Tag: war on terror
US Military Invades Yemen
pO157.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Jan 29, 2010 at 10:01:25 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
The Washington Post is reporting that military operations in Yemen involve the covert use of American special operations forces serving as "advisers." These operators have been responsible for a variety of strikes against alleged terrorists in Yemen over the past several weeks.
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The Seige 2.0: Lackawanna, NY?
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Sun Jul 26, 2009 at 11:21:39 AM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Remember the 1998 drama "The Seige" wherein New York City was placed under martial law due to the threat of Islamic extremists? New information suggests a real-life version of this almost occurred in 2002 when former Vice President Cheney (R-Birdshot) urged President Bush to send in the military to tiny Lackawanna, NY to apprehend the "Lackawanna Six." President Bush declined to do so and the men were promptly arrested by the FBI.
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Should Obama Focus on Osama?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 06:45:17 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
During the campaign, and particularly during the debates, then presidential candidate Barack Obama repeatedly focused on one of the biggest apparent failures of the Bush administration - its inability to capture the leader of Al-Qaeda, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (as well as numerous other attacks around the world), Osama bin Laden - and argued that if he was elected that he would work with laser-like focus to bring him to justice.
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The Bush Administration's `No Knock' Policy
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 06:17:28 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Remember those cross border raids US Special Forces troops pulled off in Pakistan recently? The good news is they reportedly bagged some bad guys. The bad news is they might have also killed some innocent people and managed to piss the Pakistanis off more than a bit. The significant thing is they they ushered in another new wrinkle in the War on Terror. According to Pentagon sources, the Bush administration has quietly implemented a new policy in going after Taliban and al-Qaeda types who camp out on the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan. That new policy involves sending in troops without bothering to ask permission from our friends and allies in Islamabad.
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Proxy war: Like real war, only sexier!!!
Acefantastik.
Posted to Politics on Wed Feb 14, 2007 at 03:02:17 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
What's going to happen between the US and Iran?
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Will Germany Be Saying Auf Wiedersehen To Afghanistan?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 06:55:20 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.
The old saying goes "a picture says a thousand words." If there's any truth to that, a German magazine just printed 5,000 damning words on the conduct of the German Army. The pictures appearing in a recent issue of Bild magazine showed German Army soldiers in Afghanistan desecrating human remains they found on patrol. The pictures sparked outrage at the behavior of the soldiers. This, combined with a few other factors, are causing the German government to take a hard look at its ongoing commitment to Afghanistan.
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