ANA tip leads to weapons cache
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4127-ana-tip-leads-to-weapons-cache.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A tip generated by the 3rd Coy, 1st Kandak, Afghan National Army pointed ANA and U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Lethal to a large weapons cache in Sarmast Kheyl, Zormat District Jan. 31.
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Face of Defense: Mother, Son Serve Together
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62784
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2011 – It was 4 a.m. when she settled in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Green Bay Packers. Technically, it was Super Bowl Monday for her.
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Mubarak resigns, hands power to military
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Egypt’s vice president says Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military. Car horns were heard around Cairo in celebration after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national TV on Friday.
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Mubarak Disappears as Army Backs Him & Crowds Surge
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mubarak-disappears-as-army-backs-him-crowds-surge/
The situation in Egypt is fast-moving. Since President Hosni Mubarak gave his I’m-not-stepping-down step-down speech last night, much has happened. Below is a rundown of the morning’s news regarding Egypt.
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Iran’s Ahmadinijad Holds Massive Pro-Egyptian, Anti-American Rally
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/irans-ahmadinijad-holds-massive-pro-egyptian-anti-american-rally/
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is capitalizing on the Egyptian conflict to spew American and Israeli hate, hosting a massive rally in Tehran to bolster the protests in Egypt. According to AFP, “massive crowds of Iranians chanted pro-Egypt and anti-American slogans while marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.”
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Study Guide: Breaking News Coverage of Egypt
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/10/study-guide-breaking-news-coverage-of-egypt/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/10 TV show.
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Intel Director‘s Office Tries to Backpedal on Clapper’s Shocking Statement
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/intel-directors-office-tries-to-backpedal-on-clappers-shocking-statement/
Just hours after National Intelligence Director James Clapper made the shocking statement this morning that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “secular” organization, his office tried frantically to “clarify” his remarks.
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NYT: CIA Director Based Mubarak Congressional Testimony on Media Reports
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyt-cia-director-based-mubarak-congressional-testimony-on-media-reports/
The news for the Obama administration keeps getting worse. Or, more accurately, embarrassing. After National Intelligence Director James Clapper erroneously said the Muslim Brotherhood was a “secular” organization, it‘s now been revealed that CIA Director Leon Panetta’s testimony in front of Congress that Mubarak’s resignation was a “strong likelihood” was based not on intelligence but rather media reports.
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800,000 Jobs Gone: CBO Admits Health Care Law Will Kill Jobs
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/800000-jobs-gone-cbo-admits-health-care-law-will-kill-jobs/
NOTE: This video clip is 1:13 long.
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Ariz. governor countersues federal government
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110211/D9LA8QG80.html
PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona’s border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes.
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‘Bombshell’ Charge: DOJ Whistleblower Says Liberal FOIA Requests Get VIP Treatment
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bombshell-charge-doj-whistleblower-says-liberal-foia-requests-get-vip-treament/
Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration’s Justice Department have come under fire in the past for allegedly letting politics tip the balance of Justice. Specifically, J. Christian Adams, a former DOJ official, made news last year when he publicly accused the agency of racial bias in handling the 2008 election voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party.
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Shocking New IMF Report: The U.S. Dollar Needs To Be Replaced As The World Reserve Currency And SDRs “Could Constitute An Embryo Of Global Currency”
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/
The IMF is trying to move the world away from the U.S. dollar and towards a global currency once again. In a new report entitled “Enhancing International Monetary Stability—A Role for the SDR”, the IMF details the “problems” with having the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of the globe and the IMF discusses the potential for a larger role for SDRs (Special Drawing Rights).
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Susan Rice kicks off U.N. series
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49319.html
Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, will argue in a major address Friday evening that the U.S. should “strengthen” — not “starve” — the world body.
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U.S. Footing $100M Bill for U.N. Security Upgrade
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/09/footing-m-security-upgrade/?test=latestnews
Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100 million — donated by the U.S. — on the upgrade.
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U.S. reassures Poles on Russia missile defense role
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/11/us-usa-missiledefence-poland-idUSTRE71A3OI20110211
(Reuters) – A senior U.S. arms control negotiator said Friday she had reassured Poland and the Baltic republics that plans to involve Russia in developing European missile defense would not compromise their security.
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Obama, Soros create ‘Palestine’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262077
JERUSALEM – In partnership with a government fund initiated by Barack Obama, philanthropist and billionaire activist George Soros is investing in a private equity company that just launched in the Palestinian territories.
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‘Fever of Liberation’ Moves To Baghdad With Intensified Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34381.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Across Iraq, a wave of mass demonstrations has spread, calling for improvement in public services and an end to corruption. Despite government efforts to contain the public anger, which appears to be on the rise since the outbreak of turmoil in other Arab countries, it appears certain that a mass demonstration planned to take place February 25, at Liberation Square, in the center of Baghdad, will go ahead.
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Soaring debt pushes Portugal towards bail-out
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a04f8e08-3472-11e0-9ebc-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html#axzz1DfMCO1QB
Portugal’s cost of borrowing hit a euro-era high on Wednesday amid growing concerns that Lisbon will have to turn to bail-out funds to revive its stagnating economy.
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What’s the frequency: Monitors transmit video of unknowing families
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/115840594.html
SEATTLE — The saying goes never wake a sleeping baby. But what if that baby is broadcast for all the neighbors to see? From Ballard to Queen Anne and Greenlake to Phinney Ridge, KOMO News found unsuspecting families transmitting what’s inside their homes without even knowing it.
