News Articles For 10/21

October 21, 2010 — Operation Rooster

General: K-9 teams find IEDs better than $10 billion tech gear
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/20/general-k-9-teams-find-ieds-better-10-billion-tech/
The Army general in charge of defeating roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan says the most effective tool is “two men and a dog,” even though the military has spent nearly $10 billion on new detection and clearing technologies.
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Remembering those who gave all
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=217717
The mother of a Marine killed in Iraq is working to build a memorial to her son and to every other American service member killed or wounded in the line of duty since Vietnam.
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Want to know how the war in Afghanistan is going? Watch Kandahar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20101021/wl_csm/333366
Kandahar City, Afghanistan – For the past decade, the Taliban has held firm control over the small farming village of Malajat, located on the green flatland along the eastern outskirts of Kandahar City. NATO forces and Afghan police refused to enter the area, knowing any attempt to clear the town of military threats would be met with fierce resistance.
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NYT: Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters for Fight Against FOX and Glenn Beck
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyt-soros-donates-1-million-to-fight-fox-and-glenn-beck/
George Soros has long claimed not to be a funder of the liberal media group Media Matters for America (MMFA). That will all change today when the billionaire philanthropist donates a reported $1 million to the organization, which will use the money to hold “Fox host Glenn Beck and others on the cable news channel accountable for their reporting,” the New York Times reports.
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Tides Foundation Grantee Was Founded by Convicted Terrorist
http://bigjournalism.com/libertychick/2010/10/21/tides-foundation-grantee-was-founded-by-convicted-terrorist/
On July 17th, 2010, 45 year old Byron Williams was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 580 in Oakland, California for driving erratically. A violent shootout ensued, and twelve minutes later, it was over.
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The Soros Connection
http://bigjournalism.com/rfutrell/2010/10/20/the-soros-connection/
Looks like Democrats got the memo. Last week I worked for Liberty.com and covered a protest at Sharron Angle’s office in Las Vegas where a dozen MoveOn.org protesters showed up to go after the Chamber of Commerce for taking foreign money and buying TV ads during this election campaign. Of course, there is no proof of the foreign money, but the accusation is there and that’s the main thing that matters.
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Soros-Funded Documentary Embraces Left-Wing Terrorists Who Plotted To Kill Republicans
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mvadum/2010/10/21/soros-funded-documentary-embraces-left-wing-terrorists-who-plotted-to-kill-republicans/
Radical philanthropist George Soros is bankrolling a documentary that celebrates left-wing terrorists who plotted to napalm Republicans at the 2008 GOP convention in Minnesota. Even worse, you too are bankrolling the film through your taxes.
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Geithner’s Goal: Rebalanced World Economy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304011604575564661615005500.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he would use weekend meetings of G-20 finance ministers to advance efforts to “rebalance” the world economy so it is less reliant on U.S. consumers, to move toward establishing “norms” on exchange-rate policy, and to persuade others the U.S. doesn’t aim to devalue its way to prosperity.
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Group Launches Media Blitz in Oklahoma for Anti-Shariah Ballot Initiative
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/20/anti-islamic-group-launches-media-blitz-oklahoma-anti-shariah-ballot-initiative/?test=latestnews
A group vowing to fight “Islamofascism” has launched a media blitz in Oklahoma supporting a state constitutional amendment that would prohibit the courts from considering Islamic or other international law when ruling on cases in Sooner State courtrooms.
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Scout’s 9/11 death headed for civil trial
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=5707747
NEW YORK — A judge set a June trial date for the first — and possibly only — civil wrongful death trial to result from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks after years of litigation that produced settlements in every other case.
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Fox Exclusive: ‘Most-Wanted’ Terrorist Al-Awlaki Dined at Pentagon After 9/11
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fox-exclusive-most-wanted-terrorist-al-awlaki-dined-at-pentagon-after-911/
Fox News has obtained documents showing that Anwar Al-Awlaki, the “first American on the CIA’s kill or capture list,” attended a lunch at the Pentagon shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
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A Chicago ‘Tradition’: Dem. Rep. Gives Lesson in How to Threaten Voters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-chicago-tradition-dem-rep-gives-lesson-in-how-to-threaten-voters/
Jan Schakowsky is a Democratic Rep. from Illinois. On Monday she gave a lesson in what she calls a Chicago tradition: All around the country people are trying to replicate what we do in Chicago. We have a tradition of knocking on doors, of pulling people out. You know, people — they talk about message and persuasion. Here’s our message: “I don’t get off your doorstop until you get out to the polls and vote!” That’s our message! That’s our message!
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Book: Bill Clinton Lost Nuclear Codes While in Office
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/book-bill-clinton-lost-nuclear-codes-while-in-office/
The fate of a United States nuclear missile launch lies with something called “the biscuit.” But for a period of time during the Clinton administration, the biscuit was nowhere to be found.
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WSSU e-mail called illegal
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/oct/20/wssu-e-mail-called-illegal-ar-467783/
Some 6,400 staffers and students at Winston-Salem State University received e-mail exhortations Monday to take advantage of early voting and help the Democratic Party, setting off local Republicans.
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Vets stand guard over Christian flag in NC town
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9J044OG0&show_article=1
KING, N.C. (AP) – The Christian flag is everywhere in the small city of King: flying in front of barbecue joints and hair salons, stuck to the bumpers of trucks, hanging in windows and emblazoned on T-shirts.
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Hot air? White House takes credit for Bush-era wind farm jobs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39759042/ns/business/

