Iraqi Forces Kill Terrorism Suspect, Detain 7 Others
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60491
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2010 – Iraqi security forces killed a terrorism suspect and detained seven others in operations over the last two days in Iraq, military officials reported.
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ISF arrest 4 more AQI associates near Balad City
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-4-more-aqi-associates-near-balad-city
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested four suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted near Balad City today.
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ISF arrest AQI criminal associate near west Baghdad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-aqi-criminal-associate-near-west-baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted near west Baghdad today.
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Balad City operation nets AQI criminal associate
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/balad-city-operation-nets-aqi-criminal-associate
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted near Balad City today.
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New pain relief methods for traumatic injuries in Afghanistan
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/08/19/43941-new-pain-relief-methods-for-traumatic-injuries-in-afghanistan/index.html?ref=home-headline-title3
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 19, 2010) — New pain relief measures are being employed by anesthesiologists at three coalition hospitals in Afghanistan to help Soldiers suffering from traumatic injuries caused by improvised explosives devices.
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Afghan, Coalition Forces Target Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60507
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2010 – Afghan and coalition forces continued to target Taliban leaders and members of other insurgent groups in recent operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Donation Saves Life
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60522
BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas, Aug. 20, 2010 – When most airmen come into the Air Force, they know their service could include being called upon to do something that could save a life. However, one airman answered the call in a way very few could.
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Code Pink Tells Gold Star Mom: Your Son Deserved to Die
http://bigpeace.com/dlee/2010/08/21/code-pink-tells-gold-star-mom-your-son-deserved-to-die/
I still clearly remember the day that I was summoned home by my oldest son Kristofer to find the Navy officers and chaplain waiting inside my home to tell me the most painful and agonizing words I would ever hear, “We are sorry to inform you that your son Marc Alan Lee was killed in action.”
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North Korea attacking U.S. with fake $100 bills
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193917
A New Jersey man was shocked when police informed him that the $100 bill he withdrew from his bank to pay taxes earlier this month was a masterfully made counterfeit.
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GOP Rep. Camp: 48 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs Since Stimulus
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/08/20/gop-rep-camp-48-of-50-states-have-lost-jobs-since-stimulus/
House Ways and Means ranking member Dave Camp (R-Mich.) on Friday released data complied by his office that shows 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs since the February 2009 enactment of the economic stimulus bill.
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Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid program
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9HNEND00&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration’s flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out.
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ShoreBank of Chicago Said to Be Closed Today by FDIC
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-20/shorebank-of-chicago-said-to-be-closed-today-by-fdic.html
ShoreBank Corp., the Chicago lender operating under a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. cease-and- desist order for 13 months, will be shut and most of its assets will be bought by Urban Partnership Bank, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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For the Third Time Obama Gives Unions A Break From Transparency Rules
http://biggovernment.com/wthuston/2010/08/21/for-the-third-time-obama-gives-unions-a-break-from-transparency-rules/
The Obama administration and the Democrat Party has yet again instituted new rules, rolling back requirements that forced unions to report their financial doings to their members and the public.
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High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don’t recycle … and they face $100 fine
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/city_of_cleveland_to_use_high-.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio — It would be a stretch to say that Big Brother will hang out in Clevelanders’ trash cans, but the city plans to sort through curbside trash to make sure residents are recycling — and fine them $100 if they don’t.
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Fight is on over another Arizona immigration law
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=192765
The superintendent of the Arizona Department of Public Education says his agency will consider a refusal by the school district in Tucson to videotape its “Raza studies” classes as evidence the district is “deliberately” concealing its agenda.
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Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor’s killing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100820/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico – Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country’s escalating drug violence targets more public officials.
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Iran Opens Its First Nuclear Power Plant
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/middleeast/22bushehr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
TEHRAN — Thirty-six years after construction began under the shah, Iran finally opened its first nuclear power plant at a ceremony on Saturday. Attended by senior officials from Iran and Russia, which helped build the station through years of concern by the United States and other Western nations that Iran was using its civilian program to mask a plan to build a bomb, the ceremony marked the beginning of the transfer of low-enriched uranium fuel rods from a storage site into the plant.
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Iran broadcasts missile launch on state television
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7955996/Iran-broadcasts-missile-launch-on-state-television.html
Ahmad Vahidi’s announcement comes a day before Iran is scheduled to launch its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr.
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Arab sources: A major military surprise is close. Galant scandal a smokescreen
http://www.debka.com/article/8983/
War preparations are reported by debkafile’s military sources in Tehran and Damascus, debkafile’s military sources report.
In Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced Friday, Aug. 20: “IRGC is in full readiness to encounter firmly with the stupidity of the US and the Zionist regime.”
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‘Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war’
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=185413
Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war “by the Jews against Iran,” the Sunni group’s second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said in an audio message this month, according to the Daily Beast.
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‘Lebanon flotilla may be linked to Hezbollah’
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3940658,00.html
WASHINGTON – Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday, expressing Jerusalem’s “concern” that the Gaza-bound Lebanon flotilla may be affiliated with Hezbollah.
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Anti-terrorism Raids Across Melbourne Australia This Morning
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/08/19/anti-terrorism-raids-across-melbourne-australia-this-morning/
In a joint blitz, police executed a number of search warrants in anti-terrorism raids on homes across Melbourne Australia this morning as part of an investigation into organizations funding overseas terrorists.
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China channeling money through Chavez to drug cartels
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193805
China may be helping to bankroll plans by Venezuela’s leftist leader to back drug cartels and a terrorist group as they extend their influence into U.S. cities, and U.S. officials are remaining virtually silent about it, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Nine lives, sixth sense: Cat at veterinary clinic seeks out ailing cats
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15821656?nclick_check=1
All cats may have nine lives, but Christopher, an orange and white tabby who lives at a Redwood City veterinary clinic, also has a sixth sense. Dubbing him a “guardian angel,” “wonder cat” and “miracle kitty,” the staff and volunteers at the Nine Lives Foundation’s Feline Well-Care Clinic say Christopher can tell when other cats need help. He will sit outside the cages of sick felines until someone lets him in, and last month, the clinic says, he saved the life of a kitten in need of a blood transfusion.
News Articles For 8/21
August 21, 2010 — Operation RoosterNews Articles For 8/11
August 11, 2010 — Operation RoosterIraqi Forces Arrest 17 Terrorism Suspects
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60366
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2010 – Iraqi security forces working with U.S. advisors arrested 17 terrorism suspects in operations in Iraq yesterday and today, military officials reported.
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Suspected Promised Day Brigade leader, 2 alleged criminal associates arrested during ISF joint operation
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/suspected-promised-day-brigade-leader-2-alleged-criminal-associates-arrested-during-isf-joint-operation
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Promised Day Brigade (PDB) leader and two alleged criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted in Diyala today.
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Fallujah operating nets suspected AQI member, 2 associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/fallujah-operating-nets-suspected-aqi-member-2-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and two alleged criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted in Fallujah today.
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Afghan citizen reports munitions cache
http://www.cjtf101.com/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3127-afghan-citizen-reports-munitions-cache-.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Coalition forces recovered a large munitions cache in the Bagram district here Aug. 10. Responding to an Afghan citizen who uncovered the cache while digging, a coalition forces explosive ordnance disposal team secured the site, detonated munitions that could not be safely removed, and transported the remaining munitions to Bagram Airfield for disposal.
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Veterans remember Operation Dragoon, V-J Day
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/08/10/43518-veterans-remember-operation-dragoon-v-j-day/index.html?ref=home-headline-title3
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 10, 2010) — World War II veterans, military families and French officials participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial here, Aug. 9, to honor Allied troops involved in Operation Dragoon.
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Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/10/al-qaida-sons-of-iraq
Al-Qaida is attempting to make a comeback in Iraq by enticing scores of former Sunni allies to rejoin the terrorist group by paying them more than the monthly salary they currently receive from the government, two key US-backed militia leaders have told the Guardian.
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The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44024/
How can the poor be organized to press for relief from poverty? How can a broad-based movement be developed and the current disarray of activist forces be halted?
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Fed Looks to Spur Growth by Buying Government Debt
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-10/fed-to-reinvest-principal-on-mortgage-proceeds-into-long-term-treasuries.html
Federal Reserve officials decided to reinvest principal payments on mortgage holdings into long-term Treasury securities, making their first attempt to bolster growth since March 2009 to keep the slowing U.S. economy from relapsing into recession.
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Fed downgrades recovery outlook
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0567152a-a49c-11df-8c9f-00144feabdc0.html
The US Federal Reserve on Tuesday took a first step toward extending its crisis-era monetary policy regime, as it downgraded its view of the economic outlook amid rising fears of a “double-dip” recession.
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Feds rethink policies that encourage home ownership
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-08-11-housing11_cv_N.htm
Just how much should Uncle Sam do to help Americans buy their own homes? For 70 years — and for the last 15 in particular — the answer has been: Whatever it takes.
