May 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Hill: Iraqis and Afghans who risk their lives to help American troops would be eligible for special visas to the United States under the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform bill. The Senate bill would extend programs that provide special immigrant visas for people in Iraq and Afghanistan who serve as translators and guides, ...
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Apr 28, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP — Iraqi authorities suspended the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels on Sunday after accusing them of escalating sectarian tension. The move signaled the Shiite-led government’s mounting worries over deteriorating security amid Sunni unrest and clashes that have left more than 180 people dead in less than ...
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Apr 17, 2013 No Comments ›› spratico
TalkingPointsMemo via AP-Iraq’s Justice Ministry says authorities have executed 21 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges and links to al-Qaida. The ministry said Wednesday the executions were carried out on Tuesday by hanging. It says all the men were Iraqi al-Qaida operatives who were involved in bombings, car bomb attacks and assassinations. The hangings brought the number of ...
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Apr 9, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from REUTERS DUBAI- The Iraqi wing of al-Qaida announced that a rebel group at the forefront of the rebellion in Syria was its branch in that country and that both groups would operate under one name, according to the US-based SITE Intelligence Group. The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, said his ...
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Apr 9, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from REUTERS - A powerful earthquake killed four people in southern Iran on Tuesday close to the country's only nuclear power station, state television and agencies reported. A Red Cross official said two villages had been heavily damaged by the magnitude 6.3 quake but the Russian company that built the Bushehr plant said the reactor ...
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Apr 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
This undated image posted on a militant website purports to show militants in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border. Last month, militants inside Iraq killed 48 Syrian government troops who had sought refuge from the war in their country _ an ambush that regional officials now say is evidence of ...
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Mar 24, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from LA TIMES: BAGHDAD – Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground. In a visit to Baghdad that was not announced in advance, Kerry told Maliki that the almost ...
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Mar 19, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from NATIONAL REVIEW: Charles Krauthammer said that the future of Iraq today — on the tenth anniversary of the American invasion — is “indeterminate.” For that, he heaped plenty of blame on the Bush administration, but claimed that, by the time Obama took office, the war had been won. “Obama was handed one task,” Krauthammer said, ...
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Mar 12, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG PEACE: With Washington facing the risk of more Al Qaeda splinter groups pouring into Syria from Iraq, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is increasing "support to elite Iraqi antiterrorism groups." The goal is to shut down Iraqi-based groups who have "strong ties" to the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front in the Syrian opposition. Starting ...
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Feb 27, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from HAARETZ: Israel security and diplomatic sources confirm the Iranian presence, as reported by Walla!, but won't release any more information; this is not the first instance of Iranian emissaries in Gaza, Walla! quoted the sources as saying. Representatives of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard have set up a presence in the Gaza Strip, senior Palestinian ...
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Feb 10, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="297"] Chris Kyle and friend Chad Littlefield[/caption] May God bless Chris Kyle, his friend Chad Littlefield, and their family and friends during this difficult time. Chris Kyle was an American Hero who served this country and others on the battlefield and here at home. We need more great men like him. I hope his children ...
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Feb 6, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
Thanks to Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor recipient for speaking out for his fallen brother and friend, Chris Meyer and Chad Littlefield. What Ron Paul has posted online and said about the loss of a brave and heroic American hero is unforgivable and only confirms the disdain Paul has towards our military. Below is Dakota Meyer's full ...
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Feb 6, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
ABC has a copy of the 911 call of Routh's sister. In the call she told police she was ''terrified for her life'' when he showed up at her house and told her what he had done. In a tape of the 911 call Laura Blevins made to the Midlothian Police Department Saturday evening, her voice ...
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Feb 5, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="232"] Courtesy of the Littlefield family/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram[/caption] Dallas News: The funeral of Chad Littlefield, who was shot and killed along with Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle at a gun range Saturday, will be held at First Baptist Church of Midlothian on Friday at 2 p.m., church officials confirmed. Littlefield, who was Kyle’s ...
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Feb 5, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Khaled Abdullah / ReutersTribesmen this week examine the rubble of a building in southeastern Yemen where American teenager Abdulrahmen al-Awlaki and six suspected al-Qaida militants were killed in a U.S. drone strike on Oct. 14, 2011. Al-Awlaki, 16, was the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in a similar strike two ...
Continue ReadingFeb 4, 2013 No Comments ›› littlebytes
According to new reports, there may be a possible motive in the killing of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield, by former Iraq vet and Marine, Eddie Ray Routh. A leaked police affidavit says Routh admits: "the Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range told ...
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Oct 28, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
It starts a little slow, and then it blows up. "They have been in the tank on this in a way I've never seen. CBS, days after the President (in fact) told them he knew that there was an attack ... I am appalled right now, this White House, this President, this Vice President, this Secretary ...
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Oct 24, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Which is possible only because Obama intentionally surrendered all our gains in Iraq by not securing a deal to keep bases and troops there... Excerpted from The Cable: For several months, the U.S. government has been urging the Iraqi government to stop Iran from supplying arms to the Syrian regime through commercial flights over Iraqi ...
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