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News Articles For 2/26

February 26, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Men must be ready, they must pride themselves and be happy to sacrifice their private pleasures, passions and interests, nay, their private friendships and dearest connections, when they stand in competition with the rights of society.” John Adams: letter to Mercy Warren, April 16, 1776

Face of Defense: Guard Member Recalls Gulf War
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62946
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 25, 2011 – Twenty years ago, National Guard, reserve and active duty service members began ground combat operations to liberate Kuwait, marking the beginning of the end of the first Gulf War.
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Blaze Exclusive: International Socialists Orchestrate Unions‘ Rally to ’Save the American Dream’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-international-socialists-orchestrate-unions-rally-to-save-the-american-dream/
Last fall, leftist ideological groups of socialists and communists teamed up with American labor unions to march together for “One Nation.” Now, as labor leaders struggle to maintain a stranglehold on collective bargaining privileges in Wisconsin, the same groups are once again marching together under a banner claiming unions are the heart of the American dream.
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ISSA: Senate Democrats’ leader plots government shutdown
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/25/senate-democrats-leader-plots-government-shutdown/
There is no reason why the federal government should shut down when the current funding runs out on March 5. In a marathon, open floor debate last week, the House of Representatives executed its most important constitutional responsibility – to appropriate funds to run the government and establish the terms of their use.
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New unsafe products database under fire on Hill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110225/ap_on_re_us/us_dangerous_products
WASHINGTON – It’s something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal database of people’s safety complaints about thousands of products, from baby gear to household appliances and more.
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Did Police Ignore ‘Hippie’ Rave at Wis. Capitol and ‘Bro Down’ With Protesters?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-wis-police-ignore-hippie-rave-at-wis-capitol-and-bro-down-with-protesters/
They were images that were odd, and to some shocking. In the halls of the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday, young people banged drums, danced around, and blew horns as socialists and Marxist signs looked on.
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New Mexico’s Hispanic governor battles over rules of the road
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/26/us-immigration-drivers-idUSTRE71P1OP20110226
(Reuters) – The nation’s first female Hispanic governor has angered many Latinos with a proposal to repeal a New Mexico state law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.
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Utah draws thousands for no-shooting-required gun permit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/26/us-texas-guns-idUSTRE71P1RM20110226
(Reuters) – Texans seeking concealed handgun licenses are increasingly turning to Utah, a state that does not require actually shooting a gun to get a permit.
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Court case warns EPA could ‘own’ your land!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267893
A legal team asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in an Idaho controversy is warning landowners that under the compliance order procedures being used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency virtually anyone could be told to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in permit fees – or face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and penalties – over ordinary home construction work.
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US freezes Gadhafi assets, closes Libya embassy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_mideast
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration froze assets of the Libyan government, leader Moammar Gadhafi and four of his children Friday, just hours after it closed the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli and evacuated its remaining staff. U.S. officials said announcements of the steps were withheld until Americans wishing to leave the country had departed as they feared Gadhafi might retaliate amid worsening violence in the North African country.
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Armed pro-Gadhafi gangs roll in Libyan capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya
TRIPOLI, Libya – The embattled Libyan regime passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints Saturday and sent armed patrols roving the terrorized capital to try to maintain control of Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold and quash dissent as rebels consolidate control elsewhere in the North African nation.
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Long Bread Lines and Open Revolt in Libya’s Capital
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/world/africa/27libya.html?_r=2&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065
TRIPOLI, Libya — A bold effort by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to prove that he was firmly in control of Libya appeared to backfire Saturday as foreign journalists he invited to the capital discovered blocks of the city in open revolt.
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Gaddafi vows to crush protesters
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011225165641323716.html
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has appeared in Tripoli’s Green Square, to address a crowd of his supporters in the capital. The speech, which also referred to Libya’s war of independence with Italy, appeared to be aimed at rallying what remains of his support base, with specific reference to the country’s youth.
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Civil war possible in Libya unrest: Gaddafi’s son
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/26/us-libya-protests-idUSTRE71G0A620110226
(Reuters) – The unrest in Libya opens up all options including civil war and foreign intervention, the son of leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday. “What the Libyan nation is going through has opened the door to all options, and now the signs of civil war and foreign interference have started,” Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Al Arabiya TV in an interview.
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Libya’s UN ambassador denounces Gaddafi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8349048/Libyas-UN-ambassador-denounces-Gaddafi.html
The Libyan ambassador to the UN, who is one of Colonel Gaddafi’s oldest friends, denounced the embattled leader on Friday night and urged the world to punish him.
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Protesters Storm Green Zone as 11 Killed in Iraqi ‘Day of Rage’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/protesters-storm-green-zone-as-11-killed-in-iraqi-day-of-rage/
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces Friday in cities across Iraq in an outpouring of anger that left 11 people dead – the largest and most violent anti-government protests in the country since political unrest began spreading in the Arab world weeks ago.
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Gunmen mount bomb attack on Iraq’s largest oil refinery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/26/gunmen-bomb-attack-iraq-oil-refinery
Gunmen attacked Iraq’s largest oil refinery before dawn, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to halt operations, officials said.
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Iranian Leaders Order Arrest of Mousavi & Karoubi
http://bigpeace.com/rkahlili/2011/02/25/iranian-leaders-order-arrest-of-mousavi-karoubi/
Reports from inside Iran indicate that the regime in Iran has decided to officially arrest both opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi.
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Iran to unload fuel from Bushehr nuclear plant
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=209957&R=R1
TEHRAN, Iran — In a major setback to Iran’s nuclear program, technicians will have to unload fuel from the country’s first atomic power plant because of an unspecified safety concern, a senior government official said Saturday.
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UN says has new info on alleged Iran nuclear arms
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4034137,00.html
The UN nuclear monitoring agency said Friday that “recently received” information is adding to concerns Iran may have worked on developing nuclear arms.
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Egypt protesters dispersed by force
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/02/2011226221957428.html
The Egyptian army has used force to disperse activists gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak loyalists from the interim cabinet.
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Thousands of Jordanians protest for democratic gains
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4034117,00.html
Around five thousand Jordanian protestors took to the streets of Amman on Friday demanding political liberalization, wider parliamentary representation and constitutional changes limiting the powers of the throne.
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Key Shiite opposition leader returns to Bahrain
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests
MANAMA, Bahrain – A prominent Bahraini opposition leader returned home from exile Saturday and urged the Gulf kingdom’s rulers to back up promises of political reform with action.
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Al-Qaida calls for revolt against Arab rulers
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110226/D9LKKAO80.html
CAIRO (AP) – Al-Qaida’s offshoot in Yemen urged Muslims to revolt against Arab rulers and establish governments based on Islamic law, according to an audio tape posted Saturday on militant websites.
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Look who else is reawakening terrorist wing
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267801
JERUSALEM – Members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ militia, classified by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organization, have been brandishing weapons publicly in recent days despite a disarmament agreement with Israel, WND has learned.
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Nintendo 3-D handheld goes on sale in Japan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110226/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_nintendo
TOKYO – Nintendo’s latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, went on sale in Japan on Saturday ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world’s first 3-D mass-market product.
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Rescuer in the spotlight – Little Mews Rescue
http://www.examiner.com/animal-advocacy-in-binghamton/rescuer-the-spotlight-little-mews-rescue
The unsung heroes of the rescue world are the small organizations, founded by those who spend night hours bottle feeding kittens as the world sleeps. Little Mews Rescue, in Oxford, New York, is one such organization, and Dona Olsen, its founder, an unsung hero.