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is crediting its anti-recession stimulus plan with creating up to 50,000 jobs on dozens of wind farms, even though many of those wind farms were built before the stimulus money began to flow or even before President Barack Obama was inaugurated.
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Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/google-2-4-rate-shows-how-60-billion-u-s-revenue-lost-to-tax-loopholes.html
Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda.
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Texas National Guardsman shot dead in Mexico
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39772666/ns/world_news-americas/
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — A Texas National Guardsman and another man were shot dead in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, according to local officials and reports.
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Overrun by narcos, once-posh Acapulco is in agony
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/19/102275/overrun-by-narcos-once-posh-acapulco.html
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Rival criminal gangs have hijacked this glitzy-but-faded Pacific resort, where the Hollywood Rat Pack once sipped martinis, Elvis filmed a musical comedy, Elizabeth Taylor wed (again) and starlets danced the night away.
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US-Saudi arms deal ripples from Iran to Israel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101021/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_saudi_facing_iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – As American and Saudi officials spent months quietly hammering out a wish list for a mammoth sale of American warplanes and other weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, leaders in Iran were busy publicly displaying their advances in missiles, naval craft and air power.
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Ahmadinejad, Saudi King hold more phone talks: IRNA
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b95fd77b89df185313121528338ce5b0.291&show_article=1
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah have had telephonic discussions on regional affairs for a second time within a fortnight, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported Thursday.
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‘Iran is secretly setting up banks in Muslim countries’
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=192249&R=R1
Iran is secretly setting up banks in Muslim countries around the world under fake names in order avoid sanctions, US officials told The Washington Post on Thursday.
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Iran, Venezuela leaders seek ‘new world order’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101020/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_venezuela
TEHRAN, Iran – The leaders of Iran and Venezuela hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship on Wednesday, saying they are united in efforts to establish a “new world order” that will eliminate Western dominance over global affairs.
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Chavez visits Syria on tour to counter US sway
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101021/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_venezuela
DAMASCUS, Syria – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with his Syrian counterpart Thursday on the Mideast leg of an international tour partly intended to counter what he calls U.S. “imperialism.”
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Toyota recalling 1.53 million cars globally
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_toyota_recall
TOKYO – Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality lapses for the world’s No. 1 automaker.
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Boy Learns Life-Saving Lesson From Cartoon, Saves Dad
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-boy-calls-911-saves-dad-txt,0,1078540.story
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio — Vincent Lamitie, 3, of North Ridgeville, was home alone with his dad when his father passed out and fell down the basement stairs last Sunday. Without hesitation, somehow, the young boy knew to call 911.

