News Articles For 2/19

February 19, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“There is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.” Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 81, 1788

Airstrike Kills More Than 35 Insurgents in Kunar Province
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62871
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2011 – A U.S. military air weapons team last night killed more than 35 enemy fighters in the Ghaziabad district of Afghanistan’s Khost province, military officials reported.
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Army shocks sergeant with battlefield promotion
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4160-army-shocks-sergeant-with-battlefield-promotion.html
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Soldier assigned to the 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, received a special surprise on Forward Operating Base Fenty Feb. 16.
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Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/18/armed-agent-slips-past-dfw-body-scanner/
According to an NBC news report, an undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at DFW International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration.
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‘Class War is Here’: Video of Socialists Rallying in Wis. Supports Beck’s Theory
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/class-war-is-here-video-of-socialists-rallying-in-wis-supports-becks-theory/
Recently, Glenn Beck has been predicting that socialists would seize on the unrest in Egypt in order to promote revolution in the United States. There may be no better proof of that than the video below, shot by the MacIver Institute in Madison, WI this week.
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Mich. Union Hiring Homeless People to Picket
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mich-union-hiring-homeless-people-to-picket/
“Astroturfing: An artificially-manufactured political movement designed to give the appearance of grass roots activism.” If ever you wanted to see a great example of “astroturfing,” then the video below might become a part of your permanent library.
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House Passes Spending Bill That Cuts $61 Billion
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-passes-spending-bill-that-cuts-61-billion/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new government regulations.
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House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-votes-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer money should not go to groups that provide or promote abortion.
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House votes to overthrow ‘czars’
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49781.html
The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.” Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job.
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House Passes Amendment to Defund Obamacare
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-gop-passes-amendment-to-defund-obamacare/
WASHINGTON (AP) — In rapid-fire action Friday, the Republican-controlled House voted to strip federal money from President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and from Planned Parenthood and to bar the EPA from issuing global warming regulations.
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The Dirty Little Secret About De-Funding Obamacare
http://biggovernment.com/eistook/2011/02/18/the-dirty-little-secret-about-de-funding-obamacare/
Several members of Congress, like Rep. Denny Rehberg (R, MT) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.-Wash.) are offering amendments that would prevent any new spending from being used to implement Obamacare.
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George Soros: ‘President Obama Has Lost Control’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/george-soros-president-obama-has-lost-control/
In a pre-recorded interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria set to air Sunday morning, investment billionaire George Soros accuses President Barack Obama of having “lost control” of the national economy and criticizes the Democratic president for allowing Republicans to set the national agenda.
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U.S. Gov‘t Software Creates ’Fake People’ to Spread Message via Social Networking
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-govt-software-creates-fake-people-to-spread-message-via-social-networking/
Whenever I shop on the internet, I skip right over the positive reviews of products and go straight for the bad ones, figuring the company probably paid some hack to sit and create fictional names and post fake glowing five-star reviews for their products to dupe unsuspecting customers. But what if the federal government could operate this way?
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States to become referees of feds’ constitutionality
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262773
Two states have introduced legislative plans that would set up standing commissions whose members would be tasked with reviewing “all existing federal statutes, mandates, and executive orders” to determine their constitutionality, then recommending to lawmakers whether that state should “nullify” any federal law or regulation “that is outside the scope of the powers delegated … to the federal government.”
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States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_us/us_broken_budgets_a_warning_ignored
WASHINGTON – State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states were setting aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers.
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Mexican army to increase border presence: president
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/19/us-mexico-army-idUSTRE71I2WO20110219
(Reuters) – The Mexican army will strengthen its presence on the northern border used by drug smugglers, President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday during a ceremony to honor the armed forces.
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4 thrown to deaths from bridge in southern Mexico
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/19/4-thrown-to-deaths-from-bridge-in-southern-mexico/
In Chilpancingo Mexico, four men with their hands and feet tied and heads covered in duct tape were thrown 600 feet to their deaths from a bridge Friday.
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Bloodshed in Bahrain: 50 Injured as Police Open Fire on Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bloodshed-in-bahrain-50-injured-as-police-open-fire-on-protesters/
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP/The Blaze) -– Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark Pearl Square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation’s leaders.
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Protesters return to square in Bahrain capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests
MANAMA, Bahrain – Thousands of singing and dancing protesters streamed back into Manama’s central Pearl Square on Saturday after Bahrain’s leaders withdrew tanks and riot police following a bloody crackdown by security forces in the tiny monarchy.
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Egypt revolution unfinished, Qaradawi tells Tahrir masses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/364347
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Egyptian Islamic theologian popularized by Al Jazeera, returned to Cairo today to deliver a stirring but overtly political sermon, calling on Egyptians to preserve national unity as they press for democratic progress.
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Egypt Agrees to Let Iranian Ships Through Suez Canal
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypt-agrees-to-let-iranian-ships-through-suez-canal/
CAIRO (AP) — State media say Egypt has agreed to let two Iranian naval vessels transit the Suez Canal, a move that comes despite expressions of concern by Israeli officials.
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Connecting the dots to anarchy
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=265253
Last year here in north Idaho, my garden failed. Miserably. Not from lack of trying. But after having the “winter of no winter” (very little snow), we also had the “summer of no summer.” Well into the third week of June, the cold and rainy conditions made it nearly impossible for vegetables to grow.
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Kim Weaver of British Columbia to escort cat from Oxford, N.Y., to Lewisville home
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/66498
A cat-centric online message thread has brought together three families with special needs. And now, the three are joining together to make each other’s wishes come true.