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News Articles For 2/23

February 23, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual – or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams: Essay in the Boston Gazette, April 16, 1781

Coalition Forces Detain Afghan Militants
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62895
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2011 – Afghan and coalition troops captured several insurgents, including a Haqanni terrorist network leader, yesterday in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Deployed Currahee Soldier named preliminary bone marrow match
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4180-deployed-currahee-soldier-named-preliminary-bone-marrow-match.html
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – With his daily life dedicated to serving others through the military, U.S. Army Sgt. Tyrone J. Harvey never imagined he would one day have the opportunity to possibly make a personal sacrifice that might be someone’s one shot at hope.
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Study Guide: Van Jones, Qaddafi, and the Stock Market
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/22/study-guide-van-jones-qaddafi-and-the-stock-market/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/22 TV show.
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Oil price climb near $98 per barrel
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LIIAK00&show_article=1
NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices continue to climb as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi violently clashed with protesters who have expanded their control over the country.
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Nomura: Oil Could Rocket To $220 If Just Algeria And Libya Stop Production
http://www.businessinsider.com/nomura-oil-220-2011-2
Forget the biggies. If just Algeria and Libya were forced to stop production, oil could rocket to $220. That’s according to Nomura (via ZeroHedge). We have identified three distinct stages of the Gulf war which led to changes in oil prices and we believe we are only at the initial stage of the three stage process for the current MENA unrest.
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Mideast Unrest Is Not the Only Cause of High Oil, Gas Prices
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=20362
The ongoing turmoil throughout the Middle East highlights the continuing and pervasive vulnerability of the U.S. economy to oil price instability, yet the Obama administration continues to thwart any efforts to increase domestic oil production, according to H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.
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Run! Now Indiana House Dems Flee State to Block Anti-Union Legislation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/run-now-indiana-house-dems-flee-state-to-block-anti-union-legislation/
If you’re a politician and you want to block legislation that would crack down on union power in your state, apparently there’s a new way to do just that, and it’s gaining popularity. In a word: Run!
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Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/two-thirds-wisconsin-public-school-8th-g
(CNSNews.com) – Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest.
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Wisconsin senate committee passes new rule: Senators must collect their paychecks in person
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/22/wisconsin-senate-committee-passes-new-rule-senators-must-collect-their-paychecks-in-person/
A nice first step. The next step, after the “fleebaggers” (as they’re now being called on Twitter) have come home, should be to pass a law retroactively docking their pay for the days they missed.
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Clueless In Wisconsin: Socialists March by Liberals Ridiculing Beck for Pointing Out Socialists Are Involved
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/clueless-in-wisconsin-socialists-march-by-liberals-ridiculing-beck-for-pointing-out-socialists-are-involved/
NOTE: This YouTube clip is 1:46.
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Democrat urges unions to ‘get a little bloody when necessary’
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/145627-dem-lawmaker-on-labor-protests-get-a-little-bloody-when-necessary
Sometimes it’s necessary to get out on the streets and “get a little bloody,” a Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.
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Tennessee joins states looking to yank fed reins
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267141
Tennessee has joined the list of states looking to yank the reins on the federal government’s expansion into what more and more state lawmakers are considering their own prerogatives.
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‘Abe Lincoln’ Fined While Reciting Gettysburg Address at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/abe-lincoln-fined-while-reciting-gettysburg-address-at-lincoln-memorial/
A 25-year-old Washington, D.C. intern has been fined after he dressed up as Abraham Lincoln on Presidents Day and delivered the Gettysburg Address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His offense? He didn’t have a permit.
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Lawsuit: ‘Honor killings’ OK by Michigan Shariah
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=267029
A lawsuit that challenges the official cooperation by the city of Dearborn, Mich., which has one of the largest populations of Muslims in the U.S., with Islamic interests makes a stunning allegation: that under the recognized “Shariah” law in the city, there have been “honor killing” murders that have been “covered up.”
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Mexican marines find 72 sticks of explosives, guns
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico – Mexican marines found 72 sticks of commercial synthetic explosives at a heavily armed camp in the southern state of Guerrero, the navy said Tuesday.
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North Korea and Iran’s Joint Nuclear Bomb Test
http://bigpeace.com/rkahlili/2011/02/23/north-korea-and-irans-joint-nuclear-bomb-test/
On December 30 of 2010, I revealed in my article, “Is Iran About to Test a Nuclear Bomb In North Korea?” that according to reports from inside Iran, a team of Iranian nuclear scientists have been sent to North Korea and that the two governments have agreed to a joint nuclear test in North Korea with a substantial financial reward for the Kim Jong-Il government.
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As Iranian Ships Pass Through Suez, Israel Decries ‘Provocation’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/as-iranian-ships-pass-through-suez-israel-decries-provocation/
JERUSALEM (AP) — As two Iranian warships sailed into the Mediterranean on Tuesday, an Israeli leader charged that Iran’s goal was hegemony in the Middle East.
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Greek riot police, protesters clash during strike
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110223/D9LIG4900.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Young demonstrators hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as clashes broke out Wednesday in Athens during a mass rally against austerity measures, part of a general strike that crippled services and public transportation around the country.
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Bahrain frees prisoners to mollify protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110223/wl_nm/us_bahrain
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain has freed 23 people accused of trying to topple the island’s Sunni Muslim monarchy, along with more than 200 other mostly Shi’ite prisoners detained in recent months, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
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In Syria, Regime Squelches All Attempts at Protest
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34814.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The wave of protests sweeping through the Arab world has not passed Syria by, but has sparked some demonstrations and attempts to organize large-scale protests.
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Egypt protesters set cars alight in Cairo
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE71M1CU20110223?sp=true
CAIRO Feb 23 (Reuters) – About six vehicles were set on fire outside the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, and witnesses said the blazes were caused by disaffected police officers demanding their jobs back.
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Saudi king back home, orders $37 bln in handouts
http://news.uk.msn.com/world/news-articles.aspx?cp-documentid=156221007
By Ulf LaessingRIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah returned home on Wednesday after a three-month medical absence and unveiled benefits for Saudis worth some $37 billion (23 billion pounds) in an apparent bid to insulate the world’s top oil exporter from an Arab protest wave.
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Muslim Brotherhood: We’ll Set Up Satellite Channel, Publish New Newspapers
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34784.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has said that the movement intends to set up a satellite television channel and publish a number of newspapers and magazines, and that soon a monthly named Al-Da’wa would appear.
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In Gaza, Hamas Government Bans Men From Working In Women’s Hairdressing Salons
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34787.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Hamas government has begun implementing its ban on men working in women’s hairdressing salons. Gaza Strip police have summoned five hairdressers and had them sign a document saying they would stop doing so, and would not enter salons that they manage, under threat of imprisonment and a NIS20,000 fine.
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Egyptian Children’s TV Show: We Must Liberate Jerusalem from the Hands of “the Disgusting Jews”
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2821.htm
NOTE: This clip from the “Ammo Alaa” Children’s TV Show is 2:16 long.
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Alert pizza delivery driver saves customer’s life
http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14071806&
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – A pizza delivery driver was called a hero Monday after she likely saved an elderly woman’s life. Before Monday’s incident, most neighbors knew little about Memphis resident Jean Wilson, except that she’s eaten pizza daily for the past three years.
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The extraordinary face of the Moon
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/02/22/the-extraordinary-face-of-the-moon
Seen the full Moon lately? Maybe you have, but I can pretty much guarantee you’ve never seen it like this: Sure, that may just look like another full Moon picture, but it’s much more extraordinary than that: it’s one of the highest resolution pictures of the entire near side of the Moon ever compiled!

