The White House said bluntly Wednesday that it considers the controversy over the Benghazi attack to be among the so-called “phony scandals” that President Obama has been complaining about in recent speeches – even as new questions were being raised about the lack of progress in the investigation.
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Hundreds of prisoners have been freed by Islamists in Pakistan after a spectacular assault by extremists on a jail in the western city of Dera Ismail Khan.
Egypt’s interim government was accused of attempting to return the country to the Mubarak era on Monday, after the country’s interior ministry announced the resurrection of several controversial police units that were nominally shut down following the country’s 2011 uprising and the interim prime minister was given the power to place the country in a state of emergency.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) plans to use next week’s vote on transportation spending to end aid to Egypt following the ouster of the country’s freely elected president.
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The US has told the Russian government that it will not seek the death penalty for Edward Snowden should he be extradited, in an attempt to prevent Moscow from granting asylum to the former National Security Agency contractor.
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The United States has urged Egypt to pull “back from the brink” after security forces killed dozens of supporters of the deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
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Obama on Friday afternoon ordered another waiver of congressional restrictions on direct funding of the Palestinian Authority. So much for the effects of sequestration…
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Instead of what really matters, the LSM has fed us a constant stream of journalistic pap – speculation about Snowden’s travel plans, asylum requests, state of mind, physical appearance, etc. The “human interest” angle has trumped the real story: the fate of the Internet.
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More than 1,000 detainees escaped from a prison near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in a massive jailbreak Saturday, as protesters stormed the offices of political parties in Libya’s main cities.
Moscow says its security agency FSB is in talks with the FBI over Snowden but will not extradite Snowden to the US. A Russian spokesman added that he’s sure the fugitive NSA contractor will stop harming Washington if granted asylum in Russia.
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As violence and political turmoil tear through a war-wrecked Iraq, military experts are warning Congress that Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist cells are regrouping and working together not only in Iraq but in the entire region to undo a decade of US-sponsored stability.
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The British government has brought in two vans to circle around London, displaying billboards that warn undocumented immigrants to “Go Home Or Face Arrest.”
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Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying computer test results related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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Just days after saying the same thing in an interview at the Capital last Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC) again said in front of a friendly audience at a conference put on by the Christians United for Israel that he [will] introduce a resolution for the authorization for the use of Military force in Iran.
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Four F-16 fighter jets were scheduled to fly to Egypt on Tuesday morning as part of a U.S. military aid package worth more than $1 billion a year — but the shipment has run into delays over apparent “political” issues.
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A program designed to protect U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan by covering roadside drains with thick metal to prevent insurgents from planting bombs was plagued by shoddy and incomplete workmanship — and may have actually contributed to the deaths of American Marines, according to an internal report.
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Using lethal force to strike high-value targets inside Syria would require hundreds of U.S. aircraft, ships and submarines, while establishing a no-fly zone would cost as much as a billion dollars per month over the course of a year, according to a new analysis of military options there by the nation’s top military officer.
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To figure out which countries dislike the U.S., one quick way is to simply look at which ones are getting the largest amounts of U.S. aid.
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Suicide bombers have freed hundreds of terrorists during a full-frontal assault on Iraq’s top-security Abu Ghraib prison.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-23 02:12:592016-04-11 11:18:34Suicide Bombers Break Out 500 Senior Al Qaeda Prisoners from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Jail
A European Union boycott of financial dealings with Jews in the biblical West Bank, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem was fully coordinated with the Obama administration.
The top US military officer warned senators on Monday that taking military action to stop the bloodshed in Syria was likely to escalate quickly and result in “unintended consequences”, representing the most explicit uniformed opposition to deeper involvement in another war in the Middle East.
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Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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The Obama administration has quietly presented a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the Temple Mount while Israel will retain the land below the Western Wall.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-22 03:26:512016-04-11 11:18:40Secret Obama Plan Forfeits Temple Mount to Palestinians
The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
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Two nights of rioting in the Paris suburb of Trappes have left dozens of cars destroyed, at least 10 arrests and a 14-year-old injured, after police carried out an identity check on a Muslim woman in a full-face veil.
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White House Now Calling Benghazi Phony Scandal
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by Fox NewsThe White House said bluntly Wednesday that it considers the controversy over the Benghazi attack to be among the so-called “phony scandals” that President Obama has been complaining about in recent speeches – even as new questions were being raised about the lack of progress in the investigation.
