Nov 1, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - An explosion outside a bank near Pakistan's capital killed at least 34 people Monday, the latest in a wave of attacks by militants since the army launched a new offensive against them last month. The growing violence in the country prompted the U.N. on Monday to suspend long-term development in Pakistan's volatile ...
Continue ReadingOct 31, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Guardian: Somali pirate ransoms 'could fund terrorists' Nato adviser criticises government for not fully investigating whether pay-off would fund Islamist groups including al-Qaida A senior Nato adviser on piracy has criticised the government for failing to investigate adequately whether ransom payments to Somali pirates fund Islamist groups including al-Qaida. Lord Jopling, who also wrote a report into money ...
Continue ReadingOct 31, 2009 30 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Gothamist: The lovely-looking restaurant and bar The Breslin begins lunch service tomorrow, and co-owner Ken Friedman (The Spotted Pig) is planning on serving alcohol despite objections from the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street. Earlier this month the mosque’s leaders called a meeting with Friedman at The Ace Hotel, where The Breslin is located, and ...
Continue ReadingOct 30, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Creeping Sharia: Eight years to study the Quran and introduce other inmates to al Qaeda ideology, at taxpayer expense. Then, he’ll be released amongst the American’s he plotted to kill. By Daphne Eviatar | Washington Independent Depending on who you ask, the sentencing yesterday of Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri to eight years in prison is either evidence that ...
Continue ReadingOct 29, 2009 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Times Online: Pakistani troops fighting Islamist militants in the mountains of South Waziristan have picked up the trail of a leading al-Qaeda figure wanted in connection with the attacks on America on September 11, 2001. The Times was shown yesterday the German passport of Said Bahaji, a close associate of the September 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta. The ...
Continue ReadingOct 29, 2009 7 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
ISLAMABAD (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chided Pakistani officials Thursday for failing to press the hunt for al-Qaida inside their borders, suggesting they know where the terror leaders are hiding. American officials have long said that al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden and senior lieutenants of the network accused in the Sept. 11 ...
Continue ReadingOct 29, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CNN: WASHINGTON -- For the first time since September 11, 2001, America is having a vigorous national debate about how to succeed in Afghanistan. This debate is entirely worth having. Whenever America sends its citizens into harm's way, it must do so with eyes wide open. Though no veteran would ever think of himself as "pro-war," I ...
Continue ReadingOct 29, 2009 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
There is no victory in leaving the countryside to the Taliban. Taliban under pressure in Pakistan will use the "free zones" in Afghanistan as haven. Obama does not want to make a decision before the upcoming November elections, and this whole delay, as well as his neutering of McChrystal's request, is designed to ...
Continue ReadingOct 28, 2009 21 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Editor's Note: This may or may not be the actual mosque in question. Detroit News: Detroit -- The leader of a black separatist Detroit mosque was shot and killed Wednesday during a series of FBI raids that resulted in charges against 12 and the death of an FBI dog. At least six of those charged -- who face ...
Continue ReadingOct 28, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
CNS News: Around the globe, environmental protesters tried “a synchronized burst of more than 4,300 demonstrations, from the Himalayas to the Great Barrier Reef,†according to The New York Times. The sweeping Oct. 24 protest was to bully developed nations like the United States into a climate change agreement when they meet in Copenhagen this December. ...
Continue ReadingOct 28, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The boyish lesbian seems to forget that under Sharia law, in any of her "friendly" Muslim nations, she would be put to death for her sexuality. I guess killing her is the common ground everyone demands we find with the terrorists.
Continue ReadingOct 28, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Washington Examiner: Twice as many Democrats say health care reform should be President Obama's top priority as say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be his top concern, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup asked people this question: "Which of the following should be Barack Obama's top priority as president -- the economy, health care, ...
Continue ReadingOct 28, 2009 No Comments ›› Erik Wong
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 100 people—mostly women and children—as visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged U.S. support for Islamabad's campaign against Islamic militants. More than 200 people were wounded in the blast in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, the deadliest ...
Continue ReadingOct 26, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Ace Of Spades: Any day now. Any. Day. Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the Afghan run-off election, November 7, and the president’s departure for Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, November 11. ...
Continue ReadingOct 24, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
(AFP) - The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world. The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of ...
Continue ReadingOct 23, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Fox News: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his top commander in Afghanistan pressed NATO ministers Friday to send more troops and civilian aid to the war, as some allies appeared to be hedging their commitment until the Obama administration determines its strategy. Gates said Friday he was "heartened" by allies' commitment to the 8-year-old war, even ...
Continue ReadingOct 22, 2009 11 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Politico (Of Course): A day after former Vice President Cheney charged the Obama administration ... ... with "dithering" over its strategy for the war in Afghanistan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs returned fire with guns blazing. "What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform," Gibbs said ...
Continue ReadingOct 21, 2009 21 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Washington Times: Maintaining his stature as one of the most forecful defenders of the Bush Administration's defense policies former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Obama of committing "libel" against CIA interrorgators in a wide-ranging address on foreign policy issues at the Center for Security Policy Wednesday evening. Mr. Cheney’s criticized the Obama White House ...
Continue ReadingOct 21, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CNN: Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide -- more than any other drug -- and the opiate heroin kills five times as many people in NATO countries each year than the eight-year total of NATO troops killed in Afghan combat, the United Nations said Wednesday. An Afghan police officer digs up a field of opium ...
Continue ReadingOct 21, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Human Events: President Obama's announced decision this week to remain undecided on new troops in Afghanistan for weeks, or even months, rejects his top commander's determination that without urgent reinforcements the war may be lost. At yesterday’s White House press briefing, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs reconfirmed that President Obama had not decided when a decision on a ...
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