Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Target Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60972
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2010 – Numerous insurgents were killed or captured in recent partnered operations conducted by Afghan and coalition forces in various provinces of Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Medal of Honor Recipient Joins Hall of Heroes
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60970
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2010 – The nation’s latest Medal of Honor recipient was inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes during a ceremony here today.
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Face of Defense: Marine Emerges as Leader
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60975
CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 23, 2010 – Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin A. Aguilar has wanted to be a Marine almost for as long as he can remember.
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New Food Rules: A Guide to Your Government-Regulated Diet
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-food-regulations-a-guide-to-your-government-diet/
As Glenn mentioned on his Fox show this evening, new government regulatory crackdowns on certain foods and beverages across the country are forcibly shaping new dietary habits for many Americans. To make things easier, we thought we’d consolidate and break down a number of the bureaucratic overreaches for you.
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Did Obama pull strings for New Black Panthers?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=206497
A new lawsuit has been filed by Judicial Watch, the Washington watchdog organization, seeking documents that may reveal possible White House political influence over the decision to abandon large portions of the 2008 New Black Panther voter intimidation case.
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Risk of Small-scale Terror Attacks by al-Qaeda Rising
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/22/risk-of-small-scale-terror-attacks-by-al-qaeda-rising/
The Washington Post reports Al-Qaeda and its allies are more likely to attempt small-scale, less sophisticated terrorist attacks in the US, according to officials who say that it’s extremely difficult to detect such threats in advance.
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Significant Developments in Terror Threats Since 9/11
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/22/significant-developments-in-terror-threats-since-911/
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a congressional hearing today that a spike in recent terrorism cases is direct evidence of the evolving terror threat.
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TheDC exclusive: Stephen Colbert to testify before House immigration subcommittee Friday
http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/22/thedc-exclusive-stephen-colbert-to-testify-before-house-immigration-subcommittee-friday/
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert is slated to testify at a congressional hearing Friday on immigration titled “Protecting America’s Harvest.” One Republican source said Colbert will be testifying “in character,” the Bill O’Reilly-like muse Colbert uses for his show.
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Little known republic in La. celebrates 200 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_re_us/us_west_florida_revolt
BATON ROUGE, La. – While Texans are fiercely proud their state was once its own republic, and California celebrates the same former status on its flag, relatively few Louisianans know that a group of their forebears overthrew Spanish rule to carve out a tiny, independent nation 200 years ago. With the bicentennial coming up Thursday, historians and descendants of the rebels are hoping to change that.
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Iran criticizes Russia over S-300 missile deal ban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixiD-DvlXy37Pz1vy0mXkGE1Nx9wD9IDL0M02
TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian defense minister criticized Russia Thursday for banning all sales of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi’s comments came a day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a decree on the ban, which also prohibited exports of tanks, aircraft and sea vessels to Iran.
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U.S. and Iran trying to set up covert diplomatic channel
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-and-iran-trying-to-set-up-covert-diplomatic-channel-1.315253
Diplomats from the United States and Iran have begun initial contacts to examine the establishment of covert communication between the two countries.
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Iran accused of setting $1,000 bounty on U.S. soldiers
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=206521
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being accused of setting – and paying – bounties of $1,000 for each U.S. military member killed in Afghanistan.
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Stuxnet malware is ‘weapon’ out to destroy … Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100921/ts_csm/327178
Cyber security experts say they have identified the world’s first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target – a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.
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A Fence for the Southern Border… of Mexico
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-fence-for-the-southern-border-of-mexico/
Reporting from Guatemala City, Danilo Valladares of the Inter-Press Service (IPS) notes that there will be one more barrier for Guatemalan immigrants in their trek to the United States. In addition to dodging dangerous drug traffickers and immigration officials, the latest obstacle is emerging: a wall between Guatemala and Mexico.
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France slammed by new strikes over retirement age
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_france_retirement_strikes
PARIS – French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country.
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Eileen Nearne, Wartime Spy, Dies at 89
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/europe/22nearne.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries
LONDON — After she died earlier this month, a frail 89-year-old alone in a flat in the British seaside town of Torquay, Eileen Nearne, her body undiscovered for several days, was listed by local officials as a candidate for what is known in Britain as a council burial, or what in the past was called a pauper’s grave.