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News Articles For 2/16

February 16, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams

B-17 veteran back in air aboard a WWII-era bomber
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOMBER_VET?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A day before his final mission aboard a B-17 bomber in World War II, Norbert Swierz sat down on his bunk and jotted down a poem for his mother back in Michigan.
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Face of Defense: India-born Marine Climbs Career Ladder
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62830
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2011 – A Marine who was born and raised in India continues to move up through the ranks as he serves the United States.
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Study Guide: Budget Crisis
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/15/study-guide-budget-crisis/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/15 TV show.
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Jeffrey on Socialism’s Trajectory: Obama’s HHS Is Bigger Than LBJ’s Government
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/jeffrey-socialisms-trajectory-obamas-hhs
Anyone who doubts that the trend toward socialism is pushing America toward ruin should examine the historical tables President Obama published Monday along with his $3.7 trillion budget.
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Healthcare Reform Law Requires New IRS Army Of 1,054
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/02/15/healthcare-reform-law-requires-new-irs-army-of-1054
The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and new facilities at a cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama’s healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost: $11.5 million.
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Senate Passes Short-Term Exension of Patriot Act
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/senate-passes-short-term-exension-of-patriot-act/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.
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Chaffetz bill worth estimated $19 billion in taxpayer savings
http://chaffetz.house.gov/press-releases/2011/02/chaffetz-bill-worth-estimated-19-billion-in-taxpayer-savings.shtml
Washington, DC —Representative Jason Chaffetz (UT-3) has introduced HR 665, the Federal Building and Property Disposal Act. The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to sell approximately $19 billion worth of excess federal buildings and structures. The bill requires 80% of the revenues generated to be applied to debt reduction. The other 20% must be set aside for the individual agencies’ incentives.
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Florida governor rejects high-speed rail funds
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/us-florida-rail-idUSTRE71F3ZH20110216
(Reuters) – Florida’s Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday said he was rejecting federal funds to construct a high-speed railway project in the state.
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Intelligence chief says terrorists shifting to smaller attacks against US
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/16/intelligence-chief-says-terrorists-shifting-to-smaller-attacks-against-us/
National Intelligence Director James Clapper plans to tell a Senate panel Al-Qaeda is likely plotting a series of small-scale terrorist attacks against the United States to keep worldwide attention focused on their political issues.
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Two U.S. Customs Agents Shot in Mexico, One Killed
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/developing-two-u-s-customs-agents-shot-in-mexico/
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday evening that two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were shot in the line of duty Tuesday while driving on a Mexican highway about 200 miles outside of Mexico City.
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Possible Mexican Military Incursion On U.S. Soil
http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Possible-Mexican-Military-Incursion-On-U-S-Soil/x_-oXhrE3Um61ytja1xnKg.cspx
MISSION – CHANNEL 5 NEWS is exposing what appears to be a Mexican military incursion into the United States. It was all caught on camera. We froze surveillance video taken at the Anzalduas International Bridge.
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Iraqi: I’m proud my WMD lies led to war in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_curveball
LONDON – An Iraqi who has been identified as a key source for the U.S. case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare lab.
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From Cairo to Madison: Worker Unrest Spreads
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/from-cairo-to-madison-worker-unrest-spreads/
It was an I-told-you-so moment. On last night’s TV show, Glenn Beck noted that the “crazy” connections he had been trumpeting between progressives, including unions, and the Egyptian unrest was, well, not so crazy after all.
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CBS News Correspondent Subjected to ‘Brutal and Sustained Sexual Assault’ in Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cbs-news-correspondent-subjected-to-brutal-and-sustained-sexual-assault-in-egypt/
As a Western journalist covering the resignation of then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was reportedly attacked by a mob of protesters while she and her crew navigated through the crowds in Cairo on Feb. 11.
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Egyptians air grievances, ignoring army warning
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Airport employees protested for better pay Wednesday, textile workers went on strike to demand a corruption investigation and residents of a Suez Canal city pressed for closing a chemical factory they say is dumping toxic waste into a lake in the latest wave of unrest shaking Egypt.
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The Voice of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,745526,00.html
He is a hypermarket of dogma, dispensing advice on subjects ranging from mother’s milk to suicide bombing. But few have as much influence on Sunni Muslims as the Muslim televangelist Youssef al-Qaradawi. He says what the Muslim Brotherhood in Egpyt thinks — and he provides clues to how they might act.
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How Yemen’s Tawakul Karman Came to Head a Protest Movement
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110216/wl_time/08599204947600
Sometimes revolutionaries don’t look the part. Tawakul Karman, Yemen’s most active activist, favors long, loose-fitting gowns and coordinating headscarves. The 32-year-old mother of three looks, well, like a mom. And she acts like one too.
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Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen
SANAA, Yemen – Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen’s capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to halt six days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida. One person was killed when police and protesters clashed in the southern port of Aden in the first known death during Yemen’s political unrest.
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Bahrain protesters step up pressure on rulers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests
MANAMA, Bahrain – Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain’s rulers held their ground Wednesday in an Egypt-style occupation of the capital’s landmark square, staging a third day of demonstrations that have brought unprecedented pressure in one of Washington’s most strategic allies in the Gulf.
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Soros team wants al-Qaida in government
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=264153
JERUSALEM – An international “crisis management” group led by billionaire George Soros long has petitioned for the Algerian government to cease “excessive” military activities against al-Qaida-linked groups and to allow organizations seeking to create an Islamic state to participate in the Algerian government.
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Video Allegedly Shows Anti-Gov’t Protesters Being Shot in Libya
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-allegedly-shows-anti-govt-protesters-being-shot-in-libya/
CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government‘s ouster clashed with security forces early Wednesday in the country’s second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi.
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Seven people pulled from fiery minivan on I-94 in Detroit by Good Samaritans
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/02/15/news/doc4d5a78d3c60ab928988842.txt
DETROIT (AP) — Good Samaritans who pulled seven people from a fiery minivan after it crashed and exploded on a Detroit freeway have been hailed as heroes. State police say the vehicle crashed on westbound Interstate 94 about 6:30 p.m. Monday, struck a bridge support and burst into flames.
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Caught on camera: Thief is a genuine cat burglar!
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=175053&catid=250
San Mateo, Calif. — There’s a cat burglar on the loose in a California community. Neighbors know who it is, but they’re not pressing charges. That’s because the thief is indeed a cat! By day he’s a house cat named Dusty, but by night he’s “Klepto the Cat,” or so the neighbors call him.

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News Articles For 2/14

February 14, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. After discriminating, therefore, in theory, the several classes of power, as they may in their nature be legislative, executive, or judiciary, the next and most difficult task is to provide some practical security for each, against the invasion of the others.” James Madison: Federalist No. 48, February 1, 1788

