Unit remembers two of their own who died in 9/11 attacks
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3289-unit-remembers-two-of-their-own-who-died-in-911-attacks.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Of the many ceremonies and remembrances commemorating the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, one struck a personal note for a group of Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Salerno Sept. 1.
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FOB Gardez remembers why we are here
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3288-fob-gardez-remembers-why-we-are-here.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A remembrance ceremony for the 9/11 attacks was held at noon Sept. 11 on Forward Operating Base Gardez for about 25 Soldiers.
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U.S. soldiers to be subjected to ‘mind control’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=201929
The U.S. military long has been able to launch a missile, explode a bridge or fire a weapon with the push of a button. Under testing now is a system intended to control a soldier’s psychiatric status, make him alert, reduce his stress and intervene when he suffers pain, among other applications, with the press of a button.
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Piven: Violence Is Okay if ‘It’s a Big Part of Your Strategy’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/piven-violence-is-okay-if-its-a-big-party-of-your-strategy/
In a way the least interesting part of this clip may be the part in the headline. Frances Fox Piven, of Cloward-Piven infamy (see James Simpson’s analysis here), is talking about the Deacons of Defense and their role in the Civil Rights movement. She seems to be saying that the group was a proponent of violence rather than active defenders.
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County Sues Farmer, Cites Too Many Crops
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24979774/detail.html
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County is suing a local farmer for growing too many vegetables, but he said he will fight the charges in the ongoing battle neighbors call “Cabbagegate.”
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Big party week for the Obamas
http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/118269-big-party-week-for-the-obamas
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes. On Monday evening, the president will welcome collegiate star athletes to the White House for a reception at 5:45 p.m.
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Adults shrug at Obama pep talk
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/11/674894/adults-shrug-at-obama-pep-talk.html
Amid less controversy than last year, Triangle students will hear a back-to-school message Tuesday from President Barack Obama. The lead-up to last year’s speech by Obama drew calls from some Republicans that schools not air what they argued would be a political talk by the Democratic president. But after last year’s speech turned out to be a pep talk about staying in school, calls for schools to forgo showing this year’s speech have subsided.
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Regulators Back New Bank Rules to Avert Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/global/13bank.html
BASEL, Switzerland — The world’s top bank regulators agreed Sunday on far-reaching new rules intended to make the global banking industry safer and protect international economies from future financial disasters.
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Mexican marines arrest presumed cartel operator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100912/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Mexican marines have arrested Sergio Villarreal Barragan, a presumed leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on the country’s list of most-wanted drug traffickers.
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Amano chides Iran for not cooperating with inspectors
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=187926&R=R1
VIENNA— International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano on Monday warned that he cannot confirm that all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful because Teheran is not fully cooperating with his inspectors.
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Congress to be told of 60-billion US-Saudi arms deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100913/wl_mideast_afp/ussaudiweaponstrade_20100913060123
WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the largest US arms deal ever, the administration of US President Barack Obama is ready to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to 60 billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Food Prices Soar Around the World, Creating Instability
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2010/09/13/food-prices-soar-around-the-world-creating-instability/
On Tuesday, Mozambique’s government announced that it will begin to subsidize bread prices, after bread prices had risen 22% in the previous month. The move was forced by massive food riots and looting that occurred in the last few days, killing 13, according to Independent Online (S. Africa).
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Man saves women who drove into his pool
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-saves-women-who-drove-into-his-pool/story-e6frfku0-1225920534721
THE quick actions of a Nerang man saved the lives of two young women who were trapped in their sinking car after it ploughed into his swimming pool.
News Articles For 9/13
September 13, 2010 — Operation RoosterNews Articles For 9/12
September 12, 2010 — Operation RoosterISF lead medical, humanitarian visit
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/isf-lead-medical-humanitarian-mission
KARMAH — U.S. Army medics joined their Iraqi counterparts here Tuesday for an Iraqi Security Forces-led medical clinic and humanitarian mission where hundreds of area residents received free medical care and essential supplies.