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Lion and meerkat friendship echoes The Lion King
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8008495/Lion-and-meerkat-friendship-echoes-The-Lion-King.html
The pair have been inseparable since new-born lioness Zinzi was rescued by being taken into the home of zoo and safari ranch owner Marcell Tournier, 33. The friendship echoes the partnership between Simba, the lion cub hero of Disney classic The Lion King and Timon.

Coalition forces repel attack at COP Spera, at least 27 insurgents killed
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3352-coalition-forces-repel-attack-at-cop-spera-at-least-27-insurgents-killed.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team repelled an attack on Combat Outpost Spera Sept. 21 resulting in the death of at least 27 insurgents.
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Military Progresses in Identifying, Treating Brain, Mental Injuries
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60955
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2010 – Nine years of conflict has revolutionized the way the military treats its combat wounded, Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr., the Navy surgeon general, told American Forces Press Service.
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Coping with stress downrange
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3348-coping-with-stress-downrange.html
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – A servicemember is having trouble sleeping and when he does sleep he has nightmares. He’s anxious all the time and doesn’t really want to talk to anyone.
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NANNY STATE 2010: FCC Admits Oversight Goals and Required Expectations to Deliver Internet Service
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nanny-state-2010-fcc-admits-oversight-goals-and-required-expectations-to-deliver-internet-service/
“The standards of today may look different in four years.” This video is 3:09 long.
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NANNY STATE 2005: Uncovered Video — Obama Fully Supports Fairness Doctrine
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nanny-state-uncovered-2005-video-obama-fully-supports-fairness-doctrine/
“I actually thought the Fairness Doctrine worked pretty well.” This video is 2:16 long.
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Obama Debt Commissioner: Reduce Spending and US Will End Up A Third World Nation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-debt-commissioner-reduce-spending-and-us-will-end-up-a-third-world-nation/
This video is 2:09 long.
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Bolton and Others Blast Obama‘s ’Absorb a Terrorist Attack’ Quip
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bolton-and-others-blast-obamas-absorb-a-terrorist-attack-quip/
Bob Woodward’s new book Obama’s Wars includes a new revelation about the president’s outlook on domestic terrorism — and some aren’t too happy about it.
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Communist, Pro-Terrorist, Anti-Israel Groups Sponsor NAACP’s ‘One Nation’ Counter Rally
http://bigpeace.com/taylorking/2010/09/21/communist-pro-terrorist-anti-israel-groups-sponsor-naacps-one-nation-counter-rally/
The NAACP-led ‘One Nation Working Together’ rally coming up in Washington, D.C. on October 2nd to counter the Tea Party movement’s success is being sponsored by pro-terrorist and communist groups. Many of their logos are proudly and prominently displayed on the rally’s promotional website. One sponsor’s leader was fired this summer by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission for his ties to Hamas.
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Russia confident its Arctic claim will succeed
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9ICUMBO0.htm
Russia is optimistic about winning the United Nations’ approval of its claim to Arctic territories that are rich in oil and gas, a senior Kremlin adviser said Wednesday.
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Interpol – Extremist Websites Are Skyrocketing
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/21/interpol-extremist-websites-are-skyrocketing/
The sharp growth in extremist websites is making recruitment much easier for al-Qaeda, according to Interpol head Ronald Noble. “The threat is global, it is virtual and it is on our doorsteps,” he said. Mr Noble told a conference of police chiefs in Paris there were 12 sites in 1998 and 4,500 by 2006.
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‘No more wheeling for you, Bill’
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/bill-33064-destin-wheeling.html
DESTIN – Bill Lewis is on his way home. The Des Moines, Iowa man, who has used a wheelchair since an accident left him with one leg, boarded a Greyhound bus Sunday morning, his ticket paid for with the kindness of strangers.
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Discovered after 90 years: Diary complete with amazing paintings and drawings that bring to life the horror faced by Tommies in the WWI trenches
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311867/Hero-soldier-Kenneth-Woottons-amazing-diary-drawings-WWI-horrors.html?ITO=1490
A fresh insight into life in the trenches in World War One has been discovered in a series of amazing sketches and drawings found in a soldier’s diary hidden away for 90 years.

