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News Articles For 2/21

February 21, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them.” Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 78, 1788

101st rock band performs at Salerno, features guest vocalist from TF Duke
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4168-101st-rock-band-performs-at-salerno-features-guest-vocalist-from-tf-duke-.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division rock band, “Nuts!”, performed at Forward Operating Base Salerno Feb. 20.
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Grandma Shares Her Top 10 Deployment Lessons Learned
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2011/02/20/grandma-shares-her-top-10-deployment-lessons-learned/
Family Matters guest blogger, Debbie Nichols, is 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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Oil Rises Most in Three Weeks, Gold Reaches $1,400 on Mideast; Stocks Drop
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-21/oil-gold-gain-asian-stocks-decline-as-tensions-escalate-in-middle-east.html
Oil rose to a two-year high and gold rallied for a sixth day surpassing $1,400 an ounce, as tension in the Middle East escalated. Stocks fell, with Eni SpA leading energy companies with operations in Libya lower.
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Blaze Exclusive: International Anarchists, Socialists and Marxist, Not Average Union Workers, Have a Substance Fueled Rave While Taking Over Wisconsin State Capital
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-international-anarchists-socialists-and-marxist-not-average-union-workers-have-a-substance-fueled-rave-while-taking-over-wisconsin-state-capital/
NOTE: This YouTube clip is 3:03 long.
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Wisconsin union calls on teachers to go to work
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41694906
MADISON, Wisconsin – The head of Wisconsin’s powerful teachers’ union is calling on educators to return to classrooms Monday and Tuesday rather than continue being absent to protest an anti-union bill at the state Capitol.
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Wisconsin Gov. Rejects Unions‘ ’Red Herring’ Compromise
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wisconsin-gov-rejects-unions-red-herring-compromise/
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Governor Scott Walker stressed that his administration is “looking at every option,“ but believes his plan is ”the right thing for Wisconsin.”
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Doctors Hand Out Excuses for Protesters ‘Sick’ of Gov. Walker
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/doctors-hand-out-excuses-for-protesters-sick-of-gov-walker/
Here are a couple other incriminating videos of doctors handing out excuse slips, courtesy our inquisitive Blaze readers. In another YouTube video, one doctor explains how employers cannot crack down on employees’ absences because he is “a licensed physician,“ and that ”all you need is an excuse.”
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Will Media Report This? WI Union Supporter Tries Sabotaging Tea Party Rally Sound System
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2011/02/20/will-media-report-this-wi-union-supporter-tries-sabotaging-tea-party-rally-sound-system/
Yesterday in Wisconsin a union supporter tried ripping cords from the soundboard at the tea party rally. Numerous witnesses describe him as angry; one witness describes on camera how the man tried to push him down when the witness attempted to intervene and stop him.
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Texas poised to pass bill allowing guns on campus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_on_re_us/us_guns_on_campus
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.
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Extremist cleric to lead White House protest calling for Muslims to ‘rise up and establish Islamic state in America’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358792/Anjem-Choudary-lead-White-House-protest-calling-Muslims-rise-up.html
A hardline Muslim cleric who sparked anger across the U.S. with his anti-American comments in a television interview this month is to hold a protest outside the White House.
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12 taxi drivers, fares killed in Mexican resort
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110221/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico – A spate of attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco has left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead, police said Sunday, just hours before the Mexican Open tennis tournament is scheduled to start.
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U.S. offers Tunisia security aid for “model” revolution
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-tunisia-turkey-idUSTRE71K2YE20110221
(Reuters) – Washington has offered Tunisia help in shoring up security following its “model” revolution, U.S. Senator John McCain said Monday. A popular uprising in the North African state last month ended President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s 23 years of rule, sending shock waves through the Arab world and inspiring further revolts, one of which toppled Egypt’s president 10 days ago.
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Government Forces Clash Violently with Iranian Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/government-forces-clash-violently-with-iranian-protesters/
Tens of thousands of democracy activists took to the streets of Tehran today chanting “death to the Dictator” and calling for an end to their Ayatollah-led “religious dictatorship.”
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Khamenei – US must be removed from Islamic world
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/20/khamenei-us-must-be-removed-from-islamic-world/
There are new reports that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling on Muslims to “remove” the United States from the Islamic world. “The main problem in the Muslim world is the presence of the United States. It is the biggest problem. We need to address that,” he told a gathering of Shiite and Sunni scholars in Tehran for an international conference on Islam.
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Iran warships to begin Suez Canal passage Tuesday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110221/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_iran_warships
CAIRO – Suez Canal officials say two Iranian naval vessels are expected to start their passage through the strategic waterway early Tuesday. Canal officials say the ships are expected to pay a fee of $290,000 for the crossing. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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Israel Weighs ‘Gravity’ of Iranian Ships Set to Transit Suez
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israel-weighs-gravity-of-iranian-ships-set-to-transit-suez/
CAIRO (AP) — Iran‘s first attempt in decades to send warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Europe’s — and NATO’s — southern flank could further destabilize the Middle East, a region already reeling from an unprecedented wave of anti-government rebellions.
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On the run: Gaddafi flees Tripoli as protesters set the Libyan parliament building alight
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358972/Libya-protests-Gaddafi-flees-Tripoli-parliament-building-set-alight.html
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have fled the capital Tripoli after anti-government demonstrators breached the state television building and set government property alight.
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Reports of 200 Dead: Libyan Forces Open Fire on Mourners at Funeral for Slain Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reports-of-200-dead-libyan-forces-open-fire-on-mourners-at-funeral-for-slain-protesters/
CAIRO (AP/THE BLAZE) — Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry.
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Moroccan protesters call for curbs on king’s powers and end to corruption
http://www.france24.com/en/20110220-moroccan-protesters-call-for-curbs-king-powers-reform
REUTERS – At least 2,000 protesters gathered in a square in Morocco’s capital on Sunday to demand that King Mohammed give up some of his powers and clamp down on government corruption. Some people in the crowd were waving Tunisian and Egyptian flags, a recognition of the popular uprisings there.
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Riot police crack down on protesters in Algiers
http://www.france24.com/en/20110219-riot-police-clubs-anti-regime-demonstrators-algiers-algeria-bouteflika
Algerian riot police used batons to disperse protesters trying to organise an anti-regime rally in a central square of the capital on Saturday. An opposition deputy wounded in the clashes is in hospital and is thought to be in a coma, his party said.
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Report: Dozens of Chinese Activists in Jasmine Revolution Go Missing, Detained
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-dozens-of-chinese-activists-in-jasmine-revolution-go-missing-detained/
BEIJING – Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a concerted show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a “Jasmine Revolution” apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.
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Smart Dictators Don’t Quash the Internet
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657704576150653606688990.html
The tragic death of Khaled Said—the 28-year-old who in June 2010 was dragged from an Internet cafe in Alexandria and beaten by the Egyptian police—was the event that galvanized young Egyptians, pushing them to share their grievances on Facebook.
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Get ready for a ‘global Katrina’: Biggest ever solar storm could cause power cuts which last for MONTHS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359136/Global-Katrina-Biggest-solar-storm-cause-power-cuts-MONTHS.html
The world is overdue a ferocious ‘space storm’ that could knock out communications satellites, ground aircraft and trigger blackouts – causing hundreds of billions of pounds of damage, scientists say.
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Traveling cowboys rescue fallen carriage horse on Beale Street
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/feb/19/traveling-cowboys-rescue-fallen-carriage-horse-bea/
When a carriage horse fell into a little trouble on Beale Street, some out-of-town visitors who happened upon the scene were uniquely qualified to offer help. As it turned out, they were cowboys.