Face of Defense: Soldier Keeps Units Connected
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62794
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2011 – Operating in a country with rugged, mountainous terrain can present many communications challenges, but Army Spc. Joseph Sirovy is keeping his units connected.
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Obama’s New Budget: $1.65 Trillion Deficit for This Year
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamas-new-budget-1-65-trillion-deficit-for-this-year/
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.73 trillion spending blueprint that pledges $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases.
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Get Ready: Clothing Prices Set to Rise 10% This Spring
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/get-ready-clothing-prices-set-to-rise-10-this-spring/
NEW YORK (AP) — The era of falling clothing prices is ending. Clothing prices have dropped for a decade as tame inflation and cheap overseas labor helped hold down costs. Retailers and clothing makers cut frills and experimented with fabric blends to cut prices during the recession.
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Produce prices skyrocket with freeze in Mexico, Southwest
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Produce-prices-skyrocket-overnight-115985429.html
PORTLAND — Get ready to pay double or even triple the price for fresh produce in the coming weeks after the worst freeze in 60 years damaged and wiped out entire crops in northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.
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Have ‘Weapons of Mass Effect’ Been Found in San Diego? ‘Yes’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/have-weapons-of-mass-effect-been-found-in-san-diego/
A curious interview by a local San Diego news station has some people wondering if terrorists are sneaking “weapons of mass effect” (WMEs) into the country through the sunny city’s ports. And while the idea may seem implausible, statements made by a port official, and the attempt by a public affairs official to direct his answer, appear to suggest WMEs have been found in San Diego.
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Government argues ‘liberty’ doesn’t mean ‘physical liberty’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262873
Attorneys for Bradley County, Tenn., and several of its officials have submitted a brief to the state Supreme Court arguing that the constitutional idea of “liberty” doesn’t actually mean “physical liberty.”
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Michelle Obama’s ‘Cute Parenting Tip’ — Lie and Trick Your Kids So They Are Not Fat
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/michelle-obamas-cute-parenting-tip-lie-and-trick-your-kids-so-they-are-not-fat/
NOTE: This video is 1:38 long.
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France wants new global finance system
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0214/g20-business.html
France, as current head of the Group of 20 countries, will help the transition to a global financial system based on ‘several international currencies’, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said today.
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7 dead, 1 injured in suburban Mexico City shootout
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
TOLUCA, Mexico – A state security official says a street shootout possibly between local drug gangs has killed seven people and injured one in suburban Mexico City.
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Egypt’s Military Rulers Dissolve Parliament and Suspend Constitution
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypts-military-rulers-dissolve-parliament-and-suspend-constitution/
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military leaders dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution on Sunday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been keeping up pressure for immediate steps to push forward the transition to democratic, civilian rule after forcing Hosni Mubarak out of power.
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Army Clears Last Protesters from Tahrir Square
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/middleeast/15egypt.html?_r=3
CAIRO — The Egyptian military moved to clear the last protesters from Tahrir Square on Monday as the armed forces consolidated their control over what it has called a democratic transition from nearly three decades of President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule.
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Egyptian labor unrest grows after uprising
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCJR2O0&show_article=1
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s military rulers called for an end to strikes and protests Monday as thousands of state employees, from ambulance drivers to police and transport workers, demonstrated to demand better pay in a growing wave of labor unrest unleashed by the democracy uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
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Israel Shuts Cairo Embassy, Diplomats Flee
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israel-shuts-cairo-embassy-diplomats-flee/
Ramin Mazaheri, Press TV, Cairo. “Since the announcement that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, people have been celebrating across the world. But one group isn’t joining the party: Israel’s representatives in Cairo.
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Gaddafi tells Palestinians: revolt against Israel
http://af.reuters.com/article/tunisiaNews/idAFLDE71C0KP20110213?sp=true
TRIPOLI, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Palestinian refugees should capitalise on the wave of popular revolts in the Middle East by massing peacefully on the borders of Israel until it gives in to their demands, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday.
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Palestinian Authority Cabinet resigns
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet on Monday, in what appeared to be a new gesture inspired by unrest rocking the Arab world.
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Israeli army ‘ready for all eventualities’: PM
http://www.france24.com/en/20110214-israeli-army-ready-all-eventualities-pm
AFP – The Israeli military is “ready for all eventualities” as the Arab and Muslim world undergoes “an earthquake,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday just days after Egypt’s regime collapsed.
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Ugandans Threaten Egypt-Style Protests
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ugandans-threaten-egypt-style-protests/
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition members in Uganda are threatening Egypt-style protests if next week’s presidential election is rigged. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 25-year grip on power in Friday’s vote.
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Yemen protesters: ‘First Mubarak, now Ali’
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/13/yemen.protests/?hpt=T2
Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) — Hundreds of anti-government protesters marched toward a presidential palace in Yemen on Sunday, calling for regime change in the Middle Eastern country.
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Security Portfolios Remain Unoccupied – As Baghdad Anticipated Massive Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34461.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Iraqi dailies are reporting on daily demonstrations in various parts in Iraq united by common themes: a call for an end to corruption in government, improving security, creating employment, restoring the food rationing to the poor, and providing adequate social services, with electricity topping the list.
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Clashes in Bahrain before planned protest rally
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Bahrain’s security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets Monday at thousands of anti-government protesters heeding calls to unite in a major rally and bring the Arab reform wave to the Gulf for the first time.
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Kremlin ‘bans critical ballerina from TV’
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9d00ea2df5d6129be7cac650dbbd7208.4c1&show_article=1
A scandal-prone Russian ballerina on Monday accused the Kremlin of pulling two television shows about her after she voiced sympathy for jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and quit the ruling party.
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Syrian blogger gets five years’ jail: rights group
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0f2dd822954982bb57cab5b034071896.941&show_article=1
Syrian woman blogger Tal al-Mallouhi has been sentenced to five years in prison by a state security court, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement on Monday.
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Iran clamps down ahead of planned pro-Egypt rally
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=208156&R=R1
TEHRAN— Security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an Iranian opposition leader Monday in attempts to stop him attending a planned rally in support of Egypt’s uprising, a reformist website reported.
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Iran ‘steadily’ produces enriched uranium: IAEA head
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.64b40623ef755670eb1e7e108c8d3448.381&show_article=1
Iran is “steadily” producing enriched uranium, the head of the UN nuclear monitoring organization said in an interview published The Washington Post Monday.
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Undercover: Documentary Reveals British Mosques Beat Muslim Children…and Worse
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/undercover-documentary-reveals-british-mosques-beat-muslim-children-and-worse/
Shocking footage of children apparently being hit by their teachers during lessons on the Koran will also be aired on Channel 4′s Dispatches programme on Monday.
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Japan Economy Shrinks Less-Than-Estimated 1.1%, Surpassed by China in 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-14/japan-s-economy-shrank-at-1-1-annual-pace-gdp-surpassed-by-china-in-2010.html
Japan’s gross domestic product fell less than estimated in the fourth quarter in a pullback that may prove temporary as overseas demand revives production after the nation fell behind China as the world’s second-largest economy.
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Mock Mars mission simulates landing on Red Planet
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LCJSV80&show_article=1
KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) – After 257 days in a locked, windowless steel capsule, researchers on a mock trip to Mars ventured from their cramped quarters in heavy space suits Monday, trudging into a sand-covered room to plant flags on a simulated Red Planet.
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Father tells how he fought off crocodile attack in waterhole
http://www.news.com.au/national/father-of-three-tells-how-he-fought-off-crocodile-attack-in-north-queensland-waterhole/story-e6frfkvr-1226005203569
A FATHER of three has told how he fought for his life with a 3m crocodile that dragged him under at a north Queensland waterhole. Weipa miner Eddie Sigai said he desperately kicked, punched and gouged the crocodile after it latched on to his left hand as he swam with his daughters Jennifer, 17, and Monica, 12, at Beening Creek last Saturday.
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Ten newborn baby animals
http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/Features/Ten-newborn-baby-animals/4529/
The Saint Louis Zoo has announced that a black rhinoceros calf was born to first-time parents, mother Kati Rain and father Ajabu in St. Louis on January 14, 2011. Weighing 120-1/2 pounds, the little male is nursing well and being cared for by his mother, according to Zoo staff. This is the first black rhino calf to be born at the Saint Louis Zoo in 20 years.

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News Articles For 2/11

February 11, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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.

