Iraqi Forces Arrest 10 al-Qaida in Iraq Associates
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60251
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 10 suspected associates of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organization in several operations today, military officials reported.
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Mosul ISF operation nets 2 suspected AQI criminal associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/mosul-isf-operation-nets-2-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation in eastern Mosul.
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Iraqis graduate US FBI basic crime scene training program
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/iraqis-graduate-us-fbi-training-program
BAGHDAD – More than 40 senior and mid-level Iraqi police officers graduated from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s basic crime scene investigation training program here at Joint Security Station Shield July 29.
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Citizens report weapons caches in Charikar
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3075-citizens-report-weapons-caches-in-charikar.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Police, with assistance from Coalition Forces, recovered two weapons caches in the town of Charikar July 26.
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California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_waters_ethics
WASHINGTON – A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
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‘Indignant’ Muslims reject U.S. request to counter violent extremism
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185341
A series of e-mails from the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that has warned of a threat from “right-wing extremists” like those worried about national sovereignty, reveals the agency has held a series of meetings with Muslims who apparently rejected the government’s request to help counter violent extremism.
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State Dept Sends CAIR Official To Mali. Why?
http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/07/state-dept-sends-cair-official-to-mali-why/
Local media is reporting that the executive director of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) – Michigan has traveled to the African nation of Mali on a program underwritten by the US State Department. According to an interview with Dawud Walid.
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State’s restrictions on 2nd Amendment challenged
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185653
The state of Maryland is targeted in a new lawsuit by the Second Amendment Foundation for putting conditions on a resident’s Second Amendment rights, requiring them to demonstrate they face a specific “apprehended danger.”
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Justice-website redesign goes globalist, dumps Old Glory
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185773
The United States Justice Department has launched a redesigned website, described by some as “Darth Vaderish” for replacing a waving flag banner with a black panel. But the biggest concern raised by critics is a quote posted at the top of the page attributed to a 1930s globalist.
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Obama’s Weak Foreign Policy Shows Again
http://bigpeace.com/wthuston/2010/07/31/obamas-weak-foreign-policy-shows-again/
Barack Obama once again shows his fecklessness and weakness in foreign policy with a decision by the State Department to allow the Palestinian Mission in Washington D.C. to fly the flag of its non-existent country.
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Lobbyists Give Millions to Dems As Obama Smears ‘Special Interests’
http://biggovernment.com/wthuston/2010/07/31/lobbyists-give-millions-to-dems-as-obama-smears-special-interests/
Let’s go back to those hopey-changie days of the Obama campaign for president when he railed constantly against all those “special interests” and evil lobbyists that he claimed were ruining the political process. Let us recall that once elected he claimed he’d have the “strictest ethics rules” of any president ever.
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Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcA1weZu7DW8Wq-AyV4X3nEy0mygD9H9J8LO2
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S. law faithfully.
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Chilling effect: Violence silences Mexican media
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7131506.html
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Heavily armed troops patrol the city, combat erupts in the streets and mutilated bodies are dumped in parking lots, ditches and curbs.
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Al-Qaeda Creating an Army in Yemen
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138866
The heads of Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed Thursday to be creating an army in the country’s south. In an audio recording posted online, terrorist commander Mohammed Sayeed al-Omda said Al-Qaeda will soon have a fighting force of 12,000 soldiers based in the cities of Aden and Abyan.
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China invests $40b. in Iran oil and gas
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=183200
China has invested an estimated $40 billion in Iran’s oil and gas sector Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi said in an AFP report Saturday.
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Venezuela Sends Troops to Colombian Border
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Venezuela-Sends-Troops-to-Colombian-Border-99684574.html
Venezuela’s president says he has deployed troops to the border with Colombia, as tensions rise between the two South American countries. Hugo Chavez said Friday he believed the outgoing government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe could be planning to attack Venezuela.
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The huge scale of Pakistan’s complicity
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-huge-scale-of-pakistans-complicity/article1657931/
When 91,000 classified military documents are leaked about a continuing war, there is bound to be controversy. But as one who spent six years in Afghanistan – first as Canada’s ambassador, then as deputy head of the United Nations mission there – my first reaction was how true to life it all was. Here is the hall-of-mirrors, see-saw world of counterinsurgency – in all its complexity.
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Treaty outlawing cluster bombs enters into force
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HA3MPO0&show_article=1
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (AP) – (Kyodo)—An international treaty that bans the use and stockpiling of cluster bombs entered into force on Sunday with Japan and 37 other countries having already ratified it.
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Firefighter saves same cat twice
http://www.times-herald.com/local/Firefighter-saves-same-cat-twice-1227765
A firefighter who rescued a cat from a well in west Coweta on June 29 stepped up to rescue the cat a second time on Tuesday. The cat, which was taken into the custody of Coweta County Animal Control following its rescue a month ago, was scheduled to be euthanized Wednesday morning. No one claimed the furry feline, which suffered from fleas, and it was not apparent whether it was wild or domesticated.
