AFP: The tranquil scene at Lake Tharthar, Iraq’s largest stretch of water, belies its recent violent history as an Al-Qaeda stronghold until just six months ago. These days families gather round barbecues and fishermen work their nets where before bodies
This week’s Washington Times column: America is in a crisis of its own making. Not only are we realizing that our banking system and our core infrastructure are broken, and that our primary checks and balances (Congress, the media, etc.)
Playbill is announcing a revival of the musical “Ragtime” this Spring at the Kennedy Center. I love “Ragtime.” It’s a great piece of theatre. And it’s a completely, totally and entirely a left-wing wacko propaganda piece. “Ragtime” is based on
THIS JUST IN: In a surprise move today, the outspoken and controversial Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, stated that he’d be happy to take the inmates of Gitmo and provide for them “appropriate and hospitable accommodations.” When questioned in a
NYT: The United States military since 2004 has used broad, secret authority to carry out nearly a dozen previously undisclosed attacks against Al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, according to senior American officials.
ABC News: The tape showed no new pictures or statements from Osama bin Laden, although an al Qaeda figure was interviewed saying bin Laden was in “good health.”
Washington Post: Yemen is the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda has maintained a steady presence here, especially as fighters from the militant group return from Iraq.
A military offensive in north-west Pakistan has driven at least 250,000 from their homes. Pakistani forces launched an offensive earlier this month against Islamist militant strongholds in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan – an area Washington and Islamabad regards as
AP:The man who climbed the New York Times building identified himself as 29-year-old David Malone, who runs a web site dedicated to defeating Osama Bin Laden. Malone’s “Bin Laden’s Plan” web site warns against Al Qaeda’s “crusader baiting” and the
Fox News: A Democratic congressman who was accused of suggesting that Al Qaeda may want to harm a prominent White House official told FOX News he meant “no ill” by the comment. Massachusetts Rep. Bill Delahunt made the remark Thursday
CNN: According to the internal al Qaeda correspondence in the files, Iraqis have taken to, and effectively run, al Qaeda in Iraq. Foreign fighters’ roles seem mostly relegated to the canon fodder of suicide attacks.
Osama Bin Laden’s chief deputy says Al Qaeda still plans to go after any country that continues to support the war in Iraq.
U.S. soldiers have uncovered what appears to be a torture house in Iraq. Forces say it’s proof Al Qaeda is trying to gain control of rural areas of the country. **Warning: some of these images are a little disturbing.**
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that the American people are tired of the status quo, and the Democrats will act as ‘agents of change’ in 2008.
The report concludes that the 9/11 attacks were an exception, not the rule, and that the real threat comes not from al Qaeda in Pakistan but from a growing number of clusters are young Muslim men who are American citizens.
[dailymotion 4XMCtwqvDFT2ZhMLG nolink] President Bush responded to a number of reports that al Qaeda’s strength now at pre-9/11 levels. Bush says they are strong but not as much as they were prior to 9/11.
[dailymotion 1giTARhOZlJuDhMKg nolink] Helen Thomas: Mr. President, you started this war, a war of your choosing, and you can end it, alone, today, at this point, bring in U.N. Peacekeepers. Two million Iraqis have fled the country. Two million more
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2798939n U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged gunfire with insurgents as the search for missing U.S. soldiers continues. The military believes al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapped the men.
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/world/2007/05/14/riminton.iraq.hostages.monday.ap
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3143723 Zawahiri mocks the troop pull out bill saying he prefers withdrawal of American troops only after mass casualties. Says US troops are caught in a “historic trap.”
