After flurry of stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up... Nov 4, 2009
00001F05 00001ECE Politics. After a flurry of stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up. (The Drudge Report)
What type of country the U.S. is Nov 4, 2009
It bombs in Afghanistan, invades Iraq and threatens sanctions against Iran and North Korea ... America's Israel-related orthodoxies are always enforced by individuals like these -- the most discredited neocons among us, uniformly advocates of the attack on Iraq, and fixated on one issue only: Israel (one of the most vile examples was the to impugn J Street on the ground that it has supporters who are Arab and Muslim) ... UPDATE III: Tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m., I'll be on Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC... (Salon)
Global warming Nov 4, 2009
He conducts war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he wants to close Guantnamo, he is trying to reform the healthcare system, he is promising progress on climate change and wants to strengthen, almost in passing, the rights of trade unions and homosexuals ... For five years he ran the most successful counterterrorism operation probably in the history of the world: His guys went after the bad guys in Iraq, they ran special ops, they used the Predators and they killed thousands of jihadists that we don't... (Salon)
German indignation over GM decision to keep Opel Nov 4, 2009
Premier Jean-Claude Juncker said Blair's support for the invasion of Iraq and his aloofness from Europe - he kept Britain out of the euro and the EU's visa-free travel zone - disqualified him from the top EU job. Juncker did not nominate himself for the position but did not discourage others from doing so. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
"Obama is average" Nov 4, 2009
For five years he ran the most successful counterterrorism operation probably in the history of the world: His guys went after the bad guys in Iraq, they ran special ops, they used the Predators and they killed thousands of jihadists that we don't even know about, it was all under the radar ... Or outsiders like the mastermind behind the surge in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, who might retire from the military and run for president on the Republican ticket ... I think Bush actually handled the Iraq... (Salon)
Al Gore: "I am optimistic" Nov 4, 2009
He conducts war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he wants to close Guantnamo, he is trying to reform the healthcare system, he is promising progress on climate change and wants to strengthen, almost in passing, the rights of trade unions and homosexuals. Isn't that too much change for a rather conservative country like the United States. (Salon)
Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests Nov 4, 2009
He conducts war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he wants to close Guantnamo, he is trying to reform the healthcare system, he is promising progress on climate change and wants to strengthen, almost in passing, the rights of trade unions and homosexuals ... Again, coming from the neocon Iraq war boosters who countenanced the abandonment of the Afghan war to fight a pointless war in Iraq, the criticism is galling ... Hoh told the Washington Post's Karen de Young he's "not some peacenik, pot-smoking... (Salon)
Reimbursements slow under the new GI Bill Nov 3, 2009
That's why Davis, who did two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, traveled all the way to New York City, where the closest office is located, to receive an emergency $2,000 check so he could pay his living and education expenses. Davis, 28, put off buying books for the classes on terrorism he is taking at Empire State College as part of his studies toward a history degree. (Albany Times Union)
Day Hikes in Phoenix Nov 3, 2009
Formerly known as Squaw Peak, the mountain was renamed Piestewa Peak in 2004 in honor of fallen soldier Lori Piestewa, who was killed in action during the War in Iraq. The Summit Trail is a series of clearly marked switchbacks leading to the top of the peak. (Suite101.com)
* Twenty years after the Wall Nov 3, 2009
But, within two decades X following the war in Iraq and financial and economic crisis X the US had squandered that special status. Arrogance of power and blindness about reality were the two main causes for the decline of the sole remaining superpower. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland... Nov 3, 2009
Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Iraq, Afghan etc ... Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Iraq, Afghan etc ... Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Iraq, Afghan etc. (The Drudge Report)
Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating Nov 3, 2009
Colbert, who often leads his audience in chants of "U-S-A!," said he had been considering taking "The Report" to Vancouver for the Olympics, much as he took the show to Iraq earlier this year to perform for American troops. "My character sees the Olympics as war, but nobody gets hurt," Colbert said. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Merced soldier, 20, killed in Iraq Nov 3, 2009
