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Latest Articles: Obama Wars
Troops still deploying to Mideast from BIA (Obama lies how many more will die?)
Post Date: 2010-08-25 18:34:40 by Nebuchadnezzar
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BANGOR, Maine — As the nation watches troops being withdrawn from the Middle East, few perhaps are aware that another wave of soldiers is being deployed. On Tuesday, a group of about 150 soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Hood, Texas, had a two-hour layover at Bangor International Airport on their way to southern Iraq. “It’s funny because the big thing on the news as we were getting ready to leave was all the big hoopla about all the combat forces coming out, so all the soldiers and their families are asking, ‘Why are we going?’” Lt. Col. Bryan Mullins said. “Well, we said it was the difference between the guys whose job it is ...
Dow Flirts With 10,000; Energy Slips, Techs Up
Post Date: 2010-08-25 13:23:22 by Badeye
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Dow Flirts With 10,000; Energy Slips, Techs Up Published: Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010 | 1:21 PM ET Text Size By: Cindy Perman, Stocks were lower for a fifth straight day Wednesday amid worries about the economic recovery. Major U.S. Indexes.DJIA10016.84-23.61-0.24%0.NCOMP2120.6-3.1599-0.15%0.SPX1048.23-3.64-0.35%0 The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 30 points, hovering near the 10,000 mark. This came after a four-day losing streak in which the Dow lost a total of 3.6 percent. Caterpillar [CAT 64.09 -0.95 (-1.46%) ], Disney and General Electric led the index laggards while Home Depot and McDonald's were among the gainers. The CBOE volatility index, widely considered the best ...
Mosque Moves Forward, Yet Church in Limbo
Post Date: 2010-08-22 00:30:47 by WhiteSands
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The battle raging over the Ground Zero mosque is bringing new attention to another, less publicized controversy involving a house of worship in Lower Manhattan. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which once sat right across the street from the World Trade Center, was crushed under the weight of the collapse of Tower Two on September 11, 2001. St. Nicholas was the only church to be lost in the attacks, and nine years later, while City of New York officials are busy removing every impediment to the building of the Cordoba mosque two blocks from the site, St. Nicholas’ future remains unclear. The last bit of hopeful news for St. Nicholas came two years ago, in July 2008, when church ...
Troops out of Iraq by 2012? Don't bet on it [ are doubts President Barack Obama can fulfill his pledge to withdraw all U.S. troops by the end of 2011 ]
Post Date: 2010-08-19 19:49:04 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON — The United States is on track to draw down its forces in Iraq to 50,000 by Aug. 31, but there are doubts President Barack Obama can fulfill his pledge to withdraw all U.S. troops by the end of 2011. As a presidential candidate, Obama campaigned to end the now seven-year-old war responsibly, and as president he has been explicit in his assurances to Americans that no troops will remain in Iraq come Jan. 1, 2012. Easier said than done. While violence has dipped sharply since the height of sectarian warfare from 2006-2007, Iraq remains fragile and its leaders have not resolved a number of politically explosive issues that could easily trigger renewed fighting. The United ...
U.S, Pakistan warn of militant plots over floods
Post Date: 2010-08-19 19:29:14 by WhiteSands
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SLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and a senior U.S. senator warned on Thursday that Taliban insurgents are trying to exploit rising anger over the country's worst floods to promote their cause. More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent. Eight million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and many may not care where they get it. The floods began washing away villages and destroying roads and bridges just after the government had made progress in stabilizing the country through ...
Sen. Harry Reid Breaks With Obama Over 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Post Date: 2010-08-16 17:05:24 by WhiteSands
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President Obama's staunchest ally in the Senate broke with the president today over the controversial Islamic center planned for a site near Ground Zero, and said he is opposed to its construction. The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada issued a statement saying, "The First Amendment protects freedom of religion. Senator Reid respects that, but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else." Reid's comments came just days after Obama told a White House gathering that Muslims had a right to build the mosque, and Republicans vowed to make the president's stand an issue in the November elections. Reid, who is facing a difficult election in ...