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News Articles For 10/5

October 5, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Officials Provide Afghan Operations Update
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61127
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2010 – International Security Assistance Force Joint Command officials have provided details of numerous recent operations around Afghanistan.
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Face of Defense: Airman Saves Man’s Life
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61133
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C., Oct. 5, 2010 – People never know when the things they learn in life may have a drastic effect on someone else’s life. For an Air Force member assigned here, those lessons helped to save a man.
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I love when private companies do what government can’t
http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2010/10/04/i-love-when-private-companies-do-what-government-cant/
The New York Times tells the story of a private for-profit company named L.S.S.I. that takes over public libraries mainly from struggling cities, removes the cost from the city, improves them, and then gives some cash back to the communities. Of course, everyone immediately complains about it.
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Super-rich investors buy gold by ton
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6932NR20101004
(Reuters) – The world’s wealthiest people have responded to economic worries by buying gold by the bar — and sometimes by the ton — and by moving assets out of the financial system, bankers catering to the very rich said on Monday.
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Obama’s promise to end tax cuts for rich unravels
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4931a1f8-cfee-11df-bb9e-00144feab49a.html
Nobody in Washington has put it quite so bluntly. But it seems almost certain now that Barack Obama will be unable to fulfil his pledge of reversing George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Last week, Democratic lawmakers returned home to prepare for next month’s midterm elections having failed in either chamber even to put the issue to a vote.
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Update: 911 Tapes Released in Mexican Pirate Attack in TX Boundary Waters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-911-tapes-released-in-mexican-pirate-attack-in-tx-boundary-waters/
The 911 call of a frantic wife whose husband was shot in the head while fleeing from Mexican pirates has been released. David and Tiffany Hartley came under attack while jet skiing on a Texas lake that is split between U.S. and Mexican territory. David’s body has not yet been recovered.
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Obama adviser distributed Al Jazeera ‘propaganda’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=211633
A technology advisor to President Obama founded a group has been helping the Arab TV network Al Jazeera disseminate news footage of Israeli attacks inside the Gaza Strip.
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America needs stimulus not virtue
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61a77634-cfeb-11df-bb9e-00144feab49a.html
By George Soros – The Obama administration’s insistence on fiscal rectitude is dictated not by financial necessity but by political considerations. The US is not in the position of Europe’s heavily indebted countries, which must pay hefty premiums over the price at which Germany can borrow. Interest rates on US government bonds have been falling and are near record lows, which means that financial markets anticipate deflation, not inflation.
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911 Callers Are a Joke in Broward County
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/911-Does-Not-Stand-for-Emergency-in-Broward-104294569.html?dr
It appears residents in Broward County have their definitions for “nonsense” and “emergency” mixed up. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office call center, nearly half the 911 calls they receive are for things not quite a life or death situation – unless you consider a fast food order an emergency.
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French police arrest twelve suspected al-Qaida terrorists
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=190273&R=R1
Three of the men allegedly linked to man caught with bomb-making kit in Naples; arrests come as US, France, other European nations have stepped up terrorism alert vigilance.
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Iran sets free 2 more top al-Qaida henchmen
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=211453
Iran has allowed two more al-Qaida henchmen – this time experts on nuclear and chemical weapons – to go back to Afghanistan, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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China calls for more Asian clout in global economy
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101004/D9IL0KC80.html
BRUSSELS (AP) – The surging economies of Asia should be granted more power in the traditionally Western-dominated global financial institutions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday at the opening of the Euro-Asian summit.
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The CCTV vigilantes: Snoopers paid to sit at home watching store security cameras
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317559/CCTV-vigilantes-Snoopers-paid-catch-shoplifters-home.html#ixzz11PPHcUDU
Private snoopers are being paid to monitor thousands of CCTV cameras from home. Their job is to try to spot criminal behaviour on live feeds from cameras in stores and streets. If, for example, they see a shoplifter they send a text message warning the owner of the firm.
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Get Ready for International Global Warming Lawsuits
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/environmental-group-says-threat-of-litigation-necessary-to-jump-start-global-climate-change-negotiations/
As government officials gather this week in Tianjin, China for negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), one group from the United Kingdom is urging developing countries to seek legal action against the world’s developed nations for their supposed role in global warming.
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Abandoned Soviet Military Hardware
http://totallycoolpix.com/2010/10/abandoned-soviet-military-hardware/
When the Soviet Union broke up in the early nineties a lot of military hardware went “missing”. Most of it to be used in Africa. Some of the hardware was left behind and left to fend for itself in forgotten places across Russia and the former Warsaw Pact states.