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News Articles For 12/14

December 14, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Stop Insurgent Attack in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62068
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2010 – Afghan and coalition forces yesterday disrupted a Taliban plot to carry out suicide bombings in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, military officials reported.
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Operation Toy Drop Proves ‘Santa is a Paratrooper’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62067
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2010 – Pouring rain didn’t dampen the holiday spirit as thousands of paratroopers descended over Fort Bragg, N.C., this weekend, kicking off the world’s largest combined airborne operation while ensuring Santa doesn’t overlook a single needy child.
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On wings of Blue Angels, toy journeys from one heart to another
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/13/blue.angels.christmas/index.html?hpt=C1
Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia (CNN) — The Blue Angels C-130, Fat Albert, moves like a lumbering fullback down the runway, its engines roaring. A hula girl hood ornament, on the cockpit dash, shakes her hips.
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Guardsmen, Reservists Can Nominate Employers for Awards
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62063
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 13, 2010 – Reserve-component servicemembers still have time to nominate their employers for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the Defense Department’s highest honor for employers who provide exceptional support for employees who serve in the National Guard or reserves.
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Families to Get More Child Care Options
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/12/13/families-to-get-more-child-care-options/
A recurring challenge for military families, particularly those of the Guard and Reserve, is child care. They primarily live off base, many far from an active-duty installation, and are challenged to find the same high-quality, flexible care in their community that they would find on any base nationwide.
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World War II Navy Ace Recalls Harrowing Mission
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62062
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2010 – When the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, America sought retribution and finally took up arms. It wasn’t until almost three years later that the country would receive its final closure.
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Face of Defense: Grandson Continues ‘Band of Brothers’ Tradition
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62078
FORT BRAGG, N.C., Dec. 14, 2010 – Even at 80 years old, Frederick “Moose” Heyliger was an enormous man, according to his grandson, who serves with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade.
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A Soros Story: Recounts, Coincidences, and Connections
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-soros-story-recounts-coincidences-and-connections/
In the world of George Soros, it’s hard to believe that much is a coincidence. But let’s entertain the possibility of some such coincidences for the next few minutes.
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He Sent ‘Guerrillas’: ‘Puppet Master’ George Soros — Influence & Funding of USA Financial Reform ‘Revolution’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/he-sent-guerrillas-puppet-master-george-soros-influence-funding-of-usa-financial-reform-revolution/
NOTE: This is a 5:09 long video.
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Look who’s now getting special travel privileges
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=239401
In a further indication that the “North American Union” agenda is quietly proceeding under what remains of the Security and Prosperity Partnership initiative in the Obama administration, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano signed, with little fanfare, an agreement in Mexico that would extend special “trusted traveler” access to the U.S. to an estimated 84 million Mexicans.
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‘F*** the Rich’: Cape Cod Arsonist Targets Homes of the Wealthy
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/f-the-rich-cape-cod-arsonist-targets-homes-of-the-wealthy/
Upscale towns in Massachusetts are on alert as police and fire officials are investigating another fire in which an arsonist scawled a “f*** the rich” graffiti message at the scene. The latest incident in Sandwich follows another suspicious incident in Barnstable.
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School board votes to clear hunter’s record
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=239465
A 16-year-old hunter in Montana who was threatened with expulsion from her public school after she forgot a rifle in the trunk of her car after a holiday trip and drove it to a school parking lot has been told her record will be cleared at the end of this school year.
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Canadians With More Debt Than U.S. Spark Policy Makers’ Warning
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/canadians-with-more-debt-than-u-s-spark-policy-makers-warning.html
Canada’s top economic officials yesterday urged households to be wary of taking on too much debt after data showed the indebtedness of Canadians surpassed U.S. levels for the first time in 12 years.
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Food, Clothing Lead Rising British Inflation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/food-clothing-lead-rising-british-inflation/
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s stubbornly high consumer inflation rate rose to 3.3 percent in November from 3.2 percent the month before, driven by a surge in food and clothing costs.
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See who’s working together to stop Iran
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=239357
JERUSALEM – Israel and Saudi Arabia have stepped up their behind-the-scenes coordination to deal with the threat of Iranian nuclear ambitions, according to informed Middle East security officials.
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The wind is no longer at Voyager’s back
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/13/the-wind-is-no-longer-at-voyagers-back/
Voyager 1 is one of the most successful space missions of all time. Launched in 1977, it visited Jupiter and then Saturn, providing better close-ups of the two planets than had ever been seen before.
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Escape by a whisker: Quick-thinking cat saves house from fire… by opening the window
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338245/Cat-prevents-house–By-opening-window.html
A clever cat has been hailed a hero after he prevented his owners’ home from burning down – by opening a window. Five-year-old Pepper has learned to open windows and lets himself out every night by hopping on to a kitchen worktop and using his paws to turn the latch.