News Articles For 7/31
July 31, 2010 — Operation RoosterNews Articles For 7/30
July 30, 2010 — Operation RoosterISF arrest 4 suspected AQI criminal associates in Tarmiyah operation
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-4-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates-in-tarmiyah-operation
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested four suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation in Tarmiyah today.
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ISF arrest 4 suspected AQI criminal associates in Mansuriyah
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-4-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates-in-mansuriyah
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested four suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation in Mansuriyah.
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Marine absorbs IED blast, walks away
http://www.marines.mil/unit/imef/Pages/MarineabsorbsIEDblast,walksaway.aspx
SOUTHERN SHORSURAK, HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — Cpl. Matt Garst should be dead. Few people survive stepping on an improvised explosive device. Even fewer walk away the same day after directly absorbing the force of the blast, but Garst did just that.
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Marine musician salutes families of the fallen
http://www.marines.mil/unit/hqmc/Pages/Marinemusiciansalutesfamiliesofthefallen.aspx
MITCHELLVILLE, Md. — A Marine musician left concert goers in awe after performing a five-song country-rock set at the American Heroes Festival July 24.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Takes Fight From Cage to Army
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60248
FORT JACKSON, S.C., July 30, 2010 – Army Pvt. Hannah Grossman appears to be a typical soldier in training: young, determined and focused. But before donning an Army combat uniform, the human resource information management specialist student was a professional cage fighter.
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Recession was deeper than gov’t previously thought
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Recession-was-deeper-than-apf-3247751846.html?x=0&.v=3
WASHINGTON (AP) — The recession was deeper than the government previously thought. The Commerce Department, in revisions issued Friday, estimates the economy shrank 2.6 percent last year — the steepest drop since 1946. That’s worse than the 2.4 percent decline originally estimated.
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IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76 Billion in Capital
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-30/imf-says-u-s-banking-system-might-need-as-much-as-76-billion-in-capital.html
The U.S. financial system remains fragile and banks subjected to additional economic stress might need as much as $76 billion in capital, according to the results of International Monetary Fund stress tests.
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Undercover Feds Able to Easily Obtain Fraudulent Passports
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/29/undercover-feds-able-to-easily-obtain-fraudulent-passports/
Nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks brought to light the dangers of fake IDs, federal undercover agents are still able to easily obtain genuine U.S. e-Passports using clearly fraudulent information that should have raised red flags at the State Department according to this ABC News report.
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Obama official led Soros ‘fund’ supporting world government
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185013
President Obama’s assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, Eric P. Schwartz, previously served as the director of a George Soros-funded organization that promoted global governance.
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Obama the Velcro president
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-velcro-presidency-20100730,0,375806.story
Obama is the White House’s chief spokesman, policy pitchman, fundraiser and negotiator — and blame usually falls on him. Aides are seeking to downsize his exposure.
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Democrats Keep Door Open to Dangerous Lame Duck Session
http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=201525
Washington, Jul 29 – Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after offering a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives calling on Congress not to hold a lame duck session after Election Day for the purpose of passing hugely unpopular legislation like a national energy tax, enormous deficit spending bills, and the kickback to Big Labor known as “Card Check.”
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House Rejects Bill to Aid Sick 9/11 Responders
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/29/house-rejects-aid-sick-responders/?test=latestnews
WASHINGTON — A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
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Federal government funds virtual ‘sex’ game
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=184733
As if real-life pressures for young girls to have sex were not bothersome enough, now the federal government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop a video game simulating situations where preteens are thrust into sexual situations.
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Grayson bills taxpayers for DVD of term’s highlights
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-grayson-sends-dvd-20100728,0,154249,full.story
WASHINGTON — If U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson were a rock star, his latest PR blitz — a DVD sent to tens of thousands of Central Florida residents — would be called Grayson’s Greatest Hits.
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Mighty oil-eating microbes help clean up the Gulf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_excl/ynews_excl_sc3270
Where is all the oil? Nearly two weeks after BP finally capped the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, the oil slicks that once spread across thousands of miles of the Gulf of Mexico have largely disappeared.
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U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez Close For Security Review
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/29/u-s-consulate-in-ciudad-juarez-close-for-security-review/
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Thursday in a statement that the Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has closed to “review its security posture,”. The facility, on the border with Texas, will be closed Friday and will remain closed until the security review is completed, according to the embassy statement.
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China says it opposes EU sanctions against Iran
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hDb6QE6dUOmI-OQUvxlCSPb5O8NQD9H9D5PG2
BEIJING — China said Friday that it opposes the sanctions the European Union is imposing on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying it supports Iran’s renewed efforts to hold talks on a possible swap of nuclear fuel.
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U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE66T0KY20100730?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.
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Brawler’s drunken vow saves woman
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Good_News/2010/07/29/14862231.html
RUSSELL, Ont. – Russell’s Stephanie Wellman will be eternally grateful that a total stranger who had the option of backing out of a life-saving pledge made a long time ago – and in a bit of a haze – never wavered.
