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News Articles For 2/26

February 26, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

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

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News Articles For 2/23

February 23, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

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

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News Articles For 2/22

February 22, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it. And the federal Constitution – according to the mode prescribed therein [Article V] – has already undergone such amendments in several parts of it as from experience has been judged necessary.” Samuel Adams: the Legislature of Massachusetts, January 19, 1796

African Nurse Saved GIs at Battle of Bulge
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62883
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2011 – It was a bitterly cold winter morning when Augusta Chiwy’s tram pulled into Brussels Central train station, Dec. 16, 1944.
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Face of Defense: Petty Officer Maintains Team’s Network
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62887
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2011 – To his teammates on the provincial reconstruction team here, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Riedel, an information systems technician from Corpus Christi, Texas, is known as a jack of all trades
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Study Guide: Unions, protests, gov’t shutdowns, and more
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/21/study-guide-unions-protests-govt-shutdowns-and-more/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/21 TV show.
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Federal, state and local debt hits post-WWII levels
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR2011022003201.html
The daunting tower of national, state and local debt in the United States will reach a level this year unmatched just after World War II and already exceeds the size of the entire economy, according to government estimates.
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U.S. Navy Breaks Scientific Barriers With ‘Death Ray of the Future’ Laser Weapon
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-navy-breaks-scientific-barriers-with-death-ray-of-the-future-laser-weapon/
In their work toward developing the newest technology for tracking and destroying enemy missiles, scientists at Jefferson Labs recently pumped an astonishing 500 kilovolts into their latest creation, the free-electron laser (FEL) — a power level never achieved before.
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Shocking Level of Influence Exposed: Union Boss Trumka Talks to White House EVERY DAY and Visits a Couple Times A Week
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-level-of-influence-exposed-union-boss-trumka-talks-to-white-house-every-day-and-visits-a-couple-times-a-week/
NOTE: This YouTube clip is 1:19.
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WI Firefighters Offer Conce$$ions to Save Collective Bargaining for All
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wi-firefighters-offer-conceions-to-save-collective-bargaining-for-all/
It was almost midnight on Saturday night, Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin spoke with Oliver Dykstra, a reporter from The Uptake and appears to have offered up financial concessions from his union in order to save the collective bargaining rights of the teachers union and others.
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Wisconsin Docs Under Investigation for Protest ‘Sick’ Notes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-wisconsin-docs-under-investigation-for-protest-sick-notes/
The Blaze first brought you the startling video of doctors — many of whom are affiliated with the University of Wisconsin — handing out questionable absence excuse slips to protesters “sick” of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Sunday.
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Obama Defends Planned Parenthood After Undercover Vids: ‘Manufactured’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-defends-planned-parenthood-after-undercover-vids-manufactured/
If you ask President Obama about Live Action’s recent damning, undercover video showing questionable counsel at Planned Parenthood clinics, he might blow you off by saying the controversy is simply “manufactured.” That’s what he told a local NBC affiliate in Richmond, VA last week.
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FBI: Muslim Brotherhood deeply rooted inside U.S.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=266725
WASHINGTON – Staff investigators with the House and Senate intelligence committees say they are probing the domestic security threat posed by the radical Muslim Brotherhood and, specifically, whether Brotherhood operatives have penetrated the U.S. government.
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Four Americans Killed on Yacht Hijacked by Pirates
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/americans-aboard-yacht-captured-pirates-reportedly-killed/