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News Articles For 10/7

October 7, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Dozens of Taliban killed as war enters 10th year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101007/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Airstrikes and ground operations by NATO and Afghan troops killed dozens of insurgents, including a senior Taliban leader who spearheaded attacks against security forces, the alliance said Thursday as the war in Afghanistan entered its 10th year.
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FOB raises $6k for wounded warriors, cancer survivors
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3420-fob-raises-6k-for-wounded-warriors-cancer-survivors.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A mix of civilians and military members deployed to Forward Operation Base Wright, next to the town of Asadabad in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, came together to help raise more than $6,000 for wounded warriors and cancer survivors Sept. 25.
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Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859204575525991305561822.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
SCIO, N.Y.—Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him.
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Elmendorf couple presented O’Malley Award in Pentagon ceremony
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123225144
10/5/2010 – SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) — The commander of the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and his wife received the 2010 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O’Malley Award Oct. 4 at a ceremony in the Pentagon. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the award and Sharon O’Malley Burg made a special presentation.
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General’s Wife Creates ‘Virtual Installations’
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/10/06/generals-wife-creates-virtual-installations/
Laura Stultz is the wife of Army Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve. In this blog, Mrs. Stultz writes about starting the Army Strong Community Centers as ‘virtual installations’ to help military families who don’t live near bases.
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A Salute: Take a Few Minutes Please
http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/10/06/a-salute-take-a-few-minutes-please/
Green Beret Staff Sgt. Robert Miller, RIP, will receive the Medal of Honor shortly (1:45 EST) in the White House. His parents are accepting the award on his behalf. We all need to take a few moments to honor this amazing young man. Here is what he did.
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Face of Defense: Civilian Opts for Deployment to Iraq
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61178
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2010 – After 33 years of service as a government civilian, Barbara Eberly easily could have called it a day. She could have let her career wind down and looked ahead to ticking off the peaceful days in her small-town home in Pennsylvania.
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Food Stamp Recipients at Record 41.8 Million Americans in July, U.S. Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-05/food-stamp-recipients-at-record-41-8-million-americans-in-july-u-s-says.html
The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 41.8 million in July as the jobless rate hovered near a 27-year high, the government said.
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Fed Officials Mull Inflation as a Fix
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704689804575536391713801732.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
The Federal Reserve spent the past three decades getting inflation low and keeping it there. But as the U.S. economy struggles and flirts with the prospect of deflation, some central bank officials are publicly broaching a controversial idea: lifting inflation above the Fed’s informal target.
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Oil hits 5-month high on dollar, French strike
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69541420101007
(Reuters) – Oil rose above $84 a barrel on Thursday to a five-month high as expectations of further U.S. monetary easing weighed on the dollar and a French oil port strike disrupted supplies.
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Gold hits record, set for best week in six months
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6960OM20101007
LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Gold rose to a third successive record high on Thursday, putting it on track for its strongest weekly performance in six months, as expectations for the Federal Reserve to prop up the economy undermined the dollar.
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McDonald’s, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2010-10-07-healthlaw07_ST_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Nearly a million workers won’t get a consumer protection in the U.S. health reform law meant to cap insurance costs because the government exempted their employers.
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Perry seeks Calderon help in probe
http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/apnewsbreak-perry-seeks-calderon-help-in-probe-955026.html
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he has asked Mexico’s president to call him in the next 48 hours to say that the body of an American reportedly shot to death on a border lake has been recovered.
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Panel: Gov’t thwarted worst-case scenario on spill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_2
WASHINGTON – The White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could have been. That finding comes from a panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the worst offshore oil spill in history.
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Democratic Congressman: National Debt is a ‘Myth’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/democratic-congressman-national-debt-is-a-myth/
NOTE: This is a 28 second clip from C-SPAN of Representative Phil Hare from the 17th District of Illinois.
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EPA: Regs Would Only Reduce Temps by 0.0015 Degrees While Slowing Business ‘For Years’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/epa-regs-would-only-reduce-temps-by-0-0015-degrees-while-slowing-business-for-years/
The EPA has admitted that tough new greenhouse gas regulations will “slow construction nationwide for years,” while only reducing global temperatures by 0.0015 of a degree Celsius, CNSNews.com reports.
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Another One: Climate Change Ad Features Young Girl in a Noose
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/another-one-climate-change-ad-features-young-girl-in-a-noose/
It seems gruesome images of children in trouble are popular marketing tools in the environmental movement. Last week the climate change group 10:10 released a propaganda video featuring exploding children. But before that, the group ACT-Responsible featured an equally disturbing photo of a young girl in a noose.
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Hacked Voting System Stored Accessible Password, Encryption Key
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/voting-system-hacked/
An internet-based voting system that was hacked last week by researchers at the University of Michigan stored its database username, password and encryption key on a server open to attack.
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U.S. Urged to Lift Immunity for Criminal Conduct at the U.N.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-urged-lift-immunity-criminal-conduct
(CNSNews.com) – An American employee of the United Nations says she cannot understand how the U.S. court system can allow the U.N. to be “above the law.” The comment follows a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear her case alleging sexual harassment by a top U.N. official.
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Euro rises above $1.40 for first time in 8 months
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9IMSD8G0&show_article=1
PARIS (AP) – The euro is above $1.40 for the first time in eight months after comments by the International Monetary Fund fueled fears of a currency war and the European Central Bank warned against excess volatility.
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Cuba, Bahamas push ahead with offshore oil plans
http://classic.cnbc.com/id/39545447
By Jeff Franks HAVANA, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Plans in Cuba and neighboring Bahamas to develop offshore oil fields may open big new oil frontiers at the doorstep of the United States, but the Cuban project has sparked opposition in next-door Florida reflecting the usual antagonistic U.S.-Cuba politics.
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Pakistan doesn’t reopen border despite US apology
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101007/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Thursday it has not decided when to reopen a key border crossing NATO uses to ship supplies to Afghanistan despite a U.S. apology for a helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers.
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Yemen arrests 7 suspects in attack on UK diplomat
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101007/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_britain
SAN’A, Yemen – Yemeni authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of seven suspects in the attack on the motorcade of the British embassy’s No. 2 — all from an area in the capital that has become synonymous with militancy.
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Chinese missile test
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/6/inside-the-ring-488593726/
China recently conducted a long-range missile flight test that remains shrouded in secrecy. The Sept. 25 test highlights what China military specialists say is the growing threat posed by Beijing’s development of long- and short-range ballistic and cruise missiles, and its new missile defense interceptors.
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Israel on war alert
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=212197
JERUSALEM – Israel is on heightened alert for possible attacks by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization in Lebanon, according to a senior Israeli defense official speaking to WND.
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Iran Maintains an Information-Warfare Front—it’s Called Hezbollah
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/10/06/iran-maintains-an-information-warfare-frontits-called-hezbollah/
Lee Smith writes over at Tablet Magazine about Hezbollah’s role in information-warfare: Hassan Nasrallah (shown above), Hezbollah’s general secretary, is credited by many Arabs and Westerners, including his adversaries, as among the greatest of all modern Arab statesmen and warriors, a man of probity and honor.
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‘Russia to pay Iran $800m. for S-300 cancellation’
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=190552&R=R1
Russia will pay Iran $800 million to compensate for canceling the delivery of S-300 missile systems, Sergei Chemezov, head of state-controlled conglomerate Russian Technologies told Reuters on Thursday.
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Samaritan Hero: God ‘Put Me Here’ to Rescue Girl
http://www.gnn.com/article/samaritan-hero-god-put-me-here-to-rescue/1316119
(Oct. 6) — The California man who helped rescue an 8-year-old girl abducted outside her Fresno home says he is grateful he was able to intervene, but doesn’t feel he did anything out of the ordinary.