News Articles For 7/29
July 29, 2010 — Operation RoosterIraqi Forces Arrest 6 Terrorism Suspects
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60225
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested six people affiliated with the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorism organization in combined operations with U.S. advisors yesterday, military officials reported.
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ISF arrest 3 suspected AQI criminal associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-3-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates
BAGHDAD –Iraqi Security Forces arrested three suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation today in southwest Baghdad.
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Operation nets 2 suspected AQI members, criminal associate
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/operation-nets-2-suspected-aqi-members-criminal-associate
BAGHDAD –Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) members and one criminal associate during joint security operations conducted in northern and southern Iraq today.
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NCOs Receive Recognition for Excellence
http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=53378
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – There’s always time to seek self improvement and Task Force Marne leadership validated that statement by flying soldiers to Tikrit, Iraq, and recognizing them for taking extra measures to mentor, lead and purse professional growth.
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Marines Honor Gold Star Families
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/07/28/marines-honor-gold-star-families/
Heather Forsgren Weaver, a colleague of mine at American Forces Press Service, is a regular contributor to Family Matters. Heather’s been heavily involved in this blog from the start. She edits, helps write and posts content on a daily basis.
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Face of Defense: Logistics Analyst Excels in Leadership Program
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60201
FORT BELVOIR, Va., July 28, 2010 – When Betty Hoapili was selected to attend the Department of Defense’s Executive Leadership Development Program, she got the chance to walk in a warfighter’s shoes.
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Second missing sailor in Afghanistan is found dead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072900527.html?hpid=moreheadlines
KABUL — The second U.S. sailor who went missing in eastern Afghanistan last week has been found dead and his body recovered, according to sources familiar with the search.
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Fallen Soldiers’ Families Denied Cash as Insurers Profit
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-28/fallen-soldiers-families-denied-cash-payout-as-life-insurers-boost-profit.html
The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was a thick, 9-inch-by- 12-inch envelope from Prudential Financial Inc., which handles life insurance for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Key parts of Arizona anti-immigration law blocked
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66R45C20100728
(Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona’s tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control of the issue.
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Are illegals infiltrating U.S. military bases?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=184785
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is warning that illegal aliens may have gained access to a U.S. Army installation in Arizona that also serves as the nation’s largest military intelligence-training center.
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Proposal Would Ease FBI Access To Online Activity Records
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/28/proposal-would-ease-fbi-access-to-online-acitivity-records/
According to this article in the Washington Post, the Obama administration is looking to make it easier for the FBI to access records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if it is deemed the information is relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
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SEIU to Illegal Immigrants: Republicans Will Round You Up Like the Nazis and Put You in Internment Camps
http://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2010/07/29/seiu-to-illegal-immigrants-republicans-will-round-you-up-like-the-nazis-and-put-you-in-internment-camps/
Thursday morning at 12:01 a.m. local time, Arizona’s well publicized anti-illegal-immigration law will finally go into effect. Or at least parts of it will. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled today to block several provisions of the law that some consider controversial (even though these mimic federal law).
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AMERICA’S NEW HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REVEALED
http://jec.senate.gov/republicans/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeNews&ContentRecord_id=bb302d88-3d0d-4424-8e33-3c5d2578c2b0
Washington, DC – Four months after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously declared “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it,” a congressional panel has released the first chart illustrating the 2,801 page health care law President Obama signed into law in March.
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The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2007202,00.html
President Obama has called the BP oil spill “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” and so has just about everyone else. Green groups are sounding alarms about the “Catastrophe Along the Gulf Coast,” while CBS, Fox and MSNBC slap “Disaster in the Gulf” chryons on all their spill-related news.
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Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100729/D9H8LTJO1.html
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used to stifle protests and intimidate government opponents.
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China’s Growing Military: Much Ado About Something (Part 2)
http://bigpeace.com/phuessy/2010/07/29/chinas-growing-military-much-ado-about-something-part-2/
For what purposes is China going to use its growing military? No, they are not going to invade Florida. (Just drill for oil some 50 miles from Spring Break). Nevertheless, they are asserting hegemonic power and it is primarily related to energy. They seek to use their military as a coercive tool to steer investment and trade in its favor and away from its competitors.
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Naperville man pulls teen tuber from swollen DuPage River
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=396872
A Naperville man is credited with saving a teenage girl after hearing her call out for help after she became stuck in the fast-moving waters of the swollen DuPage River while on inner tubes with four other friends around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Naperville Fire Capt. Mark Ziemnik said.
News Articles For 7/28
July 28, 2010 — Operation RoosterISF arrest suspected AQI member in southwest Baghdad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-member-in-southwest-baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member during a joint security operation today in southwest Baghdad.
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US transfers 1 of 3 remaining bases in Babil province
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/us-transfers-1-of-3-remaining-bases-in-babil
PATROL BASE MAHAWIL, Iraq – U.S. forces handed over Patrol Base Mahawil to the Iraqi government in a ceremony Sunday in Babil Province, leaving only two U.S. bases in the province.