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News Articles For 9/13

September 13, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Unit remembers two of their own who died in 9/11 attacks
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3289-unit-remembers-two-of-their-own-who-died-in-911-attacks.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Of the many ceremonies and remembrances commemorating the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, one struck a personal note for a group of Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Salerno Sept. 1.
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FOB Gardez remembers why we are here
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3288-fob-gardez-remembers-why-we-are-here.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A remembrance ceremony for the 9/11 attacks was held at noon Sept. 11 on Forward Operating Base Gardez for about 25 Soldiers.
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U.S. soldiers to be subjected to ‘mind control’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=201929
The U.S. military long has been able to launch a missile, explode a bridge or fire a weapon with the push of a button. Under testing now is a system intended to control a soldier’s psychiatric status, make him alert, reduce his stress and intervene when he suffers pain, among other applications, with the press of a button.
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Piven: Violence Is Okay if ‘It’s a Big Part of Your Strategy’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/piven-violence-is-okay-if-its-a-big-party-of-your-strategy/
In a way the least interesting part of this clip may be the part in the headline. Frances Fox Piven, of Cloward-Piven infamy (see James Simpson’s analysis here), is talking about the Deacons of Defense and their role in the Civil Rights movement. She seems to be saying that the group was a proponent of violence rather than active defenders.
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County Sues Farmer, Cites Too Many Crops
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24979774/detail.html
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County is suing a local farmer for growing too many vegetables, but he said he will fight the charges in the ongoing battle neighbors call “Cabbagegate.”
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Big party week for the Obamas
http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/118269-big-party-week-for-the-obamas
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes. On Monday evening, the president will welcome collegiate star athletes to the White House for a reception at 5:45 p.m.
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Adults shrug at Obama pep talk
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/11/674894/adults-shrug-at-obama-pep-talk.html
Amid less controversy than last year, Triangle students will hear a back-to-school message Tuesday from President Barack Obama. The lead-up to last year’s speech by Obama drew calls from some Republicans that schools not air what they argued would be a political talk by the Democratic president. But after last year’s speech turned out to be a pep talk about staying in school, calls for schools to forgo showing this year’s speech have subsided.
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Regulators Back New Bank Rules to Avert Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/global/13bank.html
BASEL, Switzerland — The world’s top bank regulators agreed Sunday on far-reaching new rules intended to make the global banking industry safer and protect international economies from future financial disasters.
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Mexican marines arrest presumed cartel operator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100912/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Mexican marines have arrested Sergio Villarreal Barragan, a presumed leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on the country’s list of most-wanted drug traffickers.
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Amano chides Iran for not cooperating with inspectors
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=187926&R=R1
VIENNA— International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano on Monday warned that he cannot confirm that all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful because Teheran is not fully cooperating with his inspectors.
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Congress to be told of 60-billion US-Saudi arms deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100913/wl_mideast_afp/ussaudiweaponstrade_20100913060123
WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the largest US arms deal ever, the administration of US President Barack Obama is ready to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to 60 billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Food Prices Soar Around the World, Creating Instability
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2010/09/13/food-prices-soar-around-the-world-creating-instability/
On Tuesday, Mozambique’s government announced that it will begin to subsidize bread prices, after bread prices had risen 22% in the previous month. The move was forced by massive food riots and looting that occurred in the last few days, killing 13, according to Independent Online (S. Africa).
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Man saves women who drove into his pool
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-saves-women-who-drove-into-his-pool/story-e6frfku0-1225920534721
THE quick actions of a Nerang man saved the lives of two young women who were trapped in their sinking car after it ploughed into his swimming pool.

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News Articles For 9/12

September 12, 2010 — Operation Rooster

ISF lead medical, humanitarian visit
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/isf-lead-medical-humanitarian-mission
KARMAH — U.S. Army medics joined their Iraqi counterparts here Tuesday for an Iraqi Security Forces-led medical clinic and humanitarian mission where hundreds of area residents received free medical care and essential supplies.
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Bagram servicemembers, civilians run in honor of 9/11
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3284-bagram-servicemembers-civilians-run-in-honor-of-911.html
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – More than 2,200 deployed servicemembers and civilians ran 9.11 km here Sept. 11 in remembrance of 9/11. Before starting the Patriot Day Run, U.S. Coast Guard 1st Lt. Jim Cullen, the Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment team officer in charge, spoke to the large crowd in front of the airfield chapel about his experience on that infamous day.
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Kunar teams commemorate Patriot Day
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3283-kunar-teams-commemorate-patriot-day.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and civilians of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agri-Business Development Team held a solemn ceremony here to commemorate Patriot Day and the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and those lost in Shanksville, Pa. The ceremony started at exactly 8:47 a.m. Eastern time, the same time the attacks began in 2001.
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Denver’s Finest Climb 110 Stories to Honor 9/11 Firefighters
http://www.gnn.com/article/denvers-finest-climb-110-stories-to/1265283
(Sept. 10) — Constructions workers were paving Jordan Legan’s street the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He and his dad climbed into the car, headed to Legan’s Colorado middle school. Instead of its usual sports jabber, their favorite radio station was reporting that a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Centers in New York.
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFjeLpY0WWXBnPMXduA-Ml0Z4TDwD9I6D4AG0
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike Sunday killed at least five associates of a warlord who is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
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‘Unpaid pay czar’ got 6-figure salary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=201961
Contrary to press reports that he would not be compensated, uncovered Treasury Department documents reveal President Obama’s pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, received a $120,830 annual salary.
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Daniel Rubin: An infuriating search at Philadelphia International Airport
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/daniel_rubin/20100818_Daniel_Rubin__An_infuriating_search_at_Philadelphia_International_Airport.html?viewAll=y
At what point does an airport search step over the line? How about when they start going through your checks, and the police call your husband, suspicious you were clearing out the bank account?
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Mexican Gunmen Fire at Border Patrol Agents
http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Mexican-Gunmen-Fire-at-Border-Patrol-Agents/YR9M9I1TsEO-UB47uLS2Eg.cspx
ANZALDUAS PARK – The FBI is investigating after armed men shot at border patrol agents on the Rio Grande. A Border Patrol Spokesperson tells CHANNEL 5 NEWS agents chased a vehicle to the river’s edge near Anzalduas Park this morning.
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Iran says it will release US hiker
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3384ab06-be83-11df-a755-00144feab49a.html
Iran’s judiciary has announced that one of three US hikers jailed on charges of espionage will be released on bail because of her poor health. But Sunday’s announcement follows contradictory messages over the fate of Sarah Shourd, 32.
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West needs new missile shield against Iranian nuclear threat, Nato chief says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7996581/West-needs-new-missile-shield-against-Iranian-nuclear-threat-Nato-chief-says.html
Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Sunday Telegraph he has full American backing for a proposed €200 million (£165 million) defensive “shield”, which he hopes will be agreed in November at a summit of members in Lisbon.
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Like the ’55 Chevy, the 3,000-Mile Oil Change Is Pretty Much History
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Like-the-55-Chevy-the-nytimes-3825041162.html?x=0&mod=pf-family-home
I STILL remember learning from my father how to carefully remove a dipstick to check the oil level in our cars. It was drilled into me — along with turning off the lights when you left a room and clearing the plates off the table after dinner — that oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles or so.
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Good Samaritan Thwarts Bank Robbery
http://www.gnn.com/article/good-samaritan-thwarts-bank-robbery/1264322
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (Sept. 9) — A good Samaritan has thwarted a bank robbery in Wisconsin by jumping on an armed man.
The Associated Bank’s surveillance video shows the man at a counter when the masked robber carrying a gun rushes to a teller at the bank in St. Francis at about 1 p.m. Wednesday.

