Sep 18, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
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BERLIN - Al-Qaida has posted a new video threatening Germany, highlighting an increased threat level ahead of national elections and prompting authorities to step up security, the Interior Ministry said Friday. The ministry gave no details of the al-Qaida posting, but said in a brief statement it underlines the fact that the Sept. 27 elections offer ...
Continue ReadingSep 14, 2009 36 Comments ›› Erik Wong
If you don't want to view the process of them setting it up, skip ahead about two minutes. Hilarity ensues.
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WASHINGTON – Law enforcement agents raided residences in New York City before dawn Monday as part of a terrorism investigation. One senator briefed Monday by federal law enforcement authorities on the raids said a terrorist attack was not believed to be imminent. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne confirmed that searches were conducted in the borough ...
Continue ReadingSep 13, 2009 24 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WASHINGTON - In a tape released Sunday by al-Qaida's media wing, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden said President Barack Obama is "powerless" to stop the war in Afghanistan. SITE Intelligence Group, a terrorist-monitoring firm that translated the address, said bin Laden, whose al-Qaida organization was behind the Sept. 11 attacks, blamed the war on the "pro-Israel ...
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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday. Prisoners at Bagram military base are all to be given a U.S. military official to serve as their ...
Continue ReadingSep 12, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Pay attention to the obvious bias present in this article. The original title was UK "Troubled" By Rallies. They aren't troubled by rallies, they are troubled by Islam. Furthermore, they picture any anti-Islam movement as "Far-right," which may or may not be true, but paints a specific and slightly distasteful picture in the minds of ...
Continue ReadingSep 12, 2009 13 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
This makes my f-ing stomach turn. NEW YORK (Reuters) – A museum dedicated to the September 11 attacks will display written quotations drawn from "martyrdom" videos made by the hijackers, along with witness testimonials that will be screened to prevent sympathizers from praising the perpetrators, museum officials said on Thursday. Previous attempts to put into context the ...
Continue ReadingSep 11, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
ABC News: On the eve of what organizers call a 'Big Ol' TEA Party', the Washington, D.C., offices of FreedomWorks were evacuated by DC Metro police on Friday afternoon after the conservative organization reported to authorities at 3:42 pm ET that it had received a bomb threat. At 4:48 pm ET, the organization put out a ...
Continue ReadingSep 11, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
New York Post: Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry. Three thousand American citizens and residents died. We resolved that we, the People, would never forget. Then we forgot. We've learned nothing. Instead of cracking down on Islamist extremism, we've excused it. Instead of killing terrorists, we free them. Instead of relentlessly ...
Continue ReadingSep 11, 2009 6 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Facebook: It has been eight years since the United States suffered the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. As we look back, we should take stock of what has transpired since then. We have sent our nation's soldiers into battlefields far from home to defend us. These brave men and women live in treacherous ...
Continue ReadingSep 11, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
FOX News: One day after two ACORN officials in Baltimore were fired for offering to help a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute to engage in child prostitution and a series of tax crimes, another secretly shot videotape has surfaced that shows the same couple getting similar advice from ACORN officers in Washington. The ...
Continue ReadingSep 11, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CBS News: WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard conducted a training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon amid Sept. 11 commemorations Friday, sparking confusion that scrambled FBI agents and led the nearest airport to briefly ground flights. Coast Guard Chief Keith Moore said Friday no shots were fired as part of the exercise in the river. ...
Continue ReadingSep 10, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Forwarded by Escaped Commie NY Today is 9-11 - eight years later. 8:45 AM - first plane crashed into the Twin Tower 9:03 Am - second plane crashed into the Twin Tower 9:45 Am - third plane crashed into the Pentagon l0:10 AM - fourth plane crashed in the field in Pennsylvania... We remember - we honor those killed ...
Continue ReadingSep 10, 2009 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
AP: By SUZANNE MA (AP) NEW YORK — Americans planned beach cleanups, packages for soldiers and save-the-tree fundraisers along with familiar remembrances in three cities to mark eight years since the attacks of Sept. 11, the first time the anniversary was named a national day of service. "Instead of us simply remembering the horrible events and more ...
Continue ReadingSep 10, 2009 19 Comments ›› Erik Wong
" It was the most photographed and video taped day in history" There are dozens of 9/11 videos showing the horror of that day, but here's one somewhat different. The story of a quest to identify one of the poor souls that fell or jumped to his death that day. This video is an hour and ...
Continue ReadingSep 9, 2009 18 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Guardian: Military officials tonight defended the decision to launch a dramatic raid to rescue a British journalist from the Taliban, in which his Afghan assistant and a soldier were killed, against angry criticism in Afghanistan that the operation had been ordered while talks for his release had already begun. Gordon Brown hailed the helicopter assault, carried ...
Continue ReadingSep 9, 2009 13 Comments ›› Erik Wong
This is gruesome, heartless, and Godless. I pray for this woman, and everyone like her who had to suffer through such a cold medical atrocity. The real abominations a National Heath Care system brings about are relevant to all of us at this point in Politics. This can. Not. Happen in America. To even consider ...
Continue ReadingSep 7, 2009 18 Comments ›› Erik Wong
KOMONews: By Charlie Harger Audo Listen Click The Listen Icon at the top left in article Tami Michaels shared her horror with the entire KOMO News audience as the terror attacks on New York City were happening live on September 11, 2001. KOMO's Tami Michaels, and her husband, Guy Rosbrook, were in their room on the 35th ...
Continue ReadingSep 7, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Wall Street Journal: "I don't know if you know about honor killings? But this faith—you guys don't understand, Islam is very different than you guys think." So avows runaway apostate Rifqa Bary, the focus of a so-called dependency battle that is expanding into a national debate on the conflict between Islamic mores and American freedom. The 17-year-old ...
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