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Deployments from a Parent’s Perspective
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/07/27/deployments-from-a-parents-perspective/
Lori J. Danby is the president and founder of the Tri Counties Blue Star Moms in Northern California. Her son, Marine Corps Cpl. Brian Danby served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Hero to be reunited with soldier he saved
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/dog_gets_his_day_haMOgDHiJOYZ3sFg3n0iBM
They became instant war heroes by foiling a suicide bomber trying to sneak into US soldiers’ quarters in Afghanistan, and as a reward, they’re getting homes — and lots of doggie treats.
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Obama Proclaims Korean War Armistice Day
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60185
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2010 – President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation declaring July 27 National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, to mark the signing of the Military Armistice Agreement at Panmunjom.
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Face of Defense: Marine Recalls Top-Tier Soccer Career
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60184
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., July 27, 2010 – Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jose Pena, a warehouse chief with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group here, has been playing soccer at the highest levels for the Corps almost since the day he enlisted nearly 13 years ago.
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Leaked War Files Expose Identities of Afghan Informants
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/27/leaked-afghan-war-files-expose-identities-informants/
Hundreds of Afghan lives have been put at risk by the leaking of 90,000 intelligence documents to WikiLeaks because the files identify informants working with NATO forces.
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SEC Says New FinReg Law Exempts It From Public Disclosure
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/07/28/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-public-disclosure/
So much for transparency. Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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‘JournoList’ group tied to White House, radicals
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=184597
Among the individuals who were part of the controversial “JournoList” e-mail group were activists with ties to the White House and a socialist group closely linked for years to President Obama.
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What a Recess Appointment Gets Us
http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog/g/7994bd30-a610-4805-af00-b2364eb459a0
Speaker Nancy Pelosi commented before the vote on Obamacare that “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Similarly, since President Obama’s appointment of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services occurred without a confirmation hearing, we’re just now beginning to learn what Berwick is all about.
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K Street goes to the defense of Charlie Rangel
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/K-Street-goes-to-the-defense-of-Charlie-Rangel-1004040-99363214.html
Every person accused of a crime or an ethics violation deserves a competent defense. Charlie Rangel’s legal defense, fittingly, comes from K Street. Two of the three firms providing legal counsel to Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., in his pending ethics cases are lobbying firms. In fact, one firm, Oldaker, Belair & Wittie, conducts much of Rangel’s political fundraising, while operating four different lobby shops.
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Democrat: Let’s have mandatory national service
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=184325
A bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., would reinstate a compulsory military draft during war time and require U.S. citizens not selected for military duty to perform a “national service obligation” – as defined by President Obama – for a minimum of two years.
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Mass. Legislature approves plan to bypass Electoral College
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/07/mass_legislatur.html?p1=News_links
The Massachusetts Legislature has approved a new law intended to bypass the Electoral College system and ensure that the winner of the presidential election is determined by the national popular vote.
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Mexican Officials to Patrol Staten Island Following Latest Bias Attack
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Mexican-Man-Pummeled-in-Latest-Staten-Island-Hate-Attack-99325314.html
Police are investigating another assault on a Hispanic man in Staten Island as a possible hate crime — and the Mexican government is now getting involved as well.
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China’s Growing Military: Much Ado About Something (Part 1)
http://bigpeace.com/phuessy/2010/07/28/chinas-growing-military-much-ado-about-something-part-1/
China’s military power has long been assessed almost solely in terms of its ability to use that capability to invade the Republic of China or Taiwan. This has led some wags to ridicule American concerns, describing the PRC threat to Taiwan as akin to a “million-man swim” given the relative lack of amphibious landing and transportation capability in Peking.
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Experts: Ansel Adams photos found at garage sale worth $200 million
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/ansel.adams.discovery/?hpt=Sbin
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Rick Norsigian kept two boxes he bought at a garage sale under his pool table for four years before realizing they may be too valuable to store at home.
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Your morning adorable: Lion cubs get a checkup at Israeli zoo
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/07/your-morning-adorable-lion-cubs-get-a-checkup-at-israeli-zoo.html
A pair of African lion cubs born at Israel’s Zoological Center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan (also known as the Ramat Gan Safari) in May had their media debut Sunday when they received a checkup and their vaccinations.
News Articles For 7/27
July 27, 2010 — Operation RoosterTikrit operation nets 6 suspected AQI criminal associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/tikrit-operation-nets-6-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested six suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation approximately 10km northeast of Tikrit today.
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ISF kill AQI suspect, 2 criminal associates, 1 arrested
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-kill-aqi-suspect-2-criminal-associates-1-arrested
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces killed a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and two criminal associates, and arrested one other criminal associate during joint security operations in northern Iraq Sunday and today.
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Iraqis lead Abu Ghraib medical mission
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/iraqis-lead-abu-ghraib-medical-mission
BAGHDAD – As the early-morning summer sun rose over Abu Ghraib July 22, a group of U.S. Soldiers unloaded medical supplies to support a joint medical engagement where Iraqi medical professionals would take the lead.