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News Articles For 9/11

September 11, 2010 — Operation Rooster

FTF detains 6 insurgents, captures weapons in Khost province
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3277-ftf-detains-6-insurgents-captures-weapons-in-khost-province.html
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Combined forces with 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team’s Focused Tactical Force conducted an air assault operation in the Momad Kalay District, Khost Province, Sept. 6.
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Air Strike Kills Operative Planning Pre-election Attacks
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60802
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2010 – A coalition air strike last night killed a senior enemy commander involved in bombing attacks in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, military officials reported.
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First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_medal_of_honor
DES MOINES, Iowa – A 25-year-old soldier from Iowa who exposed himself to enemy gunfire to try to save two fellow soldiers will become the first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday.
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Grandmother Graduates From Explosive Ordnance Disposal School
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60811
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10, 2010 – The Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is one of the toughest schools in the military, with a dropout rate that often exceeds 50 percent. But an Army specialist and 42-year-old grandmother from North Carolina has proven that when it comes to meeting tough challenges, age sometimes is just a state of mind.
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Delta Flight Returns To Detroit Makes Emergency Landing
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/10/delta-flight-returns-to-detroit-makes-emergency-landing/
Authorities say a Delta flight to Tampa, Fla., has returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport about an hour after departing because of a disruptive passenger.
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Capitol Hill employees owed $9.3 million in back taxes last year, data show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090903376.html?wpisrc=nl_polalert
Capitol Hill employees owed $9.3 million in overdue taxes at the end of last year, a sliver of the $1 billion owed by federal workers nationwide but one with potential political ramifications for members of Congress.
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Border Bloodshed: 25 Slain Mark Town’s Deadliest Day in Two Years
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/25-slain-in-mexican-city-85-escape-border-prison/
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city. Farther east on the border, 85 inmates scaled the walls of a prison and escaped Friday in Mexico’s biggest jail break in recent memory.
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Iran Cancels Release of US Hiker
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Iran-Cancels-Release-of-US-Hiker-102686244.html
Iran has abruptly canceled plans to release one of the American hikers detained for more than a year in Tehran after judicial officials cited unresolved legal issues.
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Castro: I Meant That ‘Capitalist System’ Doesn’t Work
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39102590
Fidel Castro said Friday his recent comment that communist-led Cuba’s economic model does not work was badly understood and that what he really meant was that capitalism does not work.
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Mumbai Placed On Alert Amid Reports of Men Sneaking Into City
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/10/mumbai-placed-on-alert-amid-reports-of-men-sneaking-into-city/
On the eve of Eid and start of Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, Mumbai police on Friday said two foreign nationals with suspected terror links have snuck into the city resulting in a high alert.
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Badin H.S. Students Shave Heads To Support Classmate
http://www.wlwt.com/r/24954148/detail.html
HAMILTON, Ohio — Nearly 90 students at Badin High School had their heads shaved Tuesday in solidarity with Kyle Bergen, a freshman who is being treated for Hodgkins lymphoma and has lost all of his hair through the treatment.
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Cat rescued in drain drama
http://www.scottishspca.org/news/466_cat-rescued-in-drain-drama
The Scottish SPCA has rescued an adventurous cat after he spent two days stuck in a network of drain pipes in Port William, Newton Stewart (Thursday 2 September). We were called to help when a local resident of Main Street heard the distressed cat’s cries coming from underneath her conservatory.