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News Articles For 2/9

February 9, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” George Washington: First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Enemy Fighter in Ghazni
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62731
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed an enemy fighter and detained several other suspected insurgents yesterday in the Muqer district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, military officials reported.
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PRT donates clothing, blankets to Khowst orphanage
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4121-prt-donates-clothing-blankets-to-khowst-orphanage.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team medical personnel and engineers brought donated winter clothing and blankets to a Khowst City orphanage Feb. 1.
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RCP 43 donates school supplies, toys in Baraki Barak
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4118-rcp-43-donates-school-supplies-toys-in-baraki-barak.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – To help prevent violent extremism and turn potential enemies into friends, 54th Engineer Battalion route-clearance Soldiers donated supplies to Afghan school children in Baraki Barak, Logar Province Jan. 30.
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Women Learn to Fight Stress from Home Front
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62739
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 – During a week in which the White House pledged a vigorous, whole-of-government approach to supporting military families, 11 women worked diligently a few miles away to learn to cope with the stresses of their husbands’ multiple deployments and the post-traumatic stress that affects many of them when they return home.
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Face of Defense: Barbershop Quartet Creates ‘Buzz’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62742
CAMP DENALI, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2011 – When Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Tillman of the Alaska Air National Guard deployed to Southwest Asia last fall, he went with the goal to start a barbershop quartet. But how it fell into place, and the impact his deployed quartet is making, has created quite a buzz..
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Study Guide: Sources from today’s programs
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/08/study-guide-sources-from-todays-programs/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/8 TV show.
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House Rejects Extension of Patriot Act Provisions as 26 Republicans Defect
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-rejects-extension-of-patriot-act-provisions-as-26-republicans-defect/
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation’s post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition within its own ranks.
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Don’t Mess With Texas
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41684#comments
The federal government is once again overstepping its authority by messing with Texas. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership continued their game of hardball by stripping Texas of its authority to issue greenhouse gas permits.
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The Internet ‘Stimulus’-Just as Destructive as the Rest of the ‘Stimulus’
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2011/02/09/the-internet-stimulus-just-as-destructive-as-the-rest-of-the-stimulus/
Tucked into the fatty, flabby folds of the nearly $1 trillion alleged “stimulus” bill foisted upon us (and our children, and their children, with interest) in 2009 was $7.2 billion for broadband Internet projects.
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States revolt over health reform, Florida says it’s not the law here
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/health/states-revolt-over-health-reform-florida-says-its-1241463.html
Health insurers that overcharge Florida consumers won’t be required to issue rebate checks here, one of a raft of consequences emerging after a federal lower court judge declared the Affordable Care Act void.
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CARB Before Horse
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/562348/201102071906/CARB-Before-Horse.htm
States: A court has tentatively ruled against California’s cap-and-trade law because alternatives were not considered. But then, neither were climate facts or the economic impact.
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Obama signature creates ‘continental perimeter’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261477
Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quietly have taken a major step toward erasing the border between the two nations with a new “Beyond the Border” bilateral declaration.
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WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/08/saudi-oil-reserves-overstated-wikileaks
The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.
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Day 15: Egyptian Protests Draw Biggest Crowds Yet
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-15-egyptian-protests-draw-biggest-crowds-yet/
Just one day after many media outlets declared that anti-government protests in Egypt were at a stalemate and running out of gas, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square and countless towns across Egypt on Tuesday, drawing the largest crowds since the popular revolt began.
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CNN: Muslim Brotherhood Will not Seek Presidency
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cnn-muslim-brotherhood-will-not-seek-presidency/
According to CNN, the Muslim Brotherhood — the Islamist organization credited with birthing the terrorist group Hamas — says it will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidential race.
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Muslim Brotherhood’s Goals Uncovered: Global Islamic Conquest & Caliphate
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-brotherhoods-goals-uncovered-global-islamic-conquest-caliphate/
As anti-government protests continue brewing in Egypt, opposition groups such as the banned Muslim Brotherhood are gaining steam and popularity among disillusioned Egyptians bent on ousting President Hosni Mubarak from office. But excerpts of a 1995 book written by the Muslim Brotherhood‘s fifth leader and translated by Palestinian Media Watch are lending a disturbing look at the group’s views and stated mission.
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Soros group: ‘Normalize’ Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261337
JERUSALEM – An international “crisis management” group led by billionaire George Soros long has petitioned for the Egyptian government to normalize ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Labor strikes in Egypt spill into broader unrest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Thousands of workers across Egypt, have gone on strike, demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions in added turmoil amid the country’s anti-government protests.
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Pakistani cabinet resigns as part of revamp plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110209/wl_nm/us_pakistan_cabinet
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s federal cabinet resigned on Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to set up a new, smaller cabinet and reduce government expenditure, officials said.
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Coming Home: Hugs, Tears, Joy
http://www.life.com/image/50597038/in-gallery/35712/#index/0
A youngster clutches his dad’s leg while the soldier lifts his wife off the ground in celebration of an unexpected leave for the holidays during WWII. The sight of troops coming home—greeted by laughing, weeping friends and family; looking into the eyes of newborn sons and daughters for the first time—is a cultural linchpin, across all societies, in all times.

News Articles For 2/5

February 5, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Face of Defense: Enlisted Marine Returns as Officer
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62705
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C., Feb. 4, 2011 – Marine Corps Capt. Joshua H. Weiland grew up in a typical American family in Park Falls, Wis. Not much more than a couple of intersections in the middle of a national forest, the town gave Weiland an environment that fit his personality.
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WikiLeaks: US Agreed to Reveal UK’s Nuclear Secrets to Russia
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wikileaks-us-agreed-to-reveal-uks-nuclear-secrets-to-russia/
In yet another bombshell disclosure this week, the online site WikiLeaks is shedding disturbing new light on the “special relationship” that once bound the United States and Great Britain.
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Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq Computers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704709304576124502351634690.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Labor Force Participation Plunges To Fresh 26 Year Low
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/labor-force-participations-plunges-fresh-26-year-low
At 64.2%, the labor force participation rate (as a percentage of the total civilian noninstitutional population) is now at a fresh 26 year low, the lowest since March 1984, and is the only reason why the unemployment rate dropped to 9% (labor force declined from 153,690 to 153,186).
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Unions Can Bargain on Behalf of Airport Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/us/05unionize.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1296925237-zf5HpGBLhoVaeBTi2X0w5Q
WASHINGTON — Seeking to end a debate that has brewed for nearly a decade, the director of the Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that a union would be allowed to bargain over working conditions on behalf of the nation’s 45,000 airport security officers, although certain issues like pay will not be subject to negotiation.
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Convicted: Woman ‘disobeyed’ illegal order
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259457
An appeal is challenging a Christian activist’s conviction for failing to obey a police officer’s order to shut down her camera while she was filming fellow Christian missionaries at last year’s Dearborn Arab Festival because the command apparently wasn’t legal.
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Big Obama donor quits envoy job amid criticism
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5icvkPhBDrb3c8ySkXkQURKNJ9sSw?docId=306882dbed82458e8897d5afef59d730
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a supporter of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Cynthia Stroum was a superstar whose financial backing of the campaign landed her a plum diplomatic posting in Europe.
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U.S. Ambassador Cynthia Stroum Called “Bullying, Hostile” in State Department Investigation
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20030683-503544.html
One way that presidents reward their biggest donors is by offering them plum ambassadorships. Which is why it wasn’t surprising when the Obama administration tapped Cynthia Stroum to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.
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US warns about night driving in major Mexican city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Officials are warning U.S. citizens not to drive at night in parts of the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after suspected drug-gang members burned vehicles and blocked streets. A separate U.S. alert Friday said the northern city of Monterrey has seen a significant increase in armed robberies at restaurants and convenience stores.
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Beck & Rosenberg Explain the ‘New Caliphate’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-rosenberg-explain-the-new-caliphate/
NOTE: This is a 4:52 long video from Glenn Beck’s 2/4 Fox News TV show.
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Blast rocks gas terminal in Egypt’s Sinai
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_egypt_pipeline_explosion
EL-ARISH, Egypt – An explosion rocked a gas terminal in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, setting off a massive fire that was contained by shutting off the flow of gas to neighboring Jordan and Israel, officials and witnesses said.
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Is this the end? Mubarak quits as party leader after 12 days of bloodshed and riots in Egypt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353951/Egypt-protests-Hosni-Mubarak-quits-party-leader-12-days-riots.html
President Hosni Mubarak has resigned as the head of Egypt ruling party, according to State television. It comes as the country was on the verge of descending into chaos as newly appointed vice president Omar Suleiman reportedly survived an assassination attempt and saboteurs allegedly attacked an oil pipeline.
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Egypt Officials Seek to Ease Mubarak Out
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06egypt.html?hp
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Saturday, with protests entering their 12th day and the Obama administration and some members of the Egyptian military and civilian elite pursuing plans to nudge him from power.
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State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994
David Cameron has criticised “state multiculturalism” in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism. At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
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Sudan’s Bashir vows freedoms and open government
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110205/wl_nm/us_sudan_bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s president promised a future of freedom and open government on Saturday in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in neighboring Egypt.
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PIMCO says Europe should relieve Greece of debt
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-fund-greek-idUSTRE7141MC20110205
(Reuters) – Europe should relieve Greece of some of its debt burden as its savings program would only stifle economic growth, the head of the world’s biggest bond fund was quoted as saying in a German magazine on Saturday.
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Russian FM opposes further sanctioning Iran
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=206916&R=R1
MUNICH — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday indicated that he opposes slapping more international sanctions on Iran in the standoff over its nuclear program.
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Hate of U.S. keeps weapons trade thriving
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259313
Intelligence analysts say the three-way relationship, especially involving weapons trade, between Russia, China and Iran is complex, but it’s held together by a common enemy: The United States.
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Off-Duty Cop Credits Divine Intervention in Rescuing Kidnapped Woman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/off-duty-cop-credits-divine-intervention-in-rescuing-kidnapped-woman/
Do you believe in God? Lt. Tommy Butler does and the Scotland County, N.C., deputy sheriff believes it was His divine intervention that helped him rescue a kidnapped woman trapped inside her abductors’ car trunk.