DEVELOPING STORY: Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates have been killed, Fox News has confirmed. U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages died of their wounds.
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Is Hezbollah Working with Mexico Drug Cartels
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/21/is-hezbollah-working-with-mexico-drug-cartels/
Adam Housley reports that while the threat of deadly drug cartels in Mexico is worrisome to the US, it may pale in comparison to this… Some of them are joining forces with Middle East terror groups.
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Iranians hack into VOA website
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/21/iranian-hackers-break-voa-deface-web-sites/
Iranian computer hackers on Monday hijacked the website of the Voice of America, replacing its Internet home page with a banner bearing an Iranian flag and an image of an AK-47 assault rifle.
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Iranian warships enter Suez Canal
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110222/D9LHMO000.html
CAIRO (AP) – Suez Canal officials say two Iranian naval vessels have entered the strategic waterway en route for the Mediterranean Sea. Canal officials say the ships – a frigate and a supply vessel – entered the canal early Tuesday morning and are expected to reach the Mediterranean later in the day.
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Oil prices surge on fear of Libyan unrest
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/21/oil-prices-surge-on-fear-of-libyan-unrest/
Oil prices soared and global stocks plunged Monday on signs that Libya, a major exporter, will cut oil production amid spreading violence and unrest. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi‘s son, Seif al-Islam, warned that Libya‘s oil wealth “will be burned” if the unrest leads to civil war, while an influential Libyan tribal leader offered a counterthreat to cut off oil shipments to the West within 24 hours if the regime’s violence against protesters does not end.
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Libya: intelligence agency ‘jamming’ television signals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8339711/Libya-intelligence-agency-jamming-television-signals.html
Libya’s intelligence agency is behind the powerful jamming that has disrupted Al Jazeera television’s signal across much of the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab satellite broadcaster said on Monday.
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Two Libyan pilots defect, say ordered to bomb protesters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-libya-protests-pilots-idUSTRE71K4S320110221
(Reuters) – Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said.
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Medvedev sees `fires for decades’ in Arab world
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_medvedev
MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday predicted decades of instability in the Arab world if protesters whom he called fanatics come to power, adding no such scenario will be permitted at home.
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Russia Points To Google’s Role in Egypt Unrest
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/does-russia-agree-with-glenn-beck-about-google/
If you’ve read the news lately, you might have heard Glenn Beck has been discussing Google. And while some have incorrectly reported that he is advocating a boycott of the company, the truth is he‘s actually skeptical of the company’s government connections and one of its executive’s involvement in the Egyptian revolution. It seems Russia might agree.
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Starving N. Korea begs for food, but U.S. has concerns about resuming aid
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/19/AR2011021901953.html
TOKYO – North Korea recently took the unusual step of begging for food handouts from the foreign governments it usually threatens. Plagued by floods, an outbreak of a livestock disease and a brutal winter, the government ordered its embassies and diplomatic offices around the world to seek help.
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Strong quake in New Zealand collapses buildings
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_new_zealand_earthquake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s already-bruised city of Christchurch on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, burying vehicles under debris and sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths.
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A Wallet Lost 40 Years Ago Now Is Found
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/a-wallet-lost-40-years-ago-now-is-found/
Rudolph R. Resta, 77, walked out of a wintry rain recently, through the revolving door of a largely empty Times Square office building, and into his distant past.
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Justine Siegal sets MLB milestone
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6144845
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Justine Siegal became the first woman to pitch batting practice in a major league spring training camp when she threw to the Cleveland Indians on Monday. Not only did she pass the test with flying colors, some people became a little envious along the way.

