Operation Rooster

Combined force takes fight to enemy in Kunar
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3552-combined-force-takes-fight-to-enemy-in-kunar.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF Forces began clearing operations in the western portion of the Pech River Valley early Oct. 31. The operation involved the insertion of combat forces by helicopter and vehicles in the Darah-ye Pech District and focused on villages west of Nangalam.
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SECONDS FROM LOCKERBIE II
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/208591
Explosives found inside a modified printer ink cartridge on board a cargo plane at East Midlands ­Airport were primed to detonate in mid-air. The device was active when counter-terror police swooped on the aircraft early on Friday.
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Yemeni lawyer: Female suspect being set up
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39934150/ns/us_news-security/
The lawyer representing a Yemeni woman who was arrested Saturday over suspicions she was involved in sending explosive packages to the United States said Sunday that she was being set up, NBC News reported.
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Packages May Have Been Sent by Militants Linked to Schools; Arrests Made
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304713004575583811783622260.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEADNewsCollection
WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities believe two packages laden with explosives that were found in cargo shipments from Yemen may have been shipped by suspected militants linked to language schools there, officials say.
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Anchorage CBS Affiliate Caught on Voicemail Conspiring Against Alaska’s GOP Senate Candidate
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2010/10/30/anchorage-cbs-affiliate-caught-on-voicemail-conspiring-against-alaskas-gop-senate-candidate/
The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto. The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller.
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Feds blink in standoff with Christian colleges
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=221397
The federal government apparently has blinked in a standoff with private Christian colleges over a proposal that would bring the schools under the regulation of the political powers in their states.
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The Danger of Airport Pat-Downs
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-10-30/airport-pat-downs-the-new-tsa-rules-are-a-mistake/
This week, the TSA announced airline passengers can be subjected to invasive body searches. Former cop Bill Richardson on how the pat-downs could help terrorists walk onto planes.
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Team of Disabled Cyclists Finishes Cross-Country Trip
http://www.gnn.com/article/team-of-disabled-cyclists-finishes-cross/1361824
(Oct. 28) — Dominic Gill pedaled a bicycle for 3 1/2 months from coast to coast across the United States, but now his hard work begins. Ten disabled cyclists joined Gill for stretches on his custom-built tandem bike for the 4,300-mile journey that ended in Manhattan’s Central Park on Sunday.

Air Strike Targets Haqqani Leader
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61456
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2010 – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Afghanistan’s Khost province today targeting a senior Haqqani terrorist leader who directs attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and reports directly to Haqqani Network senior leadership, military officials reported.
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Deployed Airmen deliver coats, blankets to Kyrgyzstan school
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123228368
10/28/2010 – VASILIEVKA, Kyrgyzstan (AFNS) — Whether it’s the annual Bloomsday Run, Fourth of July Celebration or the Lilac Festival, Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., are no strangers to community outreach in the Spokane, Wash., area. While deployed to the Manas Transit Center, Kyrgyzstan, they brought that same spirit of service and helping others.
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Face of Defense: Airman Shares Fitness Success Story
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61472
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan., Oct. 29, 2010 – Deployed airmen face many challenges, but Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Rose transformed her mental and physical obstacles into a fitness success story.
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Obama Defends ‘Timid’ Health Care Law: Change Won‘t Happen ’Overnight’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-defends-timid-health-care-law-change-wont-happen-overnight/
In this first clip President Obama explains that his health care plan is similar to “every piece of progressive legislation,” like Social Security and Civil Rights legislation. He explains that in the first 18 months of his administration they’ve “created a structure” for the change to come.
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Bailout Spending Continues Despite Administration Claims
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bailout-spending-continues-despite-administration-claims/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says its bank bailouts are over, but the spending continues. In a Sept. 22 speech, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the bailouts “are completely behind us.”
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Arizona beheading raises fears of drug violence
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101029/D9J59RUG0.html
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) – The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border.
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Police: Shots fired at Marine Corps museum in Va.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9J5DA080&show_article=1
TRIANGLE, Va. (AP) – Police in Virginia say bullet holes were found at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the fourth time someone has fired at military-related buildings in the are.