Two soldiers making a surprise visit to their families in Florida before deployment to Iraq were struck by a car and killed after getting into a fight ... Lukas Hopper, a 20-year-old Army paratrooper from Merced, died in a Humvee crash in Baghdad, Iraq last week, the military said Monday ... A Golden Valley High School graduate, Hopper had been in Iraq for nearly a year. (Fresno Bee)
Click to read:Sarah Palin's Brutal Education Nov 3, 2009
Palin struggled to keep a straight face as Scheunemann peppered his performance with "God love ya"s and "literally"s and shifted between long-winded discourses on everything from the war in Iraq to his own mother. A former National Rifle Association lobbyist, Scheunemann as Biden delivered a passionate screed on banning assault rifles. (CBS News)
Fanciful gardens emerge in a city of tan and gray Nov 2, 2009
Khalil Abbas has worked with plants since he was 7 years old, and his tree nursery could be a barometer of Iraq's changing fortunes. During the 1970s, when Iraqis enjoyed a flood of oil money, customers flocked to him to supply elaborate gardens, buying plants imported from Jordan and Syria, Abbas said ... Topiaries are not traditional in Iraq, said Salwa Nori, an agricultural engineer and garden designer. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Gamecocks set for Halloween night showdown Nov 2, 2009
Deep snapper Matthew Grooms joined the Gamecocks after serving as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years as a mechanic, included a six-month stint in Iraq. Grooms, 26, is the oldest player on the squad Walk-on freshman linebacker Matthew Ansley, a member of the Army Reserves, spent 18 months in Iraq, working as a gunner for convoy security and route clearance. (GamecockInsider.com)
NFL Notebook: Anderson an anchor on sinking Browns Nov 1, 2009
Fleischman said he's sold 2,100 shirts to customers in places as far away as Denmark and Iraq. "I was the biggest Favre fan -- emphasis on 'was,'" Fleischman told Bloomberg News. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Diggers still busy protecting in Iraq Nov 1, 2009
Australia has ended its combat role in Iraq, but Aussie troops remain in Baghdad protecting diplomats in what has become an increasingly benign security environment compared with the dark days of not long ago ... Their observers were able to provide some useful information to Iraqi authorities responding to the explosions ... It was a significant blast, said Major Nigel Earnshaw of Canberra, commander of the Iraq Security Detachment, known as SECDET, now in its 15th rotation since 2003. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Whose Internet is it, anyway? Nov 1, 2009
Contractors at work in Iraq and Afghanistan. . (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Politics & Gov't Nov 1, 2009
Iranian authorities this week allowed a Swiss diplomat a second visit with three detained American hikers arrested for illegal entry near the Iraq border in late July, the State Department said Friday. By DEVLIN BARRETT, The Associated Press. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Campbell gets a savaging Nov 1, 2009
John Humphrys, the veteran Today programme presenter, broke an eight-month silence over the Iraq dossier row yesterday with a claim that Alastair Campbell had tried to destabilise the BBC "in a pretty tacky way" in the wake of the Hutton report. Humphrys said the experience of watching the "sneering" former Downing Street communications director's reaction to the report was like "lying in the gutter while your head's kicked in". (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Stars of Alabama 6A Oct 31, 2009
Lee assistant coach Ronald Adams was deployed to Iraq and has not gotten to see the team play this season, but he is expected to return home during the first week of the playoffs. Pettway rushed for 122 yards on 16 carries. (CollegeInsiders.com)
Whose Internet is it, anyway? Oct 31, 2009
Contractors at work in Iraq and Afghanistan. . (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Dozens Under House Ethics Investigations Oct 31, 2009
President Obama knows better than most of the illegality and unconstitutionality of our current foreign policy vis-a-vis Iraq and Afghanistan, but he also knows what will happen if he suddenly kills the $10billion-per-month cash cow for the war profiteers, he and his family would be dead within minutes, from the automobile ash-tray change of George Schultz ... These are America's real enemies, not Islam, not Iraq, not Iran, not Afghanistan or North Korea. (CBS News -- US)
Operation Troop Support of Danvers honored for outreach to soldiers Oct 31, 2009
But it is the group s efforts providing support for families of deployed soldiers, helping soldiers afford to make a visit home, and even funding life-saving surgery for a bomb-sniffing dog injured in Iraq that has made Operation Troop Support a model of patriotism and volunteerism ... Founded in 2003, Operation Troop Support sends up to 200 care packages a week to soldiers serving in Iraq ... Two years ago, they found donors to pay for surgery to save the life of a military dog injured in Iraq.... (Danvers Herald, MA)
US extends India travel alert Oct 31, 2009