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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 2/17

February 17, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfill our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so. .” George Washington: letter to Gouverneur Morris, December 22, 1795

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Attackers in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62834
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2011 – Afghan and coalition killed four insurgents in Afghanistan’s Kunar province yesterday, military officials reported. Security forces fired on several insurgents behaving in a hostile manner in the province’s Darah-ye Pech district, officials said, killing three.
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Face of Defense: India-born Marine Climbs Career Ladder
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62830
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2011 – A Marine who was born and raised in India continues to move up through the ranks as he serves the United States.
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Study Guide: Riots in the Middle East/ More on Google
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/16/study-guide-riots-spread-in-the-middle-east/
NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/16 TV show.
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Wisconsin Senate to vote on anti-union bill
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9LEJKTG0&show_article=1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Protesters clogged the hallways of the Wisconsin state Capitol on Thursday as the Senate prepared to pass a momentous bill that would strip government workers, including school teachers, of nearly all collective bargaining rights.
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‘Rhetoric vs. Reality’: Wis. GOP Vid Captures Hateful Rhetoric at Union Protests
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rhetoric-vs-reality-wis-gop-vid-captures-hateful-rhetoric-at-protests/
Remember when so many pundits were trying to convince America that violent, hateful rhetoric was an epidemic on the right, and that conservatives were generally hateful people?
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Consumer Prices in U.S. Climb More Than Forecast
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-17/consumer-prices-in-u-s-rise-more-than-forecast-on-higher-food-fuel-costs.html
The cost of living in the U.S. climbed more than forecast in January, led by higher prices for food and fuel that may be starting to filter through to other goods and services.
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Lessons in Debt: You Earn $50K, Spend $87K…No Problem. Right?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/lessons-in-debt-you-earn-50k-spend-87k-no-problem-right/
Still trying to wrap your head around the budget battle? Perhaps it would be helpful to pretend it is your own household budget. If you earn $50,000 a year but spend $87,000 you would have a problem. That’s the example given to us from Duquesne University Economics Professor Antony Davies.
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City’s hate of religion taken to Supreme Court
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=264329
A city’s official condemnation of Roman Catholic Church teachings as “discriminatory,” “insulting,” “callous” and “defamatory” is being taken to the U.S. Supreme Court because of the Constitution’s requirement that government not be “hostile” to faith.
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Policy Reversal: U.S. Announces Rebuke of Israel Before the UN Security Council
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/policy-reversal-u-s-announces-rebuke-of-israel-before-the-un-security-council/
On Friday, the United States informed Arab governments that it intends to support a U.N. Security Council resolution stating that it “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,” a move that U.S. diplomats hoped would help bypass a veto dispute over a stronger Palestinian resolution which would condemn the settlements as illegal.
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Iran Withdraws Suez Canal Request
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/iran-withdraws-suez-canal-request/
CAIRO (AP) — Two Iranian naval vessels withdrew a request Thursday to transit the Suez Canal after Israel expressed concerns over the plans, a senior canal official said.
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Iran denies cancellation: Warships to cross Suez Canal
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=208683
Iran plans to cross the Suez Canal, despite reports to the contrary, Press TV reported on Thursday. The Iranian news station also said that “Egyptian authorities believed there was nothing wrong with the passage.”
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US-Based Institute Wants Sharia for Egypt and the West
http://bigpeace.com/ipt/2011/02/17/us-based-institute-wants-sharia-for-egypt-and-the-west/
With questions looming about Islamist influence in a transitional Egypt, an organization that calls itself “the leading Islamic Institute in the West” is teaching students to support Sharia law in Egypt and around the world.
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‘I’m Hit!’: ABC Correspondent Beaten in Bahrain Protest Crackdown
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/im-hit-abc-correspondent-beaten-in-bahrain-protest-crackdown/
Expanding unrest across the Middle East entangled another American journalist in violent protests Wednesday evening after an ABC News correspondent was attacked while covering protests in Bahrain.
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Army locks down Bahrain, police storm protest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_bahrain_protests
MANAMA, Bahrain – Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in a pre-dawn assault Thursday that uprooted their protest camp demanding political change. Medical officials said four people were killed.
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Assaulted Reporter Gets Call From Obama, Released From Hospital
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/update-assaulted-reporter-gets-call-from-obama-released-from-hospital/
CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was released from the hospital Wednesday “in remarkably good spirits,” despite the severe trauma she suffered at the hands of a mob of Egyptian men last Friday.
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Muslim Brotherhood-Affiliated TV Clerics Launch Campaign to Replace Egypt’s Religious Leadership
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2812.htm
NOTE: This video clip is 2:12.
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WikiLeaks: US wary of Hezbollah presence in Chile
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=208648&R=R1
The US suspected that Hezbollah had a presence in Chile’s Islamic fundamentalist communities, according to an embassy cable released by WikiLeaks this week.
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Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: Be Prepared for the Day When You Are Called Upon “to Liberate the Galilee”
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2813.htm
NOTE: This video clip is 2:07.
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Netanyahu To Hezbollah Leader: You Better Stay in Your Bunker
http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/02/16/netanyahu-to-hezbollah-leader-you-better-stay-in-your-bunker/
After Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah declared that he would take over Israel’s Galilee region in a future war and threatened to harm Israeli leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu shot back.
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Yemen protesters, government loyalists clash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110217/ts_nm/us_yemen_protests
SANAA (Reuters) – More than a thousand protesters clashed with government loyalists in Yemen on Thursday on the seventh straight day of demonstrations demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule.
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14 anti-government protesters killed in Libyan clashes
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=208650&R=R1
CAIRO — Libyan protesters seeking to oust longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi defied a crackdown and took to the streets in four cities Thursday on what activists have dubbed a “day of rage,” amid reports that at least 14 demonstrators have been killed in clashes with pro-government forces.
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Canada hit by cyberattack from China computers: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110217/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_cyberattack
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government was hit by an unprecedented cyber attack from Chinese-based computers last month that penetrated two key economic ministries, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday.
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Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110217/sc_afp/usastronomytelecomnasachina
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A powerful solar eruption that triggered a huge geomagnetic storm has disturbed radio communications and could disrupt electrical power grids, radio and satellite communication in the next days, NASA said.

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News Articles For 2/14

February 14, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

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

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News Articles For 2/7

February 7, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” James Madison: Federalist No. 52, February 8, 1788

Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Suspects in Khost
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62719
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces looking for a Haqqani terrorist network leader detained several suspected insurgents in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday, military officials reported.
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TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4100-tf-patriot-leaders-comrades-honor-fallen-soldier.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., died as the result of an enemy attack in Wardak Province Jan 31.
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Finger-pickin’ good: Soldier strums guitar, writes songs from his heart
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4104-finger-pickin-good-soldier-strums-guitar-writes-songs-from-his-heart.html
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – He grew up in the small town of Pearcy, Ark., in a family of five and, as a teen, he found his love for music and has been playing, song writing and entertaining ever since.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Lineage Spans Three Generations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62716
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Feb. 7, 2011 – Growing up, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Paxton knew it was only a matter time before he would follow in his family’s boot prints.
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Navy’s First Unmanned Stealth Bomber Completes 29-Minute Test Flight
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/navys-first-unmanned-stealth-bomber-completes-29-minute-test-flight/
It’s called the X-47B, and it could revolutionize warfare. The X-47B is the Navy’s first unmanned stealth bomber drone, and on Fridy it completed a 29-minute test flight.
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Warning to Washington: Follow the Constitution
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259837
It’s not just Montana anymore. And folks at the Tenth Amendment Center, who monitor states’ declarations of independence from the federal government’s rules and regulations, suggest perhaps Washington should be paying attention.
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Understanding Egypt: What Is a Caliphate?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/understanding-egypt-what-is-a-caliphate/
Caliphate. Sometimes a word, like a faded Hollywood starlet, makes a surprising return to the spotlight … and so it is for caliphate. The word owes its renewed popularity to Glenn Beck, who first raised the possibility of a new caliphate on his Fox television show.
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A Guide to Our Recent Posts on Understanding Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-guide-to-our-recent-posts-on-understanding-egypt/
Recently, we posted a series of stories and blog posts about the Egypt conflict featuring guest contributors. This story is meant to be a one-stop-shop of sorts for that recent coverage. As such, it will be updated. Below you will find excerpts and links to the stories.
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Der Spiegel: Mubarak May Get ‘Health Check’ in Germany, Relinquish Power There
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/der-spiegel-mubarak-may-get-treatmant-in-germany-hand-over-power/
The German paper Der Spiegel is reporting that there is strong possibility disgraced Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will soon seek extended medical treatment in Germany, at which time he will relinquish his power.
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Egyptian State Media: Life Returning To Normal In Country
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34184.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
As protests continue in Egypt, state media reported on signs that life is beginning to return to normal in the country. The media pointed to the reopening of banks and courts, and said that trains are running again and ports are resuming activity.
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Egyptian VP Meets With Opposition Groups & Muslim Brotherhood; Makes Concessions
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egyptian-vp-meets-with-opposition-groups-makes-concessions/
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s vice president met a wide representation of major opposition groups for the first time Sunday and agreed to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks and ago and to lift the country’s hated emergency laws when security permits.
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Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt to Khamenei: The Uprising In Egypt Is Not Islamic
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34176.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
In response to statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in his February 4 sermon, i.e. that the uprising in Egypt was an Islamic awakening inspired by Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said that the protests in their country were not Islamic.
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Tide turns in favour of Egypt’s Brotherhood in revolt
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7151NF20110206?sp=true
CAIRO (Reuters) – The first time Essam el-Erian, went to jail, he was 27. Last Sunday, he left prison for the eighth time at the age of 57. The medical doctor’s crime for each incarceration was belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most influential and best-organised Islamist opposition movement and long feared by President Hosni Mubarak, Israel and the United States.
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Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
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Soros fingerprints on Mideast chaos
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260577
JERUSALEM – Philanthropist billionaire George Soros has funded opposition organizations in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, where anti-regime chaos has already toppled the pro-Western leader of Tunisia and is threatening the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, a key U.S. ally.
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Israel jittery about gas supply from Egypt
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110206/D9L777KO0.html
JERUSALEM (AP) – An explosion at an Egyptian gas terminal that disrupted the supply of fuel to Israel had Israeli officials pressing Sunday to speed development of a natural gas deposit that they say can make Israel energy independent.
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Iraq swirls with rumors of Egypt-like protests to come
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110206/wl_csm/361454
Baghdad, Iraq – The rumors of Iraq’s first case of self-immolation to protest poor services and corrupt government proved not to be true on Sunday. But the growing discontent in Iraq – inspired by people power protests in Tunisia and Egypt that were both galvanized by protesters setting themselves alight – is such that an Iraqi policeman posted in Baghdad’s downtown Firdous Square on Sunday knew the question he was being asked, even before it was finished.
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In Bahrain, ‘Day Of Rage’ Organized On Facebook
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34201.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Bahrain activists posted on February 2, on their Facebook page “14th February 2011 Revolution Day in Bahrain,” a call for a “day of rage” on February 14 against the royal house, as happened in Egypt and Tunisia.
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Deal signed to supply Iran fuel to Afghanistan
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a83b90fe544f84fa51539c41ac8e90cc.31&show_article=1
Iran said on Sunday it has reached an agreement with Afghanistan to supply Iranian fuel to the war-torn country and has started supplying the products to its neighbour’s private sector.
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Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/06/flu-universal-vaccine-test-success
Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness, taking a significant step in the fight against a disease that affects billions of people each year.
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The Top 14 Astronomy Pictures of 2010
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/14/the-top-14-astronomy-pictures-of-2010
Every year, thousands of incredible images of the sky are taken from observatories on the ground and in space, from spacecraft, and from amateur astronomers. And it seems that the people who make these images are getting better with time, creating nothing short of art.

News Articles For 2/4

February 4, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

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News Articles For 2/3

February 3, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

News Articles For 2/1

February 2, 2011 — Operation Rooster

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

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