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Concerns grow about election fraud, voter intimidation
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/28/102804/concerns-grow-about-election-fraud.html
WASHINGTON — As if this election season weren’t already tense enough, fears about voter fraud — and some of the steps that are being taken to combat it — have created more worries.
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For Standing With Beck, Media Matters Claims Palin Supports Terrorism
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/for-standing-with-beck-media-matters-claims-palin-supports-terrorism/
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin rebuffed Media Matters’ requests to repudiate “erratic” TV and radio host Glenn Beck with a call into his radio program Thursday morning, saying, “I stand with you, Glenn.”
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Ad Company Hijacks Beck and Palin Facebook Pages: ‘Letterbombed’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ad-company-hijacks-beck-and-palin-facebook-pages/
It’s called “letterbombing.” Originally created by an ad agency, it‘s supposed to give companies a way to use others’ Facebook pages as ad space. No permission required.
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Rangel plan gives prez ‘civilian security force’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=220869
When Barack Obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he visited Colorado Springs and WND broke the the story that he wanted a “Civilian National Security Force” as big and as well-funded as the $650 billion-plus U.S. military. Now Charlie Rangel is proposing that he have it.
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China and Those Rare Earth Minerals
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2010/10/29/china-and-those-rare-earth-minerals/
From China’s point of view, ceasing exports of rare earth elements (REEs) makes a lot of sense outside of ideology. China needs these minerals for its own manufacturing as much as any other countries do, so the Chinese might well reason that they want to keep all of these resources available for themselves.
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9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101029/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy of five police vehicles in the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Thursday, killing nine officers and leaving one missing.
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South Korea: North Korea opens fire at border
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101029/D9J5B8OG0.html
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border and South Korean troops immediately fired back, an official said Friday.
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Georgia arrests 20 alleged Russian spies: sources
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101029/wl_nm/us_georgia_russia_spies
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian police detained 20 people on suspicion of spying for Russia, Georgian security sources said on Friday, a move which could add to tensions two years after the nations fought a brief war.
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Iranian Diplomat Hossein Alizadeh, Who Defected to Finland: ‘The Current Iranian Regime Does Not Represent the Iranian People’
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4712.htm
In a recent TV interview, Hossein Alizadeh, an Iranian diplomat who defected to Finland, talked about his decision and said he had remained in his position at the Iranian embassy in Finland in order to leak information until he felt that his life was in danger. In the interview, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on October 2, 2010, he called upon other Iranian diplomats to do the same.
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Judge: McDonald’s Must Pay Employee for Weight Gain
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/judge-mcdonalds-must-pay-employee-for-weight-gain/
MAYFIELD, Ky. — An feisty 88-year-old Kentucky woman says she must have had perfect aim when she fought off an intruder by kicking him. SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court ruled this week that McDonald’s must pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds (30 kilograms) while working there for a dozen years.
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88-year-old fends off intruder
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/28/1498978/88-year-old-fends-off-intruder.html
MAYFIELD, Ky. — An feisty 88-year-old Kentucky woman says she must have had perfect aim when she fought off an intruder by kicking him. Kathryn Byassee says she came upon the intruder, who was wearing a pumpkin mask, at 5 a.m. Tuesday in her kitchen. Byassee tells WPSD-TV that she asked him who he was and what he wanted and he never answered her, instead wrestling her into her bedroom and trying to smother her with a pillow.
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Sick boy with leukemia draws awesome monsters
http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/1425812329/sick-boy-with-leukemia-draws-awesome-monsters
Aidan is a 5 year old boy who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. He loves to draw and he loves monsters. We sell some of his prints to raise money for his bills.

How Did Your Senators and Congressman Do? National Security Scorecard Released
http://bigpeace.com/blerner/2010/10/25/how-did-your-senators-and-congressman-do-national-security-scorecard-released/
The Center for Security Policy just released its ninth National Security Scorecard for the 111th Congress, 2009-2010. The scored votes – eight in the U.S. House of Representatives, twelve in the U.S. Senate – covered a wide range of national security issues voted on in Congress the past two years, including Gitmo, Afghanistan, border security, the Iranian nuclear program, and more.