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News Articles For 12/11

December 11, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Insurgents, Find Weapons
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62052
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 – Afghan and coalition forces today killed several insurgents, found weapons and confiscated drugs during operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Arlington Wreaths Event Continues Holiday Tradition
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62050
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 – For nearly 20 years, a group of dedicated volunteers and sponsors have ensured that servicemembers and other prominent Americans at rest at Arlington National Cemetery are not forgotten during the holiday season.
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Grandma Shares Lessons About Becoming a Full-time Parent Again
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/12/10/grandma-shares-lessons-about-becoming-a-full-time-parent-again/
I’m pleased to introduce a new Family Matters guest blogger, Debbie Nichols, a military mom and grandma. Her daughter, Tech. Sgt. Erin Caldwell, is in the Air Force, and she has two grandchildren, Ivie and Bailey. Debbie cared for her grandchildren when her daughter, a single mom at the time, deployed to Afghanistan, and will continue to support them and her new son-in-law when her daughter deploys again in the coming year.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Trains for Olympic ‘Evil Race’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62047
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10, 2010 – For Army Capt. Kelly Calway, just finding time to go for a run can be a challenge. But Calway makes it happen, juggling her passion for distance running with being a soldier, wife and mother.
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New Navy Weapon Can Hit a Target 100 Miles Away in Minutes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-navy-weapon-can-hit-a-target-100-miles-away-in-minutes/
For years, the Navy’s new railgun was just an idea, a weapon like no other weapon ever used in warfare. But the Navy realized its dream Friday with a record-setting test in Dahlgren, Va.
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Ellison: Dems must “create crisis” to force GOP on tax cut
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/12/09/keith-ellison-gop-obama-tax-cut-compromise/
St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota 5th District Congressman Keith Ellison said Thursday that Democratic lawmakers “need to create a real crisis” to force Republicans to renegotiate the tax cut compromise.
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Obama’s Spiritual Advisor Describes (to UK Crowd) His Epic Battle With Fox and Beck Who Dare to Think America Is Best When it Is an Unjust Society
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamas-spiritual-advisor-in-england-describes-his-epic-battle-with-fox-and-beck-who-dare-to-think-america-is-best-when-is-an-unjust-society/
NOTE: This is a 2:05 long video clip.
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Rep. John Kline and the Secret Ballot Protection Act
http://biggovernment.com/laborunionreport/2010/12/11/rep-john-kline-and-the-secret-ballot-protection-act/
Congressman John Kline [R-MN] has been one of the House of Representatives’ most vocal opponent of SEIU’s labor board appointee, Craig Becker, as well as a vocal defender of workers’ right to choose by secret-ballot whether or not to become unionized. In that role, he has stood strong against union bosses as they have worked to strip workers right to a secret-ballot through passage of the job-destroying (and delusionally dubbed) Employee Free Anti-Choice Act.
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More states enter debate on sharia law
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-12-09-shariaban09_ST_N.htm
Muneer Awad’s opponents label him “a foreigner” trying to change Oklahoma’s laws. Awad, 27, a recent University of Georgia law school graduate born in Michigan, says he’s standing up for the U.S. Constitution. “I’m trying to defend the First Amendment,” says Awad, director of Oklahoma’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
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College told to halt Islam-induced speech limits
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=238341
