From the Daily Mail (UK): Gary Faulkner: I forced Bin Laden out of the mountains The United States will not pay out the $25 million bounty placed on the head of Osama bin Laden, government sources have revealed. Three weeks
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From the Associated Press: Insurgents firing heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles killed 35 workers and guards in an attack on a NATO-funded road construction site in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan, authorities said Thursday.
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama says the future of the U.S. is bound to the Middle East and North Africa by the forces of economics, security, history and faith.
Full text: I want to thank Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark – one million frequent flyer miles. I count on Hillary every day, and I believe that
Following up on our earlier reports here and here, this from the Associated Press: SAN DIEGO — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Wednesday said it was an honor to name the last of 14 Lewis and Clark-class cargo ships after
From the Associated Press: In his second major address on the Middle East since taking office, President Obama will seek to reset U.S. relations and seize a moment of opportunity amid chaos and change.
From the Daily Mail: A Saudi Arabian student is facing hate crime charges after she allegedly spat on several ‘white people’ in her local Walmart because a ‘higher authority’ made her do it. Nuha Mohammed Al-Doaifi, 21, an engineering student
Germany’s Der Spiegel has an interview with Bernd Goken, head of the German relief organization Cap Anamur. He recently returned from an 8-day visit to North Korea. What he discovered is shocking, as is his claim that North Korea’s sponsor
Following up on our earlier report, we are glad to pass along this from the Marine Corps Times: “SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s purported decision to name a new cargo ship after the late civil rights leader and union activist
From the UK’s Daily Mail: A 13-year-old boy was interrogated at his school by Secret Service agents without his mother’s permission after posting a message about Osama Bin Laden on Facebook. Following the Al Qaeda leader’s death, Tacoma schoolboy Vito
From the Associated Press: SAN DIEGO — The Navy is considering naming a cargo ship that’s being built after farmworker activist Cesar Chavez. James Gill, a spokesman for General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, said Monday the company suggested the
From the Associated Press: A Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided financial support to the Pakistani Taliban, while three others in Pakistan have been indicted on charges of handling distribution of
From the Associated Press: A terrorism trial that starts Monday in Chicago could feature testimony alleging links between Pakistan’s intelligence agency and the terror group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed more than 160 people.
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Texas Congressman Ron Paul said, if he were President, Osama Bin Laden would still be alive. In a Tuesday interview with WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, Paul said the kill order was the wrong action for President Obama to
From the Daily Mail: First it emerged Osama Bin Laden spent hours watching videos of himself as he callously planned new terror attacks against the ‘decadent’ West But now it appears the Al Qaeda mastermind may have watched something else
From the Associated Press: Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least six people as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations by occupying mosques and blocking public squares.
From the Associated Press: Protests in Pakistan draw masses upset over the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, with some vowing a revolution to avenge his death. This comes as a military center is bombed, in apparent retaliation for
From the Daily Mail (UK): It is a lonely job being the Vice President – always second in command, a weak constitutional mandate and no real power. But now Joe Biden’s disappointing job description just got that little bit worse
From the Associated Press: Osama bin Laden built a painstaking email system that kept him one step ahead of the US government’s best eavesdroppers despite having no Internet access in his hideout. Now, intelligence officials are mining through the archives
The Army Times explores how new powerful munitions and weapons are making our combat forces deadlier than ever. The best improvements in combat performance don’t always come from flashy new platforms but from simply having deadlier bullets. An excerpt: Recall
From the Associated Press: Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing one and injuring at least 40, medical officials and protesters said.
This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his recent work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, which is based on a remarkable volume
From AFP: Iraq has held its first book fair in 20 years, with organizers and attendees hailing it as a return for the violence-wracked country to the global literary scene.
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From the Navy Times: In the Navy… Once the military’s ban on gays serving openly is lifted, Navy chaplains will be permitted to officiate at same-sex marriage and civil union ceremonies on base, according to an April 13 memorandum from
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From The Army Times: The Human Universal Load Carrier, or HULC, is an anthropomorphic exoskeleton that enables a soldier to carry 200 pounds of weaponry, supplies, ammo or wounded comrades for extended periods. Developed by Lockheed Martin in coordination with
From AFP: Pakistanis took to the streets on Friday, cheering Osama bin Laden and shouting “death to America” to condemn a unilateral US raid on their soil that killed the Al-Qaeda chief.
From the Associated Press: Newly released videos show Osama bin Laden inside his hideout, watching himself on television and rehearsing for propaganda videos. The clips were selected by the Pentagon from what it says it seized from bin Laden’s compound.
From CBS News: In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, President Obama says he won’t release post-mortem images of Osama Bin Laden taken to prove his death. Video of the comments will appear on the CBS
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ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Osama bin Laden was holed up in a two-story house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying U.S. forces swooped early Monday, killing the world’s most wanted man and leaving his final
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From Businessweek: “The first yuan-denominated shares to trade outside of mainland China made their debut in Hong Kong Friday in a landmark initial public offering as Beijing seeks to broaden the use of its currency. Units in Hui Xian Real
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