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News Articles For 2/4

February 4, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Investigate Explosion
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62682
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces are investigating a roadside bomb explosion that killed six Afghan civilians, including two children, today in Kunduz province’s Kunduz district, military officials reported.
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Patriot EOD specialist earns Purple Heart Medal
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4092-patriot-eod-specialist-earns-purple-heart-medal.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Ward Savage (left), an explosive ordnance disposal specialist from McHenry, Md., assigned to 2nd Platoon, 705th EOD Company at Fort Polk, La., receives a Purple Heart Medal from U.S. Army Col. Bruce P. Antonia, commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division’s Task Force Patriot from Manchester, Conn., on Forward Operating Base Shank Jan. 31.
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National Debt Jumped Another $105.8 Billion in January
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/national-debt-jumped-another-1058-billio
(CNSNews.com) – The federal debt increased by $105.8 billion ($105,835,837,302.32) in January, according to the the U.S. Treasury Department, jumping from $14.0252 trillion ($14,025,215,218,708.52) at the close of business on December 31 to $14.1311 trillion ($14,131,051,056,010.84) at the close of business on January 31.
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President Obama’s Plan to Win the Future by Making American Businesses More Energy Efficient through the “Better Buildings Initiative”
http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/03/president-obama-s-plan-win-future-making-american-businesses-more-energy
In his State of the Union, President Obama laid out his vision for winning the future by investing in innovative clean energy technologies and doubling the share of electricity from clean energy sources by 2035.
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FCC Orders NBC Newsrooms To Partner With Soros-Funded Non-Profits
http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/02/03/fcc-orders-nbc-newsrooms-to-partner-with-soros-funded-non-profits/
So much for objectivity. One of the FCC stipulations of the Comcast – NBCU merger was the incorporation of non-profit journalism centers into NBC newsrooms. They are charged with maintaining and increasing local news coverage, the regulation based on the relationship between KNSD-TV and VoiceofSanDiego.org.
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Greyhound Bus Hijacked in NC; Suspect Taken Into Custody
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bus-hijacked-in-nc-suspect-taken-into-custody/
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An armed passenger hijacked a Greyhound bus Thursday night along a North Carolina highway and was arrested after police surrounded the bus after the driver had pulled into a gas station, authorities said. No one was injured.
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Did Political Correctness Keep Authorities From Preventing Ft. Hood Massacre?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-political-correctness-keep-authorities-from-preventing-ft-hood-massacre/
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting is sharply critical of the FBI’s failure to recognize warning signs that an Army psychiatrist had become an Islamist extremist and amounted to a “ticking time bomb.”
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ABC Tries Undercover Journalism By Lying About Arizona Law
http://bigjournalism.com/mdake/2011/02/04/abc-tries-undercover-journalism-by-lying-about-arizona-law/
ABC reporter John Quinones produced a deceptive propaganda piece about the recent Arizona law (SB1070) dealing with illegal immigration. John Quinones, with the support of ABC, again peddles the mainstream media meme that anyone who is for the enforcement of our immigration laws is “anti-immigration” or “anti-immigrant.” But Quinones (and, by extension, ABC) doesn’t stop there.
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JOHN STOSSEL: I Can Balance the Budget
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/03/john-stossel-balance-budget/
The Congressional Budget Office says the current year’s budget deficit will be a record $1.5 trillion. It also says that over the next decade we’re on track for annual deficits of “only” $768 billion. I suspect the CBO has hired Rosy Scenario to do the bookkeeping, but let’s take that number at face value.
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Shell: No Beaufort Sea drilling in Arctic for 2011
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Shell-No-Beaufort-Sea-apf-844337881.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Shell Alaska has dropped plans to drill in the Arctic waters of the Beaufort Sea this year and will concentrate on obtaining permits for the 2012 season, company Vice President Pete Slaiby said Thursday.
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Gang gunbattles, street blockades in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Suspected drug cartel gunmen hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked streets in a rapid series of attacks in Mexico’s second-largest city, authorities said Wednesday.
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Study Guide: Caliphate, Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/03/study-guide-muslim-brotherhood-and-hamas/
This is a “reference guide” to Glenn Beck’s 2/4 TV show full of links.
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Al-Maliki Confirmed In 2009 That Syria, Iran Provided Weapons To Terrorist Groups
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34130.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Secret telegrams released by WikiLeaks indicate that Iraqi Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki confirmed to U.S. diplomats in 2009 that Syria and Iran were supplying rebellious [terrorist] groups with weapons, including surface-to-air missiles. Al-Maliki passed this information to the former U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill when the relations between Iraq and Syria were severed.
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Cooper Attacked Again While ABC News Crew Threatened With ‘Beheading’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cooper-attacked-again-while-abc-news-crew-threatened-with-beheading/
Attacks on foreign journalists continue to intensify in Egypt. Yesterday, Anderson Cooper was beaten in the head and a Fox News crew had to be hospitalized. Today, Cooper suffered another attack, while an ABC news crew was threatened with “beheading” by a mob which included an attacker in a police uniform.
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Egypt protesters throng square after violence
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt
CAIRO – Tens of thousands packed central Cairo Friday, waving flags and singing the national anthem, emboldened in their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak after they repelled pro-regime attackers in two days of bloody street fights. The U.S. was pressing Egypt for an immediate start to democratic transition, including a proposal for Mubarak to step down immediately.
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Mubarak: I’d resign, but Egypt would descend into chaos
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206708
Protesters have pledged to intensify their battle to unseat Hosni Mubarak by Friday, after opponents and supporters of the Egyptian president clashed in a second straight day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square and new forms of lawlessness spread throughout the battered city.
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In Egypt, Calls For Mass Demonstrations Tomorrow, Until Mubarak Falls; Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: Demonstrating Is A Religious Duty; Iranian Ayatollah Calls On Al-Azhar To Stand With Egyptian People
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34098.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The “We Are All Khaled Said” Facebook page posted calls (above) for mass demonstrations tomorrow, February 4, following Friday prayers, under the slogan “February 4, 2011 – The Day of Mubarak’s Departure.”
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Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei Calls Upon Egyptian Army to Join Masses in Ousting Hosni Mubarak
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2792.htm
NOTE: This video clip is 11:17 long.
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Iran: Riots sign of Islamic awakening
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4023909,00.html
Supreme leader Khamenei satisfied with Egypt uprising. ‘The echoes of the Islamic Revolution are being heard. It is an earthquake and defeat for the US policy, and the Zionists are more concerned than anyone else,’ he says during Tehran sermon.
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Egyptian Daily: Hamas Gunmen Caught In Egypt En Route To Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34107.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Egyptian opposition daily Al-Yawm Al-Sab’a reported that forces in the Sinai had arrested 11 Hamas gunmen en route to demonstrations in Egypt. Two were caught in Al-Arish, where they had arrived from Gaza, and nine in Suez city.
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Muslim Brotherhood: ‘We are against Zionism’
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206725
A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on Thursday evening repeatedly refused to commit to maintaining the peace treaty with Israel, or even recognizing Israel, if the Brotherhood becomes a player in the future governance of Egypt.
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Algeria to lift emergency powers
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/20112315364175524.html
Algeria’s 19-year state of emergency will be lifted in the “very near future”, state media has quoted Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the president, as saying. During a meeting with ministers on Thursday, the president also said Algerian television and radio, which are controlled by the state, should give airtime to all political parties.
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Jordan’s King Abdallah Meets With Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34135.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
For the first time since he took the throne, Jordan’s King Abdallah has met with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in his country. In the meeting, the monarch discussed the need for political and economic reforms.
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In Syria, Regime Initiates Shows Of Support
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34102.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
In advance of the anti-regime protest demonstrations expected tomorrow and Saturday, February 4 and 5, vehicles with Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have begun moving through the streets of Damascus to show support for the regime.
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Kuwaiti Daily: Hizbullah Sent Thousands Of Troops To Help Syrian Regime
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34137.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, known for its anti-Syrian stance, reported, citing Syrian sources, that in recent days some 2,000 Hizbullah troops have arrived in Syria to protect the regime, in advance of the popular protests set for today and tomorrow.
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The Internet And The Revolutions
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34127.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Following random interviews with young Iraqis, Alsumaria.tv made a profound observation. It writes that the Arab regimes that have prevailed for decades against what they have characterized as Western colonialist and imperialistic conspiracies are now threatened by an interactive window that the Arab youth have been able to glance through in the last few years to overcome their boredom after failing to find employment opportunities.
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NFL Stars Aid Hearing-Impaired Kids
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/03/nfl-stars-aid-hearing-impaired-kids/
Nearly 100 NFL players will compete for Super Bowl rings in Dallas on Sunday, but today 200 people will get something even more significant: free hearing aids.
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See Sunday’s Best Super Bowl Commercials Before They Air
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/see-sundays-best-super-bowl-commercials-before-they-air/
For many people, Super Bowl Sunday is as much about the commercials as it is about the game. A single 30-second ad spot costs millions of dollars, meaning companies save their best for the big day. Understanding our insatiable desire for insider information, the crew over at Business Insider has put together a collection of the 24 best Super Bowl commercials viewers will see on Sunday.