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Aggressive treatment of pain prevents future complications
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/25/42791-aggressive-treatment-of-pain-prevents-future-complications/index.html?ref=home-headline-title5
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 23, 2010) — Treating pain aggressively, at the time of injury all the way to healing, means fewer complications.
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Dual Military Couples Deploy Together, Appreciate Time With Each Other
http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=53374
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – The hardest part of being deployed is not the extreme weather or long hours—it’s being away from home, friends, and family. Leaving behind a spouse for a year-long deployment can be one of the most challenging aspects for married couples.
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Face of Defense: Fort Jackson Club Boss Puts Soldiers First
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60166
FORT JACKSON, S.C., July 26, 2010, July 26, 2010 – Providing soldiers a home away from home has been Carole Coveney’s mission for more than two decades.
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Missing U.S. sailor’s remains found in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100727/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_missing
KABUL (Reuters) – The remains of one of two U.S. sailors who went missing in Afghanistan last week have been found in the east of the country, the NATO-led force said on Tuesday, and troops were still searching for the second man.
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SIGIR: Defense can’t account for $8.7 billion
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=2012362&nid=35
The Defense Department is unable to account for $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion in Development Fund for Iraq monies in received for reconstruction in Iraq. This according to a study published today by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
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Eight Stages of Social Movement Success
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/43446/
Take it from a leftist and lifelong activist who has actually studied ‘movements’ carefully – the Tea Party is at a critical stage. This ‘Movement Action Plan’ put together by Bill Moyer in 1987 demonstrates that the Tea Party may be in stage 5 of this plan – the toughest part to get through before any movement succeeds.
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Obama religion adviser linked to unindicted co-conspirator
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=184189
A religion adviser to President Obama has close ties to a radical Muslim group that was an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas. The group, the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, has an extensive relationship with the Obama administration.
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Obama to defend education plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/40246
President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver major speeches this week on their $4.35 billion Race to the Top school reform program, pushing back against complaints that it promotes unproven methods and ignores long-standing inequities in public education.
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Boy’s Mission: Thank All Troops Overseas with Greeting Cards
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/cards-for-troops-07262010
PHOENIX – When it comes to homemade, thoughtful greeting cards, 10-year-old Stephen Goodman of Surprise can tell you a thing or two. He’s on a personal mission, making sure our troops know they’re appreciated and he says there’s no quitting until every service man and woman overseas receives one of his masterpieces. 180,000 total – talk about a tall task!
News Articles For 7/26
July 26, 2010 — Operation RoosterISF arrest AQI suspect, 4 criminal associates near Baghdad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-member-4-criminal-associates-near-baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested one suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and four criminal associates during a joint security operation approximately 30km southwest of Baghdad, near Qaryat ar Rufush today.
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Mansuriyah operation yields 2 suspected AQI criminal associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/mansuriyah-operation-yields-2-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation near Mansuriyah today.
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Maysan Police graduate Raid Planning, Search Warrant Course
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/maysan-province-police-graduate-raid-planning-search-warrant-course
BAGHDAD – Seventeen members of the Maysan Province 3rd Emergency Response unit completed a week-long Raid Planning and Search Warrant Course at Contingency Operating Station Garry Owen on July 22nd.
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Soldiers give prosthetics to Iraqi hospital
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/22/42665-soldiers-give-prosthetics-to-iraqi-hospital/index.html?ref=home-headline-title4
BAGHDAD (Army News Service, July 22, 2010) — Soldiers delivered boxes of prosthetic limbs July 19 to the Adamiyah Hospital, a rehabilitative hospital in the Baghdad area.
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Village gets new school, toys, clothes
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/village-gets-new-school-toys-clothes
COB SPEICHER – U.S. Army security detachment Soldiers took on a new mission recently; loading their vehicles with soccer balls, toys and clothes for a newly-constructed school near here.
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Afghan-International Forces Make Progress Across Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60154
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2010 – Afghan-international forces seized enemy weapons caches, captured or killed numerous insurgents, and reopened a long-closed school during recent operations conducted across Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Families turn out for Movie Night on the Bay
http://www.marines.mil/unit/tecom/mcrdsandiego/Pages/FamiliesturnoutforMovieNightontheBay.aspx
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO — Marine families can be hard pressed to spend time together, even during summer months. Semper Fit is attempting to provide activities for Marine families this summer. Movie Night on the Bay was held at the Bay View boat house Saturday night.
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Sailors of the Year Promoted to Chief, Make History
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54845
WASHINGTON (NNS) — The 2009 Sailor of the Year winners, who for the first time in history are all women, were meritoriously advanced to Chief Petty Officer during a ceremony held at the Navy Memorial July 22.
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Army Jumpmaster Earns Coveted Master Parachutist Wings
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60139
FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 23, 2010 – Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Sanders, a 43-year-old senior interrogator with the XVIII Airborne Corps here, battled a bad knee to earn the coveted master parachutist wings, the highest-level airborne skills award, other than the combat parachutists badge.