Afghan Government Gives Private Security Firms 4 Months To Disband
Post Date: 2010-08-16 11:19:43 by Brian S
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Afghanistan's president is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a spokesman said Monday. A presidential decree expected to be issued later Monday will detail the process through which the companies should cease operations, spokesman Waheed Omar told reporters in Kabul. President Hamid Karzai has said repeatedly in recent months that these companies undermine government security forces, creating a parallel security structure. Contractors perform duties ranging from guarding supply convoys to personal security details for diplomats and businessmen. The imminent decree expedites action that Karzai had promised in his ...
Outsourcing Jobs, U.S. Government Gives Israel $4 Billion Of America's Defense Industry Work
Post Date: 2010-08-15 23:19:46 by Brian S
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Israeli defense firms land record deal: Making parts for F-35 Joint Strike jets Israel would not only like to be involved in the development and manufacture of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; it would like to buy the jet too. Israeli defense companies have scored one of the biggest deals in the industry's history: They will be making about $4 billion worth of parts for the next generation of American fighter jets, industry sources told TheMarker. While no official announcement has been made, Israeli defense officials have been talking with the U.S. defense companies involved in the development and production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The main company involved is Lockheed ...
Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents
Post Date: 2010-08-15 17:39:05 by WhiteSands
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WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba. But the strike, it turned out, had also killed the province’s deputy governor, a respected local leader who Yemeni officials said had been trying to talk Qaeda members into giving up their fight. Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, accepted responsibility for the death and paid blood money to the offended tribes. The strike, though, was not the work of Mr. Saleh’s decrepit Soviet-era air force. ...
Petraeus Says U.S.'s July 2011 Troop Pullout From Afghanistan May Change
Post Date: 2010-08-15 17:35:29 by WhiteSands
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General David Petraeus said the July 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is “conditions based” and could change depending on his assessment of progress. “This is a date when a process begins, that is conditions based,” Petraeus said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” today. “And as the conditions permit we transition tasks to our Afghan counterparts and the security forces and in various governmental institutions and that enables a, quote, responsible drawdown of our forces.” Petraeus is leading a force of 142,000 U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops who are in the midst of an offensive to try to ...
UN says no aid yet for 6 mln flood victims in Pakistan
Post Date: 2010-08-14 22:47:44 by WhiteSands
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Source: Reuters * Six million still need relief * Anger rising * World Bank may redirect $900 million in aid * 500 stranded fuel tanker drivers (Adds Zardari remarks, politicians pledging cooperation) By Robert Birsel SUKKUR, Pakistan Aug 14 (Reuters) - United Nations aid agencies have provided assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of Pakistan's worst floods in decades but relief operations have yet to reach an estimated six million people. The lives of 20 million people -- nearly 12 percent of the population -- have been disrupted by one of the worst catastrophes in Pakistan's history. Six million still need food, shelter and water, the UN said in a statement. ...
Fall In Support For Afghan War Worrisome: Jones
Post Date: 2010-08-13 10:59:44 by Brian S
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President Barack Obama's national security advisor has voiced concern about Americans growing weary of the war in Afghanistan, despite what he called apparent "elements of success." Asked in an interview whether US engagement in Afghanistan risked the same loss of support that undermined the war in Vietnam, James Jones replied that such a prospect was "very worrisome." "The biggest fear would be that we might get to a point where we decide that we can't turn this violence around," the retired US Marine Corps general told CNN on Thursday, adding that he doubted that would happen. A USA Today/Gallup opinion poll released earlier this month indicated ...
