Jan 20, 2010 13 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Someone missed the f-ing point... Time: The U.S. military's just-released report into the Fort Hood shootings spends 86 pages detailing various slipups by Army officers but not once mentions Major Nidal Hasan by name or even discusses whether the killings may have had anything to do with the suspect's view of his Muslim faith. And as Congress ...
Continue ReadingJan 19, 2010 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist punctuated the first day of her attempted murder trial Tuesday by shouting that the prosecution's first witness was lying, prompting her to be pulled from the courtroom. U.S. Army Capt. Robert Snyder testified that documents found in Siddiqui's purse included targets for a mass casualty attack, ...
Continue ReadingJan 18, 2010 No Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Wall Street Journal: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula issued fresh threats Monday against the U.S. and its Mideast allies, promising to retaliate against a surge of strikes launched in the past month against its leaders and safe havens in Yemen. The terrorist group also denied statements made by Yemeni authorities late last week that six ...
Continue ReadingJan 18, 2010 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while victims of a quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people still struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food. European nations pledged more than a half-billion dollars in emergency and long-term aid, on top of at ...
Continue ReadingJan 15, 2010 9 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Agencie France Presse: The shooting rampage at Fort Hood was "an act of terrorism," a senior US official said on Friday, employing a phrase that the Obama administration has previously avoided to describe the attack. The administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the November 5 shooting spree that left 13 dead at the army ...
Continue ReadingJan 15, 2010 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Washington Post: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A U.S. missile strike might have killed the top Taliban leader in Pakistan on Thursday even as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani told Parliament that the drone attacks were a threat to the nation's sovereignty and could "undermine the war on terror." The attack came during a three-day visit to Pakistan ...
Continue ReadingJan 12, 2010 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
CBS 2 Chicago: It's a titanic battle, and it's in the 3-D of reality: A Chicago alderman versus "Avatar." Eleventh Ward Ald. James Balcer believes the new blockbuster movie is anti-military and anti-American. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports. Balcer is a decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam war, and now he's going into battle against the film that may ...
Continue ReadingJan 11, 2010 9 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
How many documents are being shredded, and how many witnesses are being prepared, in advance of the Obama-stalled Congressional investigation? WASHINGTON — A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's medical training repeatedly voiced concerns over his strident views on Islam and his ...
Continue ReadingJan 8, 2010 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
This guy showed reservations for deploying to Iraq, yet he DIDN'T shoot up his entire Army base? Hmmm... He must be a terrorist! Besides, if writing a song that disagrees with the President is illegal, then why haven't the members of Greenday been jailed yet?
Continue ReadingJan 7, 2010 12 Comments ›› Erik Wong
NBC: The yellow ribbon controversy in Litchfield is far from over. Even though the ribbons were banned from the town green several months ago, people keep putting them up. “I’m wondering if anyone really dares to remove them at this point. I’m glad to see they are still there, but I’m confused why there ...
Continue ReadingJan 6, 2010 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's foreign minister said Wednesday that his country opposes any direct intervention by U.S. or other foreign troops in the fight against al-Qaida. Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told The Associated Press in an interview that "there is a lot of sensitivity about foreign troops coming to Yemeni territory." His comments came as ...
Continue ReadingJan 5, 2010 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
When will people see that Guantanamo Bay is not a correction center like an American prison is? These terrorists aren't sent there to learn to behave, they aren't sent there as punishment for breaking a law. They are sent there because they are too dangerous to have running free, be it in Afghanistan, Yemen, or ...
Continue ReadingJan 4, 2010 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Wall Street Journal: ranian media on Sunday reported Tehran will conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what government officials now say is a deadline for the West to respond to its counteroffer to a nuclear-fuel deal. The commander of Iran's ground forces, Brig. Gen. Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, said the drill will be conducted ...
Continue ReadingJan 1, 2010 16 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON—Wednesday's attack on a U.S. compound in Afghanistan devastated what has been a hub of counterterrorism and intelligence operations for the spy agency. Seven Central Intelligence Agency officers and contractors were killed and six more wounded in the suicide bomb attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman, CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday, the second-largest ...
Continue ReadingDec 30, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
KABUL (AP) - A U.S. official says eight Americans have been killed in eastern Afghanistan. The official, who spoke Wednesday night on condition of anonymity because details about the incident had not been confirmed, would not disclose any other information. A senior U.S. official in Washington said the Americans were killed in Khost province by an attacker ...
Continue ReadingDec 30, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
FOX News: The Obama administration is pushing back against calls to halt or delay closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in light of the failed Christmas Day terror attack, suggesting that shutting down the prison will undermine terrorist recruitment in the very network that claimed responsibility for last week's plot. Administration officials also assured lawmakers that they ...
Continue ReadingDec 29, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Join me tonight for what is clearly going to be a very intense episode of "The Jihadi Killer Hour".
Continue ReadingDec 29, 2009 79 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
UPDATE: Hear behind-the-scenes info and Ramadi vets's takes on the episodes below, here on "Pat Dollard's Killer Christmas Show" on Blog Talk Radio. UPDATE, Christmas Day, 01:09 - There are now a large and small high-quality version. The smaller one is best played on iTunes, and plays stunningly on in iPhone. Here, both play with ...
Continue ReadingDec 29, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
MOSCOW (AP) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will build new weapons to offset the planned U.S. missile defense and urged Washington to share detailed data about its missile shield under a new arms control deal. Putin's remarks posted on the Cabinet's Web site set a defiant tone and signaled new difficulties in ...
Continue ReadingDec 27, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Click here for an excellent source of background info on Lt. Behenna from our friends at Big Government. Hearing begins at 9am on January 7th. The family has been told to be there no later than 8:15. I will be there no later than 8:15. Location: 1901 S Bell Street ...
Continue ReadingDec 22, 2009 6 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WASHINGTON (AP) - Universities and colleges are still waiting for tuition payments for thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who attended school last fall under the new GI Bill, leaving the veterans panicked that they'll be unable to return to class in January. Veterans Affairs Department officials promise to get them back into the classroom. The ...
Continue ReadingDec 20, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez launched a federal police force on Sunday that he hopes will change the overwhelmingly negative image most Venezuelans have of their public security forces while reducing crime in one of Latin America's most violent countries. "We are going to defeat crime," Chavez told uniformed cadets belonging to the newly ...
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