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Bagram servicemembers, civilians run in honor of 9/11
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3284-bagram-servicemembers-civilians-run-in-honor-of-911.html
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – More than 2,200 deployed servicemembers and civilians ran 9.11 km here Sept. 11 in remembrance of 9/11. Before starting the Patriot Day Run, U.S. Coast Guard 1st Lt. Jim Cullen, the Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment team officer in charge, spoke to the large crowd in front of the airfield chapel about his experience on that infamous day.
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Kunar teams commemorate Patriot Day
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3283-kunar-teams-commemorate-patriot-day.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and civilians of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agri-Business Development Team held a solemn ceremony here to commemorate Patriot Day and the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and those lost in Shanksville, Pa. The ceremony started at exactly 8:47 a.m. Eastern time, the same time the attacks began in 2001.
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Denver’s Finest Climb 110 Stories to Honor 9/11 Firefighters
http://www.gnn.com/article/denvers-finest-climb-110-stories-to/1265283
(Sept. 10) — Constructions workers were paving Jordan Legan’s street the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. He and his dad climbed into the car, headed to Legan’s Colorado middle school. Instead of its usual sports jabber, their favorite radio station was reporting that a plane had flown into one of the World Trade Centers in New York.
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFjeLpY0WWXBnPMXduA-Ml0Z4TDwD9I6D4AG0
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike Sunday killed at least five associates of a warlord who is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
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‘Unpaid pay czar’ got 6-figure salary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=201961
Contrary to press reports that he would not be compensated, uncovered Treasury Department documents reveal President Obama’s pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, received a $120,830 annual salary.
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Daniel Rubin: An infuriating search at Philadelphia International Airport
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/daniel_rubin/20100818_Daniel_Rubin__An_infuriating_search_at_Philadelphia_International_Airport.html?viewAll=y
At what point does an airport search step over the line? How about when they start going through your checks, and the police call your husband, suspicious you were clearing out the bank account?
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Mexican Gunmen Fire at Border Patrol Agents
http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Mexican-Gunmen-Fire-at-Border-Patrol-Agents/YR9M9I1TsEO-UB47uLS2Eg.cspx
ANZALDUAS PARK – The FBI is investigating after armed men shot at border patrol agents on the Rio Grande. A Border Patrol Spokesperson tells CHANNEL 5 NEWS agents chased a vehicle to the river’s edge near Anzalduas Park this morning.
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Iran says it will release US hiker
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3384ab06-be83-11df-a755-00144feab49a.html
Iran’s judiciary has announced that one of three US hikers jailed on charges of espionage will be released on bail because of her poor health. But Sunday’s announcement follows contradictory messages over the fate of Sarah Shourd, 32.
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West needs new missile shield against Iranian nuclear threat, Nato chief says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7996581/West-needs-new-missile-shield-against-Iranian-nuclear-threat-Nato-chief-says.html
Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Sunday Telegraph he has full American backing for a proposed €200 million (£165 million) defensive “shield”, which he hopes will be agreed in November at a summit of members in Lisbon.
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Like the ’55 Chevy, the 3,000-Mile Oil Change Is Pretty Much History
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Like-the-55-Chevy-the-nytimes-3825041162.html?x=0&mod=pf-family-home
I STILL remember learning from my father how to carefully remove a dipstick to check the oil level in our cars. It was drilled into me — along with turning off the lights when you left a room and clearing the plates off the table after dinner — that oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles or so.
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Good Samaritan Thwarts Bank Robbery
http://www.gnn.com/article/good-samaritan-thwarts-bank-robbery/1264322
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (Sept. 9) — A good Samaritan has thwarted a bank robbery in Wisconsin by jumping on an armed man.
The Associated Bank’s surveillance video shows the man at a counter when the masked robber carrying a gun rushes to a teller at the bank in St. Francis at about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