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Soros group launches attack on poll watchers
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=219997
A George Soros-funded organization, aided by Texas U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat, apparently is trying to chase volunteer observers from precinct polling locations across Harris County, Texas, after the watchers found election judges and clerks allegedly voting for citizens who were undecided.
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Nevada Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25511115/detail.html
LAS VEGAS — Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County’s electronic voting machines.
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New Obama GOTV Rallying Cry: Let‘s ’Punish Our Enemies’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-obama-gotv-rallying-cry-lets-punish-our-enemies/
And by “enemies,” President Obama means fellow Americans who don’t agree with his liberal policies. The NYTimes reports (emphases mine): In a radio interview that aired on Univision on Monday, Mr. Obama sought to assure Hispanics that he would push an immigration overhaul after the midterm elections, despite fierce Republican opposition.
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MN Rep: Budget is ‘Just a Piece of Paper’ That is ‘Totally Non-Binding’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mn-rep-budget-is-%E2%80%98just-a-piece-of-paper%E2%80%99-that-is-%E2%80%98totally-non-binding%E2%80%99/
Earlier Monday we brought you video of Rep. Betty McCollum’s (D-MN) refusal to say “under God” while leading the Pledge of Allegiance on the House floor. Now her opponent, Teresa Collett, has released a video showing McCollum’s view regarding the federal budget.
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‘Government Doesn’t Suck’ march planned
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/10/government_doesnt_suck_march_p.html
Amid growing dissatisfaction with federal employees, a group of younger, web-savvy feds are planning to march on Saturday in defense of their coworkers on the sidelines of Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity.”
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The Media Got it Wrong on Iran’s Involvement in Iraq
http://bigjournalism.com/jsexton/2010/10/26/the-media-got-it-wrong-on-irans-involvement-in-iraq/
With the release last week of another cache of classified documents via Wikileaks, we’ve learned a few things about the war in Iraq. One of the highlights, if it can be called that, is just how heavily involved Iran was in a proxy war against the US forces in Iraq. The NY Times covered it in a front page story Saturday.
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Karzai says his office gets cash from Iran, US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101025/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_iran
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged on Monday that he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, adding that Washington gives him “bags of money” too because his office lacks funds.
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Iran Takes Major Step Toward Nuclear Armament
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/iran-takes-major-step-toward-nuclear-armament/
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start-up of a facility that the U.S. once hoped to stop over fears of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
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Iran training Taliban fighters to use surface-to-air missiles
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Iran-training-Taliban-fighters-how-to-use-surface-to-air-missiles-1328182-105728878.html
Iranian military advisers have been training Taliban fighters in Afghanistan on the use of surface-to-air missiles, a potential game changer in the war if insurgents can use such weapons effectively, several current and retired military officials told The Washington Examiner.
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Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/25/impending-global-food-crisis
Rising food prices and shortages could cause instability in many countries as the cost of staple foods and vegetables reached their highest levels in two years, with scientists predicting further widespread droughts and floods.
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Surfing Dog Helps Disabled Kids Get on Board
http://www.gnn.com/article/ricochet-the-surfing-dog-helps-disabled/1352584
(Oct. 25) — One would-be service dog’s “failure” in training classes has been a boon for disabled kids. When Ricochet proved to be more interested in chasing birds than paying attention to service dog training, owner Judy Fridono had to reconsider Ricochet’s future.

Program Links Reservists, Guardsmen, Families to Jobs
http://www.jcs.mil/newsarticle.aspx?ID=401
WASHINGTON October 21, 2010 – A program that links reserve and National Guard members, their families and veterans with civilian employers has reached a milestone, with more than 1,000 employers now signed on to hire qualified job-seekers.