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U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-11/u-s-is-bankrupt-and-we-don-t-even-know-commentary-by-laurence-kotlikoff.html
Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills. What it can and must do is radically simplify its tax, health-care, retirement and financial systems, each of which is a complete mess. But this is the good news. It means they can each be redesigned to achieve their legitimate purposes at much lower cost and, in the process, revitalize the economy.
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ShoreBank and the ‘Triple Bottom Line’: Too Important to Fail?
http://biggovernment.com/centralillinois912project/2010/08/11/shorebank-and-the-triple-bottom-line-too-important-to-fail/
The story of ShoreBank has caught national attention, as this relatively small, so-called ”community development bank” has been the target for bailout assistance via state and federal taxpayer money.
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Democrats, Advocacy Groups Blast Cuts to Food Stamps to Fund $26B Aid Bill
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/10/democrats-advocacy-groups-blast-cuts-food-stamps-fund-m-jobs/
Some Democrats are upset and advocacy groups are outraged over the raiding of the food-stamp cupboard to fund a state-aid bailout that some call a gift to teachers and government union workers.
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They’re doing it: U.N. makes its move into your school
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=189413
The agenda of the United-Nations-funded and -run International Baccalaureate Curriculum is making massive inroads into America’s public schools, with operations already established in more than 1,000 locations.
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Fingerprinting program now includes all border counties
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-security-fingerprint-20100811,0,5909828.story
Immigration officials have access to the prints of every inmate booked into jail in all 25 U.S. counties along the Mexican border, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano announces.
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Despite Naysayers, Reporters Get at the Truth about What Happened in Lardeo
http://bigjournalism.com/mfrazier/2010/08/11/despite-naysayers-reporters-get-at-the-truth-about-what-happened-in-lardeo/
This is a cautionary tale about reporters eagerly attacking other reporters working a developing story. Because it’s not possible to provide evidence as quickly as some might demand it doesn’t mean the story is false.
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Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Agent Arrested for Alleged Firearms Sales to Mexican Cartels
http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12956164
OKLAHOMA CITY — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agent on federal gun charges that have allegedly been traced back to Mexican drug cartels.
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United States Crude Oil Supply and National Security (Part 1)
http://bigpeace.com/pmaffitt/2010/08/11/united-states-crude-oil-supply-and-national-security-part-1/
The future availability of our US crude oil supply is part of the current unrecognized international economic war. The objective of this conflict is control of natural resources, especially crude oil and natural gas, technology, shipping lanes, markets, job creating facilities, wealth formation activities, military assets, cyber security, etc.
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Russia’s LUKOIL resumes gasoline supply to Iran -trade
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE67A17G20100811
SINGAPORE/MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Russian oil giant LUKOIL (LKOH.MM: Quote) has resumed gasoline sales into Iran in partnership with China’s state-run firm Zhuhai Zhenrong, even as the United States urges the international community to be tough with Tehran.
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Business facing a wave of green taxes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/taxandtheenvironment/7937911/Business-facing-a-wave-of-green-taxes.html
Companies that fail to register their energy use by next month will be hit with fines that could reach £45,000 under the little-known rules. Those that do participate in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) initiative by declaring their energy use will face charges for every ton of greenhouse gas they produce.
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North Korea probed over claims World Cup flops were tortured after early exit from tournament
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1302110/Claims-North-Korea-World-Cup-squad-tortured-early-exit.html
Fifa has launched an investigation into allegations that the North Korean World Cup coach and players were punished by the government after they lost all three of their games in the tournament in South Africa.
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Dachshund Saves Owner by Seeking Help From Neighbor
http://www.gnn.com/article/dachshund-saves-owner-by-seeking-help/1208929
YAMHILL, Ore. (Aug. 9) — A small dog who refused to return home until a neighbor followed her helped rescue her owner after he collapsed at home following heart surgery.
News Articles For 6/29
June 29, 2010 — Operation RoosterIraqis Arrest 16 Terrorism Suspects
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59818
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 16 suspected criminal associates of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organization in recent operations, military officials reported.
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SF arrest 6 suspected AQI criminal associates in northern Iraq
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-6-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates-in-northern-iraq
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested six suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation approximately 128km southwest of Mosul today.
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ISF arrest 4 suspected AQI criminal associates west of Baghdad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/-isf-arrest-4-suspected-aqi-criminal-associates-west-of-baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested four suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation approximately 19km west of Baghdad today.