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September 11th Anniversary News Articles

September 11, 2010 — Operation Rooster

911 Video – Remembering What We Saw
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/09/11/911-video-remembering-what-we-saw/
This home video of the 9/11 terror attack on the World Trade Center was filmed from a 36th floor apartment very close to the North Tower. It’s a view of 911 that you may not have seen and one that you should.
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September 11: Portraits of Grief
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/newyorkandregion/series/portraits_of_grief/index.html
Three days after the September 11 attacks, reporters at The New York Times, armed with stacks of the homemade missing-persons fliers that were papering the city, began dialing the numbers on the fliers, interviewing friends and relatives of the missing and writing brief portraits, or sketches, of their lives.
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Aces Mark racing for NHL’s 9-11 victims
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/aces-mark-racing-for-nhls-9-11-victims/article1703490/
A portion of the hockey world will mark the anniversary of 9-11 by turning its eyes to an unlikely place — a racetrack. They will be focused on Aces Mark, a six-year-old gelding who is scheduled to run in Saturday’s eighth race at Belmont Park. The horse was purchased by a large group of investors from around the NHL and named for Los Angeles Kings scouts Ace Bailey and Mark Bavis, who were killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Iconic Sept. 11 Photos (*warning: graphic images)
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iconic-Images-Sept-11-Attacks-/ss/events/us/090910sept11iconic#photoViewer=/ydownload_ap/20100909/photos_net_ap_ts/1284065940
This is a collection of 19 photos from September 11, 2001.
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WELCOMING REMARKS MADE AT A LITERARY READING, 9/25/01. BY JOHN HODGMAN
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/9/11hodgman.html
Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which Mr. Hodgman originally delivered at a literary reading shortly after September 11, 2001.
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Nine years after 9/11, a photo provides some peace
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/10/september.11.photo/index.html?hpt=C1
New York (CNN) — Judson Box has never known exactly how his son, Gary, died on September 11, 2001. But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son’s final hours.
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Obama visits hallowed 9/11 ground at Pentagon
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9I5P2M80&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Saturday recalled “that awful morning” nine years ago when “a sorry band of men” who perverted religion attacked the U.S. in hopes of demoralizing and dividing the country.
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First lady, Laura Bush to speak at Flight 93 site
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9I5OVP81&show_article=1
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A moment of silence has been held in western Pennsylvania where hundreds are gathered to remember victims of Flight 93 on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Never Forget: Remembering 9/11 for the Horror It Was
http://bigpeace.com/rkwilcox/2010/09/11/never-forget-remembering-911-for-the-horror-it-was/
I watched the National Geographic documentary on 9/11. I wondered if there would be any PC (politically correct) parts stressing diversity, peaceful Islam, or moralizing about how we had caused the shocking attack. There was none. It was some of the most powerful television I have ever seen.
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Never Forget: 911 Call From 86th Floor of World Trade Center
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/09/11/never-forget-911-call-from-86th-floor-of-world-trade-center/
This is an audio tape of a call from the World Trade Center.
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Blogger Remembers the Tragedy of 9/11
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/09/10/blogger-remembers-the-tragedy-of-911/
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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Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 We will never forget
http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0910_911/
This is a collection of news articles and stories.
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9/11 Memorial Advocate Urges Unity
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60795
FORT BELVOIR, Va., Sept. 10, 2010 – As the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches and Americans reflect on that period, they should focus on the outpouring of patriotism and community of Sept. 12 and beyond rather than the tragic events surrounding the actual attacks, the president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund said here yesterday.

