This Just-Disclosed Heartbreaking Mistake Is a ‘Major Blow’ to Obama’s Touted Drone War

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Photo Credit: Western Journalism

Though it reportedly happened months ago, the Obama administration just this morning (Thursday) revealed that two Western hostages held by terrorist kidnappers in Pakistan were killed in a strike on al-Qaeda by a U.S drone. The Wall Street Journal reports that this is “the first known instance in which the U.S. has accidentally killed a hostage in a drone strike.”

“The mishap represents a major blow to the Central Intelligence Agency and its covert drone program in Pakistan, which President Barack Obama embraced and expanded after coming to office in 2009.”

The two hostages reportedly killed in the January incident near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have been identified as Warren Weinstein, an American, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian. The strike on the suspected terrorist compound is also said to have killed al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Farouq, another American citizen. A separate strike in January reportedly led to the death of American-born al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn.

A USA Today article on the accidental deaths of the two hostages — both of whom had been held captive for years — notes that President Obama just recently decided to release the information, which had heretofore been classified.

“‘The operation targeted an al-Qaeda-associated compound, where we had no reason to believe either hostage was present, located in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan,’ [Josh] Earnest said in the statement. ‘No words can fully express our regret over this terrible tragedy.’”

Appearing before reporters after the Earnest statement announced the sad news, Obama took “full responsibility” for the incident and apologized on behalf of the government . . . (Read more from “BREAKING: The Heartbreaking Mistake Just Disclosed Is a ‘Major Blow’ to Obama’s Touted Drone War” HERE)

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Fleet of Iranian Ships Heading to Yemen Turns Around After Being Tracked by US Warships [+video]

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download (9)A nine-ship Iranian convoy believed to be laden with weapons bound for rebels in Yemen turned around Thursday after being followed by U.S. warships stationed in the area to prevent arms shipments, multiple sources in the Pentagon told Fox News.

The sources said the nine-ship convoy is south of Salalah, Oman, and now headed northeast in the Arabian Sea in the direction of home. The ships, which include seven freighters and two frigates, had sailed southwest along the coast of Yemen heading in the direction of Aden and the entrance to the Red Sea. The two Iranian warships escorting the convoy are Thondor Type 021-class missile boats and the other ships in the convoy are a mix of commercial vessels with some carrying shipping containers.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as the “Big Stick” and her escort, the USS Normandy, a guided missile cruiser, have been shadowing the convoy for the past few days, the sources said.

Fighter jets taking off from the carrier have been relaying the convoy’s location to the U.S. Navy’s higher command since the start of the week.

Pentagon officials say the U.S. Navy set up the nine ships in a line parallel to the coast of Yemen stretching from the Bab-el-Mandeb Straight to waters south of Oman, which provide “continuous coverage” of the Iranian convoy. (Read more from “Fleet of Iranian Ships Heading to Yemen Turns Around After Being Tracked by US Warships” HERE)

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Carly Fiorina: ‘Clinton Cash’ Revelations Amidst Russian Uranium Deal Simply the ‘Clinton Way’

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By Alex Swoyer. Former Hewlett Packard CEO and potential GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is often critical about Hillary Clinton’s track record as secretary of state.

Thursday morning, Fiorina took to Facebook to criticize Clinton, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, for the new revelations regarding the Clinton Foundation’s donations exposed in Peter Schweizer’s book Clinton Cash.

“It’s the Clinton way: raking in millions from foreign governments behind closed doors while making promises about transparency that they never intended to keep. Now they’re scrambling to refile their taxes and account for her decisions as Secretary of State,” Carly stated. “The American people will have a choice. Are we going to demand trust and transparency from our leaders? Have we had enough of a ruling political class that doles out favors to the wealthy and well connected few?” (Read more from “Carly Fiorina: ‘Clinton Cash’ Revelations Simply the ‘Clinton Way'” HERE)

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Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal

By Jo Becker and Mike McIntire. The headline on the website Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when its precursor served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”

The article, in January 2013, detailed how the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosatom, had taken over a Canadian company with uranium-mining stakes stretching from Central Asia to the American West. The deal made Rosatom one of the world’s largest uranium producers and brought Mr. Putin closer to his goal of controlling much of the global uranium supply chain.

But the untold story behind that story is one that involves not just the Russian president, but also a former American president and a woman who would like to be the next one.

At the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the Canadian mining industry, who have been major donors to the charitable endeavors of former President Bill Clinton and his family. Members of that group built, financed and eventually sold off to the Russians a company that would become known as Uranium One. (Read more from “Russian Uranium Deal” HERE)

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Miracle: Woman Wakes up Just Hours Before Family Was to End Life Support

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download (6)Kent had lost hope that his wife would survive after he found her sick on the bathroom floor and doctors said the medication she needed to keep her organs functioning would likely result in her sacrificing her arms and legs.