A community college in Oregon that abruptly and without explanation canceled a “What is Islam” class it already had approved following complaints from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror financing trial, is being warned its actions violate the U.S. Constitution and the class should be reinstated.
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Campus Christmas Carols Silenced After Non-Christian Complaints
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/campus-christmas-carols-silenced-after-non-christian-complaints/
For nearly 15 years, the Pulliam Hall clock tower on the campus of Southern Illinois University has played Christmas carols. But this year, after a few complaints, the bells have been briefly silenced while the school tries to expand its melodic tradition to include a more diverse selection of music.
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OPEC ministers make no change in output
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9K1RKTG0&show_article=1
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) – OPEC announced Saturday that it will not change oil output, amid prices just below $90 per barrel and global economic uncertainty.
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U.S. flight crew held by foreign authorities for ‘insulting’ Chavez
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=238657
The Venezuelan government once detained an American Airlines pilot and crew on suspicion that one of the crew members “insulted” Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez by calling him crazy, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable posted today by WikiLeaks and reviewed by WND.
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Exclusive Pics: Venezuelan Officials Meeting w/ Hezbollah
http://bigpeace.com/estakelbeck/2010/12/10/exclusive-pics-venezuelan-officials-meeting-w-hezbollah/
News that Iran is placing medium-range missiles inside Venezuela that can reach the U.S. should come as no surprise. Last month, in a special episode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror, a former high-ranking State Department official, Roger Noriega, shared several exclusive items highlighting the dangerous cooperation between Iran and Venezuela in our hemisphere.
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Why Latin America Turned Against Israel
http://bigpeace.com/cglick/2010/12/11/why-latin-america-turned-against-israel/
Israelis can be excused for wondering why Brazil and Argentina unexpectedly announced they recognize an independent Palestinian state with its capital city in Israel’s capital city.
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Mexico Says Brutal La Familia Drug Kingpin Slain
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/12/10/mexico-says-brutal-la-familia-drug-kingpin-slain/
Mexican security forces killed a drug cartel boss of the La Familia crime syndicate, known for its horrific brutality and long tentacles into dozens of U.S. cities, a government official said Friday.Nazario Moreno, 40, died during two days of shootouts and unrest in Apatzingan in the state of Michoacan, National Security Council spokesman Alejandro Poire said.
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Outspoken 15-Year-Old Is Poster Child for UK’s Radical Student Movement
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/outspoken-15-year-old-is-poster-child-for-uks-radical-student-movement/
Students protesting tuition hikes in London this week and countless other radical leftists have a new hero for their movement to rally around: a smug 15-year-old who isn’t afraid to share his views of the world (and everything that’s wrong with it) and to berate those who stand in his way — in this case, police.
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EU leaders to agree on law change for euro stability
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101211/bs_nm/us_eu_euro_treaty
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will agree next week to insert two sentences into the EU treaty to pave the way for the creation of the European Stability Mechanism from 2013, draft conclusions of the summit showed.
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Tree service worker rescues cat in Oak Park
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/dec/08/tree-service-extends-to-rescuing-a-cat/?partner=yahoo_feeds
As a crowd of people looked skyward, a gray cat was lassoed with a rope around its neck Wednesday afternoon and brought safely back to the ground, ending a 7 1/2-hour saga.