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Transition calls for employees to ‘brush up’ resumes
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123227522
10/22/2010 – RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) — Following the success of a seven-month pilot program using a resume-based system to fill vacant positions at 16 locations across the service, current Air Force civilian employees will now apply for vacant position using USAJOBS beginning Nov. 15.
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FOB Wright servicemembers complete Army Ten-Miler
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3516-fob-wright-servicemembers-complete-army-ten-miler.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Long before light, 35 U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force members assigned to Forward Operating Base Wright in eastern Afghanistan prepared to march or run in their version of the storied Army Ten-Miler. The FOB Wright event, a shadow 10-mile run, took place on a particularly challenging course, a third of which was sharply uphill.
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Army sergeant finds his passion in baking
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3515-army-sergeant-finds-his-passion-in-baking.html
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Whoever said “never trust a skinny chef” could not have been thinking about military cooks at the time. Meet the 185-pound U.S. Army Sgt. Bill McDonald.
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‘Hizbullah trained Iraqis how to kidnap soldiers’
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=192465&R=R4
Inside the some 400,000 US military documents released by WikiLeaks on Friday, were stories of tense and deadly border incidents on the Iraqi-Iranian frontier, Hizbullah training Iraqi operatives, and unmanned US surveillance aircraft lost deep in Iranian territory.
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In 15 of Last 25 Months, Treasury Needed to Borrow Money to Pay Social Security Benefits
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/august-social-security-paid-out-more-it
(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Treasury has needed to borrow money to pay Social Security benefits in 15 out of the last 25 months on record because the Social Security system was in deficit in those months, with the cost of monthly benefit payments exceeding the Social Security tax revenues flowing into the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance “trust funds,” according to data published by the Social Security Administration.
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Is it Legal? Soros, Tides & Unions Use Illegals to Campaign for Dems
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-it-legal-soros-tides-unions-use-illegals-to-campaign-for-dems/
As Jonathan noted this morning, the Associated Press has uncovered how one group in Washington state is recruiting illegal immigrants to campaign door-to-door for Democratic candidates facing upsets in midterm election races on Nov. 2.
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Three Charts that Will Infuriate Taxpayers
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/250485/three-charts-will-infuriate-taxpayers-deroy-murdock
With just 12 days until the November 2 elections, pro-market, small-government candidates, activists, and concerned citizens should study and then disseminate three charts that perfectly encapsulate the status quo that, if all goes well, the midterm vote will capsize.
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FBI informant to Congress: Investigate Ayers, Dohrn now
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=218777
A former undercover FBI informant who once spied on 1970s anti-war radicals who bombed government offices is calling on Congress to set up a committee or task force to bring “terrorists” – including those who may be in high and influential positions today – to justice.
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Tax Official Shuts Down Kids‘ Pumpkin Stand For Lacking ’Proper Permit’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tax-official-shuts-down-kids-pumpkin-stand-for-lack-of-proper-permit/
LEWISTON, Idaho (The Blaze/AP) — An Idaho family that operates a roadside pumpkin stand is scared out of its gourd after a state tax collector showed up and tried to squash the business.
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Portland, Maine, weighs letting [legal resident] noncitizens vote
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9J1G0383&show_article=1
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Like his neighbors, Claude Rwaganje pays taxes on his income and taxes on his cars. His children have gone to Portland’s public schools. He’s interested in the workings of Maine’s largest city, which he has called home for 13 years.
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CAIR’s Role in Juan Williams Firing May Be Violation of Foreign Agents Registration Act
http://bigpeace.com/asavit/2010/10/22/cairs-role-in-juan-williams-firing-may-be-violation-of-foreign-agents-registration-act/
By now most of the world knows about NPR’s shameful firing of Juan Williams for candidly stating his thoughts about Muslims. But what about CAIR’s role in the matter?
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PBS Sends Senior Editor As Presenter To CAIR Conference On ‘Defaming Islam’
http://bigpeace.com/cbrim/2010/10/23/pbs-sends-senior-editor-as-presenter-to-cair-conference-on-defaming-islam/
The news about NPR firing Juan Williams is opening the eyes of many in the media and public to the extraordinary rules of censorship that CAIR, other Muslim Brotherhood groups, and the “Establishment Left” impose to restrict free speech.