War Vets Return to Transformed South Korea
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60897
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 17, 2010 – When Korean War veteran Fred Brady, now age 84, had last set foot in South Korea, the country was in the throes of a brutal conflict that left devastation at every turn.
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Face of Defense: Airman Gives Boy Bike, Hope
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60900
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., Sept. 17, 2010 – When Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Meinhold heard about a boy known as L.J. who might benefit from a bone marrow transplant, he set up a donor registry drive in the hope of finding a match for the boy.
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Constitution Day
http://biggovernment.com/prahe/2010/09/17/constitution-day/
Today marks Constitution Day. On 17 September 1787, in Philadelphia, the Framers of the American Constitution added their signatures to the document they had produced, and soon thereafter it was dispatched to the Continental Congress for consideration by the states. On this day, it is appropriate that we, their heirs, reconsider their handiwork and ask whether ours is still a constitutional government.
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WH Science Czar: Use ‘Free Market’ to ‘De-Develop’ U.S., Wealth Redistribution ‘Absolutely Essential’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wh-science-czar-use-free-market-to-de-develop-u-s-wealth-redistribution-absolutley-essential/
In an on-the-fly interview with CNSNews.com, White House Office of Science and Technology Director John P. Holdren explained what he meant when he wrote in his 1973 book Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions that “A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States.”
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White House: Global Warming Out, ‘Global Climate Disruption’ In
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/16/white-house-global-warming-global-climate-disruption/
From the administration that brought you “man-caused disaster” and “overseas contingency operation,” another terminology change is in the pipeline. The White House wants the public to start using the term “global climate disruption” in place of “global warming” — fearing the latter term oversimplifies the problem and makes it sound less dangerous than it really is.
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Congressmen Weiner and Waxman Set Gold Hearing
http://seekingalpha.com/article/225579-congressmen-weiner-and-waxman-set-gold-hearing
Just as the government is trying to prevent people from investing in anything other than T-Bills by raising taxes on taxable interest and dividends to confiscatory levels, it’s also trying to prevent you from parking your wealth in assets, like gold, that compete with the paper dollars issued by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury.
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GOP lawmakers offer fix to ‘silly’ light bulb ban
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=204185
Three Republicans in Congress have introduced a proposal that would offer a fix to the “silly” problem created by a Democrat plan to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with compact florescent lights containing poisonous mercury.
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Judge Temporarily Stops Ohio Township from Blocking Tea Party Constitution Day Rally
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/75406
(CNSNews.com) – A district court judge in Northern Ohio ruled late Wednesday that Tea Party activists will be able to celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17 with a rally in tiny Andover Township, Ohio, despite the fact that the township initially tried to block the event because it was too political.
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Mosque Shock: School Rocked by Field Trip Vid of Kids Bowing to Allah
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mosque-shock-school-rocked-by-field-trip-vid-of-kids-bowing-to-allah/
Prayer was taken out of public schools decades ago. But as one parent learned in Wellesly, Massachusetts, if students take a field trip to the local mosque, praying to Allah is quite alright.
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Gunbattle Near Mexican-American Border: 22 dead
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/09/16/gunbattle-near-mexican-american-border-22-dead/
“A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug cartel members left 22 dead at ranch near the U.S. border, the Defense Department said Thursday. All the dead were suspected gang members, the department said in a statement. One soldier was injured.”
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Ex-NYC Teacher Accused In Attempt To Send Weapons To Terror Groups
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/16/ex-nyc-teacher-accused-in-attempt-to-send-weapons-to-terror-groups/
WPIX News reports that a former teacher at the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan is being held Wednesday on charges he tried to send assault weapons to terror groups in the Mideast. Investigators say he also talked about killing cops and Jews.
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Boomtown Rats: amazing musical rodents
http://swns.com/boomtown-rats-amazing-musical-rodents-171033.html
These incredible pictures show two pet rats which have been trained by their owner to hold tiny instruments in their paws. Photographer Ellen van Deelen, 51, used food treats to teach Moppy and Witje to pose up with a variety of musical instruments.