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News Articles For 10/30

October 30, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Troops assist National Police aid drop
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/troops-assist-ip-red-crescent-aid-drop
BAGHDAD — On a hot day in the eastern area of the Iraqi capital, U.S. Soldiers with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Division – Center, line the rooftops surrounding the small courtyard of a displacement camp.
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Forces Target Insurgents in Southeastern Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61475
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2010 – Coalition and Afghan forces continued their assault on the insurgency in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing nearly two dozen enemy fighters and capturing at least one Taliban leader, military officials reported.
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Terror investigators examine more packages
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9J63CJO2&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) – The mail bomb found inside a cargo plane north of London could have exploded, British Home Secretary Theresa May said Saturday after investigators completed a preliminary investigation.
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Barack Obama says explosive package terror threat is ‘credible’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/29/bomb-scare-sinister-packages-planes
Security services yesterday thwarted a terrorist attempt to send packages containing explosive material hidden in printer ink cartridges by air from Yemen to strike targets in the US.
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U.S. says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula behind cargo terror plot
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/29/al.qaeda.arabian.peninsula/index.html?hpt=C1
(CNN) — U.S. officials say that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a fairly new arm of the umbrella terrorist organization, is behind an apparent plot to send explosive devices to U.S. destinations via cargo planes.
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Obamacare Endgame: Doctors Will be Fined or Jailed if they Put Patients First
http://biggovernment.com/egeorge/2010/10/30/obamacare-endgame-doctors-will-be-fined-or-jailed-if-they-put-patients-first/
If Obamacare is completely implemented, doctors will no longer be practicing medicine. They will instead become the drones tasked with deciding who gets the meager healthcare crumbs doled out by the bureaucrats who have the ultimate power over patient life and death. Those who are deemed to have illnesses that require treatments which are not cost effective can expect a one way ticket to a hospice.
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Communist Party USA Leader Throws Support Behind Dems
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/communist-party-usa-leader-throws-support-behind-dems/
From New Zealand Patriot: Jarvis Tyner, national executive vice-chair of the Communist Party USA, spoke in Detroit October 7, on the need to for “left and progressive” minded people to help insure a huge voter turnout for the midterm election.
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Exposed! Soros’ proposal for ‘elite’ judiciary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=220849
How does it happen that a California judge can upend millennia of accepted standards for society by saying that gender plays no role in marriage? Or a court can approve a Florida school district’s deal with liberals to ban teachers from praying – even when they’re off-campus?
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Happy Halloween: Beware of the Voting Dead
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/happy-halloween-beware-of-the-voting-dead/
In an attempt to prevent voter fraud — namely, votes being attributed to the deceased — one Virginia tea party activist has launched the tongue in cheek Tea Party Paranormal Society. Mark Lloyd established the site as a way to educate fellow tea partiers on preventing election fraud in Tuesday’s pivotal midterm election.
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4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/nyregion/29young.html?_r=1&no_interstitial
Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence.
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Al-Qaida Plotted To Take Hostages Attacks on Britain
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/28/al-qaida-plotted-to-take-hostages-attacks-on-britain/
Al-Qaida planned to take hostages in Mumbai-style attacks on Britain, France and Germany to demand the release of the mastermind of the September 11 atrocities, according to a former associate of Osama bin Laden. Noman Benotman said that Osama bin Laden wants to force the Americans to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is awaiting trial for his part in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Iran acknowledges sanctions driving up costs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian officials are acknowledging that international sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program have dramatically increased the cost of living, but they say the penalties will ultimately prove futile.
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Courageous Cat Scares Off Coyote in O.C. Backyard
http://www.ktla.com/ktla-cats-vs-coyote-huntington-beach,0,6395251.story
HUNTINGTON BEACH ( KTLA) — Cats are usually easy prey for coyotes, but that wasn’t the case for a pair of feisty felines in Huntington Beach. Lloyd Roberts’ surveillance camera captured a close-encounter between a coyote and his cats Tigger and Buddy.

