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Four U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipino woman—Lance Corporals Daniel Smith, Keith Silkwood, Dominic Duplantis, and Staff Sergeant Chad Carpentier—remain in U.S. custody today. The Philippines has requested custody of the accused Marines but thus far the United States has declined to hand them over, angering Filipinos. Under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) negotiated [...]
The Washington Post has become a forum for alleged Hamas terrorist Mousa Abu Marzook: Jawa Report—Today the WaPo provides a forum for a deported Hamas terrorist, Mousa Abu Marzook, to recite his propaganda talking points, in “What Hamas Is Seeking.” What the author couches in words like “freedom and justice” has another meaning – the [...]
Coretta Scott King has died at the age of 78: FOX News—Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died after suffering a stroke and a heart attack in the summer. She was 78. …
A cyber-war has erupted between Muslim and Danish hackers: Jawa Report—An interet war is brewing between a small minority of hackers who happen to be an even smaller subset of misunderstanders of Islam and Danish geeks. … This cyber-battle can be traced back to some cartoons appearing in a Danish newspaper. Muslims were offended by [...]
In a video tape aired by Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda’s number 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called President Bush a “butcher” and a “failure”: photo credit: Al-Jazeera CBS—Al Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called President Bush a “butcher” and a “failure” in a videotape aired on Arab television Monday, his first appearance since an American airstrike that targeted [...]
The U.S. Navy says an F/A-18C crashed after a training mishap Saturday. The aircraft was attempting a night landing on the USS Ronald Reagan in waters off Australia when the accident occurrred. photo credit: Senior Chief Photographer’s Mate Mahlon K. Miller ABC Online says five other aircraft had to divert to Brisbane International Airport because [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle has the moving story of James Miller, the Marines “Marlboro Man”: San Francisco Chronicle—When Miller returned to America, he brought back a big duffel bag packed with numerous letters and gifts from those who had seen his photo. It was only later that he discovered he’d brought home some of the [...]
A fire has trapped 70 miners in a Canadian potash mine: CTV—About 70 miners are reported trapped but safe in a Saskatchewan potash mine following a fire. Marshall Hamilton, a spokesman for the Mosaic Company, the mine’s U.S.-based operator, said the miners have made their way to underground shelters called refuge stations. “In those refuge [...]
Here is ABC’s statement: ABC News—”Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt were injured in an IED attack near Taji, Iraq today. They were embedded with the 4th Infantry Division, traveling with an Iraqi Army unit in an Iraqi mechanized vehicle. Bob and Doug are in serious condition and are being treated at a U.S. [...]