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News Articles For 2/3

February 3, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Forces Detain Haqqani Facilitator in Khost Province
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62667
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces detained a Haqqani terrorist network facilitator and another suspected insurgent in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday, military officials reported.
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ANSF, TF Bastogne begin operations in Shawan Ghar Valley
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/4086-ansf-tf-bastogne-begin-operations-in-shawan-ghar-valley.html
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces partnered with the Soldiers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Bastogne, 101st Airborne Division, to begin operations in the Shawan Ghar Valley of the Lal Por District Feb. 3.
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Directory Links Wounded Warriors, Families to Resources
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62681
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2011 – From benefits and compensation to education and training, an online directory is providing wounded warriors, veterans and their families a direct connection to thousands of state, local and national resources.
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Chiarelli expects increase in behavioral health needs
http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/02/51178-chiarelli-expects-increase-in-behavioral-health-needs/?ref=news-home-title0
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 1, 2011) — The Army’s vice chief of staff said with the drawdown in Iraq and eventually in Afghanistan, the country could expect to see an increase in the number of Soldiers suffering from depression, anxiety, Traumatic Brain Injury and post-traumatic stress.
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Fallen Marine’s Parents Adopt Son’s Bomb Dog
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/fallen-marines-parents-adopt-sons-bomb-dog-020311
SAN ANTONIO – The parents of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are adopting the bomb-sniffing dog who the military says loyally rushed to their son’s side when he was fatally shot.
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Face of Defense: Uganda-born Army Officer Pursues Dreams
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62675
FORT BENNING, Ga., Feb. 3, 2011 – As a boy growing up in Uganda, Joseph D’costa became inspired by America’s role in World War II and told his teacher he wanted to go to the U.S. Military Academy someday.
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Senate repeals part of health care law
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48726.html
The Senate voted Wednesday for the first time to repeal a piece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rolling back a new tax reporting requirement that’s been universally panned by business owners.
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United, Senate Dems defeat health care repeal measure
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/02/5977699-united-senate-dems-defeat-health-care-repeal-measure-
Carrie Dann writes:Senate Democrats remained united on Wednesday in killing a Republican effort to repeal the health care bill signed into law last March.
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Obama issues global warming rules in January, gives GE an exemption in February
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/obama-issues-global-warming-rules-january-gives-ge-exemption-febr
Last month, the Obama EPA began enforcing new rules regulating the greenhouse gas emissions from any new or expanded power plants. This week, the EPA issued its first exemption, Environment & Energy News reports.
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Mexico supplies electricity to wintry Texas
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110202/ts_alt_afp/mexicousweatherstorm_20110202234748
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Mexico’s state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages.
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NYC Council Bans Smoking In Parks, Beaches
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/02/02/nyc-expected-to-ban-smoking-in-parks-beaches/
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Smokers have just one message for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council members: butt out of our business. “We’re outside. We should have freedom to smoke,” City Hall Park smoker Harvey Forbes told CBS 2’s Magee Hickey.
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This Is What Scares US Military Strategists Most
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-scares-us-military-strategists-most-2011-2
The latest batch of Wikileaks cables is out. They show acute concerns about the possibility of a rogue state nuclear attack, the possibility of Al Qaeda building radioactive dirty bombs and the possibility of Al Qaeda acquiring a nuclear weapon. As well, they fret about rogue states and terrorist groups getting their hands on biological and chemical weaponry (CBW).
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Leftist Protesters: ‘Hang’ Clarence Thomas, Kill Fox Execs, ‘Duel’ With Beck
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/leftist-protesters-hang-clarence-thomas-kill-fox-execs-dul-with-beck/
The following video was taken at the anti-Koch brothers protest in Palm Spring, CA last weekend. What you’re about to see is shocking — “peaceful” leftist protesters calling for the torture and death of Clarence Thomas as well as the death of Fox News executives, and one woman challenging Glenn Beck to a duel with her “Glock.”
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Virginia Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp of Underage Sex Ring
http://biggovernment.com/lrose/2011/02/03/virginia-planned-parenthood-aids-pimp-of-underage-sex-ring/
Our investigative team has just released the second undercover video revealing Planned Parenthood counseling a pimp on how to obtain secret abortions for his under age sex slaves, by bypassing Virginia parental consent laws meant to protect children.
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World food prices hit record high: UN agency
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0bcf7660807b5b8e782fa73f510af552.471&show_article=1
World food prices reached their highest level ever recorded in January and are set to keep rising for months, the UN food agency said on Thursday, warning that the hardest-hit countries could face turmoil.
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Shippers Concerned Over Possible Suez Canal Disruptions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41403645
As violence has broken out in Egypt, concern has turned to the risk of the blocking of the Suez Canal or nearby pipelines, which could pose a threat to world energy supplies.
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Gasoline Shortage Hits Cairo As Turmoil Disrupts Supply
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34090.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Commuters and taxi drivers in Cairo are facing fuel shortages as the supply chain is crippled by transport problems and labor shortages are sparked by the turmoil.
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Pro-Mubarak Marauders Use Horses, Camels, and ‘Chariots’ to Beat Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pro-mubarak-marauders-use-horses-and-camels-to-beat-protesters/
It’s one of the strangest sites to come out of the Egyptian unrest over the last nine days. While pro-Mubarak and anti-government protesters clashed in Cairo today, the Mubarak ilk used horses, camels, and chariot-like carriages to charge into the crowd and beat the unruly mob.
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Egypt army moves to stop assault on protesters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_173
CAIRO – Egyptian army tanks and soldiers cleared away pro-government rioters and deployed between them and protesters seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, moving to halt violence as the prime minister made an unprecedented apology Thursday for the assault by regime backers that turned central Cairo into a battle zone.
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Egyptian army starts rounding up journalists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_journalists
CAIRO – The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters.
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Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9L5CFDO0&show_article=1
LONDON (AP) – Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast government-scripted text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday.
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Report: Muslim Brotherhood Wants Egyptians to ‘Prepare for War With Israel’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-muslim-brotherhood-wants-egyptians-to-prepare-for-war-with-israel/
Just two days after Mohamed ElBaradei declared that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was not an extremist organization and that any comparisons to extremist groups are “totally bogus,” reports are surfacing that high ranking members of this peaceful group are wishing that the citizens of Egypt would prepare for war with Israel.
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Al-Qaeda Deputy Leader Al-Zawahiri Encourages Egyptians to Stand Fast and Topple Mubarak
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34092.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
In the Al-Qaeda leadership’s first public response to the events in Egypt, Thirwat Salah Shehatah, one of Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s deputies in the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) group and a senior Al-Qaeda commander, issued a communiqué calling on Egyptians to stand fast and topple the Egyptian regime.
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CodePink Anti-War Group Joins Egyptian Protests in Cairo
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/codepink-anti-war-group-joins-egyptian-protests-in-cairo/
An American leftist women’s anti-war group has landed in Cairo to take up banners alongside Egyptians as they fight for the future of their country. In all of the chaos today, our friends at Business Insider noticed this.
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Social Network Users Call for Days of Rage in Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Algeria
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4968.htm
As part of widespread calls on Facebook for opposition activity against the Arab leaders, numerous Facebook groups and accounts were created calling for popular intifada throughout the Arab world, including Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, and Algeria. The pages called for non-violent and apolitical demonstrations, with some of them providing precise instructions regarding how to behave during the demonstrations.
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‘Day of Rage’ Now Spreads to Yemen: Over 20,000 Take to the Streets
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-of-rage-now-spreads-to-yemen-over-20000-take-to-the-streets/
Tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of Yemen’s president staged dueling demonstrations on Thursday, underscoring deep divisions in a nation seen by the Obama administration as a key ally in its fight against Islamic militants. Ironically, the name adopted for the day’s protests — the “Day of Rage” — is the same name used by protesters in Egypt as well as the Weather Underground in the 60s.
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Will Middle East Protests Spread To Syria
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/02/will-middle-east-protests-spread-to-syria/
Will the uprisings continue to spread in the Middle East? al Jazeera is reporting that calls for protests in Syria are spreading on social media websites, following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Organisers say protests will be staged in front of the parliament in the capital, Damascus, on Friday and Saturday, and at Syrian embassies across the world.
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Caller ordering a pizza hears restaurant stickup, phones police
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110202/NEWS0801/110202002/Caller-ordering-pizza-hears-stickup-phones-police
Police were first tipped off to a robbery at a Palm Springs pizzeria Tuesday night by a customer who wasn’t even at the restaurant but rather was phoning in an order.