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News Articles For 9/18

September 18, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Intelligence, Tips Drive Operations in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60903
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2010 – Intelligence information and tips from local Afghans have driven several recent operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Base hosts POW/MIA recognition breakfast
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mclbalbany/Pages/BasehostsPOWMIArecognitionbreakfast.aspx
MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga. — Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany honored former prisoners of war and those still missing in action during a recognition breakfast held at the Base Conference Center, Friday.
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Navy to Observe 2010 National POW/MIA Recognition Day
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=56023
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) — The Navy will observe 2010 National Prisoner of War (POW)/Missing in Action (MIA) Recognition Day Sept. 17 around the fleet.
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Leaders say happy birthday, Air Force
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123222496
9/17/2010 – SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) — The Air Force’s top leaders send a message to the total force to celebrate the Air Force’s 63rd birthday and to remind them to remember the commitment and sacrifice of all the Airmen deployed around the globe.
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Couple Accused of Sharing Nuclear Secrets With Venezuela
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/couple-accused-of-sharing-nuclear-secrets-with-venezuela/
A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting operation and charged with conspiring to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela.
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Bill calls for two weeks of federal furlough
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2055749
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced a bill this week that would require two weeks of furlough in 2011 for federal civilian employees. The furloughs would save taxpayers $5.5 billion, according to a release about the bill.
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OneUnited Bank received special treatment beyond what was disclosed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/16/AR2010091606819_pf.html
From the moment Boston-based OneUnited Bank began seeking a federal bailout in the summer of 2008, it received special treatment that went beyond what the Treasury Department or the bank and its political supporters have previously disclosed.
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Texas Sues to Block Bizarre “Global Warming” EPA Rules
http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=7606198
The state of Texas today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a federal appeals court in Washington DC, claiming four new regulations imposed by the EPA are based on the ‘thoroughly discredited’ findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and are ‘factually flawed,’ 1200 WOAI news reports.
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States working harder to collect online sales taxes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39159604/ns/business-personal_finance/
It’s too early to know exactly how much the Nebraska chapter of the March of Dimes raised this week at its annual Signature Chefs Auction in Omaha, but odds are that more than 10 percent of the charity’s proceeds are going straight to the tax man.
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WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway, cites insubordination, misconduct
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/16/AR2010091606645.html
WJLA-TV has fired veteran anchorman Doug McKelway for a verbal confrontation this summer with the station’s news director that came after McKelway broadcast a sharply worded live report about congressional Democrats and President Obama.
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Russian Naval Aircraft Buzz US Warship In Berents Sea
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/17/russian-naval-aircraft-buzz-us-warship-in-berents-sea/
The Pentagon on Friday said Russian naval aircraft buzzed close to a US warship in the Berents Sea last week, just days before Moscow’s defense minister paid a high-profile visit to Washington.
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Mauritania says 12 Qaeda members killed in clash
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H0V820100918?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Mauritanian military forces killed 12 members of al Qaeda’s North African wing and suffered two fatalities in fighting in the desert along the border with Mali, a Mauritanian security source said on Saturday.
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Iran invites Turkey into space program: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H11520100918?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Iran has invited Turkey to cooperate in work on the Islamic Republic’s space program, which aims to put a man in space by 2017, the Turkish newspaper Haberturk said on Saturday.
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Police question six street cleaners held over plot to attack the Pope
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1312918/POPES-UK-VISIT-Six-men-arrested-plot-harm-Benedict-XVI.html
Six street cleaners remain in police custody today after they were arrested over an alleged plot to attack the Pope. Armed officers detained the men, all believed to be Muslims of North African origin, as they prepared to go on shift at a cleaning depot in Central London.
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Al Qaeda Seeks an Exchange of Hostages
http://bigpeace.com/nmay/2010/09/18/al-qaeda-seeks-an-exchange-of-hostages/
The name Mohammed Bouyeri is not familiar to most Americans, but is well-known in the Netherlands. Mr. Bouyeri is the Islamic terrorist who ritually slaughtered Theo van Gogh on the streets of Amsterdam back in 2004, and is now serving a life sentence for the crime.
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Jack Tripper the Amazing Eyeless Kitty
http://lovemeow.com/2010/09/jack-tripper-the-amazing-eyeless-kitty/
My mom and I were actually looking to adopt a new cat when we got Jack. I have a friend who boards her horse at a local riding stable and one of the barn cats gave birth to a kitten. It seemed that spaying didn’t work on the cat, so she gave birth to a single, deformed kitten and was not able to produce milk. Luckily the owners recently had her fixed, so I’m hoping this doesn’t happen again.

