29/Jun 2008 | In Basra, some worry militias just 'hiding behind fake walls' | Sign up to receive our free Daily Briefing e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. BASRA, Iraq Behind a false wall in a house in a posh neighborhood of Basra, there is a clue th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Piedad Cordoba = terrorist | Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 04:26. Colombian Senator Piedad C rdoba was held by US immigration authorities at New York's JFK airport June 27, to be interrogated about her alleged t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hugo Ch vez and Tibet: our readers write | 23:36.Our June featured the story " Enough With the Hugo Ch vez Hero Worship ," by Nikolas Kozloff , in which he calls out the Venezuelan leader for supporting Beijing's position on Tibet and dismissi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | PRINCE'S HELICOPTER FLIGHTS COST TAXPAYER 50,000 | Five helicopter flights by Prince William which attracted criticism as an alleged abuse of his RAF training cost the taxpayer more than 50,000, it has been reported. A Chinook flight to attend a stag... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Turkey has trouble facing up to its past of abductions and murder | ISTANBUL, Turkey - Hanim Tosun last saw her husband Fehmi in 1995, as he was being dragged into a car outside their home by men in civilian clothes who she is convinced were government agents. His dis... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | UN official: 62 percent more Afghan civilians killed in fighting, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS | The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a. The figures ar... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Absolute Worst | 2008 And now it s time for my award winners for Worst Persons in the World. Taking the bronze medal (WORSE) - Hollywood had their Madam, Washington had their scandal, and now Ottawa can lay claim to ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hersh: BushCo stepping up its covert actions in Iran | Preparing the Battlefield -- The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. Hersh 07 Jul 2008 Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President [sic] Bush to fund a major e... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | African Drummer in Barcelona | Spain | The former drummer with the legendary Swedish pop group ABBA has been found dead after apparently falling through a window in an accident at his home in Spain, police said Monday. They said th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hundreds of Thousands Attend Annual Pride Parade | CHICAGO (WBBM) Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the 39th Chicago Pride Parade. But this year is different than the decades before since same-sex marriage is now legal in California. The ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Chris Duel Show Monday at 900AM | Afghanistan. I'll be on the Chris Duel Show on Monday at 900am talking about Sy Hersh, Iran, Israel and Singapore. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ok that sounds logic to me, really! Ok | 28, 2008 - 10:11am. Vendors at farmers markets on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton said they've noticed increased demand for their produce -- especially tomatoes -- since April, when the Centers for... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Veteran suicide rates highlight heroes tough battle at home | Cara Davis knew her husband was still at war.In the night, he would yell out his name — Dwayne D. Davis! — followed by his rank and serial number. He’d shout that he would never be t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Lady Thatcher Honours Ethnic War | FIVE MILLION WAR VETERANS REMEMBERED AT MEMORIAL GATES War heroes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Africa and Caribbean honoured at fifth annual Memorial Gates remembrance event . ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Pentagon resists EPA cleanup agreements | The U. Department of Defense is resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up three military bases, officials say. The Washington Post ( NYSE:WPO ) reported Sunday the EPA says... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CRANKY THANK-YOU FOR SAYING IT SO TRUTHFULLY AND ACCURATELY | The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. Hersh Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded the coherence of military strategy, one general says. Lat... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Cheyenne Mountain | Staff monitor intelligence in a command center at the Cheyenne Mountain, home of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), in Colorado Springs, Colo. Prophesies aside, the first news of t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Custom Map Mini-Pack Release | Darkest Hour: Normandy 1944 is a modification for red orchestra. It will focus on the normandy campaign in 1944 and will not only cover the landings and airborne drops of the 6th of June 1944 but it w... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | HELEN SABIN | When is the media going to vet wesley Clark ie. why was he removed as European US services command He was seen as a back slapper in the military and did something that caused the military to remove hi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | U.S. strengthens covert operations against Iran's leadership | The United States has beefed up its covert effort to undermine Iran's leadership since Congress approved late last year President George W. dollars against the Islamic republic, the New Yorker magazin... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army Study: Iraq Occupation Understaffed | U.S Army soldiers search for a weapons cache in the backyard of a house on June 5, 2008 in the al-Rahmaniya Shiite neighborhood north of Baghdad, Iraq. A nearly 700-page study released Sunday by the ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Not quite | 15:31. See Glenn re: the myths (sorry, BIO) about the supposed needs and benefits of moving to the so-called center (i., adopting or accommodating the radical right s platforms). IMHO, Samantha Power ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Downed by German fire | World War II vet eran Robert Raymond Tatum, front row, far left, served in the European theater, stationed in Framlingham, England. Service dates: Enlisted 26 October 1942 to 17 October, 1945. Trainin... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iran digging 320,000 graves for invaders: mily official | A senior Iranian military official said on Sunday the Islamic republic is digging some 320,000 graves in its border provinces for future slain invaders, Iran`s English-language satellite channel Press... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Queens Soldier Killed in Afghan | Two New York Army National Guard Soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Sunday. McKay, (above left) aged 51, of Cambria Heights, Queens; and Specialist Mark C. P... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Reveille : Fight for the Filipino / Ramon J. Farolan | Meralco replies on power industry issues. Analysis : Senate has been nemesis of both Estrada, Arroyo / Amando Doronila . There's The Rub : Double-edged / Conrado De Quiros . The Long View : Save the t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Multiple 2008 Dove Award Nominee Kyle Bynoe Returns | WASHINGTON, DC/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reverend Carlton W. Veazey, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), announces the Coalition's 12th Annual National Black R... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Army: Iraq occupation planning weak | A study released by the US Army says that "in the euphoria of early 2003,'' US commanders prematurely believed they had reached goals in Iraq. Therefore they did not send enough troops to handle the o... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe leaves Harare for AU summit | President Robert Mugabe leaves Zimbabwe for an AU summit, where his country's political crisis is on the agenda following his swearing. Egypt to attend the African Union summit that begins today," the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Strategy in Iraq depends on local trades workers | Minnesota Guard unit is critical in building counterinsurgency "combat outposts. They do their work -- construction and electrical projects -- in some of the most dangerous spots in Baghdad. For the p... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Disputes derail hunt for Bin Laden | Deep policy divisions within the Bush administration and CIA opened the door for Al-Qaida to pose as great a threat as ever, intelligence officials say. WASHINGTON - Late last year, top Bush administr... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Low-flying jet spooks Staten Islanders | 10:10 PMA jet roared low across a corner of the North Shore today, prompting unwelcome thoughts of the kind associated with 9/11. In the event, it was entirely innocuous -- an unpublicized military fl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | WHY MCCAIN FLIP-FLOPS MORE THAN OBAMA, w/ Alter, Huffington, Reagan & Green | In a debate on Hardball last week, I was asked about McCain s flip-flops vs. Obama s, which is like contrasting Bonnie & Clyde with an alleged jaywalker. Of course, it should be no crime that a person... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | When I met the mother of my children it was | Comfort Keepers Locally owned and operated; Enabling people to live dignified lives within the comfort of their own homes. Dedicated to providing in-home care that enriches our clients' lives and help... