Nasr-1 cruise missiles are displayed during a ceremony to inaugurate its production line at an undisclosed location in Iran March 7, 2010. TEHRAN (AP) — Iran announced Sunday it has started a new production line of highly accurate short-range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country’s already imposing arsenal. Gen. Ahmad [...]
Bob Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company NEW YORK (AP) – Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC’s parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees. The standoff [...]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, with at his side Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou, as he addresses reporters during a joint press conference following their talks at the Elysee Palace Agencie France Presse: European governments sharing the euro currency will help Greece out of financial crisis “if necessary,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday after [...]
Fox News: President Obama’s decision to appoint his close political ally, union leader Andrew Stern, to the newly created National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has set off a firestorm of criticism from business and conservative groups who charge he is a political radical who should be investigated for failure to register as a [...]
Newer Update: KARACHI, Pakistan – The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday as video emerged of him urging U.S. Muslims to attack their own country. The arrest of Adam Gadahn is a major victory in the [...]
KABUL (AP) – Dozens of fighters died in armed clashes between the Taliban and another Islamist group in northeastern Afghanistan, and some militants defected to Afghan government forces Sunday as battles raged, officials said. Fighters for the Hezb-e-Islami militia, loyal to regional warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, battled the Taliban with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns [...]
Or, as Harry Reid would say, only 31 killed…country will prove pretty close to its hoped-for 50% turnout… AP & Fox: Polls closed across Iraq on Sunday as the war-weary population awaits results from the national election that will decide the future of the country’s still-fragile democracy. The election tested the mettle of the country’s [...]
h/t @cprater Blog-Riflegear.com: So-called “Assault Weapons Bans” such as the now expired 1994 Clinton ban and the one still in place in states such as California seek to ban rifles that our misguided legislators feel have no purpose in civilian hands. They identify “evil features” they can use to generically classify these “military style” weapons [...]
The southern Afghanistan insurgency IS the insurgency… (Reuters) – Insurgency in the most violent part of Afghanistan is being led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, set free by the Afghan government in a botched attempt at reconciliation with tribes, a NATO official said on Saturday. The man, known by the names Mullah Abdul Qayyum [...]
