WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is to end the Afghan war. As part of the accelerating, high-stakes diplomacy, Reuters [...]
(WBEZ) — Some new TV ads in Chicago are trying to portray Islam in a good light. The ads will be broadcasted on some cable channels for the next three months. Dr. Sabeel Ahmed, the Director of Gain Peace Project-Chicago, said the commercials are meant to eradicate Islamophobia. “It’s very important for us to realize [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today launched its 2012 “Muslims Vote” campaign designed to empower American Muslims by increasing their political capacity and presence. CAIR’s initiative – launched two weeks before the January 3 Iowa Caucus — includes a 2012 presidential voter guide, an online voter registration tool, [...]
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(Judicial Watch) — In this new era of political correctness, the U.S. Army has published a special handbook for soldiers that appears to justify Islamic jihad by describing it as the “communal military defense of Islam and Muslims when they are threatened or under attack.” Because radical Muslim groups consider Islam to be perpetually under [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two dozen members of Congress are calling for investigation into the CIA’s relationship with the New York Police Department. The members of Congress want to know more about the CIA’s collaboration with the police department to monitor Muslims after an Associated Press investigation. A letter signed by 34 members of [...]
(CBS/AP) LONDON – Prince Harry has confirmed he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time, according to a British newspaper. The Sun reports that the 27-year-old, who is third in line to the British throne, told guests at “A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards” on Monday night that he would likely [...]
Live Science: For a morning, the sky looked like a surfer’s dream: A series of huge breaking waves lined the horizon in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday (Dec. 16), their crests surging forward in slow motion. Amazed Alabamans took photos of the clouds and sent them to their local weather station, wondering, “What are these tsunamis [...]
(LifeNews) — Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 79 today, a bill that legislation designed to protect pro-life taxpayers from paying for abortion via Obamacare. This is the seventh piece of pro-life legislation Ohio has produced this year that Kasich has backed. House Bill 79 would exclude abortion coverage from the State Exchange which Ohio [...]
USA Today: Anonymous “layaway angels” are rescuing Christmas for needy families across the nation. Mystery donors are visiting stores and paying the balance on accounts that allow customers to pay for purchases over several months. Some donors ask the store to apply the money to children’s toys or clothing; they aren’t told recipients’ names. Nor [...]
(Huffington Post) — Matt Damon, one of Barack Obama’s earliest supporters and once one of his most staunch advocates, slammed the President in the new issue of Elle Magazine. “I’ve talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level. One of them said to me, ‘Never again. I will never [...]
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK – The U.S. Army says eight American soldiers have been charged in connection with the Oct. 3 death of a fellow soldier in southern Afghanistan. Pvt. Danny Chen, a 19-year-old from New York, was found in a guard tower in Kandahar province with what the Army described at the time as “an [...]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – A year ago, John Elway agreed to another comeback with his beloved Denver Broncos shortly after the ouster of Josh McDaniels, whom many felt had doomed the franchise to mediocrity for years to come. The Hall of Famer has pulled all the right strings in rapidly reversing the team’s fortunes. And [...]
Former volunteer firefighter Brad Luddeke of Arlington, Texas, was on his way to deliver toys when he encountered a two-car collision and stopped to direct traffic around the burning wreckage. Courtesy of WFAA. ABC News: With five days until Christmas, you’d think Santa would be up north, feeding the reindeer and making sure the sleigh [...]