Kent and his son, Ryan, watched helplessly for weeks as Teri’s tongue swelled and the tip of her nose, hands and feet turned black . . .

“We came to the conclusion as a family that the next day we were going to remove her from life support,” Ryan says . . .

That’s when she opened her eyes . . .

OB-GYN Dr. Jennifer Ashton explains that Teri had group A strep, which led to sepsis, which is caused when bacteria gets into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. Medication can lower the blood pressure to help prevent the infection from reaching and shutting down the vital organs, but if the arms and legs don’t receive enough blood, the tissue can die and the limbs have to be amputated. (Read more from “Miracle: Woman Wakes up Just Hours Before Family Was to End Life Support” HERE)

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Offended Native American Actors Quit Adam Sandler Movie

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US-ENTERTAINMENT-PREMIERE-MEN WOMEN CHILDRENA group of American Indian actors have walked off the set of an Adam Sandler movie production following complaints over stereotypes and offensive names.

Actor Loren Anthony told The Associated Press on Thursday that he and eight others quit the production of satirical western “The Ridiculous Six” after producers ignored their concerns about its portrayal of Apache culture.

Anthony says the script also included offensive Native American female characters named “Beaver’s Breath” and “No Bra.” He says producers told them to leave if they felt offended.

“Right from the get-go, it didn’t feel right. But we it let it go,” said Anthony, a Navajo actor who started work as an extra on the movie Monday. “Once we found out more about the script, we felt it was totally disrespectful to elders and Native women.”

“The Ridiculous Six” is produced by Sandler and Allen Covert and is slated for a Netflix-only release. Production began this month in Santa Fe and elsewhere in northern New Mexico. (Read more from “Offended Native American Actors Quit Adam Sandler Movie” HERE)

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You’ll Never Guess How Fast This Italian Doctor Thinks He Can Perform a Head Transplant

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download (7)The Italian doctor who has claimed that he could transplant a man’s head onto a donor’s body has said that he could do much of the procedure in less than an hour.

The procedure — which Canavero has admitted is just a first step towards his ultimate aim of creating immortality — will see a man’s head removed and placed on a donor’s body [and] get cooled down — as it is when doctors operate on some parts of the brain — and switched onto the different body. Doctors will then have a few minutes to attach the blood vessels . . .

After that, the full joining process could take up to 24 hours. Canavero said that it would be carried out by a team of doctors to ensure that none of them got tired, and that doctors and surgeons from around the world had inquired about joining that team.

Canavero said that he will explain the procedure in depth at a neurosurgeons’ conference on June 12. “I’ll prove it is totally possible to all the skeptics there,” he told Mail Online. . .

As well as casting doubt on the scientific likelihood of the procedure, doctors have said that if successful it could cause huge problems for Canavero. One expert warned that Spidonov could suffer something “a lot worse than death”. (Read more from “You’ll Never Guess How Fast This Italian Doctor Thinks He Can Perform a Head Transplant” HERE)

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Watch: Texas Trooper KARATE KICKS Suspect off His Motorcycle Following High-Speed Chase

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Dashcam footage has revealed the startling moment a Texas trooper ran toward a motorcyclist following a high-speed chase, leaped into the air and karate kicked him to the ground.

The unconventional maneuver led to a three-day, unpaid suspension for Trooper Abraham Martinez last year but the footage only emerged this week as the Austin American Statesman investigated outdated tactics used in Department of Public Safety pursuits.

The incident unfolded in December 2012 after Martinez, a 10-year veteran trooper, took chase when 25-year-old Steven Gaydos ran a stop sign near Houston . . .

Troopers followed Gaydos for nearly 40 miles at speeds of 130 mph before Martinez pulled alongside him and fired four times through the window of his moving car, striking the man once in the thigh.

The motorcyclist then raised his hand and pulled over and, as he tried to put down his kickstand, Martinez suddenly leaped out at him, kicked him and knocked him to the ground. (Read more from “Watch: Texas Trooper KARATE KICKS Suspect off His Motorcycle Following High-Speed Chase” HERE)

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European Food Banks: Crushing Demand Across UK, Over One Million Seek Emergency Help [+video]

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download (8)The number of people using food banks has reached a record one million, despite signs that the economy is improving, new figures reveal.

The Trussell Trust, which runs 445 food banks across the UK, said 1,084,604 people received supplies in the last financial year – an increase of 19 per cent on the previous years – and that 400,000 of them were children.

Everyone who receives food from Trussell Trust food banks is referred by a professional, such as a social worker or school liaison officer.

Delays in receiving benefits were the main reason for referrals to food banks, but the Trussell Trust said there was an increase in referrals of workers on low income . . .