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Local Gymnast Makes Miraculous Recovery After Failed Flip
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Gymnast-Makes-Miraculously-Recovery-After-Scary-Fall–115760479.html
It’s a risk all gymnasts take every time they do a somersault or attempt any acrobatic move. The slightest miscalculation could lead to serious injury that could end in paralysis or even death.
News Articles For 10/11
October 11, 2010 — Operation RoosterMountain Soldiers capture insurgent responsible for IEDs
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3432-mountain-soldiers-capture-insurgent-responsible-for-ieds.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from C Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, captured an insurgent Oct. 7 near Yazeen Village in the Zormat District of Paktya Province. According to Staff Sgt. Robert Brown of Henniker, N.H., C Co., 3rd Bn., 172 Inf. Regt., the suspect, who is known to have emplaced several Improvised Explosive Devices in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Zormat, was captured during a village search.
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Air-assault operation proves successful; nets weapons, ammo, valuable intelligence
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3434-air-assault-operation-proves-successful-nets-weapons-ammo-valuable-intelligence.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, U.S. and Afghan National Army Soldiers conducted a successful air-assault operation in the mountains of Khowst Province resulting in the location and destruction of two insurgent weapons caches.
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Fed Undaunted by Uncertain Prospects for Money Printing
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39604937
The U.S. Federal Reserve runs the risk of diminishing returns from its next round of money printing to amplify the subdued economic recovery, but that won’t stop it from trying.
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Financial regulators planning worldwide rules for large firms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/10/AR2010101002201.html
International bank regulators are planning a fresh wave of rules for the world’s most important financial companies in an effort to ensure that firms considered “too big to fail” are better protected from collapse – and that taxpayers are insulated from the fallout if they do.
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Dollar falls as ‘currency war’ concerns linger
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f44dc0982a11a52246a9f2b994a36455.231&show_article=1
The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday after the world’s top finance officials failed to reach a consensus on measures to head off what some see as a looming “currency war”, analysts said.
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Up to 40 States to Launch Probes Into Foreclosure Mess
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39603741
The attorneys general of up to 40 states plan to announce soon a joint investigation into banks’ use of flawed foreclosure paperwork. A person briefed on the investigation said Saturday night that an announcement could come as early as Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.
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With Pork Like This, No Wonder Illinois is Bankrupt
http://biggovernment.com/jbambenek/2010/10/10/with-pork-like-this-no-wonder-illinois-is-bankrupt/
Imagine this, your state has a budget deficit of $13 Billion dollars (despite having a constitutional clause that requires balanced budgets). The state is months late in payments to local schools. Medicaid providers aren’t getting paid to treat the poor so they stop seeing Medicaid patients. Social service providers are going out of business because they received state grants which the state isn’t paying on.
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Shutting Up Business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536370151720874.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion
If at first you don’t succeed, get some friends in high places to shut your opponents up. That’s the latest Washington power play, as Democrats and liberals attack the Chamber of Commerce and independent spending groups in an attempt to stop businesses from participating in politics.
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Mexico seeks 2 suspects in reported lake shooting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101010/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_border_lake_shooting
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Authorities are searching for a pair of Mexican brothers they suspect in the reported border-lake shooting of a missing American, a police official in the border state of Tamaulipas said Sunday.
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After setbacks, US tries to forge military ties with China
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101010/pl_afp/uschinamilitarydiplomacy_20101010223319
HANOI (AFP) – A meeting between US and Chinese defence chiefs in Hanoi on Monday offers Washington a chance to improve fragile relations with Beijing’s military and make the case for a more “reliable” dialogue, US officials said on Sunday.
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Pakistan’s nuclear arms push angers America
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8053775/Pakistans-nuclear-arms-push-angers-America.html
Pakistan has been secretly accelerating the pace of its nuclear weapons programme, infuriating the US which is trying to cap worldwide stocks of fissile material and improve fraught relations with a fragile ally in the Afghanistan war.
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France strikes again as pension reform enters crunch week
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCCe9-Tg8_EKzpJb3wEE_6BdGcSw?docId=CNG.f44dc0982a11a52246a9f2b994a36455.341
PARIS — France faces major disruption Tuesday for the fourth time in a month as workers take to the streets — this time threatening open-ended strikes — to fight plans to raise the retirement age to 62.
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al Qaeda Training Jihadists with Western Passports
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/10/11/al-qaeda-training-jihadists-with-western-passports/
Al Qaeda is achieving a long-time dream: to assemble a force of trained jihadis who hold Western passports. A Pakistani intelligence source, requesting anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, says a particular concern is the growing number of “white-skinned Germans” who have attended terrorist-training camps in the tribal areas and can pass unnoticed in the West.
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Al-Qaeda as a Media Organization
http://bigpeace.com/ipt/2010/10/11/al-qaeda-as-a-media-organization/
Al-Qaeda is becoming a media organization that engages in terrorism, rather than the other way around, said counterterrorism expert Jarret Brachman Wednesday at a seminar conducted at the University of Maryland.
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Ahmadinejad’s Target Audience
http://bigpeace.com/cglick/2010/10/10/ahmadinejads-target-audience/
By Iranian and Hizbullah accounts, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon next week will be a splendid affair. The man who stole his office and then killed his countrymen to protect his crime will be greeted as a conquering hero. Billboards bidding him welcome and Iranian flags will line the roads from the Beirut airport down to the border with Israel.
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Cute alert: Oregon Zoo shows off baby cougar
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/224149.asp
So cute. So obviously terrified by having her picture taken. That’s the Oregon Zoo’s new cougar cub, born in the zoo’s Portland facility. The cub and its mother, a Washington cougar named Chinook, haven’t been seen in public since the birth last month.