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Taliban, Afghan officials say one of two missing U.S. service members is dead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072500719.html
KABUL — One U.S. Navy service member was killed in a shootout with Taliban fighters in the eastern Afghan province of Logar and another is in insurgent custody, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Goldman reveals where bailout cash went
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2010-07-24-goldman-bailout-cash_N.htm
Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night.
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Geithner Dismisses Concerns on Letting Tax Cuts Expire
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/us/politics/26geithner.html?_r=1
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner pressed the case on Sunday for letting Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire later this year.
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Pence: Extend tax cuts
http://www.pal-item.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20107250305
WASHINGTON — Tapped to deliver the weekly GOP radio address, Indiana Rep. Mike Pence argued Saturday that Congress should extend the tax cuts passed during the Bush administration that expire at the end of this year.
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Bush-Era Tax Cuts a Likely Campaign Theme
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704719104575389540592147682.html
Democrats are aiming to push legislation extending Bush-era middle-class tax cuts ahead of midterm elections. But with Republicans and several Democrats advocating a similar extension for high-earners, too, prospects for passage before November balloting appear uncertain.
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Reid to Netroots: “We’re Going To Have a Public Option”
http://spectator.org/blog/2010/07/24/reid-to-netroots-were-going-to
LAS VEGAS — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, seeking to console liberal activists who were disappointed by the final version of the national health care law, assured them that there would eventually be a public option.
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Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/europe/25britain.html?_r=1&hp
LONDON — Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search for the elusive formula that will deliver the best care for the cheapest price while costs and demand escalate.
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Axe falls on NHS services
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7908742/Axe-falls-on-NHS-services.html
Some of the most common operations — including hip replacements and cataract surgery — will be rationed as part of attempts to save billions of pounds, despite government promises that front-line services would be protected.
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Freedom of photography: Police, security often clamp down despite public right
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072502795_pf.html
A few weeks ago, on his way to work, Matt Urick stopped to snap a few pictures of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s headquarters. He thought the building was ugly but might make for an interesting photo. The uniformed officer who ran up to him didn’t agree. He told Urick he was not allowed to photograph federal buildings.
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Migrants sell up, flee Arizona ahead of crackdown
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2514063220100725
PHOENIX, July 25 (Reuters) – Nicaraguan mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes on the baking sidewalk outside her west Phoenix apartment block.
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White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/white-house-backed-release-of-lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi/story-e6frg6so-1225896741041
THE US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be “far preferable” to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya. Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.
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Congressman: Stop horsing around with sports votes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100723/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_sports_bills_1
WASHINGTON – House Democrats and Republicans have put aside their differences this year to honor the likes of golfer Phil Mickelson, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson and the Penn State women’s volleyball team.
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Chris Wallace Shows How to Deal with a Bully Named Howard Dean
http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/07/25/chris-wallace-shows-how-to-deal-with-a-bully-named-howard-dean/
Modern American leftism is, at heart, a culture of thugs and bullies who simply assert what they wish to be true and never let facts get in the way whatever ridiculous argument they are trying to make. Which is why it’s such a pleasure to see an honest newsman like Chris Wallace stand up to them.
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Election Wins Can Stop Lame-Duck Threat
http://article.nationalreview.com/438496/election-wins-can-stop-lame-duck-threat/phil-kerpen
Senate Democrats who think they can use a lame-duck session to force the country into a final, decisive lurch to the left may be in for a big surprise: newly elected senators ready to take their seats and derail major policy changes before the new Congress convenes.
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‘Son of Hamas’ opposes Ground Zero mosque
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=183873
The eldest son of one of Hamas’ founding members has come out in vehement opposition to plans by Muslims to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque near New York City’s Ground Zero, site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
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Chavez threatens U.S. oil cut in Colombia dispute
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2514507120100725
CARACAS, July 25 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to cut oil supplies to the United States in case of a military attack from Colombia as a dispute escalated over charges his country harbors Colombian rebels.
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Mexico – Guards Allegedly Released Inmates To Commit Massacre
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/25/mexico-guards-allegedly-released-inmates-to-commit-massacre/
If there is any doubt left that the violence in Mexico is spinning out of control, with corruption at too many levels to comnprehend… Fox News is reporting guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings, including the massacre of 17 people last week.
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Tensions on edge as Lebanon awaits word of war
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=183101
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Mixed in with the sweltering sun, heat and humidity, Lebanon is growing increasingly tense as the country braces for a United Nations report on the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri that could implicate members of the Loyalty to the Resistance, also known as Hezbollah, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Procter & Gamble recalls 2 Iams cat food lots
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=141310
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble is voluntarily recalling two lots of Iams brand prescription renal dry cat food because it could be contaminated with salmonella.
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A dam big project: Incredible images of construction work on 1,900ft-long Hoover Bridge
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297473/Incredible-images-construction-work-1-900ft-long-Hoover-Bridge.html
It is one of the planet’s newest awe-inspiring superstructures – the Hoover Dam Bridge. Now the giant construction project which is on schedule to be completed in September can be seen in all its glory in a series of stunning photographs.