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News Articles For 10/5

October 5, 2010 — Operation Rooster

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

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News Articles For 9/16

September 16, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Pursue Enemy Fighters, Leaders
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60872
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – Afghan and coalition forces continued their pursuit of enemy fighters, leaders and facilitators in several recent operations, military officials reported.
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Officials Unveil Pentagon POW/MIA Exhibit
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60875
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – Defense Department officials today dedicated a portion of the Pentagon to military prisoners of war and troops missing in action, honoring one of the military’s guiding principles: Never leave a comrade behind.
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Team Kunar pulls together to save Soldier’s life
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3306-team-kunar-pulls-together-to-save-soldiers-life.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of three units stationed at Forward Operating Base Wright here came together Sept. 15 to donate 13 units of a specific blood type necessary to save a badly wounded Soldier’s life.
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Military Working to Stop Suicides, Mullens Say
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/09/15/military-working-to-stop-suicides-mullens-say/
Nearly a decade of war is taking its toll on our military families. Military suicides have more than doubled in the Army, and exceeded the national average over the past five years.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Trades Desk for Machine Gun
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60878
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2010 – His position was under heavy enemy fire when a round hit Army Pfc. Jonathan B. Burson in the chest. “It was almost surreal,” the 28-year-old gunner said. “I could feel the fragments of the bullet hit my face.”
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Beck & D‘Souza Explain ’The Roots of Obama‘s Rage’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-dsouza-explain-the-roots-of-obamas-rage/
When I first posted about Dinesh D‘Souza’s article in Forbes, “How Obama Thinks,“ I noted his observation that ”there has been virtually no reporting“ about ”an important article” written by President Obama’s father.
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Obama Keeps Promise: USDA Gives $630 Million to Farmers
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/usda-distributes-election-year-farm-aid/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is making good on an election-year promise to Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln to give millions of dollars in aid to farmers who lost crops due to weather.
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Obama goes on incredible $192 million splurge-fest
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=203989
House Republicans are collecting photos from citizens showing how the Obama administration is using nearly $200 million in taxpayer money to plaster every possible highway with signs touting how stimulus cash is “Putting America to Work” with infrastructure projects.
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Gold hits record high near $1,278
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100916/bs_afp/commoditiesgoldmetalsprice_20100916115505
LONDON (AFP) – The price of gold struck an all-time high close to 1,278 dollars an ounce in trading here on Thursday. Gold hit a record 1,277.90 dollars an ounce at 12:30 pm (1130 GMT) on the London Bullion Market..
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Elmo, Internet Czar & FCC Work to Redistribute Wealth With Free Broadband
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/elmo-internet-czar-fcc-work-to-redistribute-wealth-with-free-broadband/
“Elmo is tired of buffering.”
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Senate could pass small-business bill Thursday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100916/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Thursday could pass a long-stalled measure that would boost lending to small businesses, giving President Barack Obama’s Democrats one of their last chances to show voters they are working to revive the sluggish economy.
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Shock Audio: Facing ‘Obligations’ From Leadership, Democrat Congresswoman Leaves Voicemail for Lobbyist Cash
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/09/15/shock-audio-facing-obligations-from-leadership-democrat-house-member-puts-the-squeeze-on-lobbyist/
A couple weeks ago, House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton made a fundraising call to a lobbyist. The lobbyist wasn’t available, so Holmes Norton left a voicemail. We have been given a copy of that message. The audio is below.
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State tracked, reported on constitutionally protected protests
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=203953
The state of Pennsylvania has been paying a private contractor to spy on non-threatening protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, and then report on them to officials and corporate executives, and Gov. Ed Rendell says he’s embarrassed by the situation.
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Health Insurers Seeking Rate Hikes Of More Than 20 Percent In Connecticut
http://www.ctnow.com/health/hc-health-insurance-rate-hike-0914-20100914,0,5611833.story
Health insurers are asking for immediate rate hikes of more than 20 percent in Connecticut for some plans, citing rising medical costs and federal health reform laws as reasons.
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Ohio Town Won’t Allow Tea Party to Celebrate U.S. Constitution in Town Square
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75299
(CNSNews.com) – Local officials in Ohio’s Andover Township have denied the use of their public square for a celebration of Constitution Day because of the “political affiliation” of its organizers.
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US: Time may come for special nuke probe of Syria
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=188313&R=R1
At IAEA meeting, Iranian official says reported Israeli strike on Syrian nuclear facility 3 years ago is the “real issue,” claims Damascus has fallen victim to a “vicious circle of endless questions and allegations.”
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Turkey seeks closer trade ties with Iran
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmOq70-2puCR_WSqvn3FTDh9UL7wD9I92CL00
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister on Thursday said his country was seeking closer commercial ties with Iran and aims to triple trade volumes in the next five years while still respecting the limits set by UN sanctions.
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Nurse Revives High School Football Player After Heart Stops
http://www.gnn.com/article/nurse-lisa-lyver-revives-high-school/1271718
(Sept. 14) — Moments after scoring the winning touchdown for Oregon’s Central Catholic at Friday night’s game, young No. 21 Hayward Demison collapsed on the sidelines, the victim of an undiagnosed heart condition.

