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Yemen: Journalist given 5 years for al-Qaida links
Washington Examiner - 4 days agoA Yemeni court official says two Yemenis, including a well-known Journalist, were convicted of having links to al-Qaida and sentenced to up to five years in Prison. Sanaa State Security Court sentenced Abdel Elah al-Shaia, a journalist who intervi…
Read more >>First They Came for the Applebees Salad Bar
Balloon Juice - 21st Dec 2010If you thought Middle America was pissed when they hit the WTC, you ain’t seen nothing yet: Al Qaeda Terrorists planned to poison food at multiple US hotels and restaurants over a single weekend, it has been revealed this morning. The R…
Read more >>Judge Dismisses Awlaki Assassination Suit
National Review Online - 7th Dec 2010Federal Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., has dismissed the Lawsuit brought by the family of al Qaeda operative and American Citizen Anwar al-Awlaki which alleges that President Obama’s reported authorization of his (Awlaki’s) Assa…
Read more >>Half in survey say airport patdowns go too far
Breitbart - 23rd Nov 2010
But nearly two-thirds of those surveyed in the Washington Post-ABC News poll support the new full-body security-screening machines at the airports, as most say they put higher priority on preventing Terrorism than protecting personal Privacy. The…
Read more >>U.S. has no plans to retreat from traveler patdowns
Breitbart - 21st Nov 2010Washington (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security officials have no plans to back away from air passenger Security patdowns despite a traveler uproar that they violate Privacy rights and growing concerns in Congress over the policy. As the heavy holi…
Read more >>Top general says US must move more quickly to train troops in African languages and cultures
Washington Examiner - 18th Nov 2010Washington — The Pentagon needs more Troops trained in the cultures and languages of Africa in order to better confront the increasing terror threat from the continent, a top general said Thursday. Army Gen. Carter Ham, who has been nomin…
Read more >>Top General Looking To Expand War-On-Terror Capabilities In Africa
The Huffington Post - 18th Nov 2010And he said that while a number of Special Operations forces are trained in African languages and cultures, the Military is not moving fast enough to provide similar training to other Troops. Al-Qaida-linked Terrorist groups in Yemen and Africa …
Read more >>Senators complain about airport patdowns
Breitbart - 17th Nov 2010WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even senators are bridling at new Airport Security measures that include highly personal patdowns of some passengers that a top Transportation Security official acknowledges are invasive. As the busy holiday Travel period a…
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