India does not figure in the list of nearly 30 countries for which the state department has issued travel warnings, among them Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal in the neighborhood, and Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Philippines beyond. Topics. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Obama Lifts Ban On US Entry For Those With HIV Oct 31, 2009
The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are: Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality. Several such groups welcomed Obama's announcement. (Click2Houston, TX)
Universal Helmet Laws For Motorcycling Most Important Policy For Saving Lives Of Motorcyclists Oct 30, 2009
Soldiers in Iraq are using a new helmet. . (Science Daily)
Ahmadinejad defends possible nuke deal Oct 30, 2009
Like they did in Iraq ... What Repubos never want to talk about is that the money hemorrhage in the stupid debacle/fiasco in Iraq that has produced trillions spent and tons of money hemorrhage on groups like Blackwater was anything but deficit neutral ... I happen to believe that the nut-case in Iran would be much less belligerent with the cowboy in charge willing to unleash the wrath of the US military, which thanks to his vision, is just next door in Iraq. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Blair mentioned for role of EU president Oct 30, 2009
Many Europeans object to Blair in particular because of his outspoken support for the Iraq War although Brown insisted Thursday that was "not an issue" in Europe today. Gender issueFurther complicating the picture is the fight between Europe's leading conservative and center-left parties over who should get the job. (MSNBC -- International)
Happiness: a child with a bin on his head Oct 29, 2009
Not Stewart: briefly an Army officer, he served in southern Iraq as a deputy governor for the coalition and battled against red tape, indifference and corruption to set up an educational NGO in Afghanistan. He's an old-fashioned adventurer, who's written two excellent books and lectured at Harvard and having briefly met him at a literary festival, I can attest that he's an invigorating conversationalist and wonderful dancer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Obama visits Dover AFB to honor fallen soldiers Oct 29, 2009
A president of two inherited wars, Obama is winding down U.S. involvement in Iraq, but the troubled war in Afghanistan is only widening. His dr 00003A9A amatic visit to witness remains of the fallen comes as he weighs whether to send more troops into the Afghan war zone. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Austria Supermarket Selling Space Trips Oct 29, 2009
As Turkey gets friendlier with Syria and Iraq, relations with Israel take a back seat. Phil Cain - - October 24, 2009 10:18 ET. (Newsmax)
Save the Planet: Drive a Porsche Oct 29, 2009
Cartoonists' take on Iraq. Still a few bugs in the system. (Slate)
Dubai: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours Oct 29, 2009
Its unstoppable, finely tuned PR machine has managed to overcome every downside (how often do you hear that Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq are right next door. to make the city a must-see location. (Time.com)
Runaway Train Big Hit With Iraqis Oct 28, 2009
Runaway Train Big Hit in Iraq - ABC News ... Tiny Train Wins Iraqi Hearts but Traffic Authorities Don't Approve of Its Wayward Ways ... By MAZIN FAIQBAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2009. (ABC News)
Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief Oct 28, 2009
The BBC's 'internal process', which was launched by the acting director-general, Mark Byford, has provoked strong reaction from top names in BBC news, many of whom have privately threatened to walk out if management continues to investigate mistakes made last spring when Radio 4's Andrew Gilli gan, the Today programme's defence correspondent, reported allegations that the Government had prosecuted the war in Iraq without believing in the presence of weapons of mass destruction. There needs to be... (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Bloody Sunday a heavy blow for Iraqi gov't Oct 28, 2009
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Baghdad was still immersed in grief and fear following a bloody Sunday, when two truck bombs exploded in the heart of Iraq's political district, killing at least 155 people and leaving more than 700 others wounded ... Observers said the attacks were a heavy blow for the Iraqi government and could affect the elections as well as the U.S. plan to pull out its troops from Iraq ... Analysts said the bombings were an apparent attempt to demonstrate that the de facto Iraqi... (Xinhuanet, China)
Lawyers want admitted al-Qaida member released Oct 28, 2009
Three Ohio men convicted of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq were sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than eight years in prison. Mohammad Amawi, 29, received a 20-year term, with credit for three years he has already spent in custody. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit Oct 28, 2009
Iraq fears return to violence. Man's lucky escape from runaway bus. (BBC News -- Europe)
Reid to announce push for 'public option'... Oct 27, 2009
You'll happily invade Iraq and give them the sun oon but God forbid people HERE in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA get health care that doesnt bankrupt them ... Obama put the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into the budget instead of hiding it like Bush did ... If you don't like it, then why don't you move to Iraq. (The Drudge Report)