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News Articles For 9/14

September 14, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Coalition, Afghan Forces Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60828
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2010 – Coalition and Afghan forces disrupted numerous Taliban compounds throughout Afghanistan in recent days, detaining dozens of insurgent suspects and killing several in firefights, military officials reported.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Hobby Boosts Performance
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60817
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2010 – An 8th Security Forces Squadron airman here has found an off-duty activity that helps him develop his leadership skills while achieving an ultimate personal goal.
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US Missile Strike Kills 10 in Northwest Pakistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/US-Missile-Strike-Kills-10-in-Northwest-Pakistan-102856994.html
Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike has killed at least 10 militants in the country’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. The officials say a series of missiles fired from a drone aircraft Tuesday struck a militant compound in the Shawal district of North Waziristan.
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Gold Prices Surge, Top $1,270
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10860015/1/gold-prices-surge-higher-top-1260.html
NEW YORK (TheStreet ) — Gold prices were popping Tuesday as investors turned to gold as safe-haven asset after a slew of disappointing economic data.
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IMF fears ‘social explosion’ from world jobs crisis
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/8000561/IMF-fears-social-explosion-from-world-jobs-crisis.html
America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk “an explosion of social unrest” unless they tread carefully, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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20 States Prepare for Day in Court Against Health Care Law
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/13/states-prepare-day-court-health-care-law/?test=latestnews
PENSACOLA, Florida — The Obama administration will try to persuade a federal judge Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit by 20 states that claim the president’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional.
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DOJ Inspector General to Investigate Obama Administration’s Voting Rights Record
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/doj-inspector-general-to-investigate-obama-administrations-voting-rights-record/
In a letter to members of Congress today, Veteran Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine announced he will be investigating the Obama administration‘s enforcement of civil rights laws in the DOJ’s Voting Section office.
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Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on African Genital-Washing Program
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75198
(CNSNews.com) – The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spent $823,200 of economic stimulus funds in 2009 on a study by a UCLA research team to teach uncircumcised African men how to wash their genitals after having sex.
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Obama Paid $18k to Monitor ‘Negative’ Coverage of Oil Spill
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-administration-hired-media-guru-to-monitor-negative-coverage-of-oil-spill-response/
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government hired a New Orleans man for $18,000 to appraise whether news stories about its actions in the Gulf oil spill were positive or negative for the Obama administration, which was keenly sensitive to comparisons between its response and former President George W. Bush’s much-maligned reaction to Hurricane Katrina.
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Lookout! Government peering at you with X-rays on highway
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=202853
A plain white van moving through traffic on a busy thoroughfare looks like a delivery vehicle, making a run to a local business. It could be any plain white van in any American city.
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American Rancher X – Part 1
http://bigpeace.com/pdollard/2010/09/14/american-rancher-x-part-1/
I remember using the Jeep Cherokee’s door for cover, moving fast, hunched over, running zig-zag from tree to boulder to tree for cover, instinctively, as if I was still in the sniper hell of Ramadi.
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Mexican Police Probe Juarez Car Bomb Plot
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/13/mexican-police-probe-juarez-car-bomb-plot/
Mexican authorities are investigating who was responsible for a car bomb found in Ciudad Juarez and later disarmed with a controlled explosion by federal police.
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China diverting U.S. military technology to Iran
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=202837
As Obama administration policymakers press to liberalize U.S. export controls to placate the U.S. defense industry and make higher levels of technology more accessible to China, U.S. intelligence has determined that China in fact is acquiring U.S. “militarily critical” technology for Iran’s military and nuclear programs, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Iran releases American woman
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-releases-american-woman-2078967.html
The lawyer of an American woman detained in Iran says she has been released from custody but is still in the prison finalising details. The lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, says Sarah Shourd “has been released and she has to go through the formalities inside the prison.”
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Associate of Ground Zero Imam Is a 9/11 ‘Truther’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/associate-of-ground-zero-imam-is-a-911-truther/
A founding member of an organization run by imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the lead protagonist for the proposed Cordoba mosque near Ground Zero, has made claims that the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were an “inside job” and that Muslims have been falsely and improperly made into scapegoats.
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Stakelbeck on Terror: Inside al Qaeda with Former Terrorist, bin Laden Associate Noman Benotman.
http://bigpeace.com/estakelbeck/2010/09/13/stakelbeck-on-terror-inside-al-qaeda-with-former-terrorist-bin-laden-associate-noman-benotman/
A few months back, I traveled to London, where I interviewed a veritable who’s who of the city’s most notorious Islamic radicals and wanted terrorists (see my reports here, here and here). But perhaps my most fascinating interview on that trip was my lengthy conversation with a man who has actually renounced violent jihad—at least, of the “offensive” variety.
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Officer, security guard honored for stopping armed soldier
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12407323
SALT LAKE CITY — On Aug. 27, a Salt Lake City police officer stopped what could have been a disaster. He fatally shot a heavily-armed soldier outside of the Grand America Hotel, whom investigators believe had a deadly plan.

