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Senator Says Ban Torture But Give CIA Interrogation Leeway
By Pamela Hess, Associated Press
Seeking to referee a stalemate over how the CIA can interrogate prisoners, a top Senate Republican says Congress should ban waterboarding and seven other abusive methods of interrogation but allow the spy agency some leeway in how it questions detainees.
Like the 2008 version of the authorization bill — which President Bush [...]
Barack Obama, FDR, Truman & Kennedy?
by Ed Morrissey
Video: Roosevelt talked to Hitler and Tojo?
During Barack Obama’s victory speech in North Carolina last night, he offered an argument about his much-criticized assertion that he would hold talks with America’s enemies without preconditions. Obama claimed that he would only be following in the footsteps of FDR and Harry Truman with this kind [...]
The “Evolving” Barack Obama = Democratic Mainstream
The Weekly Standard
Michael Goldfarb
When a liberal politician changes his mind, particularly when he journeys to an even more liberal position, you can count on his fellow travelers in the media to refer to such a fortuitous happenstance as an “evolution.” A case study of this phenomenon is to be found on the front page of [...]
Iraqi Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Against Al-Sadr’s Militia
By Ned Parker, Raheem Salman and Saad Fakhrildeen
Every year, millions of pilgrims come to Najaf to pray at the Imam Ali Mosque, the tomb of the prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law. It was over the question of Ali’s succession that the Shiite sect emerged. Believers from across Iraq bury their dead in Najaf’s cemetery, named the Valley [...]
Radical Iraqi Shia Cleric Moqtada Sadr Threatens ‘Open War’
BBC News
Moqtada Sadr said he was giving the government a “last warning”, and urged it to take “the path of peace”.
“I’m giving the last warning and the last word to the Iraqi government,” Moqtada Sadr said.
“Either it comes to its senses and takes the path of peace… or it will be (seen as) the same [...]
Jose Padilla Sent to Supermax
TalkLeft
Jose Padilla has been shipped to Supermax in Florence, Colorado, known as Alcatraz of the Rockies. He’ll be joining Ted Kaczinski, Eric Rudolph, Zacarias Moussaoui, Richard “shoe bomber” Reid, OKC conspirator Terry Nichols and others. Padilla was convicted in August and sentenced to 17 years. He’s got 13 years left.
Padilla attorney Michael Caruso said in [...]
Flag Flap Behind Him, Obama Pins Old Glory To Lapel - Then Takes It Off Again
Up-Dated Ending, it’s the sound at the end of Barack Obama’s campaign!
The controversy over Barack’s refusal to wear a Flag Pin which others wear to show respect to those killed in the 911 attack had all but gone away. Then a disabled vet gave Obama a pin which he thanked the vet for and [...]
Credit For The Army Chopper Pilots
by way of:
btsigblog
Outstanding job by a great young pilot from Pennsylvania! Can’t add anything else to this… the picture is worth 10,000 words! If you don’t think our military pilots earn their pay, you need to take a look at this picture. This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a [...]
Ambushed While On Patrol - Video From The War
Watching the video will say more than I can
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4Apr2008 | Jeremiah | 0 comments | Continued