Helicopters crash: Afghanistan takes heavy toll on US choppers Oct 27, 2009
US helicopters are flying in Afghanistan and Iraq three to five times more than they would in peacetime ... Depending on the model, US copters are flying in Afghanistan and Iraq three to five times more than they would in peacetime ... Since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, American copters have flown more than 3 million flight hours, pointed out Lt. Gen. Stephen M. Speakes, deputy chief of staff of the Army, in an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee earlier this year. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Pakistan Arrests 11 Iran Guards at Border Oct 27, 2009
They need to read recent history what Americans did to Saddam Hussein after they found people worse than him to rule Iraq ... A Pair of Suicide Car Bombings Devastated the Heart of Iraq's Capital. (CBS News -- World)
Norwegian accused of skin-crawling snake smuggling Oct 27, 2009
A Madera family believes it can save lives with a Web site, a little money from strangers and advice from soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Project Bore Snake, run by the Kochheiser family, is a home-based effort that -- with contributions from people all over the country -- ships Bore Snakes, a cleaning tool that many say makes it easier for soldiers fighting in the desert to keep their gun barrels clear and ready to fire. (Fresno Bee)
Local guard unit heading to Afghanistan Oct 27, 2009
Jody Ross, deployed to Iraq with the 224th Engineer Battalion in 2004. "He's in school in Cedar Rapids," she said. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Death for USS Cole bombing Oct 27, 2009
18 Apr 2008: A message to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq purporting to be from al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been released on a website used for militant videos. . (Yahoo News -- Yemen)
Iraqi Searches for Brothers in Ancient Cemetery Oct 26, 2009
NAJAF, Iraq The graves stretch some 10 miles into the desert, in what may be the largest cemetery in the world ... This area is for the newly dead, the ones killed in the violence that erupted after the U.S. occupied Iraq in 2003 ... Nobody knows just how many Iraqis went missing during the sectarian warfare that tore the country apart. (Fox News)
With much to lose and little to win, let's get out of Afghanistan now Oct 24, 2009
I disapproved of Bush, and specifically his Iraq War policy, from the beginning. Obama's escalation of the Afghanistan War is as craven as anything Bush did in Iraq ... Besides lost lives, military experts project that the Afghanistan War will last at least a decade and its cost will eventually exceed what was spent in Iraq. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Tea export prices set to soar Oct 24, 2009
India exports CT 00004000 C variety of tea mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK and the premium orthodox variety of tea to Iraq, Iran and Russia. With the global markets gradually showing signs of recovery, the demand for quality tea is going up. (India Times)
Is hope in Obama fading? Oct 24, 2009
Since mid-2008, Americans, already dazed and ground down by the shock of 9/11 and the human and financial cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have stared into the abyss ... September 11, the long deployment in Iraq, and the seemingly intractable situation in Afghanistan have shaken that sense of military and strategic superiority ... According to the Congressional Research Service, Iraq, Afghanistan and heightened security measures have so far cost America $US1 trillion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
How FBI traced Tarek Mehanna in his quest to become a jihadi Oct 23, 2009
Traveling to Iraq is discussed and of particular interest because of the opportunity to fight US forces and because it is more accessible than other jihad conflicts around the world ... Abousamra goes on to Jordan and, two days later, enters Iraq, where he is thought to stay about 15 days ... Mehanna's online identities and websites are revealed, along with a February 2006 discussion in which Mehanna and another discuss their desire to be the "media wing" for Al Qaeda in Iraq. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Cut exec pay or government stay away? Oct 23, 2009
So let me get this straight, its ok for the previous administration to burn through taxpayer money fighting a needless war in Iraq, not finding the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in Afghanistan because of Iraq, bailing out Airlines (who pretty soon plan on charging passengers to go to the bathroom) and Wall Street Executives who drove their companies into the ground along with our economy, as well as doing nothing to stop the speculation in the Oil Markets that drove our gas prices to $5 a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Victims of human trafficking speak out Oct 23, 2009
UNITED NATIONS -- A father of two from Nepal who thought he was going to America wound up in Iraq, forced to work at a U.S. airbase. A 14-year-old Ugandan girl kidnapped by rebels spent nearly eight years in captivity as a sex slave and human shield. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Local Guard unit mobilized Oct 22, 2009
