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In Gaddafi’s Death No Virtue Gaddafi died a personality cult rather than death of a real leader. His vow that he would die rather than surrender was only true to that moment he found himself facing the muzzle of a gun. Those that did fight to the end and not surrender were so many of...
Obama sends U.S. troops to Central Africa on a military mission against local warlord Fox News: "President Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help local forces battle the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that the administration says has waged a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping for more than two decades....
Al-Qaeda nr 3 Anwar al-Awlaki, co-responsible for 9/11, killed in Yemen FoxNews: "Terror mastermind and senior Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki is dead, senior U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News. Al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent E...
Only one GOP candidate has foreign policy experience Compare the two responses in the video below, and then ask yourself: who would you want as Commander-in-Chief? Is Rick Perry's star starting to fade? The majority of the experts agree that Perry's last debate performance was extremely poor and he might ha...
NATO attacks Taliban... on Twitter ABC News: "After fending off small arms and rocket fire from Afghan insurgents for nearly 20 hours around the U.S. embassy in Kabul Tuesday, NATO forces decided they weren't done with Afghan militants and took others on again just hours later -- on Twit...
Is America responsible for 9/11? Yesterday during the CNN/Tea Party debate there was an interesting exchange between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Ron Paul basically suggested that America brought on herself the attack of 9/11 by illegally occupying other countries and the Middle East...
10 años después del 11S, la verdadera amenaza para Al Qaeda son los jóvenes de la primavera árabe El analista internacional afirma que una de las lecciones de esta década es que no existe la guerra al terrorismo. "El terrorismo es una técnica y uno no le declara la guerra a una técnica, sino a enemigos muy concretos". Agregó que "la única manera ...
Guinea Bissau offers green card to Muammar Gaddafi Reuters: "Guinea Bissau would welcome Libya's Muammar Gaddafi if he sought refuge there, the prime minister of the poor West African state has declared." Link...
U.S. tests military aircraft that can travel 20 times the speed of sound FoxNews reported that: "An unmanned aircraft that can travel at the breakneck speed of 20 times the speed of sound will take off Wednesday from an Air Force base in California for a test flight. The Falcon HTV-2 is an arrow-shaped aircraft that launches ...
Navy Seals Team 6, which killed Osama Bin Laden, dies in Afghanistan in helicopter crash Associated Press just reported that Navy Seals Team 6, which took out Osama bin Laden, in May this year, has died in Afghanistan in a NATO helicopter crash. At least 20 Navy Seals died. NATO officials confirmed the overnight crash and said that there was ...
Right wing parties defend Anders Breivik, some members of EU Parliament say his anti-Muslim ideas were righteous The Herald Sun reports that after the first almost unanimous condemnation of Anders Breivik's actions which led to the massacre of over 70 people, some European right-wing parties and politicians came out to defend Breivik's political and ideological view...
Anders Breivik: Norwegian Christian Terrorist Unlike in applying the term “Muslim” or “Islamic” terrorist, mainstream media has almost totally resisted to use the term “Christian” to identify the Norwegian terrorist or his ideological motives. The Norwegian police accurately cited Anders ...
MI5 informed Norway in March that alleged killer Anders Breivik bought chemicals for explosives in Poland but Norway ignored it Sky News reported that: "The man accused of killing at least 76 people in a shooting massacre and car bombing in Norway had been on an intelligence watch list since March, according to reports. The Norwegian newspaper VG Nett claims Anders Behring Breivik...
Of Osama Bin Laden and Ratko Mladic The two have a lot in common, but the question here is how others see them similarly or not, particularly among Muslims and Serbs. Muslims globally are frequently challenged in how they respond to terrorism. Those who defend Osama Bin Laden are rather pro...
CIA conducted a robust DNA search in the town where Osama Bin Laden was hiding before taking him out BBC reported that: "The CIA ran a fake vaccine programme in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad to try to get a DNA sample from the family of Osama Bin Laden, media reports say." Read more here...