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News Articles For 8/4

August 4, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqi Forces Arrest 11 Terrorism Suspects
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60292
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 11 terrorism suspects in operations around Iraq yesterday, military officials reported. In Baqouba, Iraqi forces working with U.S. advisors pursuing a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member who allegedly is involved in assassinations, kidnappings, insurgent financing, and mortar and bomb attacks arrested eight suspected criminal associates of the wanted man.
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ISF arrest suspected AQI leader, criminal associate
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-leader-criminal-associate
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader and one criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted near Dugmat Village in northern Iraq today.
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Tip Leads Afghan Soldiers to Enemy Weapons
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60293
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2010 – A tip from local residents led Afghan soldiers working with coalition partners to several enemy weapons stockpiles in Afghanistan’s Herat province yesterday, military officials reported.
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Combined operation secures Nuristan villages
http://www.cjtf101.com/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3083-combined-operation-secures-nuristan-villages.html
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army soldiers, with support from their coalition force partners, executed ground attacks on the towns of Bachancha and Badmuk Aug. 2, clearing them of Taliban fighters and disrupting insurgent operations throughout the region.
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Winning Big at Special Olympics National Summer Games
http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/08/winning-big-at-special-olympics-national-summer-games/
LCDR Jason Smith was one of over 3,000 athletes to compete last month in Lincoln Neb., in the Special Olympics National Summer Games. His team, the DC Scandals, proved an indomitable force in the bocce competition in the Unified Sports program, winning two gold medals and one silver medal in team and doubles competitions.
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CSAF: Legacy of Tuskegee Airmen lives on in today’s Airmen
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123215985
8/2/2010 – SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) — The red jackets of the Tuskegee Airmen remain as distinctive today as the red tail markings on the aircraft they flew during World War II. And their legacy — the influence they’ve had on Air Force operations, past and present — leaves an even more indelible mark.
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‘Real Warrior’ Loses Leg, Gains New Perspective
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60302
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2010 – With a combat escort at front and rear, Army Maj. Ed Pulido drove a sport utility vehicle into an area of Iraq known as “IED Alley” on his way to Kirkuk from a base northwest of Baghdad.
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Face of Defense: Guardsman Helps Afghan Farmers
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60283
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Aug. 3, 2010 – For Army Sgt. John Larsen, a hydrologist with the Missouri National Guard, going to Afghanistan for a year to improve that nation’s ability to feed its people is a calling.
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Hackers Target Power Plants and Critical Infrastructure
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/08/04/hackers-target-power-plants-and-critical-infrastructure/
U.S. government officials say computer hackers are targeting power plants and other critical infrastructure around the world, apparently in hopes of being able to at some point seize control of operations in a targeted attack on the infrastructure.
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Left-leaning news reporters linked to Bill Ayers, Dohrn
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=187505
Among the individuals who were part of the controversial JournoList e-mail group were activists who served on an editorial board alongside Weather Underground terror group founders William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, WND has learned.
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Does Constitution put Supremes in charge of immigration?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=187529
Two experts in the U.S. Constitution say it’s in the fine print, but the U.S. Justice Department’s use of a federal courtroom in Arizona to challenge the state’s decision to protect its own citizens by beginning enforcement of federal law probably is appropriate.
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Show Me State Shows Obamacare the Door — In a Rout!
http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/08/03/show-me-state-shows-obamacare-the-door-in-a-rout/
Over 70% of voters reject the democrat’s nationalized health care plan. WOW! The Show Me State showed Obamacare the door tonight. Over 70% of Missouri voters rejected Obamacare by passing Prop c. It’s too bad local KMOV St. Louis Channel 4 could not find any one who voted for the proposition.
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How Texas Is Dominating the Recession
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/07/how-texas-is-dominating-the-recession/60721
SAN ANTONIO, TX — No state is thriving in the wake of the Great Recession. But compared to the rest of the country, Texas is experiencing something like an economic boom.
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Calif. campaign watchdog eyes new Internet rules
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/02/state/n000138D58.DTL#ixzz0vUjXbImN
Politicians’ tweets and status updates should be held to the same standards as paid advertising that voters see on television, hear on radio or find in their mailboxes, California’s campaign watchdog agency says in a report being released Monday.
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FBI Webpage Highlights Similarities Between al Qaeda and Cartels
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/08/03/fbi-webpage-highlights-similarities-between-al-qaeda-and-cartels/
An FBI webpage quoted an agent calling Mexico’s drug cartels more violent than al Qaeda — a comment sure to grab attention, but which doesn’t tell the whole story, the agency said.
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China seeks to widen gold market
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49c6bbac-9f2a-11df-8732-00144feabdc0.html
China has moved to liberalise its gold market further, increasing the number of banks allowed to trade bullion internationally and announcing measures that will encourage development of gold-linked investment products.
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Israel Attacked!! Lebanon Ambushes Israeli Positions: Media Butchers
http://bigpeace.com/jdunetz/2010/08/04/israel-attacked-lebanon-ambushes-israeli-positions-media-butchers/
Earlier yesterday Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) ambushed an IDF position in Israeli territory along the Lebanese border in northern Israel. Coordinated with the United Nations Peacekeeping troops (UNIFIL), the IDF forces were cutting down a tree that obstructed its view of Lebanese movements.
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al-Qaeda Linked Group Says It Attacked Japanese Supertanker
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/08/03/al-qaeda-linked-group-says-it-attacked-japanese-supertanker/
An al Qaeda linked militant group is now claiming a suicide bomber from its organization was responsible for an attack on a Japanese supertanker last week in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran says explosion near president just fireworks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hX0-9bOXf3nvsrOxKAPUfzTWzpwQD9HCNF9O0
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official news agency said Wednesday that an explosion near the president’s convoy was just an excited fan setting off fireworks, denying earlier reports of an assassination attempt.
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Singer Jimmy Wayne Completes 7-Month, 1,700-Mile Walk
http://www.gnn.com/article/singer-jimmy-wayne-completes-7-month/1194350
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 2) — Country singer Jimmy Wayne can finally put his feet up. He arrived in Phoenix on Sunday with a broken foot after walking approximately 1,700 miles over the past seven months. A high school marching band and dozens of fans walked with Wayne down the home stretch as he approached his destination at HomeBase Youth Services.

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News Articles For 7/19

July 19, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Hundreds of Iraqi workers get certified

http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/hundreds-of-iraqi-workers-get-certified