No News Articles Until Monday
July 21, 2010 — Operation RoosterHi everyone,
I’m going out of town from Thursday 7/22 – Sunday 7/25, so that means no bulletins with news articles and other information during that time. If you are looking to stay informed while I’m away I suggest visiting the news sites that I visit everyday (and I have more besides those) by going to the News page of my “Recommended Pages” section by going to http://operationrooster.net/recommended-sites/news/.
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend and I should be back with my normal bulletins on Monday 7/26.
Tim
News Articles For 7/20
July 20, 2010 — Operation RoosterFirst Group of Iraqi Sailors Graduate from Patrol Boat Training
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54705
MORGAN CITY, La. (NNS) — Through a partnership with the U.S. Navy and U.S. industry designed to help bolster Iraq’s maritime security, 50 Iraqi Sailors graduated from patrol boat training during a ceremony July 15 at the Swiftships Shipbuilding facility in Morgan City, La.
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Combined forces conduct air assault, secure Chenar
http://www.cjtf101.com/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3029-combined-forces-conduct-air-assault-secure-chenar.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), with support from their coalition partners, conducted an air assault July 19 to help secure the town of Chenar, located in the Marawara district.
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Military Spouse Shares Deployment Tips
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/07/19/military-spouse-shares-deployment-tips/
After nearly a decade at war, deployments have become a way of life for America’s military families. Many families have had to adjust and adapt to one, two, and sometimes even more deployments.
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Army releases new video to combat suicides
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/17/42436-army-releases-new-video-to-combat-suicides/index.html?ref=home-headline-title1
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 16, 2010) — The Army released a candid suicide prevention training video Thursday in an effort to deter the increasing number of suicides amongst troops.
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Face of Defense: Coast Guard ‘Superstar’ Wins Coveted Award
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60060
U.S. COAST GUARD STATION KEY WEST, Fla., July 19, 2010 – Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Camacho became an expert on his service’s newest class of boats and earned a prestigious award during his first-ever tour-of-duty here.
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Documents show media plotting to kill stories about Rev. Jeremiah Wright
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/20/documents-show-media-plotting-to-kill-stories-about-rev-jeremiah-wright/
It was the moment of greatest peril for then-Sen. Barack Obama’s political career. In the heat of the presidential campaign, videos surfaced of Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, angrily denouncing whites, the U.S. government and America itself. Obama had once bragged of his closeness to Wright. Now the black nationalist preacher’s rhetoric was threatening to torpedo Obama’s campaign.
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Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police
http://abcnews.go.com/US/TheLaw/videotaping-cops-arrest/story?id=11179076
That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes.
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Video Shows USDA Official Saying She Didn’t Give ‘Full Force’ of Help to White Farmer
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/19/clip-shows-usda-official-admitting-withheld-help-white-farmer/
Days after the NAACP clashed with Tea Party members over allegations of racism, a video has surfaced showing an Agriculture Department official regaling an NAACP audience with a story about how she withheld help to a white farmer facing bankruptcy — video that now has forced the official to resign.
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al Qaeda Hit Lists, Bomb-Making Tips Led to Shutdown of Blogging Site
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/19/al-qaeda-hit-lists-bomb-making-tips-led-to-shutdown-of-blogging-site/
Fox News reports a popular website that hosted more than 70,000 bloggers was shut down suddenly last week after the FBI informed its chief technology officer that the site contained hit lists, bomb-making documents and links to Al Qaeda materials, it was reported on Monday.
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Here’s what Obama’s doing with your money – in Kenya!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181405
An investigation by three Republican congressmen has revealed the Obama administration has secretly spent $23 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars in Kenya to fund a “Yes” vote on a constitutional referendum scheduled for Aug. 4 that would increase access to abortions in Kenya and establish legal status for Islamic law tribunals.
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Fed workers to be urged to commute, travel less
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100720/D9H2NADG0.html
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama wants federal workers to cut down on business travel and commuting by car as he seeks to reduce heat-trapping emissions produced by the federal government.
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Illinois Failures Go Nationwide Under Obama
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/540837/201007191905/Illinois-Failures-Go-Nationwide-Under-Obama.aspx
‘Unsustainable” is a scary word that recently entered political discourse, coming authoritatively from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf. Unsustainability is the operative moniker for Barack Obama’s massive deficit spending, which Elmendorf said “cannot be solved through minor tinkering.”
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Israel to Deploy Hi-Tech Anti-Rocket System
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Israel-to-Deploy-Hi-Tech-Anti-Rocket-System-98826039.html
Israel’s new anti-rocket system, called the Iron Dome, has passed final tests and will be deployed near the country’s borders by November. The system was produced by the state-owned Rafael Arms Development Authority and is partially financed by the United States.
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‘Obama pledges big movement’ on carving up Israel
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=181281
JERUSALEM – The Palestinian Authority expects “big movement” toward taking over most of the areas that would encompass a future Palestinian state by the end of the year, senior PA officials told WND.