U.S. withholds $800 million military aid to Pakistan After the assassination of Osama bin Laden, bilateral relations between U.S. and Pakistan are only getting worse. Reuters reported that the U.S. "is withholding some $800 million in military assistance to Pakistan in a show of displeasure over its cutback...
Al-Zawahiri appointed the new leader of Al-Qaeda 6 weeks after Osama bin Laden was eliminated, Al-Qaeda appointed his new leader: Ayman al-Zawahiri. So far al-Zawahiri was Al-Qaeda's number 2 and some analysts predicted that he lacks charisma to become the leader of the most infamous modern terrorist gr...
China accuses U.S. of waging internet war to bring down governments around the world China accuses US of waging an "internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments around the world. That's the Chinese response to America's allegations that China has hacked Gmail accounts of top U.S. governmental officials this week. Read more here...
Daily Mail: CIA had an informant in Bin Laden's compound Daily Mail suggest that CIA had an informant in Bin Laden's compound who provided Navy Seals with exact information what clothes Bin Laden would be wearing and in which room to look for him. Allegedly, a booklet was dropped at the scene by one of the Na...
Der Spiegel: Obama Administration negotiating with the terrorists, U.S.-Taliban secret talks underway "Germany's special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Michael Steiner, is moderating top secret talks between Afghan Taliban rebels and the United States, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday." Read more...
Pakistanis reveal names of top secret CIA operatives to oust them out of Pakistan New York Times reported that: "For the second time in five months, the Pakistani authorities have angered the Central Intelligence Agency by tipping the Pakistani news media to the identity of the C.I.A. station chief in Islamabad, a deliberate effort to ...
Military, Navy Seals outraged at the White House for revealing so much information about them and the operation which took out Bin Laden In an unprecedented statement, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates harshly criticized the Administration's handling of the Bin Laden case. Gates said that it was agreed in the Situation Room after Bin Laden was eliminated that the details of the operation w...
Gaddafi might have died in a NATO attack, the Alliance uncertain as of now Herald Sun: "NATO said overnight that it did not know if Muammar Gaddafi was alive or dead but insisted one of its heaviest nights of bombardments was not aimed at killing the Libyan despot." Yesterday, Italy's "La Stampa" reported that Muammar Gaddafi pr...
U.S. officials: Obama was ready to start a war with Pakistan in order to capture Bin Laden The Times of India: "But the most surprising development is the disclosure by US officials, through two news outlets, that President Obama was willing to risk a confrontation with Pakistan by ordering an increase in force size to protect the core group of...
Bin Laden TV Channel Osama Bin Laden home video has been released by the US Government from the computer hard drives taken during raid by Navy Seals in which terrorist was killed. Bin Laden is watching television,surfing channels with a remote control apparently seeking out i...
Noam Chomsky slams Obama for recklessly killing Bin Laden Noam Chomsky makes it clear: the killing of Osama bin Laden was unjustified under the circumstances and will bring more harm to the U.S. than good. "We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, ...
Obama authorizes the killing of Al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who is a pretended to Al-Qaeda's vacant leadership The Guardian reported that Barack Obama authorized the killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who is a member of Al-Qaeda and inspiring to become the organization's leader after the death of Osama bin Laden. Read The Guardian's story here...
Europe criticizes Obama over killing Bin Laden: this you call justice? Discomfort in Europe over how Barack Obama handled elimination of Osama bin Laden grows. Spain's Prime Minister said that: "any democrat" would have preferred bin Laden stood trial. Read more here...
Al-Qaeda confirms Bin Laden is dead, promises bloody revenge "Al Qaeda has confirmed the demise of Osama bin Laden in a statement dated May 3, and they are now calling for a new leader for the organization. Bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahri is the most likely successor." Read more...
Al-Qaeda's #2 Al-Zawahiri set up Bin Laden, claims Saudi newspaper "Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was betrayed by his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri who led US forces to his hideout as the two were involved in an intense power struggle, a Saudi newspaper has reported." Read the story here...
