale of its nuclear effort, according to reports yesterday. The effort to hide its capability ...1 day ago -
Yon handcuffed at border for not stating his income
C.O.P.S. —
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Michael Yon didn’t want to tell custom agents how much he made. Handcuffing someone doesn’t mean you have arrested them. From Michael Yon’s Facebook posts: Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not "arrested", but they definitely ...1 day ago -
Global Warming News: Ted Kennedy can’t stop Cape Wind Now
C.O.P.S. —
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Kennedy was blocking wind farm in his neighborhood because of the noise, birds and it would be ugly. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued the following statement in response to the determination by the National Park Service’s Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places that Nantucket Sound is ...1 day ago -
US feared Somalian extremist attack on Obama’s oath-taking ceremony
Thaindian News —
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Washington, Jan 5(ANI): As millions of people converged in Washington last year to witness President Barack Obama take the oath of office, security officials in the country were concerned about a possible terror attack from extremists travelling from Somalia. According to reports, a group of Somalis was believed to ...2 days ago -
Obama to Announce New Air Safety Measures
American Conservative Daily —
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama was announcing new measures Tuesday to strengthen airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. Fresh off a Hawaiian vacation dominated by news of the incident, Obama scheduled a meeting Tuesday afternoon with ...2 days ago -
U.S. Feared Spectacular Terror Attack at Obama’s Inauguration
American Conservative Daily —
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WASHINGTON -- As millions converged on Washington last year to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama, security officials were concerned that among them were extremists traveling from Somalia to set off explosives as Obama took the oath of office. A report in The New York Times, to coincide with the first ...2 days ago -
Last week 6 Gitmo thugs sent to Yemen
C.O.P.S. —
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Same time Obama said Yemen training ground for AQAP terrorists. Dan Pfeiffer, White House communications director, took to the official White House blog last Wednesday to post a response to critics of President Obama and his handling of counterterrorism. ... Pfeiffer mentions Yemen twice. Thats not a surprise ...2 days ago -
90 more Gitmo terrorists to be sent to Yemen
C.O.P.S. —
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Which of the 90 will plan the next terrorist attack in the US? The US administration is coming under pressure from legislators to reconsider the repatriation of Yemenis held at Guantanamo Bay, amid an increasing focus on al-Qaeda-linked activity in their home country. The White House, though, has signaled it ...2 days ago -
The Next Step: A Stealth Drone
Muslim Media Network —
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AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide ...3 days ago -
World’s Sole Military Superpower’s 2 Million-Troop, $1 Trillion Wars
War On You: Breaking Alternative News —
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By Rick Rozoff – BLN Contributing Writer With a census of slightly over 300 million in a world of almost seven billion people, the U.S. accounts for over 40 percent of officially acknowledged worldwide government military spending with a population that is only 4 percent of that of the earth’s. A 10-1 ...4 days ago -
What did WH know before Undies Bomber attack?
C.O.P.S. —
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To Dems: Failed bomb = no terrorist attack Obama received a high-level briefing only three days before Christmas about possible holiday-period terrorist threats against the U.S., NEWSWEEK has learned. The briefing was centered on a written report, produced by U.S. intelligence agencies, titled "Key Homeland ...4 days ago -
Gilani, Mukhtar mediating between Zardari, Kayani to remove differences
Thaindian News —
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Islamabad, Jan.3 (ANI) : In a bid to remove ‘misunderstanding’ between President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar are likely to arrange a meeting between the two.According to insiders, Gilani and ...4 days ago -
Back from the cliffs edge: Rory Stewart hails Obamas limited goals in Afghanistan
xpostfactoid —
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There is perhaps no one writing about U.S. and allied policy in Afghanistan who exhibits a subtler and more comprehensive grasp at once of the realities on the ground and of the dominant conceptual frame of Western policy there than Rory Stewart. Armed with that understanding, he has taken the measure of Obamas policy ...4 days ago -
Did U hear about rocket launcher and Jihadist Writings found in Houston?
C.O.P.S. —
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Story is only being carried by local media. A woman called police on Monday and said a man was forcing his way into her apartment in the 5300 block of Elm Street. When officers went inside, they found something that made them concerned enough to call the bomb squad. They found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket ...6 days ago -
Limbaugh is dead
C.O.P.S. —
Authority: 132
Not yet. So what if he was. Conservatives would continue to fight Obama, the Socialist Congress of America and their socialist agenda. And unlike many liberals, most of Rush’s listeners think for themselves. Callers would start their calls with “Megadittos” because they were pleased that they found somebody on ...6 days ago -
Obama’s Veto saves ACORN funding
C.O.P.S. —
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Veto allows funds to transfer Gitmo guests to the US. The enactment of H.R. 3326 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law 111-118), which was signed into law on December 19, 2009, has rendered the enactment of H.J.Res. 64 (Continuing Appropriations, FY 2010) unnecessary. Accordingly, I am ...6 days ago -
Whiners like “The Ed Show” downgrade the Undies Bomber
C.O.P.S. —
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The bomber was in the hospital because he exploded his bomb. A group calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has said it was behind the failed attempt by a Nigerian man to bomb a US aircraft on Christmas day. The group said in statements posted on the internet on Monday that the attempt had been carried ...6 days ago -
Today at TNR (December 31, 2009)
The New Republic - The Plank Feed —
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Obama’s Most Underrated Move of the Year by Noam Scheiber Will Health Reform Open the Flood Gates for Fraud? by Suzy Khimm From the Earning Potential of Prostitutes to Advancements in Monetary Policy: The Year’s Biggest Ideas in Economics by Zubin Jelveh TNR’s Best of 2009: The Reinvention of Robert ...1 week ago