Pregnant widow accused of adultery executed by Taliban [ 200 lashes then shot in the head ]
Post Date: 2010-08-10 21:44:35 by WhiteSands
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Taliban has executed a pregnant widow accused of adultery in western Afghanistan, provincial and district officials said Monday. The 47-year-old woman, Sanam Gul, also known as Sanam Bibi, was killed in Badghis province Saturday morning, said Ashrafuddin Majidi, the provincial governor's spokesman. The district governor of Qades, Hashim Habibi, confirmed the execution. He said the woman was accused of adultery that left her pregnant. The Taliban shadow district governor, Mullah Abdul Hakim, and his judge ordered the woman to be executed, he said. Mohammad Yousuf, a Taliban commander, carried out the execution, shooting the woman in her head, Habibi ...
Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks [ Amnesty International ]
Post Date: 2010-08-09 21:16:39 by WhiteSands
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A group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishing, joining the list of critics that claim the Web site's actions could jeopardize the safety of Afghans who aided the U.S. military. The letter from five human-rights groups sparked a tense exchange in which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange issued a tart challenge for the organizations to help with the massive task of removing names from thousands of documents, according to several of the organizations that signed the letter. The exchange shows how WikiLeaks and Mr. Assange risk being isolated from some of their most natural allies in the wake ...
6 Americans On Medical Team Executed By Afghan Taliban
Post Date: 2010-08-07 12:17:00 by Brian S
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KABUL (AFP) – The Taliban said Saturday they had killed "Christian missionaries" working in remote northern Afghanistan where the bullet-riddled bodies of six Americans, one German and a British national were found. Three women were among the group of foreign eye doctors working for the aid organisation International Assistance Mission (IAM), said its executive director Dirk Frans. "Five men, all American, and three women, an American, German and Brit were killed," Frans told AFP. Head of Badakhshan provincial police Aqa Noor Kintoz said the group had been lined up and shot in dense forest, according to the testimony of a sole Afghan survivor. The Taliban later ...
Hundreds in Kabul Protest Alleged Deadly Attack by NATO
Post Date: 2010-08-03 21:01:57 by WhiteSands
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Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Afghanistan's capital Sunday. They were angered by the alleged killing of civilians last month by a NATO rocket strike. Meanwhile, a bomb attack against an Afghan government official has killed five children in the country's southern Kandahar province. Chanting anti US slogans and carrying banners with pictures of civilians they say were killed by a NATO strike in southern Afghanistan, the protestors marched toward the presidential palace. Ajab Khan was among them. "We strongly condemn American forces attacks on innocent people of Afghanistan in different provinces," said Ajab Khan. "They came here for human rights ...
rial for Glendale dad in Peoria 'honor killing' to begin Nov. 29
Post Date: 2010-08-03 20:22:02 by WhiteSands
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A Glendale man accused of slaying his daughter in an "honor killing" is scheduled to stand trial later this year. Faleh Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, is suspected of running down his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, for being "too Westernized." He was reportedly furious with Noor for leaving her Iraqi husband, a cousin in an arranged marriage, and returning to the United States. Police say Almaleki, 49, used his Jeep Cherokee to run over his daughter and another woman in a Peoria parking lot Oct. 20, 2009. Noor died of her injuries. The other victim, Noor's boyfriend's mother, survived. After initially raising concerns about Almaleki's mental state and ...
ALLAH AKBAR! AmeriKKKa's chickens come home to roost: NYC panel approves Ground Zerobama Celebrate 9-11 Mosque
Post Date: 2010-08-03 12:56:40 by Happy Quanzaa
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New York City Panel Clears Way for Mosque Near Ground Zero A New York City panel voted unanimously Tuesday to reject landmark status for a building near the World Trade Center site, paving the way for construction of a mosque and an Islamic community center. Opponents of the project, including 9/11 first-responders and family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, have said the location would be insensitive. The mosque is slated to be part of an Islamic community center to be operated by a group called the Cordoba Initiative, which says the center will be a space for moderate Muslim voices. Several members of roughly 50 people who attended the hearing applauded the ...
