Jul 12, 2010 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
An American aid worker was killed and six members of a Pennsylvania church group were seriously wounded as twin bombers tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a party in Uganda's capital Monday, killing at least 74 people. Nate Henn, 25, was killed in Uganda when simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World ...
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New York Times: WARSAK, Pakistan — The recent graduation ceremony here for Pakistani troops trained by Americans to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda was intended as show of fresh cooperation between the Pakistani and American militaries. But it said as much about its limitations. Nearly 250 Pakistani paramilitary troops in khaki uniforms and green berets ...
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The Hill: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder blamed Congress on Sunday for a standstill in the trial of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Nearly one year after declaring that KSM would be tried in civilian court in New York City, the nation’s top law enforcement official admitted that “no decision has been made yet as ...
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Francis Ford Coppola or Guillermo Saenz, I'm not sure BBC: Twelve bodyguards of Farc rebel leader Guillermo Saenz have died in an army attack, Colombian special forces say. Commandos launched a surprise raid on a base of the rebels' supreme commander in central Colombia's Tolima mountains at an altitude of 2,500m (8,200ft). The Colombian army said at least a ...
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Related: Hezbollah On High Alert: “Israel Is Preparing Something For Us†Tel Aviv (AP) - - A senior Hezbollah official warned Sunday that the Lebanon-based guerilla group has a list of military targets inside Israel that they could attack in any future war. Militant terror group responds to Israeli release of maps and aerial photographs of what ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A tough-talking, muscular Los Angeles police sergeant steadily rattled off tips to a young Marine riding shotgun as they raced in a patrol car to a drug bust: Be aware of your surroundings. Watch people's body language. Build rapport. Marine Lt. Andrew Abbott, 23, took it all in as he peered out ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Militant attacks in once-calm northern Afghanistan have killed at least 11 police and a governorwhose car was hit by a remote-controlled bomb, officials said Sunday. Militants attacked a checkpoint overnight in Kunduz province near Tajikistan, killing at least six border police, provincial deputy police Chief Abdul Rahman Aqtash said. "We have ...
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Hundreds of demonstrators turned out on the streets of Northern Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday, protesting against a NATO-led operation in the city on Wednesday, in which two people were killed and three arrested. (July 10)
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Haaretz: Hezbollah warned on Saturday that Israel was preparing "something" in Lebanon and that the organization has been on high alert since Israel released aerial images to highlight the militant group's activities close to the Israeli border earlier this week, the London-based Arabic language daily Asharq al-Awsat reported. On Wednesday, Israel offered evidence of what it ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks Saturday in Afghanistan's volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence as Taliban militants push back against stepped-up operations by international and Afghan forces. NATO said four U.S. service members died in the east: One as a ...
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Washington Times: Washington Times: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Friday that the formation of an Iraqi government was near, four months after an inconclusive election threw the fledgling democracy into its latest political stalemate. "We hope to form the government in August," said Mr. Allawi, whose secular and Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc narrowly won the most seats ...
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The Unpopular Truth: by Dustin Stanley The word "racist" has for a long time been the single most effective fear-word in the leftist and neoconservative arsenal. For decades, they have successfully used it in the political arena to slander traditionalists, shut down debate, and leave opponents running for cover. In the social arena, they have caused even ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A white former transit officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on an Oakland train platform in a 2009 encounter that set off days of rioting in the city. The jury deliberated more than six hours over two days to convict Johannes ...
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Arizona Republic: MEXICO CITY - Schools across Mexico are teaching students to dive to the floor and cover their heads as urban gunfights between drug gangs multiply in the violence-torn country. At least nine shootouts have erupted in school zones since mid-October, three of them in the past month. On June 15, soldiers and gunmen battled for ...
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Washington Times: Call it the new journalism for a niche market. Should your interests veer toward articles like "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" written by authors such as "The AQ Chef" and "Terrorist," there's a new magazine for you. Dubbed Inspire, the 67-page glossy of photos and text is an online recruitment magazine for ...
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Jerusalem Post: After a meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem at the David Citadel Hotel on Wednesday, US Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham held a press conference where they spoke about several pressing foreign policy issues in the region. Senator Lieberman used some very harsh language at the Wednesday press conference to ...
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CNN: The U.S. military said Tuesday it is pressing criminal charges against Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, 22, for allegedly transferring classified data onto his personal computer and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system. Manning of Potomac, Maryland, is suspected of leaking a classified 2007 video of an Apache helicopter strike that killed 12 civilians in ...
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Related: Insurgency Now In US: Mexican Mafia Orders Hit On Arizona Sheriff - With Video The sooner Petraeus wraps up Afghanistan, the sooner he can lead the invasion of Mexico. As Obama won't finish his first term, it'll be soon. It's going to become impossible for the US to do anything but seize control ...
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Politico: BAGHDAD — Vice President Joe Biden said after a three-day trip to Baghdad that the American people will see President Barack Obama’s Iraq policy as a success when the “combat mission†ends on schedule Aug. 31. Biden said the administration “will be able to point to it and say, ‘We told you what we’re going ...
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Well, just as they need to control law enforcement, the judiciary, and the governments in Mexico, the narco-insurgents now need to control them here, and have begun the process. The re-conquista is now in full, violent, swing, and the war is on. Who knows what American officials are already under their control, and ...
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