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News Articles For 8/17

August 17, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Afghanistan Command Provides Details of Recent Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60449
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2010 – International Security Assistance Force Joint Command officials have provided details of numerous operations around Afghanistan.
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Munitions cache recovered in Bagram
http://www.cjtf101.com/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3159-munitions-cache-recovered-in-bagram.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition Forces recovered a munitions cache in the Bagram district here Aug. 15. A coalition forces explosive ordnance disposal team recovered the munitions cache, which included more than 50 rocket-propelled grenades, and safely transported them to Bagram Airfield.
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ISF arrest AQI criminal associate in Latafia
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-aqi-criminal-associate-in-latafia
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested one Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted in Latafia today.
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Iraqi Forces back on Joint Base Balad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/iraqi-forces-back-on-joint-base-balad
JOINT BASE BALAD – As part of the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces here, the Iraqi military is now occupying this base for the first time since 2003; the first step in the process to transfer the property to full Iraqi government control.
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‘Forgotten D-Day’ vets receive highest French medal
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/08/13/43728-forgotten-d-day-vets-receive-highest-french-medal/?ref=news-home-title1
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 13, 2010) — Veterans of the Allied invasion of southern France, sometimes called the “forgotten D-Day,” were honored Aug. 10 during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
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2-leg help paw heroes
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3098579/2-leg-help-paw-heroes.html#ixzz0wrlLRvip
A TWO-legged dog who walks upright is set to inspire British troops wounded in Afghanistan. Faith, eight, was made an honorary sergeant in the US army for helping disabled veterans battling to overcome their war zone injuries.
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Face of Defense: Command Sergeant Major Wraps Up Tour
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60460
KANADAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2010 – The International Security Assistance Force’s senior enlisted leader completed his 100th and final battlefield circulation Aug. 13.
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Veterans Outraged After Army Hero’s Grave Site Turned Into Dog Park
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/16/veterans-outraged-army-heros-grave-site-turned-dog-park/
VENTURA, Calif. – The grave site for an 1860s Army hero awarded the Medal of Honor is now a popular Ventura dog park with poop soiling what veterans say should be sacred ground.
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Terrorist tapes found under CIA desk
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=185038
The CIA has tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Discovered under a desk, the recordings could provide an unparalleled look at how foreign governments aided the US in holding and questioning suspected terrorists.
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China targets U.S. troops with arms buildup
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/16/china-targets-us-troops-with-arms-buildup/
China is aggressively building up military forces to strike U.S. forces in the western Pacific and elsewhere as part of what the Pentagon calls an array of high-tech “anti-access” missiles, submarines and warplanes in its latest annual report.
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Pentagon: China’s military power growing
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100816/D9HKQS7G0.html
WASHINGTON (AP) – China’s drive to transform itself into a major military power is being pursued in a secretive manner that increases the potential for misunderstanding and military conflict with other nations, the Pentagon says in a new report.
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Pentagon warning over China military build-up
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3feb3f5f39259253ed4519db00d15acd.551&show_article=1
China is extending its military advantage over Taiwan and increasingly looking beyond, building up a force with power to strike in Asia as far afield as the US territory of Guam, the Pentagon said.
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US breast cancer drug decision ‘marks start of death panels’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7948878/US-breast-cancer-drug-decision-marks-start-of-death-panels.html
America’s health watchdog is considering revoking its approval of the drug Avastin for use on women with advanced breast cancer, leading to accusations that it will mark the start of ‘death panel’ drug rationing.
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More Trouble for New START
http://bigpeace.com/fgaffney/2010/08/17/more-trouble-for-new-start/
Just when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Team Obama’s other boosters for the New START Treaty thought the time ripe to press the U.S. Senate to consent to the ratification of that accord, legislators were given two powerful new reasons to just say “no.”
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Harvard insists Israeli shares sale not driven by boycott
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/16/harvard-israeli-shares-sale-boycott
Harvard University has sold millions of dollars in shares in Israeli companies, a move that it insists is purely financial but which has already been claimed by a pro-Palestinian group as a victory in its boycott and divestment campaign against Israel.
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‘Israel has 8 days to strike Iran’
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=185044
Former US envoy to the UN John Bolton said Monday that if Israel wants to prevent Iran from acquiring a working nuclear plant, then a military strike must be launched against the Bushehr nuclear power facility within the next eight days. The comments were made in an interview with the Fox Business Network.
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Iran says to unveil array of weapons next week
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3feb3f5f39259253ed4519db00d15acd.4e1&show_article=1
Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Tuesday that Iran will unveil next week an array of weapons, including missiles, speedboats and a long range drone, the ISNA news agency reported.
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Eighth-Grader Makes Art Her Mission
http://www.gnn.com/article/miami-eighth-grader-tae-tae-davis-makes/1221610
(Aug. 17) — With one massive letter-writing campaign, 13-year-old Tae Tae Davis helped save her school’s art program and brought the joy of creation to homeless children.