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Military Tankers Lend a Hand Against Fires | It's 9:15 a. Sunday -- and Cal Fire is talking strategy with Air National Guardsmen. The skies are clear, but everyone knows it's just a matter of time before they see smoke. "I expect that we'll prob... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Leftist broadcaster leads in El Salvador's presidential race | EL PARAISO, El Salvador -- Like a prizefighter nearing the ring, presidential candidate Mauricio Funes strides through feverish fans. Booming speakers blare an old left-wing political anthem while red... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Zimbabwe s Mugabe sworn in for 6th term after discredited vote | Zimbabwe s Mugabe sworn in for 6th term after discredited vote The Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe Longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe s president for a sixth term Sunday after ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Queens soldier killed in Afghanistan | Bronx. 1st Class Joseph McKay would have celebrated his 52nd birthday on the Fourth of July. Instead, heartbroken relatives will be planning to bury the Queens soldier after he was killed in Afghanist... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Is the British Military Overstretched in Afghanistan and Iraq? | Tony Blair dispatched the British military to the Balkans, Africa and the Middle East. But now defense spending is down, and the generals are speaking out. For the British military, it's a long-establ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hundreds on streets in Haslar closure protest | PROTESTERS took to the streets in their hundreds today in a last-ditch attempt to save Gosport's Royal Hospital Haslar. But their efforts appear to have been in vain after health chiefs said they were... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bush got $400m from Congress to launch covert war against Iran | Seymour Hersh[1]; Robert Gates[1]; George W Bush[1]; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[1]; William Fallon[1]; Other categories: Security; JRCSafeguards; Conflict; TerroristAttack; CAIRO Preparing the 'ba... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israeli cabinet approves prisoner swap deal with Hizbullah | Ron Arad[1]; Yossi Beilin[1]; Danny Haran[1]; Eldad Regev[1]; Shlomo Goldwasser[1]; Samir Kuntar[1]; Mark Regev[1]; Ehud Olmert[1]; Gilad Shalit[1]; . TerroristAttack; JERUSALEM, June 29 -- ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 24-year-old Army sergeant from Wakarusa is killed in Afghanistan | This weekend, a Wakarusa family is mourning the loss of their soldier. The Hunsberger family tells us their son, 24-year-old Army Sergeant Travis Hunsberger, was killed on Friday while serving in Afgh... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | i know, pappu, i | ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US army blames 'flawed' Iraq plan | More than five years after the US invasion of Iraq, an official US army account of the occupation is set to admit just how flawed the planning for the operation was. The 700-page report, set to be rel... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Africa's Leaders Split Over Response to Mugabe's Election | LatestNewscast News Now Live VOA Africa Live Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East U. American Life Health & Science Entertainment News Analysis Special Reports Shows by Name VOA News Blog T2... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Will the US Congress ratify the Bush Administration s Decision to launch a War on Iran | US Congress Text of Congressional Resolution 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. 362 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | UN official: 62 per cent more Afghan civilians killed in fighting | KABUL, Afghanistan - The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 peop... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Women Airforce Service Pilots | The Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as WASP, and the predecessor groups the Women s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) (official from Septem... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Evolution of Jet Fighters: A New Point of View | Walter J. Boyne WHEN the whistle of the jet engine was first heard in 1939, it was a clear but unrecognized commentary on a major reversal in design process. Prior to that time, airframe development h... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Wakarusa soldier pays the ultimate sacrifice | 9:55 PM EDT SOUTH BEND -- Funeral arrangements will soon be made for 24-year old Travis Hunsberger of Wakarusa. He was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device during a mission in Afghanistan. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nelson knew about E Timor Black Hawk crash | Dr Nelson denies the crash was kept quiet because it was politically sensitive. Opposition wants Black Hawk crash report released . Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has admitted knowing about ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Snapshots of heroism in Hopkinton | Hank Allessio is collecting photographs of town residents who served in the military, covering every conflict from the Spanish-American War to Iraq and Afghanistan. Looking up from a plate of chow, st... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Reservist mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom | CPT Diana M. Pitman, US Army Reservist, was mobilized in March to Little Rock, Arkansas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. CPT Pitman is serving as a Nurse Case Mana... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Analysts: 'The exchange is a mistake' | Defense chiefs and security analysts denounced the prisoner deal with Hizbullah approved by the cabinet on Sunday, saying it will harm Israeli deterrence, encourage future kidnappings, and endanger th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Clark embarrassed himself in the 2004 elections and he's doing | A couple of em on the frontburner today. - First up: General Wesley Clark, an Obama surrogate, has once again attacked John McCain s service to our country, this time on CBS Face The Nation: Gen. W... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Re:Supreme Court restores habeas corpus | The Keeper wrote: Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol revealed that "very soon" - likely as early as next week - McCain and Graham will be introducing legislation to undermin... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bid to cut forced deportations | Effort should be put into persuading failed asylum seekers to go home rather than deporting them, an inquiry has claimed. The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC) also said that "dawn raids" by immigr... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bush's top general quashed torture dissent | New evidence shows that despite warnings from across the military, former Gen. Richard Myers shut down legal scrutiny of brutal interrogation tactics. Bush , Terrorism , Politics , News , CIA , Tortur... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army Critiques | June 29, 2008 A U. Army report that will be released on Monday morning blasts the post-invasion phase of the Iraq war for being poorly planned and badly mismanaged. Military commanders were also gi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israeli Cabinet Approves Hezbollah Prisoner | Israel's Cabinet overwhelmingly backed a deal Sunday with Hezbollah to swap a Lebanese prisoner convicted of a brutal 1979 attack for the bodies of two captured soldiers who were declared dead earlier... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Military official: Iran digging 320,000 graves for invaders | Military official: Iran digging 320,000 graves for invaders .. A SENIOR Iranian military official said yesterday the Islamic republic is digging some 320,000 graves in its border provinces for future... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Tanker flies into Pease for emergency landing | 9:13 PMNEWINGTON A refueling tanker plane made an emergency landing at the Pease Air National Guard Base Sunday afternoon due to a mechanical problem. Dante Puopolo said police and fire personnel we... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | George W Bush 'raised $400 million for action against Iran' | President George W Bush requested and received funding of $400 million (200 million) for the plan after he made a secret appeal to Congressional leaders last year.The money is likely to be used for o... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Nepal's Ex-Rebels' Uncertain Future | 06-29) 17:12 PDT Chitwan, Nepal -- Four years ago, a science student who goes by the nom de guerre Hardik dropped out of a Kathmandu university to join Maoist insurgents.-monitored camp, studying Engl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Crown King and Horse Thief Basin Evacuated Due to Forest Fire | The Yavapai County Sheriff s Office (YCSO) and the US Forest Service are currently working a large wild fire south of Crown King in the Bradshaw Mountains. th YCSO was conducting a Search and Rescue e... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Emission targets will add 20pc to household energy bills | By Russell HottenHouseholds already under pressure from soaring energy bills will see gas and electricity costs rise by an extra 20pc so that . Every household in the country will face a 213 rise in ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Election results for Zimbabwe presidential run-off expected Sunday | Upcoming AU summit expected to focus on water, food crisis in Zimbabwe U. seeks new sanctions against Zimbabwe UNDP representative: Zimbabwean political turbulence to affect SADC region AU resists att... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Rice impressed with quake relief work | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is impressed by China's relief work in the areas hit by the May 12 earthquake. Rice met with quake survivors and toured a relief camp in Dujiangyan, one of the w... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Point Out the Killers | In October of 2007, US forces handed over control of Karbala governate to Iraq. On Friday, US forces conducted a dawn raid in the town of Janaja killing one civilian with no notice or coordination... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mercosur summit tackles EU immigration law, food crisis | Mittal considering takeover of Rio Tinto: report Gay runs wind-assisted 9.68 seconds Hamilton eclipses other British F1 winners Eurozone interest rates set to rise as inflation erupts: analysts . Holl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | CEO Government Indeed | Iran. According to the new Seymour Hersh article , the Bush administration has ramped up covert action inside Iran, and has notified the congressional leadership that it's planing to spend up to $400 ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Civilian deaths up 60 per cent in Afghanistan | Afghan villagers, who fled their villages when Taliban militants took over, pass a marked landmine as they return to their homes after coalition forces recaptured some 10 villages in Argandab district... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Protests in China at 'cover-up' of teenager's death | It is the latest explosive example of how political corruption in China can have a dangerously destabilising impact. Thousands of rioters torched police cars and government office buildings in the sou... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Bush steps up covert action against Iran | The Bush administration has been expanding covert activities in Iran under a secret directive in the hope of toppling the country's Islamic rulers, according to a report in The New Yorker which highli... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Spain triumph at Euro 2008 final | VIENNA (Reuters) - Spain turned the Euro 2008 final into a football fiesta on Sunday, playing a dazzling passing game as they deservedly swept away Germany with a 1-0 victory. A brilliant 33rd-minute ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ifcastro. It was pointed out your source was not the original one. There are | Today I found these articles about the military in Venezuela. It is interesting to see that under a democratic point of view, sometimes I question myself what exactelly means freedom of speech? I woul... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Condoleezza Rice visits Sichuan | U. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited earthquake struck China s Sichuan province on Sunday (June 29) as a part of an Asian trip. The trip includes stops in Beijing as well as the Japanese cit... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Graham Victorious in Republican Senate Primary | COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA U. Senator Lindsey Graham made the following statement tonight on his victory in the South Carolina Republican Primary for the United States Senate: I am honored and humble... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | WHY I LOVE GEERT WILDERS | Paul Belien at The Brussels Journal. Check out how Wilders deals with this Antisemite Belgian politician (hat tip Andrew Bostom) Belgian Right-Wing Politician Calls Zionism as Bad as Islamism Yesterda... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | HIGH TREASON AT THE NY TIMES: WILL LEAK HIGHLY CLASS DOC, HUNTING BIN LADEN | It is increasingly clear the left would throw their mother in front of an oncoming train if it meant defeat in the war on the jihad. They feverishly work for our defeat in Iraq, in Iran, in Afghanista... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Is any of this real? | Because if any of this is real we need to deal with criminality at the highest levels of government: Anabasis was no-holds-barred covert action. It called for installing a small army of paramilitary C... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Reveille : A commanding officer stays with his troops / Ramon J. Farolan | Only place in town where soldier-priests dreams are joined. Last year, we marked the golden anniversary of our graduation from the Philippine Military Academy. Center stage was shared with the class ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Administrative Rape | Earlier today I was again thinking about a post I want to finish which is about the hysteria of the wars on well everything and within this authoritarian fugue how what would normally be considered r... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Rejecting Mossad and Shin Bet advice, Cabinet approves prisoner swap | Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday called on ministers to approve a prisoner swap with Hizbullah that would see the release of murderer Samir Kuntar and other Lebanese prisoners in exchange for IDF ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Leads scarce in 22-year-old Brunswick stabbing death | A 2002 murder trial in Brunswick County could have put to rest the already cold case of Thomas Summer, who was found stabbed to death in 1986. It was a trial in which the victim, the son-in-law of the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Sun victory praised | Anna's such a bitchy scumbag'. ARMY top brass last night praised The Sun for getting mobile phone bills slashed for front-line troops and said: Calls home are vital for morale. Crippling 89p-a-minut... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | An Accidental War With Iran? | News:The question isn t whether the Bush administration will deliberately launch a war with Iran.-Iran tensions will push some minor incident into a major conflict. By Brian Beutler, The Media Consort... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Army Blames Leaders Over Post-war Iraq | Too much focus on getting rid of Saddam without looking towards making a stable society, says study . The US army has told of errors, poor planning and complacency among its own top commanders in a w... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | French soldier wounds 16 during military shooting demonstration | ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | TEXT-Iluka to restart operations after Australia gas outage | SYDNEY , June 30 (Reuters) - For a full statement, pleaseclick on:here 1&u=urn:newsml:reuters. ustralia is officially free of equine influenza (EI), making it one of the few countries in the world to ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iraqis Detain Rocket-Attack Suspect | WASHINGTON, June 29, 2008 Iraq s Baqubah Emergency Response Force detained a suspected al-Qaida member in Udaim, north of Baghdad, today. The response force conducted the operation to disrupt al-Qai... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | General Recounts Deployment's Success | While most people only read about history, the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division helped to make history during their 15-month deployment to Iraq, the division s commander said here June 27. Rick L... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | PJ on WI | Tim F. of Balloon Juice: Balloon Juice : Message to all of those rightwing net warriors who demanded over the years that I accept that THERE WAS A PLAN and the Rumsfeld/neocon warhawks are not a bunch... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Doing the work of peace | Things only getting worse for Brown ..IRELAND JOINED the United Nations in 1955 and three years later Irish officers first served as part of the UN's military observer mission in Lebanon. So began the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army Critiques Post-Invasion Phase of Iraq War | An Army report that will be released on Monday reveals that major mistakes were made in the post-war planning in Iraq. The report, which will be released on Monday, finds that operations that were poo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Obama on Zimbabwe | Dear Friend, 143 years of progressive history fill The Nation's halls. But you don't have to take my word for it - how would you like to come be a part of it yourself? We'll take care of hotel and ai... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | (UPDATE) Cops kill 4 carjack suspects in Rizal clash | Police on Monday killed four suspected carjackers in a shootout in Antipolo City in Rizal province. Senior Superintendent Ireneo Dorbas, provincial police chief, said the encounter took place around 2... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Thousands Attend Annual Gay Pride Parade | CHICAGO (CBS) Today hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the 39th Chicago Pride Parade. But this year is different than the decades before since same-sex marriage is now legal in California... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | John Holmes, Afghanistan Press Conference | Source: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sir John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Aleem Siddique, UNAMA... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Ministry of Defence to spend 2.5 million on new flags for the Armed Forces | The Ministry of Defence has been criticised over plans to spend 2.5 million replacing every flag in the British Armed Forces, while troops continue to lose their lives because of inadequate equipment... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Difficulties ahead as ex-rebels integrated into Nepal | 06-29) 17:12 PDT Chitwan, Nepal -- Four years ago, a science student who goes by the nom de guerre Hardik dropped out of a Kathmandu university to join Maoist insurgents.-monitored camp, studying Engl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iran Digging 320,000 Graves for Invaders | A senior Iranian military official said on Sunday the Islamic republic is digging some 320,000 graves in its border provinces for future slain invaders, Iran's English- language satellite channel Pres... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Tutu calls on African Union not to recognise Mugabe | Robert Mugabe waved a Bible and made an oath of allegiance before God to Zimbabwe as he was sworn in as president following an election widely dismissed as meaningless. But anti-apartheid hero Archbis... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Again, Militants Attack Another SPDC Facility | Militants have again attacked Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company (SPDC) facilty - Oloma flow Station in Bonny - and allegedly killed four naval personnel and three civilians. The attack was carried ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | How to Tackle N Delta Problem, By Uduaghan | Delta For Nigeria to achieve peace and stability in the Niger Delta region, the Federal Government should address the core issue of marginalisation while adopting a realistic and sincere approach to t... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Pair of New York Guardsmen killed | Two more New York Guardsmen were killed in Afghanistan , Defense Department officials said Sunday. First Class Joseph McKay , 51, of Cambria Heights, Queens , and Spc. , were killed by a roadside bomb... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Soldier dies in Fort Carson crash | Fort Carson officials are investigating a car crash early Sunday that killed a soldier and left two others injured. The accident involved a chase by military police that apparently never left the Fort... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Analysis: A very Israeli decision | Much will be said and written in the coming days about Sunday's cabinet decision approving the release of Samir Kuntar, four Hizbullah fighters, an undetermined number of Palestinian prisoners, dozens... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Goldwasser, Regev expected to be returned in | July 12, 2006, triggered the Second Lebanon War, are expected to be returned to Israel within 10 days as a result of Sunday's cabinet approval of a swap with Hizbullah. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hi Blog.. - If you wear eye glasses | Yes, it would be nice to copy & paste on the iphone. wait a couple years, they are probably working on making a tiny mouse as we speak . I don t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot dow... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Zimbabwe Violence: "A Bullet For Each Of You" | World Video. Summary The campaign of violence and repression in Zimbabwe, aimed at destroying opposition and ensuring that Robert Mugabe is returned as president in runoff elections on June 27, 2008 i... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | U.S. military will have role in RNC security | Since late 2006, local and federal law enforcement agencies have been crafting security plans for this summer s Republican National Convention. At the same time, the Department of Defense has been mak... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 'Moderates' attempting to sabotage truce while Hamas holds fire | FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU Taped confessions claim Gaza peace double-crossed 'Moderates' attempting to sabotage truce while Hamas holds fire . JAFFA, Israel A Hamas investigation replete with vide... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Leroy Anderson: Master of the Miniature | Courtesy of the artist Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) built a career by composing sophisticated short works for orchestra such as "Sleigh Ride" and "The Typewriter. Courtesy of the artist Leroy Anderson c... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army study Iraq occupation was understaffed | 18:55:05 Location: DENVER A nearly 700-page study released Sunday by the Army found that "in the euphoria of early 2003," U.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Is Iran To Be Attacked By America? | Is President Bush planning yet another war? I think so. The saber-rattling from the Bush White House over Iran has been in full operation over the past months, and even though American foreign policy ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | British death toll in Afghanistan nears record high | The death of another British soldier in Afghanistan has raised the toll from the past four weeks to 13, making June the second bloodiest month since the US-led invasion of the country six-and-a-half y... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US anti-Islamic policies responsible for terrorism | Till 9/11, all our Jihadis (now dubbed as extremists) were waging Jihad outside Pakistan, whether in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Chechnya or Kosovo. After terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Pakis... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iran poised for counter-strike on Israel | Iran has missiles aimed at the site where the Israeli nuclear program is believed to be based, The Times of London reported Sunday. The newspaper, citing sources, said the Shahab-3B missiles were move... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Real Friends Know When It's Time To Go Home | By Duncan Kerr Recent remarks by the Iraqi PM offer Australia the perfect opportunity to put in place a sensible exit strategy from Iraq, writes Duncan Kerr On 24 May 2006, the Prime Minister of Iraq,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Pausing to salute the digger inside | TAMWORTH S Australian Defence Force reservists and ex-service personnel were recognised with a church service, wreath laying and luncheon on Saturday as part of Reserve Forces Day. This is the 10th ye... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | IAF legislator says security deal "unfair" | A lawmaker from the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) described the long-term Iraq-U. security agreement as "unfair and suggests it is between a winning and defeated party," adding that Iraq "would n... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 7 wanted men arrested in Baghdad | Seven wanted men were captured and a large number of mortar shells seized in two separate security operations in western and southeastern Baghdad on Sunday, a senior security official said. "The 24th ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 9 killed, 18 wounded by violence until Sunday afternoon | Nine persons were killed and 18 others were wounded by the violent acts that occured from Saturday evening until Sunday afternoon in different parts of Iraq, security sources said. "The 24th Brigade, ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Wassit ready for security handover Police chief | Wassit Police chief on Sunday expressed his forces readiness for security handover from Multi National Forces (MNF) in the border province. Speaking to reporters at a press conference held in Wassit,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Special issue: CIBAM and the Symposium on Security | Global Business and Economics Review 10(2) 2008 [CIBAM = Centre for International Business & Management, Judge Business School, Cambridge University] ..CIBAM and the Symposium on 'Security, Terrorism ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | SpaceX Conducts Static Test Firing | UPDATE - Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit - Project Blackhawk Milford official's foibles captured on videotape DU Help Desk . You can buy stocks cheaply, directly from a company: More than 400 comp... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Trust Digital Delivers Mobile Security Solution Compliant with DISA Guidelines for Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 | Trust Digital Delivers Mobile Security Solution Compliant with DISA Guidelines for Microsoft Windows Mobile 6. Trust Digital, an enterprise mobility management provider, announced that the company's s... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Military veterans are worth hiring for civilian jobs | We have the privilege this week of celebrating our nation's independence, won and safeguarded over more than two centuries by brave military men and women. It's appropriate to reflect on their sacrifi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army study: Iraq occupation was understaffed | DENVER A nearly 700-page study released Sunday by the Army found that "in the euphoria of early 2003," U.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Rajendra Pachauri : The world's will to tackle climate change is irresistible | Rajendra Pachauri: Far from stymying the environmental cause, the downturn in the world's economies highlights just how pressing it is . BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao is urg... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Forces under fire over 2.5m flag bill | DEFENCE chiefs have been criticised for plans to spend 2.5million on new flags while troops are being killed because of inadequate equipment. The Ministry of Defence says tatty flags are bad for m... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Two more New York Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan | Two more New York Guardsmen were killed in Afghanistan , Defense Department officials said Sunday. First Class Joseph McKay , 51, of Cambria Heights, Queens , and Spc. , were killed by a roadside bomb... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israel Makes Deal for Prisoners | JERUSALEM -- The Israeli government agreed Sunday to free a Lebanese gunman convicted in one of the grisliest attacks in the country's history in exchange for the. JERUSALEM, Sunday Israeli Prime Mini... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | GAZA CITY: Israel yesterday reopened a Gaza border crossing to allow commercial goods into the Palestinian territory which had been | Published Date: June 30, 2008 GAZA CITY: Israel yesterday reopened a Gaza border crossing to allow commercial goods into the Palestinian territory which had been sealed off after militants fired rocke... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | African security council says summit will deal with Mugabe | SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt) - AFRICA'S top conflict prevention body ended talks on Sunday without making any public comment on Zimbabwe's political crisis ahead of an African Union summit on Monday. The m... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Red Berets win Best Combat Unit once more | ELITE FORCE: The 1st Commando Batallion outjumped, outscored and outperformed other army units to defend the coveted title. THE afternoon calm of the jungle was shattered as some 12 commandos moved i... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Two NY soldiers killed in Afghanistan | 5:40 PMThree U. soldiers -- including two from the New York National Guard -- were killed in Afghanistan Thursday, the Pentagon reported Sunday. Killed were two men assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 101st... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US escalating covert operations against Iran-report | Updates with U. ambassador, previous NEW YORK) WASHINGTON , June 29 (Reuters) - U. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of c... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | County recruiters locate plenty of young people to join the military | James Lee / Special to The Star "It's one of the hardest jobs in the military right now," Sgt. He speaks to a student while visiting Hueneme High School in May. Patriotic stories to be told at Ronald ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Forces under fire over .5m flag bill | DEFENCE chiefs have been criticised for plans to spend 2.5million on new flags while troops are being killed because of inadequate equipment. The Ministry of Defence says tatty flags are bad for m... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Clark questions McCain's qualification | Retired US Army General Wesley Clark has sharply criticized presumptive Republican nominee John McCain of overselling his army experience. "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting sh... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | DOD Announces Deaths of Two New York Army National | Two New York Army National Guard Soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced today. McKay, aged 51, of Cambria Heights, Queens; and Specialist Mark C. Palmateer, aged... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Frost & Sullivan: European Force Modernisation Driving ISTAR Vehicle Electronics | 18:51:41 EDTAccording to Frost & Sullivan, the European land-based ISTAR vehicle electronics markets continue to witness good growth as countries across the region are actively undertaking programmes ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Al Qaeda, Iran Would Control Iraq Under Obama Plan: Lieberman | CBS' Bob Schieffer talked with Sen. Joe Lieberman about the Iraq policies offered by Barack Obama and John McCain. Lieberman said that if Obama's plan had been followed then Iran and Al Qaeda would no... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Secretary of State Rice impressed with quake relief work | DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is impressed by China's relief work in the areas hit by the May 12 earthquake. [Agencies]Rice met with quake survivors and toured a relief ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Leading article: Africans must deny Mugabe his moment of glory in Egypt | The world voices its revulsion as Mugabe is sworn in as president . Opposition fears for those who refused to back Zanu . Robert Mugabe is moving at lightning speed to ensure that his fraudulent re-el... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ZIMBABWE: LEADERS BOYCOTT SADC SUMMIT ON COUNTRY | Amb. PIERRE SCHORI is the Director-General of FRIDE and former Swedish deputy minister of Foreign Affairs. A meeting of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security in Swaziland to ratchet up pres... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Afghan Civilian Deaths Up 62%, U.N. Says | The U. is fighting a losing battle against the heroin trade in Afghanistan, which largely benefits the Taliban. And as Armen Keteyian reports, terrorists aren't this drug war's only beneficiaries. The... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The cost of William's lift to the stag do? 8,716 | Audrey Gillan and Rob Evans. It must count as one of the most expensive stag-do taxis in history. Prince William's Chinook flight to attend his cousin's pre-wedding celebrations on the Isle of Wight c... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Leaders blamed over post-war Iraq | Military historians single out Rumsfeld and Franks Too much focus on getting rid of Saddam, says study . The US army has told of errors, poor planning and complacency among its own top commanders i... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Report: Bush boosts covert actions in Iran | Julian Borger , diplomatic editor. The Bush administration has significantly increased covert military operations inside Iran aimed at destabilising the country's government, according to a US report ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US to hand over Diwaniyah to Iraqis | The American military forces are to hand over security control of Diwaniyah province, formerly known as Qadisiyah, to the Iraqi government. Diwaniyah is to become the 10th of Iraq's 18 provinces to be... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe Wins (Surprised?) | 3:45 PM From Reuters: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was sworn in today after being declared the landslide winner of a widely condemned election which African observers said was scarred by violen... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Can Bill Gates Save The World? | Bill Gates no longer is involved in the day-to-day operation of Microsoft, but he'll likely still occasionally visit the company's HQ in Redmond, Wash. We know one thing - Microsoft's former chairman ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | FECKLESS OLMURDERER EXCHANGES BARBARIC BABY KILLER FOR DEAD BODIES | Iran Aims Shahab-3B ballistic missiles at Heart of Israel. I have never been so at odds, so completely opposed to the actions and policies of the Israeli government and inevitably the people of Israel... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Opposition fears for those who refused to back Zanu | The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is braced for the second phase of a murderous campaign that it believes is an attempt by the government to find a "final solution" to its main opposition. A so... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Indian troops for South Asian summit in Sri Lanka | COLOMBO (AFP) India is to send thousands of troops, war ships and helicopters to Sri Lanka as part of security for next month's South Asian summit in Colombo, diplomatic sources said Sunday. New Del... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Army's Report ---- Bush (cheney)ed Up | Ladies and Gentlemen, two years ago the Pioneer Press asked the 22 major party candidates for congress three questions, one of which was: Did the U. do the right thing sending troops to Iraq? John K... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Cops kill 4 suspected robbers in Rizal clash | Police on Monday killed four suspected robbers in a shootout in Antipolo City, Rizal. Senior Superintendent Ireneo Dorbas, Rizal Police Provincial Office director, said the encounter took place around... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Spaniards Hate Chavez More than Bush? | Wow, that's saying a lot, because the Spanish hate them some Dubya . According to a recent poll: Spaniards dislike Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez most among world leaders, including U. The survey of... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Remembering Sam Bahadur | Opinion Poll. Sam Manekshaw s life was as inspirational and graceful as the martial music he would have marched to during a career which spanned five wars and four decades. As a member of the Indian M... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Washington boosts covert operations against Tehran | WASHINGTON: The United States gave a major boost to covert operations against Iran with Congress's approval last year of President George W Bush's request for 400 million dollars, a US magazine report... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 39 Indian police feared drowned after Maoist attack: Official | BHUBANESWAR: At least 39 members of an elite Indian anti-insurgency unit were missing feared drowned in the east of the country yesterday after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Chavez deserted by allies | President Hugo Chavez, the "socialist revolutionary" leading a global campaign against America's "empire", is facing a political crisis in Venezuela where crucial elections are approaching and old all... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | TTP threatens to resume attacks | By Delawar Jan PESHAWAR: Accusing the government of violating the peace deal, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday announced ending peace talks and scrapping accords in the tribal and settled are... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Soldier killed in Afghanistan named | The Ministry of Defence has named the British soldier killed in an accident in Afghanistan. Warrant Officer 2nd Class Dan Shirley was killed on Friday during a patrol between Sangin and Camp Bastion w... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Call of Duty 4 -- save $25.00 off the retail price! | The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Wa... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Confirmation: U.S. covertly begins war against Iran | 03:17 PM Rumors that U. Special Operations Forces were inside Iran go back several years. Seymour Hersh's New Yorker article now confirms that Congress approved $400 million to fund these secret opera... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Celtic League - Bail Date set for heroic | I have picked this up from the Celtic League's news site and have been following the story for some time - one man's stand sgainst the fascist system in modern post 1984 Britain. Remember Leamon is a ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Report: Covert Ops Up Get Boost In Iran | The United States gave a major boost to covert operations against Iran with Congress's approval last year of President George W. Bush's request for 400 million dollars, a US magazine reported Sunday. ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Last U.S. Nukes Leave Britain | 7:21 pm Last American nuclear bombs leave Britain after half a century of protest By Matthew Hickley / Daily Mail America has withdrawn the last of its nuclear weapons from military bases in Britain, ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Tsvangirai still hopeful as Mugabe sworn in | As Mr Mugabe was being sworn in a ceremony at State House which many high profile figures failed to attend, Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai was talking to diplomats about his plans. Foreign journa... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ING Soldiers Celebrating... Until One Gets Shot | Tho is this really the ING cause they look very unproffesional,looks like Militia's part of that awekening force or whatever. They look do look like INGs, awakening groups don't get real uniforms and ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 2 N.Y. National Guard Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan | Sunday, marking the fifth death in that unit in a week. National Guard Soliders killed on June 21 when their humvee was struck by an improvised explosive device, small arms fire and rocket-propelled g... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mine left from 30 years of war kills soldier | The third member of the Royal Regiment of Scotland to die in Afghanistan since 2006 has been killed by a "legacy" landmine left over from 30 years of Afghan civil war and a decade of resistance to Sov... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Atlantic City Man Accused Of Shooting, Killing Wife | ATLANTIC CITY, N. -- An Atlantic City man was arrested on suspicion of shooting his wife to death. Police said officers found the body of 36-year-old Norene Watson at a house in the 1700 block of McKi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Diggers demand shoot-to-kill | AUSTRALIA'S frontline troops are urging a new shoot-to-kill policy as they confront an increasingly hostile enemy in the war on terror. Diggers in Afghanistan are facing a rising risk of c... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Diggers shoot to kill | AUSTRALIA'S front-line troops are urging a new shoot-to-kill policy as they confront an increasingly hostile enemy in the war on terror. Diggers in Afghanistan are facing a rising risk of casualties a... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ISN Security Watch: Niger Delta: Nowhere to hide | As militants attack allegedly safe offshore oilfields, experts say the government should rise to the wake-up call and find a comprehensive solution for this complicated conflict. By Dulue Mbachu in La... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | District Of Columbia Vs. Heller, At Last An Interpretation of Second Amendment | Tom Remington: Jes - Think you might be missing District Of Columbia Vs. Heller, At Last An Interpretation of Second Amendment : Conservative Zone: [. Heller, At Last An Interpretation of Second Amend... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Launches Major Offensive After Militants Kill Tribesmen And Kidnap Christians (BosNewsLife) | NEWS ALERT: Pakistan Launches Major Offensive After Militants Kill Tribesmen And Kidnap Christians (BosNewsLife). Three top US agencies involved in Waziristan operations: New Yorker | Govt to take up ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Former Western Ky. president Minton dies | A former president of Western Kentucky University and father of the new chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court has died. Minton became the fifth president of Western Kentucky in 1979, replacing D... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD: The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran | Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded the coherence of military strategy, one general says. Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iran ready to strike at Israel s nuclear heart | 29/06/08,sunday Times Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defence sources said last week. The movement of Shahab-3B ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hundreds flee central Somali town as fighting breaks out | MOGADISHU, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of families fled their homes in the central Somali town of Guriel as fighting between Ethiopian troops and Somali insurgents broke out, residents in Guriel said... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Report: U.S.`preparing the battlefield` in Iran | 30/06/08 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Border crossing reopened | Israel yesterday reopened a Gaza border crossing point to allow commercial goods into the Palestinian enclave which had been sealed off after militants fired rockets in violation of a truce. Between... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Former rivals join forces in nuclear plea | News. Times Archive: read our coverage of the Cuban missile crisis Four former foreign and defence secretaries have appealed to the world s nuclear states to reduce their stockpiles of weapons in the ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Air Force security forces training shifts to Guam | By Teri Weaver , Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 The Pacific s only training center for Air Force security forces held its second full class this month at its new home on And... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | In Kirkuk, police rule | James Warden / S&S Capt. Doug Serie stirs a cup of tea during a meeting Monday with Police Col. Bestoon Mohammad Qadir (in background), the police chief in charge of Kirkuk s Azadi district. Serie, wh... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Medic convicted in 2006 rape of German teenager | HEIDELBERG, Germany A V Corps medic was convicted Friday of the 2006 rape of a German teen he met at a disco and an indecent act for being filmed in homemade pornographic videos. Ivan Goings was sen... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Embedded in Iraq | Michael Massing, New York Review of Books Army Lt. Jacob Carlisle leads his platoon on patrol in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. "0900: Link up with 2-4 IN patrol at Cross Sabers in IZ," read ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Raid Kills Maliki Relative; Crisis Grows Over US-Iraq Agreement | US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, secure an area as they raid an Iraqi neighbourhood in search for a suspected militant. Ali Abdulhussein Razak al Maliki, who was killed... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Vandenberg Receives New Commander | John Goodman Left to right: Lieutenant General William Shelton, Colonel David Buck, Colonel Steve Tanous. With all of its squadrons standing in revue on the parade deck at Vandenberg Air Force Base, ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | DOD Announces Deaths of Two New York Army National Guard Soldiers | News Release LATHAM, NY (06/29/2008; 1732)(readMedia)-- Two New York Army National Guard Soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced today. McKay, aged 51, of Cambria... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iran Aims it Shahab-3B ballistic missiles at the Heart of Israel | The weakest leadership in Israeli history is left to confront (or not) its gravest threat. It is hardly Israel's threat to deal with but the West's. This is the poisonous fruit of our (US, EU, Perm 3)... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | I do not think that Mr. Hersh will apologize when Ahmadinejad (or | NYT Reports Kos, Facebook Posts As News :.U NO HOO: Tomorrow there will be a poll about using Hussein as a middle. wardmama4: I bet it is Obamanation supporters - remember we must never forget.wytammi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Monsoon god disowns 'god's own country' | Farmers and the power sector are in panic as Kerala is in for a monsoon crisis with the weathermen warning of scant rains in July too. Since the start of the southwest monsoon on May 31, there has bee... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US escalating covert operations against Iran | US congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | When Will The Media Stop Killing Americans? | It is crap like this that has put the liberal news media on the same level as a rotting cesspool (full of decaying you-know-what): Clandestine operations against Iran are not new. United States Specia... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iraqi guards kill female suicide bomber | ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Amazing Aircraft 1.01 | Western Railway 3D Screensaver. This slide-show-style screen saver rotates 36 amazing photos of U. Air Force , Aviation , Blackbird , Dawn , Eagle , F-15 , F-16 Falcon , Luftwaffe , Militarty , Navy ,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Cabinet Communique: PM Olmert: We are trading terrorist for bodies because we screwed up. There is no Aguna problem - just emotional issue | Cabinet Communique: PM Olmert: We are trading terrorist for bodies because we screwed up. There is no Aguna problem - just emotional issue . "we missed the deadline to change the terms which should b... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Smart and Smarter (Get Smart) | Would you believe they finally got around to making Get Smart into a movie? Would you believe they tried it once before? . Well, scarcely anyone remembers The Nude Bomb (1980), starring Don Adams a... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Military jet flies low over Staten Island | 5:15 PMJittery Staten Islanders inundated police with phone calls when a low-flying Air Force transport cruised over the North Shore this afternoon as part of Military Appreciation Day during a Staten... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Soldiers From Diverse Backgrounds Train to Make Sweet Music | CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - In a perfect world, Soldiers and people from all walks of life would prefer to have a job they love to do day in and day out, if given the choice. Seven Soldiers from the 4th Infa... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mugabe sworn in after 'phony, brutal' poll | Mugabe was the only candidate and went ahead with the vote despite a wave of international censure. The United States, which says it is preparing new sanctions, called on Sunday for strong internation... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | USMA cadets warm up before arrival of plebes | . Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style. And Cadet Sean Davies is ready to give them a full... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | After Koirala, what? | Girija Prasad Koirala s resignation as prime minister has been greeted with equal relief and dismay in Nepal. Ahead of the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, Koirala had announced that no matter ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iraq pledges $100 mlllion to rebuild Sadr City slum | BAGHDAD --- Iraq will spend $100 million to rebuild the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City and create jobs for many of its two million residents after years of violence and neglect, a government official ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Many question marks on Iraq's stability AL (Voices of Iraq) | Amr Mousa , on Saturday said, "There are many question marks regarding the Iraqi motion to accomplish stability," expressing the AL's support to any effort within the frame of national reconciliation.... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Iraqi forces detain AQI member, prevent attacks (Udaim) | Iraqi forces detain AQI member, prevent attacks (Udaim) Multi-National Corps Iraq PAO BALAD, Iraq Baqubah Emergency Response Force detained a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq member in Udaim, approximat... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | National Police seize nearly 200 weapons (New Baghdad) | National Police seize nearly 200 weapons (New Baghdad) Multi-National Division Baghdad PAO BAGHDAD Iraqi National Police seized nearly 200 weapons during search operations in the New Baghdad secur... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | British troop death toll nears record high | The death of another British soldier in Afghanistan has raised the toll from the past four weeks to 13, making June the second bloodiest month since the US-led invasion of the country six-and-a-half y... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Security agreement, Mujahideen Khalq in Arab press | Current negotiations over the security agreement between Iraq and the United States have come back into the headlines of Arab newspapers, which also focused on the Iraqi government's decision to prohi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Suicide bombing wounds 3 Sahwa fighters in Diala | A female suicide bomber struck near a Sahwa (Awakening) council in northeastern Baaquba city, wounding three council members, Iraqi authorities said on Sunday. "A female suicide bomber wearing an expl... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mass grave with 50 unknown bodies found in Samarra | A force from the Iraqi army's Quick Intervention unit unearthed a mass grave west of the city of Samarra containing 50 decomposed bodies, the unit commander said on Sunday. "The grave, discovered on S... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US steps up funds for covert action against Iran - report | The US Congress last year approved President George W. Bush's funding request of $400 million for a dramatic increase in covert operations against Iran to undermine Tehran's leadership, a US magazine ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Egypt hosts summit expected to address Zimbabwe crisis | SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Africa's top conflict-prevention body held closed-door talks on Zimbabwe's crisis on Sunday amid calls for Monday's African Union summit to shun President Robert Mugabe over his widel... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Planes battle it out over Blackpool Tower | Crowds lined Blackpool s beach this weekend as Britain staged its first ever Aero GP, the thrilling and spectacular air racing series which features pilots battling it out in a variety of daring disci... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israel Expands, Islam Expires, and Terror Ends: Part One | Ends: Part One Added: Jun 13th, 2008 8:45 AM Bill Salus To learn more, visit www.net Welcome to a three - part Bible prophecy study regarding the coming border expansion of Israel, expiration date of ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Interacts 143 | Re: # 142 tahmed32 holla haath rakhein payaan, NS is no saint neither is he any better or worse than the other usual suspects. Regret... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | In Maliki's hometown, grief and questions after deadly U.S. raid | JANAJA, Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki grew up in this village of lemon and date orchards about half an hour from the southern Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala. He attended school in th... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Thanks for Iran, Beltway Dems | 15:41. Seymour Hersh , reminding me what I read it still: Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to cu... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | MIDEAST: Israelis Assault Award Winning IPS Journa | MIDEAST: Israelis Assault Award Winning IPS Journalist : "MIDEAST: Israelis Assault Award Winning IPS Journalist By Mel Frykberg GAZA CITY, Jun 28 (IPS) - Mohammed Omer, the Gaza correspondent of IPS,... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israeli cabinet agrees to prisoner exchange with Hezbollah | Deadly clashes end Lebanese peace deal. Hamas confirms Israel truce but says talks not concluded. THE Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, yesterday won cabinet approval for a prisoner exchange with H... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Indian police missing after Maoist attack | At least 39 members of an elite Indian anti-insurgency unit were missing feared drowned in the east of the country on Sunday after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels, police said... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Utopia or unfulfilled promise | 45 minutes ago Opinions today, about the efficacy of the United Nations, stand divided and opposed. There are some who think that the United Nations is irrelevant, ineffective and largely useless "deb... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 'No US approval needed' for attack | A former head of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad on Sunday warned that Israel has 12 months to destroy Iran's nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself, and also hinted that Isr... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | British police force accused of | 2 minutes ago LONDON - The President of the Muslim Police Officers of England and Wales has accused the Metropolitan police of being "institutionally racist" and urged the British Home Secretary to or... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Security Includes Supplying Troops, Tons of Supplies, Thousands of Desert Miles | JournalistKirkuk, Iraq - The night is quiet and the desert floor is still -but serenity can quickly turn into turmoil for the Convoy Security Element with the 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division's, 10... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israel's prisoner swap with Hezbollah: too risky? | The swap: Posters of Samir Qantar, a prisoner in Israel, are carried in Lebanon. Israel's cabinet approved a controversial prisoner swap of 'terrorists' to recover two soldiers abducted in 2006. Joshu... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Wounded Robbery Suspect Arrested at Herbalist | Nigeria News latest RSS headlines - Nigeria Sun.com Story summary: A suspected armed robbery suspect with bullet wounds has been arrested by the Oyo Police Command at the residence of an herbalist in ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | ATF Takes Machine Guns From Blackwater in NC | 22 fully-automatic assault rifles were confiscated by the BATF from Mynock, NC-based Blackwater Worldwide last week after a story was published in the Raleigh News & Observer questioning an arrangemen... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Forgotten war a sad memory for survivors | The sour economy makes Iraq seem so 2006. Only 6 percent of South Floridians named the war as a top issue in a Miami Herald poll released this week. But for Itzhak and Beth Agami of Parkland, whose 25... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Zimbabwe opposition urges no welcome for Mugabe | African Union on Sunday not to welcome President Robert Mugabe to an African summit, saying it would be an insult to the Zimbabwean people. Thokozani Khupe, vice president of Zimbabwe's opposition Mov... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | India police missing after Maoist attack | At least 39 members of an elite Indian anti-insurgency unit are missing feared drowned in the east of the country after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels, police say. The boat, ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Problem With Iran | This week David De Batto posted an article on rense.com called "An Iran Attack Scenario - A Catastrophe". With his extensive background in intelligence, military service and on the ground service in I... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Obama v. McCain: What Do Iraqis Think? | While some Iraqis cautiously look towards Obama, many believe neither candidate will withdraw from Iraq anytime soon. Would President Obama Keep Bush's Secretary of Defense? Robert Dreyfuss Beyond Wor... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Barnacle Branch Still Evading Oversight | I'll have several things to say about Sy Hersh's latest . For the moment, though, I just wanted to lay out his central argument: that Dick Cheney is abusing the structure of command and Congressional ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | IRGC to set up provincial commands | A senior Iranian commander says the new structure of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps aims to enhance the country's combat capacity. Commander of IRGC's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Brigadier General Sey... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Veterans honoured at parade | TRIBUTES were paid to ex-servicemen of the British Armed Forces today, during a parade through Harpenden to mark the second annual Veterans Day. Forty veterans were cheered as they marched through the... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Making contact | Story Highlights. "Uncontacted" tribes of the world extremely vulnerable . Last month's aerial photo of one "uncontacted" tribe highlighted their plight . Threatened by deforestation, spread of biofue... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Hersh: Preparing the Battlefield | Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mounting propaganda for the impending attack: Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy | A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran's nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act soone... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Army s crystal gazing: 20 yrs needed to fill 11,500 vacancies | Defence 29 June:Facing a shortage of 11,500 officers, the Army has indicated to its leadership that it will take up to 20 years of best efforts to fill up the vacancies. Army can fill up the vacancies... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israeli cabinet approves a swap deal with Hezbollah | Israel Lebanon war Army Chief Rabbi considers declaring the two MIA soldiers as killed in. Jun 23 08 by Saed Bannoura Fearing Hezbollah retaliation; Israel deploys patriot missile battery Feb 18 08 by... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | THE YATRA'S WRONG TURN | But Sinha harboured a larger idea of his own solution to Kashmir problem . He followed his agenda till the day he left Srinagar. Sinha came up with several measures, thinking that promotion of the Hi... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | In an article entitled "Holding Muslims at arm's length," Bilal Kaleem, executive director of the Boston chapter of the Muslim American Society, says | 9:33 AM In an article entitled " Holding Muslims at arm's length ," Bilal Kaleem, executive director of the Boston chapter of the Muslim American Society, says Obama should address his Muslim issue he... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Israel Agrees to Swap Prisoners | An Israeli hangs posters of the two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by Hezbollah in Lebanon, during a demonstration outside Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office on June 29 in Jerusalem. In July 2... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Trailer) | Fear & Loathing in America It was just after dawn in Woody Creek, Colo., when the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York City on Tuesday morning, and as usual I was writing about sports. F... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | High ranking American Samoan soldier dies in Iraq | Posted at 18:33 on 29 June, 2008 UTC A solider from American Samoa was one of the three U. The Defence Department said 42 year old Lieutenant Colonel Max Galeai and two other marines were killed while... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US army history slams post-invasion Iraq plan | US army history slams post-invasion Iraq plan * Report blames lack of detailed planning ahead of invasion for post-war situation WASHINGTON: A new United States army history of the Iraq conflict says ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Indo Lanka Relations:Avoiding past errors | In 1987, the Sri Lankan armed forces had the initiative, and if the operation was taken to a finish, the Tigers may have been defeated. Instead, by the second half of the year the Sri Lankan army was ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | A new political superstar? | The UNP has scored a major victory by managing to field Major General (Retd) Janaka Perera to contest as the chief ministerial candidate of the North Central Province. When the NCP and Sabaragamauwa P... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | 39 police missing after boat capsizes | AT least 39 members of an elite Indian anti-insurgency unit were missing feared drowned in the east of the country today after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels, police said ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Beef Battalion Feeds the Forces | The All-American Beef Battalion (AABB) is on the march through the United States feeding All American beef to All American soldiers with the help of supportive Americans from all parts of the country.... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | The Invisible Guant namo in Ethiopia: Somali Region | Washington :DC - This paper examines Ethiopia s human rights record with a particular focus on the human rights situation in the Somali region . Attention is paid to the atrocities committed against... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Will the US Congress ratify the Bush Administration's Decision to launch a War on Iran | Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the United States by Iran's pursuit of nu... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | PHOTOS: Soldiers Keep Watchful Eye in Day, Night | FORWARD OPERATING BASE RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq - Spc., assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, checks an Iraqi citizen's identification during a night mission in eastern Baghdad June 19. Hausey is ... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | PHOTOS: Cavalry Troops Conduct Mission Readiness, Operations | LOYALTY, Iraq - Sgt. Sean Braley, a unit supply specialist from Norwich, N., reviews the unit property book as a part of his daily duties June 20. Jason Bellamy drives through Baghdad during a deliber... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | McCain on the defensive about spend | Libby Quaid John McCain squinted in the midday sunshine as he crossed the meandering Alabama River aboard the Gee's Bend ferry, smiling at a dozen elderly black women who clasped his hands and crooned... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Progress Slow For Weary Firefighters | Wildfires Adding To Particulate Matter In Already Hazy Air . LAKE COUNTY: Ken Pritchett Reports On Cal Fire Forces Getting Stretched Thin By Rash Of Wildfires . FAIRFIELD: Jim Vargas Reports On Battle... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | Mississippi River breaches levee in Missouri community | A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early on Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small eastern Missouri community of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doo... Read » |
29/Jun 2008 | US Army report critiques Iraq operation | Army report critiques Iraq operation FIXATED: The 696-page report said that military leaders and civilian officials were too focused on removing Saddam Hussein from power and not follow-up phases AFP... Read » |
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