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News Articles For 7/31

July 31, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqi Forces Arrest 10 al-Qaida in Iraq Associates
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60251
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 10 suspected associates of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organization in several operations today, military officials reported.
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Mosul ISF operation nets 2 suspected AQI criminal associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/mosul-isf-operation-nets-2-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation in eastern Mosul.
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Iraqis graduate US FBI basic crime scene training program
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/iraqis-graduate-us-fbi-training-program
BAGHDAD – More than 40 senior and mid-level Iraqi police officers graduated from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s basic crime scene investigation training program here at Joint Security Station Shield July 29.
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Citizens report weapons caches in Charikar
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3075-citizens-report-weapons-caches-in-charikar.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Police, with assistance from Coalition Forces, recovered two weapons caches in the town of Charikar July 26.
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California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_waters_ethics
WASHINGTON – A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
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‘Indignant’ Muslims reject U.S. request to counter violent extremism
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185341
A series of e-mails from the Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that has warned of a threat from “right-wing extremists” like those worried about national sovereignty, reveals the agency has held a series of meetings with Muslims who apparently rejected the government’s request to help counter violent extremism.
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State Dept Sends CAIR Official To Mali. Why?
http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/07/state-dept-sends-cair-official-to-mali-why/
Local media is reporting that the executive director of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) – Michigan has traveled to the African nation of Mali on a program underwritten by the US State Department. According to an interview with Dawud Walid.
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State’s restrictions on 2nd Amendment challenged
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185653
The state of Maryland is targeted in a new lawsuit by the Second Amendment Foundation for putting conditions on a resident’s Second Amendment rights, requiring them to demonstrate they face a specific “apprehended danger.”
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Justice-website redesign goes globalist, dumps Old Glory
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=185773
The United States Justice Department has launched a redesigned website, described by some as “Darth Vaderish” for replacing a waving flag banner with a black panel. But the biggest concern raised by critics is a quote posted at the top of the page attributed to a 1930s globalist.
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Obama’s Weak Foreign Policy Shows Again
http://bigpeace.com/wthuston/2010/07/31/obamas-weak-foreign-policy-shows-again/
Barack Obama once again shows his fecklessness and weakness in foreign policy with a decision by the State Department to allow the Palestinian Mission in Washington D.C. to fly the flag of its non-existent country.
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Lobbyists Give Millions to Dems As Obama Smears ‘Special Interests’
http://biggovernment.com/wthuston/2010/07/31/lobbyists-give-millions-to-dems-as-obama-smears-special-interests/
Let’s go back to those hopey-changie days of the Obama campaign for president when he railed constantly against all those “special interests” and evil lobbyists that he claimed were ruining the political process. Let us recall that once elected he claimed he’d have the “strictest ethics rules” of any president ever.
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Ginsburg: OK to look to foreign law for good ideas
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcA1weZu7DW8Wq-AyV4X3nEy0mygD9H9J8LO2
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says judges can look to foreign law for good ideas without diminishing their ability to apply U.S. law faithfully.
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Chilling effect: Violence silences Mexican media
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7131506.html
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Heavily armed troops patrol the city, combat erupts in the streets and mutilated bodies are dumped in parking lots, ditches and curbs.
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Al-Qaeda Creating an Army in Yemen
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138866
The heads of Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed Thursday to be creating an army in the country’s south. In an audio recording posted online, terrorist commander Mohammed Sayeed al-Omda said Al-Qaeda will soon have a fighting force of 12,000 soldiers based in the cities of Aden and Abyan.
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China invests $40b. in Iran oil and gas
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=183200
China has invested an estimated $40 billion in Iran’s oil and gas sector Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi said in an AFP report Saturday.
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Venezuela Sends Troops to Colombian Border
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Venezuela-Sends-Troops-to-Colombian-Border-99684574.html
Venezuela’s president says he has deployed troops to the border with Colombia, as tensions rise between the two South American countries. Hugo Chavez said Friday he believed the outgoing government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe could be planning to attack Venezuela.
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The huge scale of Pakistan’s complicity
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-huge-scale-of-pakistans-complicity/article1657931/
When 91,000 classified military documents are leaked about a continuing war, there is bound to be controversy. But as one who spent six years in Afghanistan – first as Canada’s ambassador, then as deputy head of the United Nations mission there – my first reaction was how true to life it all was. Here is the hall-of-mirrors, see-saw world of counterinsurgency – in all its complexity.
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Treaty outlawing cluster bombs enters into force
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HA3MPO0&show_article=1
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (AP) – (Kyodo)—An international treaty that bans the use and stockpiling of cluster bombs entered into force on Sunday with Japan and 37 other countries having already ratified it.
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Firefighter saves same cat twice
http://www.times-herald.com/local/Firefighter-saves-same-cat-twice-1227765
A firefighter who rescued a cat from a well in west Coweta on June 29 stepped up to rescue the cat a second time on Tuesday. The cat, which was taken into the custody of Coweta County Animal Control following its rescue a month ago, was scheduled to be euthanized Wednesday morning. No one claimed the furry feline, which suffered from fleas, and it was not apparent whether it was wild or domesticated.

