Jul 6, 2010 11 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
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 ...
Continue ReadingJul 5, 2010 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
CNS News: A majority of all combat-related U.S. casualties in the nine-year-long war in Afghanistan have occurred since President Barack Obama was inaugurated a little more than 17 months ago. Between Jan. 20, 2009 and July 2, 2010, according to CNSNews.com's database of Afghanistan war casualties, U.S. military personnel suffered 452 combat-related deaths in Afghanistan. That ...
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Arizona Republic: On May 9, a 15-year-old girl walked into Arizona through the San Luis port of entry, near Yuma, with 5 pounds of marijuana strapped around her belly. She got busted by Customs and Border Protection officers. Later that same day, a 16-year-old boy tried the same thing with 2 pounds of cannabis taped to his legs. ...
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Washington Times: As the Iraq and Afghanistan wars persist, some employers are becoming increasingly resistant to rehire service members who return from active duty as federal law requires, some legal analysts say. Washington lawyer Matthew Tully, who specializes in these cases, said that, as the war on terrorism and its heavy reliance on National Guard and Reserve ...
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Breitbart: A little less than a year after announcing it, in front of Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and many other American foreign policy elites at Frank Gaffney’s “Keeper of the Flame†Award Dinner in October 2009, we are finally launching Big Peace. (Continue) Editor's note: Yes, I, Pat Dollard, am a contributor at ...
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Fox News: Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday urged Gen. David Petraeus to change the rules of engagement "as soon as possible" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying the strict policy has "hurt morale" among American military. The Connecticut independent senator, speaking from Kabul on "Fox News Sunday," said the incoming commander told him he was "committed" ...
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A dozen Mexican states hold elections Sunday after a campaign marred by assassinations and other scandals that displayed drug cartels' power. The party that ruled Mexico for 71 years hoped to capitalize on frustrations over the bloodshed and gain momentum in its bid to regain the presidency in two years. The ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan on Sunday, declaring "we are in this to win" despite rising casualties and growing skepticism about the nearly 9-year-old war. During a ceremony at NATO headquarters, Petraeus received two flags — one for the U.S. and the other for ...
Continue ReadingJul 3, 2010 15 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Mediaite: There’s a guy named Carl Malamud who has a mission: to take public domain video, primarily from the United States government, and put it online. His non-profit, Public.Resource.Org is a joint partner in Fedflix, which posts the videos on YouTube and Archive.org. As of this writing, there are 2,412 videos in nearly 50 categories.
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Baghdad (AP) - - Vice President Biden is in Baghdad for the Fourth of July weekend with U.S. troops as Iraqi leaders struggle to seat a new government. His arrival on Saturday marked the American vice president's second visit to Iraq this year. Biden is the Obama administration's point man on Iraq issues. But top U.S. officials ...
Continue ReadingJul 2, 2010 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The drug cartels are running an insurgency against the Mexican governments at every level, and increasingly, the US governments at every level as well; as such, drug lords are in fact insurgent leaders... MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A drug-cartel enforcer told Mexican police that a rival gang infiltrated the biggest U.S. consulate along the border through ...
Continue ReadingJul 2, 2010 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
The Hill: Michael Steele’s criticism of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan may be creating a headache for the Republican National Committee, but it’s also shining a spotlight on the Democrats’ mixed message on the war. The Democratic National Committee pounced on the RNC’s chairman’s comments at a GOP fundraiser, accusing Steele of “betting against our troops and ...
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".. the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan" The Hill: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was caught on video at a fundraiser in Connecticut on Thursday raising doubts about the war in Afghanistan. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) pushed out the video, which shows Steele saying that the war is ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Six suicide bombers stormed a USAID compound in northern Afghanistan before dawn Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. At least two of the dead were foreigners. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which began about 3:30 a.m. in Kunduz when a suicide car bomber blew ...
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistanis lashed out Friday at the U.S., blaming its alliance with their government and its presence in Afghanistan for spurring two suicide bombers to kill 42 people at the country's most important Sufi shrine. The reactions showed the challenge facing Washington and the Pakistani government when it comes to rallying public ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has approved an $80 billion measure that would fund the war in Afghanistan and revive, at least for now, a few pieces of the faltering Democratic jobs agenda. Lawmakers advanced the legislation despite increasing pessimism among lawmakers that Afghanistan is turning out to be a quagmire for U.S. troops. ...
Continue ReadingJul 1, 2010 2 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Wired: Just in time for a wave of (mostly thwarted) homegrown U.S. terrorism: Al-Qaida has apparently launched a new magazine to move politically frustrated Muslim youth in the West down the road of violent extremism. Think of Inspire as a lifestyle rag for the conspiracy-minded takfiri, filling the inexplicably vacant media space between O: The Oprah ...
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NY Times: WASHINGTON — As General David H. Petraeus takes command in Afghanistan, the two top American civilian officials in the war face an uncertain and tricky future, working with a newly empowered military leader, under the gaze of an impatient president who has put them on notice that his fractious war council needs to pull ...
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Washington Post: The Pentagon has recommended that the White House consider awarding the Medal of Honor to a living soldier for the first time since the Vietnam War, according to U.S. officials. The soldier, whose nomination must be reviewed by the White House, ran through a wall of enemy fire in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley in fall 2007 ...
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