JOINT BASE BALAD – More than 400 local Iraqi workers received skills certificates from the Miran Village Co. certifying them as professional welders, carpenters or painters during a ceremony here, July 6.
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Health Care Bill Inserts Tracking of Gold and Silver Coin Purchases
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/105/615/Health_Care_Bill_Inserts_Tracking_of_Gold_and_Silver_Coin_Purchases.html
Remember the manufactured outrage and criticism leveled at the Bush administration over international wiretaps of terror suspects? Every leftist front group imaginable — from the ACLU to PETA — screeched of constitutional crises and White House imperialism.
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Obama’s Christianity Requires Him to Politically Redistribute White America’s Wealth
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/43036/
All right. So I always want to lay this case out for you. Now the so called religious are coming out and they are spending money on that ad campaign, running it around the country to smear me and to separate me from Christians.
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Spending showdown looms as Reid clears deck for energy reform bill
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/109451-spending-showdown-looms-as-reid-clears-deck-for-energy-reform
Senate and House Democrats are headed for a clash this week over funding for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) races to clear the schedule for a long-awaited energy reform legislation.
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A hidden world, growing beyond control
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/
The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
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Clinton unveils $500 million in new aid for Pakistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38304435/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to convince skeptical Pakistanis that American interest in their country extends beyond the fight against Islamist militants by announcing a raft of new aid projects worth $500 million.
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U.S. Citizen Believed Writing for al Qaeda Website
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/18/u-s-citizen-believed-writing-for-al-qaeda-website/
A senior U.S. law enforcement official has told CNN that U.S. intelligence believes the principal author of the new online al Qaeda magazine is an American citizen who left for Yemen in October 2009.
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Soros-funded group wants feds to probe talk radio
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=180009
A George Soros-funded, Marxist-founded organization with close ties to the White House has urged the Federal Communications Commission to investigate talk radio and cable news for “hate speech.”
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Judge orders Iowa sheriff to complete course on Constitution after concealed-carry denial
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/18/judge-orders-iowa-sheriff-to-complete-course-on-constitution-after-concealed-carry-denial/
Here’s a lighter story for fans of McDonald and Heller, and perhaps a reminder of just how much gun rights have become mainstream. A week ago, a federal judge in Iowa ordered Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber to take an in-depth course on the US Constitution after overturning his decision to deny Paul Dorr a concealed-carry permit.
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Why the silence from The Post on Black Panther Party story?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071604081_pf.html
Thursday’s Post reported about a growing controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to scale down a voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party. The story succinctly summarized the issues but left many readers with a question: What took you so long?
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Roads to Ruin: Towns Rip Up the Pavement
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913304575370950363737746.html
SPIRITWOOD, N.D.—A hulking yellow machine inched along Old Highway 10 here recently in a summer scene that seemed as normal as the nearby corn swaying in the breeze. But instead of laying a blanket of steaming blacktop, the machine was grinding the asphalt road into bits.
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Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico – The gunmen did not say a word as they jumped from their cars and stormed the private party. They simply opened fire. When they were done, 17 people lay dead and 18 wounded.
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Arrests Shed Light on Mexico Border Kidnapping Operation
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/18/arrests-shed-light-on-mexico-border-kidnapping-operation/
The bedraggled immigrants were picking their way through the boulders and scrub when a group of heavily armed men descended on them just short of the California- Mexico border. They corralled them in a cave and pointed their guns on the 10 men and one woman.
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Ireland’s credit rating downgraded by Moody’s
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0719/breaking7.html
Credit agency Moody’s has downgraded Ireland’s government bond ratings to Aa2, blaming banking liabilities, weak growth prospects and a substantial increase in the debt to GDP ratio.
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Cameron Raids Dormant U.K. Accounts as Minister Attacks Banks
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-18/cameron-raids-dormant-u-k-accounts-while-minister-attacks-rip-off-banks.html
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to use “hundreds of millions of pounds” from dormant bank accounts to fund community projects, while Business Secretary Vince Cable said lenders “ripped off” customers.
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Quebec plane crash survivor hailed as hero
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/07/18/qu-plane-crash.html
One of the two survivors of the plane crash that killed four people in northern Quebec on Friday is being hailed as a hero. Simon Bernier, 15, suffered only minor injuries when the float plane taking him and his family on a fishing trip hit the side of a mountain near Chute-des-Passes, Que., on Friday afternoon. The densely wooded area is about 230 kilometres north of Chicoutimi.

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News Articles For 7/12

July 12, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Suspected AQI member, five alleged associates arrested by ISF
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/-suspected-aqi-member-five-alleged-associates-arrested-by-isf
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested one suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and five alleged criminal associates during two separate joint security operations conducted in northern Iraq today.
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ISF arrest 2 alleged AQI criminal associates during operations
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-2-alleged-aqi-criminal-associates-during-operations
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two alleged Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during two separate joint security operations conducted in Iraq today.
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ISF arrest suspected Khata’ib Hizballah criminal associate
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/-isf-arrest-suspected-khataib-hizballah-criminal-associate
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested one suspected Khata’ib Hizballah (KH) criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted in north Baghdad today.
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‘Smile Train’ returns to help Iraqi kids
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/smile-train-returns-to-help-iraqi-kids
COB ADDER — A groggy little boy looks up from his mother’s lap. The presence of American Soldiers in his room is certainly not expected. His face brightens a bit after he and his mother receive small bags of treats from the Americans.
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Assisting residents increases trust in IA
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/assisting-residents-increases-trust-in-ia
BAGHDAD – Colorful bags emblazoned with cartoon characters such as Winnie the Pooh and Barbie sat in a small, beat-up metal trailer, reflecting the early morning sun; a colorful contrast to the sweat dripping from under the dusty helmets of Soldiers working nearby.
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PRT assists local government with humanitarian aid
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/2997-prt-assists-local-government-with-humanitarian-aid.html
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team assisted with the delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance and supplies to flood victims in the Heserak and Beshood districts of Nangarhar Province June 27 and July 7.
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Doctors Threaten to Pull Out of Texas Medicaid
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Doctors-Threaten-to-Pull-Out-of-Texas-Medicaid-98202569.html
Cuts to fees paid doctors in the state health care program for low-income Texans is raising fears that already declining physician participation will fall further.
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Terrorists Recruiting New Members In US Prisons – Report
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/11/terrorists-recruiting-recruiting-in-us-prisons-report/
You’ve heard their names: alQaida, Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban and Islamic Jihad. What most haven’t heard is that these terrorist organizations are setting up shop in U.S. and Latin American prisons under the guise of ministry. Counterfeit chaplains are converting prisoners to an extreme form of Islam with an eye to cultivate terroristic saboteurs and martyrs willing to wrap themselves in explosives and detonate on Main Street U.S.A.
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Obama’s debt commission warns of fiscal ‘cancer’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/11/AR2010071101956_pf.html
BOSTON — The co-chairmen of President Obama’s debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation’s fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer “that will destroy the country from within” unless checked by tough action in Washington.
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Secret gold swap has spooked the market
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7884272/Secret-gold-swap-has-spooked-the-market.html
It takes a lot to spook the solid old gold market. But when it emerged last week that one or more banks had lent 380 tonnes of gold to the Bank of International Settlements in return for foreign currencies, there was widespread surprise and confusion.
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Crisis Awaits World’s Banks as Trillions Come Due
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/business/global/12refinance.html
FRANKFURT — The sovereign debt crisis would seem to create worry enough for European banks, but there is another gathering threat that has not garnered as much notice: the trillions of dollars in short-term borrowing that institutions around the world must repay or roll over in the next two years.
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Governors Voice Grave Concerns on Immigration
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/us/politics/12governors.html?_r=1&partner=MYWAY&ei=5065
BOSTON — In a private meeting with White House officials this weekend, Democratic governors voiced deep anxiety about the Obama administration’s suit against Arizona’s new immigration law, worrying that it could cost a vulnerable Democratic Party in the fall elections.
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Russia says Iran close to nuclear weapons
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWLA813120100712
July 12 (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.
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Russia considers stronger powers for KGB’s successor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100624/wl_csm/310435
Moscow – A pair of draft laws making their way through Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, may soon greatly expand the powers and prerogatives of Russia’s FSB security service, the former KGB.
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Fidel Castro to appear on Cuban television and radio
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66B1OP20100712
(Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has lived in seclusion since falling ill four years ago, will appear on Cuban television and radio on Monday evening to discuss his theory that the world is on the verge of nuclear war, the Communist Party newspaper Granma said in its Monday online edition.
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Motorcycle ride remembers officers killed in the line of duty
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=139598
CLEVELAND — More than a thousand bikers gathered in the Greater Cleveland area for the 11th annual Police Memorial Motorcycle Rally. The group started in Bedford Heights, and made stops in Akron and Parma before visiting the memorial in Cleveland.
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The Most Unusual Metro In The World
http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/05/24/the-most-unusual-metro-in-the-world/
Once we had a story about some personal railway, no another Russian hero Leonid Murlyanchik has been building his metro alone since 1984. All materials are bought for his retired fee. Construction is not over yet. By the way Leonid has all necessary documents and permits for this metro.

