Tag: war
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June 08, 2006 08:16 AM EDT --
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who waged a terror campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike.
What great news to hear upon awakening. . . . more
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July 17, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
American Forces Press Service reports Taliban extremists attacked Afghan and coalition security forces with machine-gun fire from inside a hospital, which the terrorists were using for cover:
Despite . . . more
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August 10, 2006 06:49 AM EDT --
The Associated Press reports the U.S. government has raised the threat warning to red, the highest level, for commercial flights from Britain to the United States in response to a terror plot in London: . . . more
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August 01, 2006 05:06 AM EDT --
This image, a collection of photographs of those killed (except of 92 victims) during the terrorists attacks on September 11, 2001, is one of over 1200 exhibits presented during the sentencing . . . more
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August 06, 2006 11:39 AM EDT --
Reuters Admits Distorting Beirut Photo
A Reuters photograph, distorted to show much heavier damage and smoke rising from buildings in Beirut, has been withdrawn and the photographer suspended after Reuters . . . more
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December 07, 2006 08:33 AM EST --
Early on a quiet Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, aircraft of the Empire of Japan, without provocation or warning, attacked the United States forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The Japanese attack left . . . more
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April 26, 2006 03:14 PM EDT --
In today's Wall Street Journal, Ann Marlowe starts off an article by describing a conversation she had with a recent Yale graduate:
"Why did you decide to come to Afghanistan?" I asked. . . . more
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June 05, 2006 10:48 AM EDT --
Writing in the Washington Post, Peter Wehner, director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives, offers some evidence that things are not as bad as the news leads us to believe.
Wehner . . . more
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December 20, 2006 07:48 AM EST --
President Bush tells the Washington Post that he plans to expand the size of the U.S. military to better meet the challenges of a long-term global war against Islamic extremists.
I'm inclined to believe . . . more
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January 09, 2007 05:50 PM EST --
I want to hear another of those remarkable speeches in which President has set forth an ambitious vision of the post 9/11 world.
I want President Bush to remind us how we felt on September 11, 2001, as . . . more
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January 11, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Tonight President Bush announced our revised strategy for achieving victory in Iraq. It wasn't a great speech, but it was adequate. How can you give a great speech when everyone in the world knows . . . more
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August 08, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
The polls are open in Connecticut and, six years to the day after Senator Joe Lieberman was introduced as Gore's running mate, nearly 700,000 Connecticut Democrats have an opportunity to decide whether . . . more
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April 24, 2006 09:55 AM EDT --
The Associated Press reports Iraqi President Talabani is concerned about Iranian and Turkish troop concentrations on those countries' borders with Iraq:
Turkey has moved thousands of troops . . . more
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June 02, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
In today's edition of the Washington Times' Inside the Ring, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report three Marines were "humiliated" by Transportation Security Administration ("TSA")security . . . more
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June 10, 2006 07:19 AM EDT --
James Lileks pushes back against the looney left blame America first crowd suffering from terminal Bush Derangement Syndrome:
You're an enlightened world citizen. Your T-shirt says "9/11 was . . . more
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December 07, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Democrat Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for the deployment of 20,000 to 30,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq.
Reyes voted against the Iraq war resolution . . . more
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April 21, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
Jawad al-Maliki has been nominated to be Iraq's prime minister, replacing the incumbent, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
According to the Associated Press, Al-Maliki is a top ally of al-Jaafari:
Al-Maliki is . . . more
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August 03, 2006 09:33 AM EDT --
At Discovering the Networks, Chris Link has posted a photos showing Hezbollah endangering civilians. Chris writes:
The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density . . . more
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May 25, 2006 05:13 PM EDT --
According to the Associated Press, after five years a "National Moment of Remembrance" hasn't caught on. How could there be such a general lack of interest in adding a moment of remembrance, . . . more
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December 08, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
The Associated Press reports Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq. The much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles. . . . more
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