Her son, Jody Ross, deployed to Iraq with the 224th Engineer Battalion in 2004 ... a few months before going to Iraq. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
UN proposes $4.88 billion budget Oct 22, 2009
86 billion to fund U.N. work in 27 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, and additional staff for development and conflict prevention. U.N. peacekeeping operations are funded separately. (India Times)
Best local Day of the Dead celebrations Oct 22, 2009
Portraits, skeletal figurines and political cartoons examine the evolution of the Day of the Dead from Indian to Christian times and include memorials to soldiers killed in Iraq and a tribute to four police officers slain in Oakland earlier this year. Curator Fernando Hernandez also has also coordinated the annual Day of the Dead exhibit at the Oakland Museum, which wasn't available this year because of remodeling. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
FBI calls Sudbury suspect inept but serious terror plotter Oct 22, 2009
A 55-page affidavit unsealed yesterday alleges that Mehanna, an Internet blogger accused of promoting jihad online, conspired between 2001 and May 2008 with Abousamra and an unnamed cooperating witness to attack a mall, assassinate two members of the US government s executive branch, and attack US soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Mehanna s computer also revealed that he had downloaded numerous pro-jihad videos, as well as a video of the mutilation of the remains of US personnel in... (Boston Globe)
Poland Ready to Accept New U.S. Missile Defense Deal Oct 22, 2009
They have thrown their support behind Washington in its fight against terrorism, contributing troops to the U.S.-led war in Iraq and the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Poland and Romania also face allegations of having hosted secret CIA prisons. (Fox News)
Karzai needed convincing twice on new election Oct 22, 2009
There also was a sitdown with the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, who was born in Afghanistan and meeting with Karzai to encourage him to sign on to a new vote. Meetings between Kerry, Eikenberry and Karzai continued throughout the day and late into the night Saturday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Q&A on the news Oct 22, 2009
Obama has traveled to Canada, England, France (twice), Germany (twice), the Czech Republic, Turkey, Iraq, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Egypt. President George H.W. Bush traveled to Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, Italy, Vatican City, Belgium, Germany and England, and President George W. Bush visited Mexico, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and Slovenia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Country Split on Afghanistan Troop Buildup Oct 22, 2009
by RedWings_ninety_one5,130 Total Fatalities (Iraq, Afghanistan wars) How many more dead and wounded American soldiers and Afghan civilians are YOU willing to sacrifice. by Biggest_Rick October 21, 2009 1:06 PM EDT. (CBS News -- US)
Discrimination case against airline settled Oct 21, 2009
Some passengers became alarmed after the clerics said their evening prayers in Arabic in the airport concourse before boarding the plane, and they told authorities some of the men made critical comments about the Iraq war while aboard. The imams were handcuffed and questioned for several hours before they were released. (MSNBC -- Crime)
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Kerry "was in the region traveling and ended up working extensively with Ambassador Eikenberry and was extraordinarily constructive and very helpful. So I think he deserves great congratulations," Obama said during a brief meeting with reporters after an Oval Office visit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... There also was a sitdown with the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, who was born in Afghanistan and meeting with Karzai to encourage him to sign on to a new vote. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Kurds go to Turkey in gesture of peace Oct 20, 2009
ANKARA, Turkey - Unarmed Kurdish rebels in combat dress marched into Turkey from northern Iraq yesterday in a show of support for peace with the Turkish government. The 34 Kurds, including eight rebels, were immediately detained by Turkish paramilitary police after crossing the Iraqi-Turkish border gate at Habur ... Earlier, Kurds in northern Iraq celebrated with music and drums as the group left from a refugee camp, Anatolia reported. (Boston Globe)
Boris Johnson: Divorce is good for London Oct 20, 2009
Do not add, "And why were such things made in the world? Marcus Aurelius on October 12, 2009 at 01:34 PM Oh , wotcha Al Mullet , darlin !!! Is that really ur real name ?? How unfortunate x . Nah . I'm just gonna go for a stroll in the Chilterns , a range of mountains near here , lettin the Autumn sun bathe my perfect features in a comfortin blanket of warmth while the myriad of yellows , golds an intense russets caress my heightened senses as I mourn the death of summer an contemplate the meanin... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
