Apr 6, 2010 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Agencie France Presse: An aide to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the Islamic republic will strike Tel Aviv with its missiles if it comes under attack, Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. "If the enemy takes its chance and fires a missile towards Iran, the dust from an Iranian missile strike will rise ...
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Mussolini and friends Politico: MANCHESTER, N.H. – If the experience of this state’s two Democratic House members is any indication, the raw emotion and mistrust emanating from last summer’s congressional town halls never really went away. Instead, the unrest simmered over the ensuing months only to return to a boil when Rep. Carol Shea-Porter and Rep. Paul Hodes, ...
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Militants exploded four bombs in quick succession Monday close to the U.S. Consulate in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police and witnesses said. Gunfire was briefly heard close to the heavily guarded and fortified building in Peshawar, said police officer Aziz Khan. Two of the blasts took place ...
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The Independent: A "pervasive and resilient culture of pessimism" about the Afghan war back home in Britain is severely undermining troops on the front line, a senior army officer serving in Helmand has warned. The negativity, reinforced by a maudlin “post-Diana reaction to fatalitiesâ€, with public focus on the numbers of British dead, is hindering an “objective ...
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Wall Street Journal: KABUL, Afghanistan—President Hamid Karzai lashed out at his Western backers for the second time in three days on Saturday, accusing the U.S. of interfering in Afghan affairs and saying the Taliban insurgency would become a legitimate resistance movement if the meddling doesn't stop. Mr. Karzai, whose government is propped up by billions of dollars ...
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing 25 people, including five women, in an overnight attack, officials said Saturday. Most of the dead were members of local Sahwa, or Awakening Councils—one of several names for the Sunni fighters who changed the course of the war ...
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(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered eight members of a militia group held in custody until they could be tried on accusations of plotting to kill police officers and wage a war on the U.S. government. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Scheer said each defendant posed a flight risk and "would constitute an unacceptable ...
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Washington Times: President Obama and congressional Democrats face an uphill climb to reclaim the support of independent voters who vaulted them to the White House and huge majorities in Congress in 2008. At the end of the bitter, intensely partisan battle to pass Mr. Obama's health care overhaul plan, independent voters, once captivated by hopeful campaign promises, ...
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WXYZ: ADRIAN, Mich. (WXYZ) - Law enforcement officials may have found the last suspect in the "Hutaree" case. Sources tell Action News that the FBI is involved in a standoff in North Adams Village, about 30 miles from the site of Saturday's raid in Adrian. They are believed to be looking for Josh Stone, the son of ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban's spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday. The goal is to rid the city of Taliban forces before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in August, according to the official. U.S. officials have ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea may have deliberately directed an underwater mine toward the South Korean naval ship that exploded and sank three days ago near a disputed maritime border, the defense minister told lawmakers Monday. Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said military authorities have not ruled out North Korean involvement in the sinking of ...
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The Hill: Frustrated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are intensifying their push on President Barack Obama to impose "crippling" sanctions on Iran. A letter signed by seemingly unlikely allies -- Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) and Mike Pence (R-Ind.) -- is being recirculated and rapidly gathering support. With the decidedly partisan healthcare bill barely out of ...
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Washington Post: Bricks were thrown through windows of a Republican Party office in the Charlottesville area late last week in an act that seemed similar to incidents of political vandalism reported elsewhere. The damage in Charlottesville was discovered Friday morning at the headquarters of the Albemarle County Republican Committee, committee vice chairman Eric Seitz said Sunday. Seitz ...
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ABC News: The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one raid was a Christian militia group. Federal warrants were sealed, but a federal law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity said ...
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The Telegraph: The proposal, which would have to be approved by a new British government, is facing stiff resistance. Whitehall officials fear that a pull-out from Helmand, where nearly 250 British troops have been killed since 2006, would be portrayed as an admission of defeat. Under the plans, British forces would hand over their remaining bases in ...
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The Hill: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted Sunday that a wave of state legislatures would fight to resist federal healthcare reform that will add billions in costs to their budgets. The prediction signals that Republicans plan to take President Barack Obama up on his challenge to “go for it†and attempt to repeal the $938 billion reform ...
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Politico: An emboldened President Barack Obama will take a stronger hand with Congress in coming weeks. The spring offensive, if successful, would allow Obama to claim concrete progress on all of his domestic priorities, despite a "lost year" between the passage of a stimulus package in February 2009 and the signing of health reform last week. Some Democratic ...
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From The Detroit News: At lest seven people, including some from Michigan, have been arrested in raids by a FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based Christian militia group, a person familiar with the matter said. The suspects are expected to make an initial appearance ...
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Reuters: Air Force One landed in darkness at Bagram airfield north of the Afghan capital, and Obama was whisked by helicopter to Karzai's palace in Kabul, where he was greeted by the Afghan president and a band playing the U.S. national anthem. "I want to send a strong message that the partnership between the United States and ...
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The Hill: The chairman of the House Democratic Caucus acknowledged on Friday his office had received multiple threats related to the passage of healthcare reform last week. However, Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) declined to provide details about the threats, noting only during an event at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center that his office has "reported them to ...
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