Cost of killing Bin Laden will be huge Yesterday, Shewach Weiss, former Israeli Ambassador to Poland, said that if he were an American he would not celebrate that much after Osama Bin Laden’s death as it was done in New York City and Washington D.C. Something more dangerous may be coming soo...
Reverend Mike Huckabee: Welcome to Hell Bin Laden Mike Huckabee's statement on the death of Osama Bin Laden: "It is unusual to celebrate a death, but today Americans and decent people the world over cheer the news that madman, murderer and terrorist Osama Bin Laden is dead. The leader of Al Qaeda--- resp...
More evidence coming that Bin Laden's assassination was an execution of death penalty CBS: "According to the White House, Osama bin Laden was shot to death during a raid on his compound when he "resisted" the raid team. Also according to the White House, bin Laden was not armed when confronted by the raid team. Which raises the question: H...
Congressman Peter King: information leading to Bin Laden's death came from water boarding at Guantanamo ...
Was assassination of Bin Laden an extra-judicial killing that the Democrats so vividly fought against when George Bush was in office? The Telegraph: " LA Times report: “The US troops gave Osama what was described as a brief opportunity to surrender before firing several times, at least once into the head” – three US presidents have certainly authorised his assassination, and ...
Traffic at Navy Seals Facebook page skyrockets after Bin Laden killed "In the hours after a team of U.S. Navy SEALs attacked Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan the Facebook pages for the U.S. Navy, the SEALs, and the U.S. Army saw a dramatic spike in activity as users flocked online to post their thoughts and com...
PHOTOS: Osama Bin Laden's dead body Top terrorist Osama Bin Laden was exterminated yesterday by Navy Seals 100 kilometers north of Islamabad, Pakistan. The below are the photos released yesterday by the Pakistan's Geo TV showing dead body of Bin Laden. Similar photos were also released by ...
Architect of NATO expansion Ron Asmus dies of cancer The Economist: "Few people embodied the best in America's relationship with Europe better than Ronald "Ron" Asmus, who has died after a long battle with cancer-related illnesses. Asmus was one of the prime architects of NATO expansion." Read more here...
Tim Pawlenty wants U.S. Ambassador out of Syria AP: "Potential GOP presidential contender Tim Pawlenty wants the U.S. to recall its ambassador to Syria and seek economic sanctions to send "a clear and strong signal" opposing the nation's violent crackdown on demonstrators." Read more here...
Obama's former friend Bill Ayers says John McCain is a war criminal Listen to this unbelievable interview with Bill Ayers, Barack Obama's former friend, which he gave to the radio host, Larry Elder. You will not believe what he said. Listen here...
China steals State Department's passwords Reuters: "According to U.S. investigators, China has stolen terabytes of sensitive data -- from usernames and passwords for State Department computers to designs for multi-billion dollar weapons systems. And Chinese hackers show no signs of letting up. "T...
Belarus mercenaries paid almost £2,000 a month to help Gaddafi forces The Telegraph: "A mercenary from Belarus has spoken of getting paid £1,900 a month to help Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces fight against the rebels and said there were "several hundred" of his compatriots doing the same thing." Read more here...
NATO attacks, Gaddafi wins Bloomberg: "Libyan rebels retreated under heavy fire from the central oil port of Brega, prompting their top commander to lash out at NATO for not doing enough to stop artillery attacks by Muammar Qaddafi’s forces." Read more here...
2 workers dead at Fukushima from radiation, Japan says it will take months to bring nuclear plant under control The Mail reported that "Safety experts have said it could take months to bring Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear power plant under control." There are also 2 deaths reported of young Japanese workers who worked at Fukushima and got exposed to radiation. Rea...
Sacirbey: Georgia vs. Russia at ICJ Georgia claimed that Russia was legally responsible for “ethnic cleansing” campaign during the war over Ossetia in the case filed in August 2008 before the International Court of Justice. Russia filed several objections to the case including whethe...