People in work who use food banks were reported to be struggling with insecure income, low wages and high living costs. (Read more from “Food Banks: Over One Million Seek Emergency Help” HERE)

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Louis Head, Stepfather of Michael Brown, Boldly Walks to the St. Louis County Circuit Court Wearing Profane Jacket

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On the very day that the Brown family announced their intent to file charges in a civil lawsuit against the City of Ferguson, Missouri, Louis Head, the stepfather of Michael Brown, had another idea. Pictured below is Louis Head crossing the street on his way to the City of St. Louis Circuit Court Building wearing a jacket emblazoned with what appears to be a side-by-side image of Barrack Obama and Michael Brown, with a lower image of an individual throwing a flaming Molotov cocktail.

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Louis Head, the boyfriend of Michael Brown’s mother Lesile McSpadden, has been subject to media scrutiny after a video emerged depicting him of saying multiple times to, “Burn this bit** [Town of Ferguson] down” following the grand jury decision to not formally indict Officer Darren Wilson of any crime in the shooting death of Michael Brown. The night following the grand jury’s “no true bill”, looting and burning of local businesses occurred similar to the days immediately following Brown’s death. These destructive acts happened amid the presence of Al Sharpton whom spoke at times of a peaceful protest. At other times, he suggested that the looters were actually liberators.

In the days following the second spat of burnings and lootings, the State of Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor, Pete Kinder suggested that Louis Head should be indicted for inciting a riot. Prior to those comments, Missouri Governor, Democrat Jay Nixon released a statement suggesting that that the video footage of the alleged strong-arm robbery of the convenient store, where Brown stole a box of cigars, was put forward to discredit the character of Michael Brown.

Although Nixon’s opinion on that issue never wavered in light of the contrary evidence, he did order in the days leading up to the grand jury announcement that the National Guard be called into service. After the first night of looting and rioting following the grand jury decision, ostensibly egged on by Louis Head, Nixon called in the Missouri National Guard to aid in restoring order to the local community.

Now, the mother of Michael Brown has filed suit, claiming damages of $75,000 plus legal fees in the highly controversial death of her son. Obviously, she is forgetting the physical damage to the community that her boyfriend caused by his actions. What needs to be made clear is on Monday November 24, 2015, the police officer in question was acquitted of any wrong doing in the shooting death of Brown by a grand jury. The jury deliberated and issued a “no true bill” to that affect. Additionally, the U.S. department of Justice, led by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, ran a concurrent investigation to determine if the civil rights of Michael Brown were violated, and similarly found no grounds to pursue federal charges. According to MSNBC contributors Trymaine Lee and Adam Howard, “In an 80-plus page report, the DOJ said that there was no evidence that Wilson had the intent to kill Brown, nor was their any proof that the former officer didn’t fear for his safety.”

Ultimately, serious moral and ethical problems plague Louis Headley, and those who continue to support him after each of his outlandish acts. At present, the mainstream leftist news organizations appear to be giving tacit approval, if not moral support to his radical cause. Meanwhile, the average person working in Ferguson suffers. Media outlets like MSNBC, Huffington Post, and ThinkProgress.org apparently have no issue with Head’s incendiary comments. It will be rather telling if they have enough journalistic integrity to report on Head’s outrageous outerwear, praising violence, Michael Brown and Barack Obama. Perhaps they should also remind Americans that the President – in the wake of the grand jury decision – went to the United Nations and suggested that the United States has its own genocide problem akin to ISIS. Maybe it is time for Obama to put the shoe on the other foot, and publicly condemn the actions of Louis Head. While he’s at it, he shouldn’t forget to condemn the actions of ISIS, as well.

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‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Posters Will Soon Appear on NYC Subways and Buses

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download (5)New Yorkers are used to aggressive advertising. Banners for breast implants. Billboards for condoms. But a federal judge’s ruling has opened the door for far more controversial posters on buses and subways across the city.

“Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah,” reads one such ad next to the image of a young man in a checkered headscarf. “That’s His Jihad. What’s yours?”

The poster is at the center of heated legal debate over public safety and free speech. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl ruled that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) cannot stop the controversial ad from running on scores of subway cars and buses.

The MTA has argued that the ad could incite violence against Jews, but Koeltl rejected that idea.

MTA officials “underestimate the tolerant quality of New Yorkers and overestimate the potential impact of these fleeting advertisements,” he ruled. “Moreover, there is no evidence that seeing one of these advertisements on the back of a bus would be sufficient to trigger a violent reaction. Therefore, these ads — offensive as they may be — are still entitled to First Amendment protection.” (Read more from “‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Posters Will Soon Appear on NYC Subways and Buses” HERE)

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