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News Articles For 6/10

June 10, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Suspected AQI leader arrested in west Mosul
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/suspected-aqi-leader-arrested-in-west-mosul
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) leader during a joint security operation in west Mosul today. ISF and U.S. advisors searched a building for the suspected AQI leader who is allegedly responsible for conducting assassinations against Iraqi judicial and police officials, and has allegedly coordinated improvised explosive device attacks against IS.
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Forces Capture Taliban Commander, Seize Drugs
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59560
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 9, 2010 – Afghan and international forces captured a Taliban commander and other insurgent suspects in Kandahar province yesterday, military officials said.
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Forces from 3 nations deliver school supplies to Sar Hawza students
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/2880-forces-from-3-nations-deliver-school-supplies-to-sar-hawza-students.html
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Although the children sat patiently in their seats, the looks of anticipation were written all over their wide-eyed faces as they eagerly watched security forces from three nations hand out colorful backpacks, June 8.
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Father Contemplates Military Service, Mission
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/06/09/father-contemplates-military-service-mission/
In this guest blog, we feature U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Kevin Wallace’s commentary for Air Force News in which he writes about how he first explained his 2004 deployment to Iraq to his then-3-year-old: “Daddy has to go feed the camels.”
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Taliban hang 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy, suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghanistan wedding
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/10/2010-06-10_taliban_hang_7yearold_boy_accused_of_being_a_spy_suicide_bomber_kills_40_at_afgh.html
A 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy was hanged by Taliban militants, according to published reports Thursday. The child was allegedly put on trial by the militant group and later found guilty of working for Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s government, reports the Daily Mail.
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FBI: Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/09/mexico-tensions-heightened-border-patrol-agent-kills-mexican-teen-near-el-paso/
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Here’s The Real Reason America Refused International Help On The Oil Spill
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-reason-america-refused-international-help-on-the-oil-spill-2010-6#ixzz0qOvqHe6K
Despite the vow by President Obama to keep the Gulf oil spill a top priority until the damage is cleaned up, 50 days after the BP rig exploded, a definitive date and meaningful solution is yet to be determined for the worst oil spill in the U.S. history.
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Barack Obama’s attacks on BP hurting British pensioners
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7815713/Barack-Obamas-attacks-on-BP-hurting-British-pensioners.html
Barack Obama has been accused of holding “his boot on the throat” of British pensioners after his attacks on BP were blamed for wiping billions off the company’s value.
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Bernanke Puzzled by Gold Rally
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/06/09/bernanke-puzzled-by-gold-rally/
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says he’s a bit puzzled by surging gold prices. The 30% rally from a year ago, on top of gains in previous years, might be interpreted as a loud signal from markets that big inflation pressures are building in the U.S. Gold is seen by many investors as a hedge against inflation risk.
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50 Statistics About The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
http://www.businessinsider.com/50-statistics-about-the-us-economy-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe-2010-6
Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most Americans don’t know is how truly desperate the financial situation of the United States really is. The truth is that what we are experiencing is not simply a “downturn” or a “recession”. What we are witnessing is the beginning of the end for the greatest economic machine that the world has ever seen.
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Hillary Clinton’s Misguided (and Dangerous) Statist Advice for Latin America
http://biggovernment.com/dmitchell/2010/06/10/hillary-clintons-misguided-and-dangerous-statist-advice-for-latin-america/
In an amusing coincidence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and I were both in Latin America this week offering fiscal policy advice. But it won’t surprise you to know that Mrs. Clinton’s suggestions are radically different than the advice I provided.
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Barney Frank Ducks C-SPAN
http://article.nationalreview.com/435965/barney-frank-ducks-c-span/stephen-spruiell
After promising that financial-reform negotiations will be televised, he has changed his mind. President Obama’s promise to televise health-care negotiations between the House and Senate “on C-SPAN” went famously unfulfilled, but House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank has adopted it for the upcoming conference-committee hearings on financial reform — at least that’s what he wants you to think.
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Obama’s FEC Set to Override Supreme Court, Strip Filmmakers’ Free Speech Rights
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2010/06/09/obamas-fec-set-to-override-supreme-court-strip-filmmakers-fress-speech-rights/
After the Supreme Court decided against his favored position in 1832, Andrew Jackson supposedly explained, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” The idea was that the judiciary had the power to make pronouncements, but only the executive branch had the power to carry them out.
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Marine Says He Faces Termination for Refusing to Pay Teacher’s Union Fee
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/09/marine-refuses-pay-teacher-union-dues-faces-termination/
A retired U.S. Marine who runs a Massachusetts high school’s ROTC program says he faces termination if he doesn’t pay a $500 union fee by next week, a levy he refuses to pay because he already receives medical and dental benefits from the military.
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Court approves religious symbol in school
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164677
A federal court in New York today extended an order allowing a 13-year-old student to wear a rosary to class through the rest of the school year as he challenges a district ban based on an assumption the beads could be a gang emblem.
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Catholics Mount Campaign to Light Up Empire State Building for Mother Teresa
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Media/empire-state-building-rejects-request-honor-mother-teresa/story?id=10870923
A Catholic group is rallying its troops after it says New York’s Empire State Building “stiffed” Mother Teresa, denying a request to light up the landmark in blue and white lights, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s birth.
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Pence: Obama’s Iran Sanctions Lack Teeth Needed to Stop Rising Dictatorship
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/iran-nuclear-un-sanctions/2010/06/09/id/361565
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called the latest round of United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran “the most significant sanctions that Iran has ever faced.”
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Iran to review relations with UN nuke watchdog
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9G8E8M00&show_article=1
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran said Thursday it will review relations with the U.N. nuclear watchdog a day after the U.N. Security Council approved a fourth round of sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.
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Russia says Iran sanctions do not bar missile deal
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6591FC20100610
June 10 (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that new U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme do not oblige Moscow to scrap a controversial deal to deliver surface-to-air missiles to Iran.
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Hamas, Turkey to work to sue Israel
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3903296,00.html
Justice ministers of Hamas, Turkey, agree to work together to prosecute Israeli officers involved in deadly raid on Gaza flotilla. Meanwhile, Arab League chief to visit Strip next week.
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Probe: Erdogan knew Gaza flotilla would be violent
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/probe-erdogan-knew-gaza-flotilla-would-be-violent-1.295144
Files found on activists’ laptops pointed to strong ties between the Islamist IHH movement and Turkey’s prime minister. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan knew in advance that activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla planned to attack Israeli troops, Israeli intelligence officials have said.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Upends Leftist Stereotypes in Santa Monica
http://biggovernment.com/mrwrestler/2010/06/10/ayaan-hirsi-ali-upends-leftist-stereotypes-in-santa-monica/
On May 24th, at Track 16 Gallery in fashionable Bergamont Station in Santa Monica, CA, dozens of marginal works of art were nearly destroyed by the exploding heads of some of SoCal’s finest and most dogmatic liberals, as a roomful of them were injected with some cognitive dissonance when author Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke.

