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• Wow!!! Blue Helmets in Juarez...

  
  heaven is...a beer volcano and a stripper factory — Authority: 130
  Saw a story on the news this morning about business leaders in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua asking for UN Peacekeepers to help restore and maintain order. Juarez is across the border from El Paso. UN Peacekeepers on the U.S. border. If it has gotten that bad...how...why arent/isnt the United States helping more? Are ...
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• US Cybersecurity Plan Includes Offense

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 141
  z4ns4stu writes "Shane Harris of the National Journal describes how the US government plans to use, and has successfully used, cyber-warfare to disrupt the communications of insurgents in Iraq. In a 2008 article in Armed Forces Journal, Col. Charles Williamson III, a legal adviser for the Air Force Intelligence, ...
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• Dog Freaks Out Over Veteran’s Return (VIDEO)

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 598
  This one needs know introduction. Words cant describe it... Related Items: Veterans Day (On My Own, Holidays) The Veterans Day Visitor (Second Grade Friends) Post originally from: Blippitt Dog Freaks Out Over Veteran’s Return (VIDEO) Related Posts: Prank War 8: The Skydiving Prank (VIDEO) ...
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• Charles Krauthammer: Medicalizing mass murder

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 590
  What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre playing down Nidal Hasans religious ...
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• Lanka feared coup, reveals ex-army chief Fonseka

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Colombo, Nov.14 (ANI): Days after General Sarath Fonseka resigned as Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, his resignation letter reveals that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he warned India to place its troops on high alert. The Sri Lankan and ...
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• Muslims must quit British armed forces, says Khamenei’s envoy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  London, Nov 14(ANI): Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s Special Envoy to Britain has called on Muslim servicemen and women in the British armed forces to quit service, saying their involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is forbidden by Islam. Abdolhossein Moezi said that it was wrong for followers ...
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• Snow-bound Rohtang Pass may re-open soon

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 14 (IANS) The snow-bound Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, closed since Nov 9, could be reopened in a day or two, said engineers Saturday busy clearing the 13,050 feet-high pass of snow.The snow clearing has been going on for the past five days, S.K. Doon of the ...
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• Ecuador, Colombia to restore ties

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Bogota, Nov 14 (EFE) Quito and Bogota have named charges d’affaires to restore diplomatic ties severed last year following an attack on a Colombian rebel base in Ecuador.Colombia has named Ricardo Montenegro as its envoy to Ecuador, while Quito has named Andres Teran as charge d’affaires in Bogota.Colombian ...
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• Political Correctness Has Poisoned America

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  It started out as a mild virus initiated by the left of center intellectuals of academia. But, like every virus from computer carried to influenza, it spread rapidly through schools, hospitals, civil service, the media, companies, governance and the armed forces. Political correctness has poisoned all of America. The ...
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• Shinseki Measures Scope Of Veterans’ Mental Issues

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 590
  Last week, Shinseki spoke to a group of young veterans attending college. A former Army chief of staff who was wounded during his service in Vietnam, Shinseki asked the veterans if any of them suffered from post-traumatic stress. He got only silence — so Shinseki asked about symptoms. "How many of you have a ...
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• Blind justice

  
  Resistance is futile! — Authority: 407
  So the administration has decided to give 9/11 terrorists civilian criminal trials in New York City .  What could possibly go wrong ?  Oh well, at least it wont be in Los Angeles...
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• America’s ‘Black Knights’ and the Fort Hood Tragedy: Dar Al Khaleej, United Arab Emirates

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 733
  CAPTIONS SAYS: ‘DREAM OF THE ARABS’ AS A JEWISH ARM PUNCTURES THE BALLOON OF THE DREAM Continuing our coverage of the global reaction to the Fort Hood killings, we came across this Arabic op-ed from the United Arab Emirates – a moderate Arab state considered friendly toward the United States. Writing for the ...
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• Isolated incident: How many more innocents have to die - and kill?

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 611
  Moving forward from the latest massacre, three narratives -- well, one of them is no more than the familiar, all-purpose shrug of experts, puzzled over yet another "isolated incident" -- are vying to explain what happened and set the direction of our future. Is Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged killer of 13 people ...
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• Socrates, Islam & Conscientious Objectors

  
  Talking Philosophy — Authority: 119
  Image via Wikipedia In 2009 Major Hasan is alleged to have killed 12 soldiers and one civilian at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. In 2007 he presented “The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military” During his presentation he said that “it’s getting harder and harder for ...
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• Hurriyat chief ready for talks through open or quiet diplomacy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Jammu, Nov 13 (IANS) Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said he was ready for talks to resolve the Kashmir issue “through open or quiet diplomacy”.“We want issue-based discussions on Kashmir and are ready to play our role to find the solution to the Kashmir crisis through triangular talks ...
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• Will Political Correctness Kill Us?

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 137
  It has been a week since Nidal Hasan slaughtered 13 servicemen. Stories are now coming out that he showed a disdain toward our country. Some of his colleagues have said he often went on anti-American rants. We have learned that he was in contact with radical extremists who were involved in the 9/11 massacre. All the ...
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• Loser who dressed as war hero at HS reunion faces charges

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  Sure plenty of people lie about their successes in life at high school reunions. Most of them probably get away with it. But a Californian has insulted every man and woman who serves in our military by pretending to be a war hero. From the San Francisco Chronicle: Steven Douglas Burton was a member of the ...
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• Are You Comfortable with Public Display of Affection?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 559
  At a shopping center the other day, a young couple sat on the boardwalk. Her legs were wrapped around his waist while his arms hugged her tiny petite frame completely. I glanced through the glass window of a jewelry store for a few seconds and then walked by the couple again. They continued making out for a long time. ...
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• Hindus to build memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  By Gurmukh SinghToronto, Nov 13 (IANS) The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC) will build a memorial to Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives in the eight-year-old mission in Afghanistan.Canada has lost more than 130 soldiers since it joined the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan in 2002. Most of the more ...
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• Hugo Chavez: ‘Prepare for War … Colombia Now in U.S. Hands’ – Ultimas Noticias, Venezuela

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 733
  As the Venezuela article we posted yesterday headlined If War Breaks Out, Venezuela’s ‘Fifth Column’ Will Have to Be Confronted ably demonstrates, tensions – and paranoia – are increasing along the Venezuela-Colombia border. A few days ago during his weekly radio show Hello, President , Venezuelan ...
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