Taliban Suicide Squad Hits US Base In Afghan south
Post Date: 2010-08-03 12:20:29 by Brian S
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A Taliban suicide squad armed with bombs and rockets attacked the largest US military base in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, leaving one NATO soldier and two civilians injured. An initial rocket attack on Kandahar airfield which left the three wounded was followed by a suicide bomb attack that sparked an hour-long gun battle, officials said. The two suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies outside the base perimeter, aiming to clear the entrance for the rest of the group to breach the wire, Kandahar provincial spokesman Zalmai Ayobi told AFP. "Two of them blew themselves up and the other four were killed in the subsequent firefight," he said. NATO and ...
Six soldiers, 15 civilians killed in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-07-30 19:17:24 by Brian S
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Kabul: Six NATO-led soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, while 15 Afghan civilians died in violence elsewhere in the country, officials said on Friday. Two soldiers affiliated with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a roadside bomb attack Friday in the south, where another foreign soldier also died in a Taliban attack, the military alliance said in a statement. Three more NATO soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in the same volatile southern region, ISAF said in a statement. The military did not disclose the nationalities of the deceased. However, a US military spokesman confirmed that three of the soldiers, ...
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban 'hunting down informants'
Post Date: 2010-07-30 16:32:29 by WhiteSands
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In an interview with Channel 4 News, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said they were studying and investigating the report, adding “If they are US spies, then we know how to punish them.” The warning came as the US military's top officer, Admiral Mike Mullen said that Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, may already have blood on his hands following the leak of 92,000 classified documents relating to the war in Afghanistan by his website. "Mr Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family," ...
US Consulate in Juarez Closes
Post Date: 2010-07-30 16:23:24 by WhiteSands
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Juarez- The U.S. embassy announced that it will closes it's consulate in Juarez. In a statement, the embassy said the consulate will, " remain closed until a security review is completed." They did say they will reschedule appointments for those with visa applications pending. The embassy did not say what prompted the review and a spokesman declined any further comment beyond the statement. The U.S. State Department has taken several measures over the past few months to protect employees of the consulate and their families from the deadly violence in Juarez The close comes after the March shooting death of a U.S. consulate employee and her family. Lesley and Arthur Redelfs ...
Teen Shot 22 Times: Police [ Chicago ]
Post Date: 2010-07-30 16:12:29 by WhiteSands
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Theresa Lumpkin said she had been recently thinking of sending her son away to a safer neighborhood, fearful of the violence that's pervading her area. Now, like so many other mothers who've experienced the pain of losing a child to gun violence, she'll bury her son. Robert Freeman Jr., just 13 years old, was shot as many as 22 times Wednesday night in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, police said. He was standing next to a car near 115th Street and South Perry Avenue at around 8:15 p.m. when a masked gunman jumped out of an overgrown vacant lot and opened fire into a crowd of people. Freeman was the only one hit, and witnesses said the gunman pumped bullet after ...
July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US
Post Date: 2010-07-30 14:56:54 by WhiteSands
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KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. In Kabul, police fired weapons into the air to disperse a crowd of angry Afghans who shouted "death to America," hurled stones and set fire to two vehicles after an SUV, driven by U.S. contract employees, was involved in a traffic accident that killed four Afghans, according to the capital's criminal investigations chief, Abdul Ghaafar Sayedzada. The contractor, DynCorp International, confirmed that its employees, ...
Anti-US Riot: Embassy Vehicles Torched In Afghan Capital
Post Date: 2010-07-30 11:37:28 by Brian S
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Rioting erupted in Kabul Friday when scores of Afghan men set fire to two US embassy vehicles after one collided with a civilian car killing a number of occupants, officials and witnesses said. Television pictures showed the vehicles in flames and young Afghan men throwing stones at them. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said it had despatched a quick reaction force to the area, outside the American embassy and near US and Afghan army bases in the centre of the city. An ISAF official said the vehicles involved belonged to the US embassy. "We don't know yet how many people were killed in the accident," interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashery ...
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