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News Articles For 7/15

July 15, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqis Arrest 4 Suspects in Combined Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60010
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested four suspected criminal associates of al-Qaida in Iraq members during combined operations with U.S. advisors in the last two days.
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US army hands over last prison in Iraq
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxdncr_bDe0-MKZjdePmDa_2oaaA
BAGHDAD — The US army handed control of Camp Cropper prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, effectively ending one of the most controversial chapters of the seven-year-long American military occupation.
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Mountain warriors capture insurgent leader
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3010-mountain-warriors-capture-insurgent-leader.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from Troop A, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) conducted an air assault and captured an important insurgent leader in a mountain cave in Parwan Province June 30.
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Face of Defense: Guardsman Retires After 56 Years
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 14, 2010 – A young man working on a farm in Illinois decided to enlist in the National Guard in March 1953 after he received a challenge from his friend and employer.
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Keep Offshore Drilling in the U.S. Afloat
http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog/g/beab623e-8225-4ddb-9f8a-a38ec018fc9c
As the unemployment rate sits at 9.5%, American jobs are literally floating away. Two oil drilling rigs from the Gulf of Mexico recently embarked on a two month journey overseas. Diamond Offshore announced one rig is going to the Nile River delta of Egypt and the other is heading to the Republic of Congo; and their job opportunities went with them.
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Spy swap puts halt to fact finding
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/13/spy-swap-puts-halt-to-fact-finding/
The Obama administration’s rapid release of 10 Russian intelligence officers removed the prospect of a public trial revealing embarrassing facts about Russian influence operations, like the targeting of a key Democratic Party financier close to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Justice: Sanctuary cities safe from law
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/justice-sanctuary-cities-are-no-arizona/
A week after suing Arizona and arguing that the state’s immigration law creates a patchwork of rules, the Obama administration said it will not go after so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, on the grounds that they are not as bad as a state that “actively interferes.”.
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F*ck Yeah! Court Strikes Down FCC Rule Against Unscripted Expletives
http://consumerist.com/2010/07/fck-yeah-court-strikes-down-fcc-rule-against-unscripted-expletives.html
The next time Bono drops the F-bomb while accepting an award or Janet Jackson’s nipple makes a cameo appearance at the Super Bowl, broadcasters won’t have to worry about facing mammoth fines from the FCC. A federal appeals court has said “f@ck this sh&t” to the controversial ban.
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U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY’09
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50132620100714
(Reuters) – Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
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Signs of the Stimulus
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/signs-stimulus/story?id=11163180
As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and reminding passers-by that the program is “Putting America Back to Work..
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Fed paints weaker picture of growth and employment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100714/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fed_forecast
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials have a slightly dimmer view of the economy than they did in April, reflecting worries about how the European debt crisis could affect U.S. growth and job prospects.
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Brief for 9 states backs Arizona immigration law
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100715/D9GVBRK80.html
DETROIT (AP) – States have the authority to enforce immigration laws and protect their borders, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday in a legal brief on behalf of nine states supporting Arizona’s immigration law.
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U.S. paid Iranian nuclear scientist $5 million for aid to CIA, officials say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071501395_pf.html
The Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA before departing for his homeland Wednesday was paid more than $5 million by the agency to provide intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. officials said.
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Justice Department withheld evidence from 9/11 panel
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=179093
A U.S. congressman from Virginia charges the Justice Department withheld from Congress and the 9/11 Commission key documents concerning the investigation of a fugitive al-Qaida cleric at the heart of the Sept. 11, 2001, plot and other terrorism.
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What?! FBI weblinks promote Ayers, Peltier
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=178929
The website for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is assigned to protect the United States and enforce its laws, links to sites that laud the work of unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and promote freedom for convicted agent-killer Leonard Peltier.
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Somali Terror Group al-Shabaab Gets World Attention
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/14/somali-terror-group-al-shabaab-gets-world-attention/
The Somali militants who formed the hard-line terrorist group al-Shabaab carried out their first suicide attack in 2006, during the height of violence in Iraq. The world hardly noticed.
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Fundraising under way to train a dog to assist a paralyzed Parma Heights woman
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/_animals_in_the_news_1.html
The nonprofit Central Ohio K9 Unit and the owner of Verso Italian restaurant in Parma are raising money to train a puppy who will assist a paralyzed Parma Heights woman.
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18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/18th-century-ship-found-at-trade-center-site/?src=mv
In the middle of tomorrow, a great ribbed ghost has emerged from a distant yesterday. On Tuesday morning, workers excavating the site of the underground vehicle security center for the future World Trade Center hit a row of sturdy, upright wood timbers, regularly spaced, sticking out of a briny gray muck flecked with oyster shells.

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