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News Articles For 6/8

June 8, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqi Forces Target al-Qaida in Mosul, Baghdad
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59514
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Iraqi security forces killed seven al-Qaida in Iraq members and captured three others during June 5 security operations in northern Iraq.
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Afghan, International Forces Kill, Capture Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59518
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Afghan and international forces killed a Taliban commander and other insurgents in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, military officials reported.
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Medal of Honor Recipients Promote Mental-Health Support
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59525
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Twenty-eight Medal of Honor recipients recently launched the “Medal of Honor – Speak Out” campaign to encourage troops struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and other health problems to take advantage of services to help them.
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Nominations Open for Military Family Award
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/06/07/nominations-open-for-military-family-award/
Over the past year, I’ve met some incredible military families. In the Scott family, for instance, all six of Bruce and Mary Scott’s children have joined the military, continuing a long line of military family tradition. I wrote about them in an American Forces Press Service Special Report, “Family Tradition: Scott Children Continue Legacy of Service.”
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Veteran Reflects on Battle of Midway
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53865
NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) — U.S. Navy veteran Francis Fabian remembers where he was 68 years ago during the Battle of Midway. “I was floating in the South Pacific Ocean, for 16 hours, hanging onto a life raft,” said Fabian, of Charlestown, R.I. “There were no sharks, but I remember getting hit on the hand by something in the water. It must have been a Portuguese Man O’ War. Whew! I can still feel it!”
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Face of Defense: Medal Comes After 66 Years
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59530
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 8, 2010 – World War II-era Coast Guardsman Harry Milton Daube, 88, the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Leopold, was presented the Purple Heart Medal during a June 4 ceremony at his home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
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Gold price hits new record as it breaks through $1,250
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/7810575/Gold-price-hits-new-record-as-it-breaks-through-1250.html
The price of gold rose to an all-time high point above $1,250 an ounce on Tuesday, as investors nervous about the weak state of the global economy sought safety in the precious metal.
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Medicaid Cut Places States in Budget Bind
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/us/08medicaid.html
Having counted on Washington for money that may not be delivered, at least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid.
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High School: N.J. Terror Suspect Dangerous as Student
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/08/high-school-says-nj-terrorism-suspect-dangerous-student-taught-outside/?test=latestnews
An administrator at a New Jersey high school says one of two terrorism suspects over the weekend was considered so dangerous as a student that he was taught outside the classroom with a security guard present.
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Suspicious Bags – A New Jihadi Terror Tactic In New York and DC
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/06/07/suspicious-bags-anew-jihadi-terror-tactic-in-new-york-and-dc/
ABC News reports a recent internal FBI report warns federal, state and local authorities to be alert for a potential new tool in the jihadi terror arsenal – the placing of suspicious, but harmless, bags in public places to inspire fear, disrupt public transportation and tie up police and bomb squads.
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Officer Credited in NJ Terror Bust Part of NYPD’s Secret Weapon
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/06/07/officer-credited-in-nj-terror-bust-part-of-nypds-secret-weapon/
They are culled from thousands of Police Academy recruits because of their Middle Eastern or Asian descent, their fluency in foreign languages, and life experiences, including military service.
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Twelve Americans Detained in Yemen
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/06/07/twelve-americans-detained-in-yemen/
Yemeni authorities have 12 Americans in custody, and the arrests may be linked to a joint U.S.-Yemeni anti-terror campaign, a State Department spokesman said Monday. Spokesman PJ Crowley told reporters the U.S. was trying to get more information, but did not provide any further details.
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‘God bless’ to be banned in schools?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=163873
Lawmakers in Florida have decided to slap down school boards whose members try to appease the ACLU with a “consent decree” or other agreement that limits student, faculty and staff religious and speech rights protected by the First Amendment.
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Obama Seeking “Ass To Kick” Over Oil Spill
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/07/obama_seeking_ass_to_kick_over_oil_spill.html
“I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick.”
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Hamas prevents flotilla aid from entering Gaza
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hamas-prevents-flotilla-aid-from-entering-gaza-1.294938
More than a week after the Israeli navy forcibly intercepted a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the 10,000-ton cargo of the seven ships has yet to reach Palestinians.
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Ideas for ‘reverse flotillas’ gain steam
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177789
Although most of the recent talk regarding flotillas has revolved around ships sailing toward Gaza, at least two plans have emerged for “reverse flotillas” – from Israel toward Turkey – to highlight what organizers have labeled the Turks’ “shameless hypocrisy” in their criticisms of the Jewish state.
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Putin Backs U.N. Probe of Flotilla Raid
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294411023000550.html?mod=fox_australian
ISTANBUL—Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday his country would raise the issue of an investigation into the Israeli boarding of an aid ship off Gaza at the United Nations, calling the Israeli action “a crude violation of international law.”
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Russia, Iran in joint venture for nuclear plant
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5886f262cb32df7ef5dfd69d59e32058.241&show_article=1
Russia and Iran will establish a joint venture to operate Tehran’s first nuclear plant set to come online this summer, Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Russia’s nuclear state corporation, said on Tuesday.
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Russia, Turkey and Iran Meet, Posing Test for U.S. Diplomacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/world/09iran.html
ISTANBUL — Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the United States just days before a scheduled American-backed debate in the United Nations Security Council on imposing tighter sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.
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Spanish civil servants strike over cuts
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/08/spain.austerity.strike/?hpt=Sbin
Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Spain’s civil servants went on strike Tuesday to protest the government’s decision to cut their pay 5 percent this year and freeze it next year as part of an austerity plan to reduce the country’s deficit.
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China says it will keep blocking online content
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9G7532G0&show_article=1
BEIJING (AP) – China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to “national unity.”

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