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Insurgents struck a convoy carrying female troops to various checkpoints around Fallujah Thursday: ABC News—BAGHDAD, Iraq Jun 25, 2005 — The lethal ambush of a convoy carrying female U.S. troops in Fallujah underscored the difficulties of keeping women away from the front lines in a war where such boundaries are far from clear-cut. The suicide [...]
Great news: Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis says American hostage Roy Hallums is still alive: INQ7—”We were focusing on Bobby [Robert Tarongoy.] But I was told that he [Hallums] is still alive. You can ask Bobby,” Rafael Seguis, foreign affairs undersecretary for special concerns, told a press conference. … Hat tip: The Jawa Report
Back in May of 2005, Linda Foley made some comments that connected the deaths of journalists to the U.S. military. She said: “what outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there’s not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of the U.S. military toward the killing of journalists [...]
Fern Georges was busted in Benson, North Carolina: WRAL—Officials say Georges used the library’s computer to send obscene e-mail to members of the WRAL staff. …
Allstate Insurance fired J. Matt Barber for expressing his views on homosexuality in column displayed on several websites: WorldNetDaily—A former manager with Allstate has sued the insurance giant, alleging the company, which financially supports homosexual advocacy groups, fired him solely because he wrote a column posted on several websites that was critical of same-sex marriage [...]
Cameron Diaz was punched out by model Coralie Eicholtz at a Monte Carlo nightclub: FemaleFirst—Furious Coralie Eicholtz, 23, attacked Cameron at Monte Carlo nightclub Jimmy’s after saying the actress stood on her gown causing her to trip and fall. …
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Tunku Varadarajan, Oriana Fallaci “says Europe is no longer Europe, it is ‘Eurabia,’ [. . .].” Opinion Journal—Ms. Fallaci speaks in a passionate growl: “Europe is no longer Europe, it is ‘Eurabia,’ a colony of Islam, where the Islamic invasion does not proceed only in a physical [...]
Abdullah Mohammed Rashid al-Roshoud—a top al-Qaeda militant—was killed in Iraq: SignOnSanDiego—CAIRO, Egypt (AP ) – One of Saudi Arabia’s most-wanted suspected terrorists was killed by an airstrike during fighting with U.S. and Iraqi forces in northwest Iraq, the leader of the al-Qaeda in Iraq group said in a Web statement posted Thursday. … The translated [...]
Two Australian pastors say they are prepared to go to jail over a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) ordered apology. The VCAT today ordered the pastors to apologize for vilifying Muslims. Their crime was suggesting that the Qur’an promotes violence and terrorism: ABC News Online—A Christian pastor found guilty of vilifying muslims says he [...]
A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane crashed Tuesday night returning to its base in southwest Asia: Newsday—BAGHDAD, Iraq — The pilot of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane has died in a crash while returning to a base in southwest Asia, the military said Wednesday. The cause of Tuesday night’s crash was under [...]