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February 2, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Fallen Soldier remembered for generosity, dedication
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/fallen-soldier-remembered-for-generosity-dedication
BAGHDAD — Once, while in garrison at Fort Riley, Kan., a soldier with Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd “Dagger” Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division received a pass allowing him to go home and see his ailing mother, but he lacked sufficient funds to buy a plane ticket.
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Bill Lohmann: Last U.S. WWI vet approaches 110
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/flair/2011/jan/31/tdmet01-bill-lohmann-last-us-veteran-from-world-wa-ar-809531/
Frank Woodruff Buckles doesn’t get out as much as he used to, and he doesn’t have particularly big plans for his birthday tomorrow. But then, he is turning 110. You read that right: 110.
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Face of Defense: Brothers Earn Combat Decorations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62658
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2011 – Two brothers in the 101st Airborne Division were decorated for separate combat actions during their deployment to Afghanistan.
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US Mint Sells Absolute Record 6.4 Million Ounces Of Silver In January, 50% More Than Previous Highest Month
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-mint-sells-absolute-record-64-million-ounces-silver-january-50-more-previous-highest-mont
As the topic of US Mint silver sales is not new to our readers, after we first brought attention to the record January sales by the Mint, we will not dwell much on it, suffice to say that the final January tally is in.
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Senate Democrats ban earmarks
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/1/senate-democrats-bow-earmarks/
Signaling defeat, at least for the moment, Senate Democrats said Tuesday they won’t allow any earmarks in spending bills this year. With much of the rest of Washington arrayed against them, senators were bowing to the reality that they weren’t going to secure any earmarks anyway. But the Senate‘s move is still a stark victory for earmark opponents who, in all likelihood, are a minority in Congress.
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U.S. security on Canada border lacking: watchdog
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110202/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_usa_canada_security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fewer than one in every 100 miles of the U.S. border with Canada is adequately secured, a government watchdog agency said on Tuesday.
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Valerie Jarrett to uniformed general: More wine, garçon!
http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/01/valerie-jarrett-to-uniformed-general-more-wine-garcon/
In Washington, bigwigs can misspeak and misstep a million times without drawing attention. And then there are the seemingly harmless moments that stick to a person like super glue: Joe Wilson barking “You lie!”; Jesse Jackson mumbling into a hot mic that he wants to castrate Barack Obama; Dan Quayle trying to spell things.
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China Just Made A Huge Investment In The American Energy Source That Everyone Still Ignores
http://www.businessinsider.com/china-cnooc-investment-niobrara-shale-2011-2
China National Offshore Oil Company just bought a huge stake in an American shale oil project, according to China Daily. The deal, valued at $570 million, will see China buy a third of Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s Niobrara Shale project.
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Pinal sheriff expects armed conflict with cartels soon
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/01/pinal-sheriff-expects-armed-conflict-with-cartels-soon/
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is reported to be anticipating an armed conflict between his deputies and cartel members, possibly within the next 30-60 days according to story int The Arizona Republic.
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Gang gunbattles, street blockades in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Suspected drug cartel gunmen have hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked streets in Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara.
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Egyptian vs. Egyptian: Pro and Anti-Mubarak Protesters Clash in Cairo
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egyptian-vs-egyptian-pro-and-anti-govt-protesters-clash-in-cairo/
CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt’s upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In chaotic scenes, the two sides pelted each other with stones, and protesters dragged attackers off their horses.
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The Middle East Crisis Part VI – Kuwaiti Newspaper Editor: Iran, Hizbullah Are Supporting the Unrest In Egypt
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4962.htm
In a February 1, 2011 in the Kuwaiti daily Arab Times, titled “Not This Way,” Ahmad Al-Jarallah, who is editor-in-chief of the paper and also of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, discussed the events in Egypt.
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U.S. ‘held secret meeting with Muslim Brotherhood’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=258405
JERUSALEM – The Egyptian government has information a diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Cairo secretly met yesterday with a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the nation’s major Islamist opposition group, WND has learned.
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Muhammad Ghanem, Muslim Brotherhood Representative in London, Calls for Civil Disobedience, Including “Halting Passage through the Suez Canal… and Preparing for War with Israel”
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2787.htm
NOTE: This video clip is 3:27 long.
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Thousands protest in Jordan
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011128125157509196.html
Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country’s prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment.
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Yemeni president says he won’t seek another term
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen
SANAA, Yemen – The Yemeni president told parliament on Wednesday he will not seek another term in office or hand power to his son — an apparent reaction to protests in this impoverished nation that have been inspired by Tunisia’s revolt and the turmoil in Egypt.
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Report: Syrian Regime Prepares To Stop Protests
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34017.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Elaph website reports that with the outbreak of protests in Egypt, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and heads of Syrian security apparatuses began to take steps to prevent similar protests from taking place in Syria.
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‘Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb’
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Qaida+brink+using+nuclear+bomb/4205104/story.html
Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build “dirty” bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents.
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Airline worker was allegedly a sleeper plotting attacks on aircraft in UK and abroad
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/01/airline-worker-was-allegedly-a-sleeper-plotting-attacks-on-aircraft-in-uk-and-abroad/
The UK’s Mirror reports that an undercover Islamic terrorist got a job with British Airway, allegedly to gather information and carry out a terrorist atrocity.

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