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Afghan, International Forces Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59817
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010 – An Afghan and international force detained a number of suspected insurgents including a Taliban facilitator in Afghanistan’s Helmand province last night, military officials reported.
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Programs Help Warriors’ Families
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/06/28/programs-help-fallen-wounded-warriors%E2%80%99-families/
Heather Forsgren Weaver, a colleague of mine at American Forces Press Service, is a regular contributor to Family Matters. Heather’s been heavily involved in this blog from the start. She edits, helps write and posts content on a daily basis.
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Face of Defense: Five Generations Graduate From West Point
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59816
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, June 29, 2010 – Service before self is expected in the military, but one family has taken that concept to new heights. Army 2nd Lt. Mark Armstrong Jr. graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., marking the fifth consecutive generation of his family to do so.
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10 alleged Russian secret agents arrested in US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_doj_russia_arrests
WASHINGTON – The FBI has arrested 10 people for allegedly serving for years as secret agents of Russia’s intelligence service, the SVR, with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles.
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Fannie-Freddie Bailout Could Cost Taxpayers $1 Trillion
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37982580
For American taxpayers, now on the hook for some $145 billion in housing losses connected to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, that amount could be just the tip of the iceberg.
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ShoreBank: The 11th-Hour Cover-up
http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/06/28/shorebank-the-11th-hour-cover-up/
Late last week, at the 11th hour, the Senate removed an amendment that would have required the inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to investigate the corrupt ShoreBank bailout, as well as every other bailout since January 2009. It is the clearest sign yet that the White House and Democrats in Congress are covering up the truth. If there is nothing to hide, why block the ShoreBank investigation?
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Invasion! U.S. ‘sanctuary city’ succumbs to illegals
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=172121
A California “sanctuary city” has fallen victim to illegal immigration – going bankrupt and firing all of its public employees, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports.
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Officials Discover Smuggling Tunnel Underneath Rio Grande
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/06/29/officials-discover-smuggling-tunnel-underneath-rio-grande/
U.S. border patrol agents Friday found a crude tunnel, apparently used for smuggling, underneath the concrete-lined Rio Grande River near El Paso, Texas.
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Philadelphia to bar immigration agents from arrest data
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20100628_Philadelphia_to_bar_immigration_agents_from_arrest_data.html
Philadelphia is expected to end the arrangement that permits federal immigration agents to scrutinize the city’s computerized list of arrests, including country of origin and other data, Everett Gillison, the deputy mayor for public safety, said Sunday.
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China denies military exercise aimed at U.S.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65S1YU20100629
(Reuters) – China denied on Tuesday media reports that an artillery drill in the East China Sea was in response to a planned military exercise between South Korea and the United States.
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White House scholar funded Ayers group
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=171429
TEL AVIV – A scholar and charity head appointed to President Obama’s White House Fellowships Commission served as a point man in granting $49.2 million in startup capital to an education-reform project founded by Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers and chaired by Obama.
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‘Obama harder on Israel than Arab states’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=172105
JERUSALEM – The Obama administration is set to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease the blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip during the premier’s visit to Washington next week, according to Israeli diplomatic sources.
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New option: Hot pursuit into Iran?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=172209
Shiite Iran has been boosting the volume of lethal weaponry being delivered to the Sunni Taliban in Afghanistan, prompting officials to consider allowing American and allied soldiers permission for “hot pursuit” back inside Iran, according to report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Clashes at Athens protest against pension reform
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_greece_financial_crisis
ATHENS, Greece – Dozens of masked youths are clashing with police at a union protest in Athens during a general strike against the cash-strapped government’s planned pension and labor reforms.
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Search engines spy for [EU]gov’t: ‘It would blow people’s minds’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=172265
The European Parliament has adopted a proposal to collect citizens’ private search queries and store them for up to two years – framing the controversial plan as a measure to crack down on pedophiles.
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$500 given to workers who gave CPR
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/%24500-given-to-workers-who-gave-cpr
BROOKLYN, Ohio – Ray Golak and Ammar Dardari didn’t do it for the money. They reacted when they saw a panicked family come into their workplace–the Best Buy in Brooklyn.
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Bungling burglar alarmed to discover his victim is a 20-stone [280 lbs] wrestler
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290240/Bungling-burglar-confronted-20st-wrestler-break-in.html
A hapless thief soon discovered he had chosen the wrong house to burgle when he came face-to-face with the owner – a 20-stone wrestler. Lee Christie had grabbed a laptop and was about to make his escape when Adam Kalinowski returned home.
