Archive for July, 2007

High-level al-Qaeda cell members detained near Taji

Posted by me on July 31st, 2007

BlackAnthem.com
FALLUJAH, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces conducted a helicopter assault raid July 28 detaining two known al Qaeda in Iraq cell members suspected of numerous crimes including murdering and intimidating Iraqi citizens and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces.
With U.S. Special Operations Forces present as advisers, Iraqi police detained their primary suspects without incident […]

Declaration of North American Integration unearthed

Posted by me on July 31st, 2007

WorldNetDaily:
The endorsement by a major city mayor of a document described as “The Declaration of North American Integration” represents a long-term effort by local governments to bypass state and federal governments and work directly with Mexico and Canada to create agreements that integrate the continent below the radar screen, charges an activist.
Adam Rott, founder of […]

The Washington Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants used a heat-seeking, surface-to-air missile to attack a Western aircraft over Afghanistan for the first time last week, coalition military sources say.
The attack with a weapon thought to have been smuggled across the border with Iran represents a worrisome increase in the capability of the militants that Western […]

Special Forces Wipe Out Insurgents in Karbala!

Posted by me on July 30th, 2007

New York Times:
BAGHDAD, Saturday, July 28 — American Special Forces battled Mahdi Army militiamen in Karbala on Friday, calling in a deadly helicopter airstrike during a rare operation in one of the country’s holiest Shiite cities.

Ghassan al-Yassiri/Associated Press
An Iraqi at a funeral on Friday in Karbala, Iraq. Clashes between militiamen and members of United […]

Editorial: We Must Respond to the Lies - NAM
However, the discussion on immigration should continue, because anti-immigrant sentiment grows daily across the country. The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that 48 bills were introduced this year that restrict the activity of the undocumented, while locally more than 100 ordinances were introduced last year.
The failure […]

Proof that Cracking Down on Illegals Works!

Posted by me on July 30th, 2007

The MetroWest Daily News:
The 51-year-old Brazilian man came with plans to stay here for up to six years to save enough money to buy a house in Brazil, two cars for his daughters and secure a life back home.
But after three years of calling Framingham home, the man has decided to go back to Brazil […]

Politico.com
New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”
“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of […]

Vote of ‘Snow Confidence’

Posted by me on July 30th, 2007

The Daily Gut:
TELLURIDE [CO] — A backlash quickly emerged after the Telluride Town Council adopted a resolution last week calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
“It’s huge, unbelievable,” said Telluride Mayor John Pryor. “Ski groups are canceling for the winter. Hundreds of people are bailing. The (town) Web […]

Abduction: The Mullah’s Strategic Weapon

Posted by me on July 30th, 2007

HUMAN EVENTS:
Iran takes hostages because stealing people has proven to be a politically powerful weapon.  Expect the mullahs to take more hostages as tensions between our countries grow.
Tehran has enjoyed considerable success abducting Westerners because it gets what it wants and seldom pays a penalty.  Iran has seized hostages in order to obtain arms and the release […]

US Promises Military Aid to Israel and Saudi Arabia

Posted by me on July 30th, 2007

Telegraph:
The United States will reinforce the military capability of Israel and Saudi Arabia in a strategy intended to deter Iran.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, confirmed yesterday that US military aid would rise by 25 per cent over the next decade, from £12 billion to £15 billion a year.

 

Meanwhile, US military sources reported that Saudi […]

Edwards ‘They Want to Shut Me Up’

Posted by me on July 28th, 2007

Politico.com:
In an intense minute and a half from John Edwards in Creston, Iowa, yesterday in which he heatedly tells an audience that the attention to trivia (I assume the reference here is to his haircuts) is “not an accident” and that “they want to shut me up” to silence his message about ending the war […]

Daily Mail:
Three Arab princesses were thrown off a packed British Airways flight after refusing to sit next to male passengers they didn’t know.
 
The dispute - in which the three princesses from the ultra-conservative Qatar royal family demanded segregated seating - left the London-bound plane delayed on a baking Italian runway for nearly three hours.
Furious passengers […]