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News Articles For 7/3

July 3, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqi Forces Capable, Confident as Drawdown Advances
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59878
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2010 – One year after U.S. forces withdrew from Iraqi cities, the chief of staff for the 3rd Infantry Division and Task Force Marne said yesterday that Iraqi security forces have proven themselves capable of conducting independent operations.
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Remembering the Fourth of July
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/07/02/remembering-the-fourth-of-july/
Heather Forsgren Weaver, a colleague of mine at American Forces Press Service, is a regular contributor to Family Matters. Heather’s been heavily involved in this blog from the start. She edits, helps write and posts content on a daily basis.
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NCO wins 20K race-walk national championship
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/01/41726-nco-wins-20k-race-walk-national-championship/
DES MOINES, Iowa (Army News Service, July 1, 2010) Staff Sgt. John Nunn won the 20-kilometer race walk June 27 at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships here.
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21 Killed in Shootout Between Drug, Trafficking Gangs Near Arizona Border
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/01/21-killed-in-shootout-between-drug-trafficking-gangs-near-arizona-border/
A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said. The fire fight occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Arizona border, near the city of Nogales, that is considered a prime corridor for immigrant and drug smuggling.
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FBI spent nearly decade pursuing spy suspects in bid to gain counterintelligence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070205569_pf.html
The Russian spy case that exploded into public view this week was preceded by nearly a decade of cat-and-mouse activities with the FBI, according to court documents and an interview with a senior U.S. official familiar with the case.
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‘Cry Wolf,’ the ‘JournoList,’ and Now This: One Of WaPo’s Bloggers Outed As Obama White House Operative. Is Anybody Surprised?
http://bigjournalism.com/wthuston/2010/07/02/cry-wolf-the-journolist-and-now-this-wapo-reveals-one-of-its-bloggers-is-also-an-obama-white-house-operative-is-anybody-surprised/
Ron Brynaert has a story over at his The Raw Story blog that reveals yet another denizen of the Old Media trying to be both a “journalist” and an operative of Barack Obama’s administration. She is Patricia McGinnis, an unpaid advisor at the White House and also one of the contributors to the Post’s “On Leadership” blog.
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Dems refuse compromise to extend unemployment benefits
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress/Dems-refuse-compromise-to-extend-unemployment-benefits-97625324.html
Congress adjourns this week for the July Fourth recess without having passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits to 1.3 million people who started losing them this month.
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Democrats push for new Internet sales taxes
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20009603-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
The halcyon days of tax-free Internet shopping will, if Rep. Bill Delahunt gets his way, soon be coming to an abrupt end. Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced a bill on Thursday that would rewrite the ground rules for Internet and mail order sales by eliminating the option for many Americans to shop over the Internet without paying state sales taxes.
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Feds accused of ‘colluding’ on ‘booze-gate’ explanations
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=174069
The Pentagon has been accused of coordinating with staff officials for members of Congress on what to release to the public under federal Freedom of Information Act demands for information about a “booze-gate” scandal in which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent $101,000 in taxpayer money for “in-flight” services, including food and alcohol.
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Court: Regulation of free speech stops here!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=174137
A federal court has ruled unconstitutional an attempt by New Mexico politicians to regulate the political free speech of activists working to hold their elected officials accountable to the people.
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Illinois Stops Paying Its Bills, but Can’t Stop Digging Hole
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/business/economy/03illinois.html?_r=1&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065
CHICAGO — Even by the standards of this deficit-ridden state, Illinois’s comptroller, Daniel W. Hynes, faces an ugly balance sheet. Precisely how ugly becomes clear when he beckons you into his office to examine his daily briefing memo.
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Mayor Daley lays out strict gun rules for Chicago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_gun_ban
CHICAGO – With the city’s gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States.
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Professional Cat Catcher Frees Trapped Feline
http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12738733
LAS VEGAS – A woman living in the southwest part of the valley has had some restless nights since her cat got out of the house Sunday night. For four nights, her tabby Sammy hid underground in a flood control drainage system. But with the help of a professional cat catcher, Sammy’s ordeal had a happy ending.

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