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Saudi prince blasts US for Israel ties
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=192464&R=R1
WASHINGTON – Two days after the United States unveiled an arms deal with Saudi Arabia estimated at $60 billion, one of Riyadh’s leading figures blasted the US for not living up to its commitments in the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and not doing more to reign in Israel.
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Threat Grows as Mexican Cartels Move to Beef up U.S. Presence
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/23/threat-grows-as-mexican-cartels-move-to-beef-up-u-s-presence/
From The Washington Post – When a major Mexican drug cartel opened a branch office here on the California side of the border, U.S. authorities tapped into their cellphones – then listened, watched and waited.
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Gunmen kill at least 12 at party in Mexico: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69M1JY20101023?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Gunmen sprayed bullets into a family party in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing at least 12 people, local media reported on Saturday.
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Iran steps up training of terrorists
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=218821
JERUSALEM – Iranian Revolutionary Guard units have stepped up their training of Hamas commanders inside the Gaza Strip, according to a senior Egyptian security official.
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MySpace, Apps Leak User Data
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303738504575568460409331560.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
MySpace and some popular applications on the social-networking site have been transmitting data to outside advertising companies that could be used to identify users, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
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Cat Rescued, Resuscitated By Firefighters With Special Mask
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/25464481/detail.html
BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder firefighters saved the life of a cat Wednesday by using a special oxygen mask. Firefighters said they found the cat home alone inside a burning condo at the Gold Run complex on Sundown Lane.

Drastic improvement: US, Iraqi relationship spells success
http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php/news/58546/drastic-improvement-us-iraqi-relationship-spells-success
BASRA, Iraq – Every day soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division are living, training and the Iraqi Police at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Basra to further the Rule of Law in southern Iraq.
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General Sees Progress in Counter-IED Fight
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61375
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2010 – More sensors, analysts and specially trained dogs — combined with stronger ties with local civilians and those who govern them — have fueled progress in the battle against roadside bombs in Afghanistan, the director of an agency devoted to that effort said yesterday.
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Military Updates Family Care Plan Policy
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/10/21/military-updates-family-care-plan-policy/
A recent change in the Family Care Plan policy means servicemembers making arrangements for child care during deployments must get the plan approved by noncustodial parents. To learn more about this change and how it affects you and your family, read Karen Parrish’s American Forces Press Service article “Family Care Plan Change Addresses Custody Questions.”
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Face of Defense: Sailor, Working Dog Go to Djibouti
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61377
SANTA RITA, Guam, Oct. 22, 2010 – A sailor assigned here deployed Oct. 20 to Djibouti with his unique partner. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Padilla said he has prepared for his Africa mission alongside his canine partner, Petty Officer 2nd Class Brit E295.
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Who Wrote the NAACP ‘Racist’ Tea Party Report?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/who-wrote-the-naacp-racist-tea-party-report/
Two weeks before a potentially game-changing midterm election, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has given its endorsement to a report labeling the tea party as a self-preserving movement of racist bigots. It‘s no wonder given the fact that NAACP’s political agenda conflicts with the vast majority of the tea party platform of smaller government and reduced spending.
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‘Fedamageddon’: Federal Reserve Considers Unprecedented Steps to Boost National Economy
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fedamageddon-federal-reserve-considers-unprecedented-steps-to-boost-national-economy/
As Americans head to their nearest polling station to cast their midterm election ballots on Nov. 2, the Federal Reserve will be winding down its next policy committee meeting.
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Fannie/Freddie Federal Housing Bailout on Track to Double?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fanniefreddie-federal-housing-bailout-on-track-to-double/
WASHINGTON — The government spelled out Thursday just how much the most expensive rescue of the financial crisis will end up costing taxpayers — as much as $259 billion for mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Cash-strapped governments ramping up tax-collection efforts
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Cash-strapped-governments-ramping-up-tax-collection-efforts-1277126-105384353.html
Tax officials throughout the Washington region are trying new and often extraordinary measures to collect tens of millions of dollars in delinquent payments, as huge projected budget deficits threaten to slash public services.