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Apollo 11 Moonlanding Anniversary
http://news.suite101.com/article.cfm/apollo-11-moonlanding-anniversary-a263163
People around the world will remember the day they sat eagerly in front of the television or radio to hear those famous words, “one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind.”
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Hundreds Register at Bone Marrow Drive for Broadway Star
http://www.gnn.com/article/hundreds-register-at-bone-marrow-drive/1170135
NEW YORK (July 18) — A bone marrow drive for an 11-year-old “Lion King” star with leukemia has turned out to be one of the hottest matinees on Broadway.
News Articles For 7/19
July 19, 2010 — Operation RoosterHundreds of Iraqi workers get certified
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/hundreds-of-iraqi-workers-get-certified
JOINT BASE BALAD – More than 400 local Iraqi workers received skills certificates from the Miran Village Co. certifying them as professional welders, carpenters or painters during a ceremony here, July 6.
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Health Care Bill Inserts Tracking of Gold and Silver Coin Purchases
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/105/615/Health_Care_Bill_Inserts_Tracking_of_Gold_and_Silver_Coin_Purchases.html
Remember the manufactured outrage and criticism leveled at the Bush administration over international wiretaps of terror suspects? Every leftist front group imaginable — from the ACLU to PETA — screeched of constitutional crises and White House imperialism.
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Obama’s Christianity Requires Him to Politically Redistribute White America’s Wealth
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/43036/
All right. So I always want to lay this case out for you. Now the so called religious are coming out and they are spending money on that ad campaign, running it around the country to smear me and to separate me from Christians.
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Spending showdown looms as Reid clears deck for energy reform bill
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/109451-spending-showdown-looms-as-reid-clears-deck-for-energy-reform
Senate and House Democrats are headed for a clash this week over funding for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) races to clear the schedule for a long-awaited energy reform legislation.
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A hidden world, growing beyond control
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/
The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
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Clinton unveils $500 million in new aid for Pakistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38304435/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million.
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U.S. Citizen Believed Writing for al Qaeda Website
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/18/u-s-citizen-believed-writing-for-al-qaeda-website/
A senior U.S. law enforcement official has told CNN that U.S. intelligence believes the principal author of the new online al Qaeda magazine is an American citizen who left for Yemen in October 2009.
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Soros-funded group wants feds to probe talk radio
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=180009
A George Soros-funded, Marxist-founded organization with close ties to the White House has urged the Federal Communications Commission to investigate talk radio and cable news for “hate speech.”
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Judge orders Iowa sheriff to complete course on Constitution after concealed-carry denial
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/18/judge-orders-iowa-sheriff-to-complete-course-on-constitution-after-concealed-carry-denial/
Here’s a lighter story for fans of McDonald and Heller, and perhaps a reminder of just how much gun rights have become mainstream. A week ago, a federal judge in Iowa ordered Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber to take an in-depth course on the US Constitution after overturning his decision to deny Paul Dorr a concealed-carry permit.
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Why the silence from The Post on Black Panther Party story?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071604081_pf.html
Thursday’s Post reported about a growing controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to scale down a voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party. The story succinctly summarized the issues but left many readers with a question: What took you so long?
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Roads to Ruin: Towns Rip Up the Pavement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913304575370950363737746.html
SPIRITWOOD, N.D.—A hulking yellow machine inched along Old Highway 10 here recently in a summer scene that seemed as normal as the nearby corn swaying in the breeze. But instead of laying a blanket of steaming blacktop, the machine was grinding the asphalt road into bits.
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Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico – The gunmen did not say a word as they jumped from their cars and stormed the private party. They simply opened fire. When they were done, 17 people lay dead and 18 wounded.
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Arrests Shed Light on Mexico Border Kidnapping Operation
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/18/arrests-shed-light-on-mexico-border-kidnapping-operation/
The bedraggled immigrants were picking their way through the boulders and scrub when a group of heavily armed men descended on them just short of the California- Mexico border. They corralled them in a cave and pointed their guns on the 10 men and one woman.
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Ireland’s credit rating downgraded by Moody’s
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0719/breaking7.html
Credit agency Moody’s has downgraded Ireland’s government bond ratings to Aa2, blaming banking liabilities, weak growth prospects and a substantial increase in the debt to GDP ratio.
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Cameron Raids Dormant U.K. Accounts as Minister Attacks Banks
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-18/cameron-raids-dormant-u-k-accounts-while-minister-attacks-rip-off-banks.html
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to use “hundreds of millions of pounds” from dormant bank accounts to fund community projects, while Business Secretary Vince Cable said lenders “ripped off” customers.
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Quebec plane crash survivor hailed as hero
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/07/18/qu-plane-crash.html
One of the two survivors of the plane crash that killed four people in northern Quebec on Friday is being hailed as a hero. Simon Bernier, 15, suffered only minor injuries when the float plane taking him and his family on a fishing trip hit the side of a mountain near Chute-des-Passes, Que., on Friday afternoon. The densely wooded area is about 230 kilometres north of Chicoutimi.