Sacirbey: Obama compares Libya to Bosnia “Fatal Attraction” to “Civil War” - do not make the same mistakes in Libya that were made in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Senator John McCain reflected a more transparent vision of the US intervention while President Obama tried to walk a fine line b...
NATO kills 7 civilians and children in Afghanistan... again NATO made yet another air strike which resulted in deaths of 7 innocent civilians, including 3 children. San Francisco Gate reported: "A NATO air strike targeting Taliban fighters accidentally killed seven civilians, including three children, in the sout...
Radiation in Fukushima rises over 10 million times Japanese news agencies reported that radiation in Fukushima increased over 10 million times, but then some chaos emerged. CBS reported "The day began with company officials reporting that radiation in leaking water in the Unit 2 reactor was 10 million tim...
Dangerous leak feared at Fukushima plant ABC News reported that: "A possible breach of the reactor core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could lead to further contamination in what would be a major setback to efforts to bring the post-earthquake crisis under control, Japanese officials said to...
Libya cuts oil supply to Italy, Berlusconi unsure how to solve the dilemma BBC News has an interesting piece analyzing the role of Italy in the military intervention in Libya. Silvio Berlusconi has admitted that the intervention turned from a humanitarian one into a military one what puts his country in a difficult situation. Re...
Who is behind Obama’s decision to attack Libya? Information emerged in the recent days, that the person behind Obama’s decision to bomb Libya is Samantha Power, a former Harvard professor who is now a Senior Director at the National Security Council in the White House. Samantha Power is a Pulitzer Pr...
Is the Libya war about money? Gaddafi has 150 tons of gold, the largest gold storage in the world The Financial Times reported that freezing Gaddafi’s assets across European banks may not help to worsen Gaddafi’s financial situation. Hidden in Libyan central bank and controlled directly by him, Muammar Gaddafi has deposited 150 tons of gold, which...
Medvedev criticizes Putin for comparing military intervention in Libya to a religious crusade "The president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev criticized his boss, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, for comparing the air strikes by Western militaries on Libya to a “medieval crusade." Read more at the International Business Times...
Dennis Kucinich calls for impeachment of Obama over Libya attack, says legal grounds are shaky as those in Iraq war So here it is. No matter what Obama does he is criticized from every angle. The Nation magazine wrote that "support for war against Libya has risen to a fever pitch even among liberals. I would point out that Russia, China, India, Brazil and Germany absta...
Gaddafi says: Crusaders have attacked Gaddafi didn't take well the news that the U.S./European coalition forces started enforcing a no-fly and no-drive zone over Libya, directly targeting his forces. He said that the "crusaders" have attacked his country, implying that the reason for interve...
U.S. launches air strike against Gaddafi's forces The AP just reported that "the U.S. military attacked Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses Saturday with strikes along the Libyan coast that were launched by Navy vessels in the Mediterranean." Finally! Thank you, America! Read more at Yahoo's...
David Cameron gave orders to deploy UK's airplanes to Libya The Telegraph reported that David Cameron told MPs that the UK will commit military assets to enforce a no-fly zone in the skies over Libya. He gave orders to deploy Britain's airplanes to Libya. Link...
UN to authorize military intervention in Libya within hours The Guardian reported that the United Nations will likely authorize military action against Gaddafi's regime within hours. The new resolution finally has backing from UK, France and the United States. The Guardian says that accoring to its "source at UN h...
Sacirbey: A No-Fly Zone Over Libya? While some may presume that the key question is will the UN Security Council adopt a resolution, the real issue is who is willing to assume the task of enforcing and how timely. A UN Security Council resolution may not be necessary, as the League of Arab ...
Marry a Martyr: Al Qaeda launches a magazine for women Yeah. Following the tremendous success of some politicians in the U.S. and Europe, the terrorist groups around the world recognized the importance of having a media strategy. Apparently Al Qaeda woke up first and launched a magazine for women called Al-Sh...