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Possessed TX Voting Machine Only Allows Votes for Green Party
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/possessed-tx-voting-machine-only-allows-votes-for-green-party/
Don Relyea supports incumbent Republican Rick Perry for governor in TX. Naturally, he went to the polls to cast his vote. But while in the privacy of his voting booth, he noticed something very strange: as he tried to submit his ballot, it changed. Again. And again. The electronic voting machine he was using kept switching his votes to Green Party candidates, and he caught it on tape.
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Defense Department Finding Leaked to New York Times Reporter
http://bigpeace.com/bthor/2010/10/21/defense-department-finding-leaked-to-new-york-times-reporter/
In April, I reported that the New York Times was about to publish a list of covert American operatives providing force protection for our troops in Afghanistan. A month later, the Times admitted that it did in fact have the list, but that they did not intend to publish the names. It was the right thing to do and we commended them for it. We are hoping that they will once again exhibit such sound judgment.
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Castro Propaganda from U.S. Labor Leader Dolores Huerta
http://bigpeace.com/hfontova/2010/10/22/castro-propaganda-from-u-s-labor-leader-dolores-huerta/
After starring in public Service Announcements for the Obama administration, Mexican-American Labor activist Dolores Huestra is now starring in public service announcements for Fidel Castro’s regime. Senora Huetra is a co-founder of United Farm Workers of American and a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
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Report: Pentagon Contracts Lining the Pockets of….the Taliban
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/10/21/report-pentagon-contracts-lining-the-pockets-of-the-taliban/
The Christian Science Monitor offers this fascinating and troubling report on the use of private contractors in Afghanistan. Half of the private security companies that the Pentagon is paying in that country are Afghan owned. The paper writes.
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French police force open blockaded fuel depot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101022/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_france_retirement_strikes;_ylt=Av_8FsaDNw31GiHGkKPFsKdvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0ZGtnZ3JqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAxMDIyL2V1X2ZyYW5jZV9yZXRpcmVtZW50X3N0cmlrZXMEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ZyZW5jaHBvbGljZQ–
PARIS – Shoving striking oil workers aside, French riot police forced a strategic refinery to reopen Friday, aiming to halt growing fuel shortages as the Senate looked ready to approve the controversial pension reforms at the heart of the union protests.
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Shocking Report: Chinese Officials Beat 8-Months-Pregnant Woman, Force Abortion
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-report-chinese-officials-beat-8-months-pregnant-woman-force-abortion/
Xiao Aiying was just one month away from having her baby. But when Chinese officials learned that her and her husband, Luo Yanquan, already had a 10-year-old daughter, that changed.
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Berlusconi pledges to end Naples waste crisis
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101022/tts-uk-italy-rubbish-ca02f96.html
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged a swift end to the Naples garbage crisis on Friday as TV pictures of piles of rubbish and angry protests put his struggling government under pressure.
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Water on the Moon: a Billion Gallons
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/water-moon-nasa-impact-probe/story?id=11939079
Water on the moon? Scientists used to think it was as dry as, well, lunar dust. But after a year of analysis NASA today announced that its LCROSS lunar-impact probe mission found up to a billion gallons of water ice in the floor of a permanently-shadowed crater near the moon’s south pole.
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Mystery Donor Leaves $10,000 Donation for 9/11 Memorial
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mystery-donor-leaves-10000-donation-for-911-memorial/
As you people pass a donation box at a museum or memorial, it’s not uncommon to see people digging into their pants pockets for spare coins and bills to share. But one random donation box hanging at the future September 11 memorial site in New York stunned officials when they discovered $10,000 anonymously deposited, a sizable donation to help build the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
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Driver thanks man who hit him on purpose
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013215629_hero21m.html
Driving to a Mariners game, Duane Innes saw a pickup ahead of him drift across lanes of traffic, sideswipe a concrete barrier and continue forward on the inside shoulder at about 40 mph.