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Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.
President Bush said the U.S.-led global war on terror has "weakened and fractured" al-Qaida and allied groups, outlining as proof new details about the multinational cooperation that foiled purported terrorist plans to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.
When Oppenheimer said "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," I wonder whether he could have imagined how right and how wrong he was, and that he was speaking for more than himself and his bomb, because no force in the world today - and arguably any day - is a more eff …
Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria.
"The survey, conducted in December 2006 by the University of Maryland's prestigious Program on International Public Attitudes, shows that only 46 percent of Americans think that "bombing and other attacks intentionally aimed at civilians" are "never justified," while 24 percent …
Journalists and politicians against the war are always eager to report the latest dismal news from Iraq and just as reluctant to publicize progress. This is not objectivity--it is a bias that alters the perception of the war effort.
Paul Cortez, one of five soldiers who conspired to rape a 14-year old Iraqi girl, was recently sentenced to 100 years in prison. Under military law, he has the possibility of parole in only 10 years.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut said today while he has no immediate plans to become a Republican, he might change his mind if Democrats oppose funding the war in Iraq. "I have no desire to change parties," Lieberman told the Politico.
Since 9/11, we've spent hundreds of billions of dollars defending ourselves from terrorist attacks. Stories about the ineffectiveness of many of these security measures are common, but less so are discussions of why they are so ineffective.
Britain is making exit plans for Iraq in the same way a teenager tries to sneak out of the house with chores undone: "Where do you think you're going, mister? You know we still have work to do up north, right?"
Lord Toby Harris, the MPA's member with special responsibility for counter-terrorism, said: "Londoners tell us that police counter-terrorist tactics will only command public confidence if they are - and are seen to be - appropriate, proportionate and fair.
Our study yields one resounding finding: The rate of fatal terrorist attacks around the world by jihadist groups, and the number of people killed in those attacks, increased dramatically after the invasion of Iraq.
Even though over 100 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center have been declared "no longer enemy combatants" many of them cannot be sent home, due to fears of persecution in their native lands.
Much of today's crisis can be traced to Bush's arrogance and impatience. In 2001, even before the 9/11 attacks, Bush insisted on a "unilateralist" approach toward the world, asserting U.S.
"If we were not fighting and destroying this enemy in Iraq, they would not be idle. They would be plotting and killing Americans across the world and within our own borders.
An Italian judge who ordered 25 CIA operatives to stand trial June 8 – as well as the large public protest in Vicenza, Italy, last week over the expansion of a US military base – adds momentum and edge to a widening division between the US and Europe over tactics in the inter …
Now we see the reason Bush aimed to stack the courts. When we find out the truth about the administration, it's likely the court appointments won't stand, though, and rulings like this will be overturned. Or the laws themselves will all be repealed by Congress.
DHS, Geologists Stumped; Theories Include First President Spinning In Grave Cautiously Viewed President's Day festivities at Mount Vernon were cut short after an unexplained incident took place after President Bush delivered a holiday speech.
An allegation that Iraqi police raped a Sunni woman while enforcing a new security plan in Baghdad has opened sectarian splits within the government. The woman said she was assaulted at a police garrison on Sunday where she was falsely held for supporting insurgents.
Raised in the projects by a single mother in this blighted steel town outside Pittsburgh, the 18-year-old [Edward "Willie" Carman] saw the U.S. military as an opportunity.
I wish the Democrats' treatment of America's Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airman in the Middle East, in Iraq and Afghanistan, were as poignant and hilarious, but it is not. It is tragic, short-sighted, mean-spirited, intellectually dishonest, specious, disingenuous, and ugly.
Canadian reporter Val Ross visits a riveting new exhibit at the Canadian War Museum that, instead of artifacts, relies on video and photographs to tell its stories
The Federal Government has admitted it is considering other options in relation to David Hicks, including bringing him home to Australia.
Palestinian Arab leader Mahmoud Abbas, the one everyone loves to call "moderate," sent a warm greeting to Iranian demagogue Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week to mark the anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution.
Terrorism charges brought Friday against the administrator of a loan investment program claimed that he secretly tried to send $152,000 to the Middle East to buy equipment such as night vision goggles for a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
When Ted Kennedy's 12-year-old namesake, Edward, got cancer in 1973 and had to have his leg amputated and then underwent arduous chemotherapy treatments, all under the onus of an unknown prognosis, the senator from Massachusetts told him to give up. It wasn't worth the fight.
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