Pakistani Taliban Prison Attack Frees Hundreds of Inmates
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Jason BurkeHundreds of prisoners have been freed by Islamists in Pakistan after a spectacular assault by extremists on a jail in the western city of Dera Ismail Khan.
Egypt Restores Feared Secret Police Units
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Patrick KingsleyEgypt’s interim government was accused of attempting to return the country to the Mubarak era on Monday, after the country’s interior ministry announced the resurrection of several controversial police units that were nominally shut down following the country’s 2011 uprising and the interim prime minister was given the power to place the country in a state of emergency.
Rand Paul: Use Egypt’s Foreign Aid to Rebuild our Crumbling Bridges Here at Home
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by News EditorSen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) plans to use next week’s vote on transportation spending to end aid to Egypt following the ouster of the country’s freely elected president.
Snowden Claims US Will Use Torture or Worse if He is Returned but Holder Promises Not to Execute Him
/11 Comments/in Featured, International /by Adam GabbattThe US has told the Russian government that it will not seek the death penalty for Edward Snowden should he be extradited, in an attempt to prevent Moscow from granting asylum to the former National Security Agency contractor.
US Calls on Egypt to “Pull Back from the Brink” While the Muslim Brotherhood Announces the “Free Egyptian Army” Plan
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorThe United States has urged Egypt to pull “back from the brink” after security forces killed dozens of supporters of the deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Obama Circumvents Congress Again, Orders Millions in Aid to Palestinians
/10 Comments/in Featured, International /by Dave BoyerObama on Friday afternoon ordered another waiver of congressional restrictions on direct funding of the Palestinian Authority. So much for the effects of sequestration…
Edward Snowden’s Not the Story. The Fate of the Internet Is
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by John NaughtonInstead of what really matters, the LSM has fed us a constant stream of journalistic pap – speculation about Snowden’s travel plans, asylum requests, state of mind, physical appearance, etc. The “human interest” angle has trumped the real story: the fate of the Internet.
Over 1000 Inmates Escape Libyan Jail Near Benghazi
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Associated PressMore than 1,000 detainees escaped from a prison near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in a massive jailbreak Saturday, as protesters stormed the offices of political parties in Libya’s main cities.
Russia Won’t Extradite Snowden to US
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by RTMoscow says its security agency FSB is in talks with the FBI over Snowden but will not extradite Snowden to the US. A Russian spokesman added that he’s sure the fugitive NSA contractor will stop harming Washington if granted asylum in Russia.
Military Experts Warn US Losing Iraq as Violence Escalates
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Barnini ChakrabortyAs violence and political turmoil tear through a war-wrecked Iraq, military experts are warning Congress that Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist cells are regrouping and working together not only in Iraq but in the entire region to undo a decade of US-sponsored stability.
British Government Embraces ‘Self-Deportation’ With ‘Go Home Or Face Arrest’ Billboards
/5 Comments/in Featured, International /by Annie-Rose StrasserThe British government has brought in two vans to circle around London, displaying billboards that warn undocumented immigrants to “Go Home Or Face Arrest.”
Oil Giant Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Crucial Evidence About the Deadly Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by James NyeHalliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying computer test results related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
Lindsey Graham Says He Plans To Introduce An Authorization For The Use Of Military Force In Iran By Summers End
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Robert HerrimanJust days after saying the same thing in an interview at the Capital last Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC) again said in front of a friendly audience at a conference put on by the Christians United for Israel that he [will] introduce a resolution for the authorization for the use of Military force in Iran.
US Shipment of F-16s to Post-Morsi Egypt Hits Delay
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Maxim LottFour F-16 fighter jets were scheduled to fly to Egypt on Tuesday morning as part of a U.S. military aid package worth more than $1 billion a year — but the shipment has run into delays over apparent “political” issues.
Botched Anti-IED System May be Linked to US Soldier Deaths in Afghanistan, Report Finds
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Barnini ChakrabortyA program designed to protect U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan by covering roadside drains with thick metal to prevent insurgents from planting bombs was plagued by shoddy and incomplete workmanship — and may have actually contributed to the deaths of American Marines, according to an internal report.
Every Military Option in Syria Sucks
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Gordon LuboldUsing lethal force to strike high-value targets inside Syria would require hundreds of U.S. aircraft, ships and submarines, while establishing a no-fly zone would cost as much as a billion dollars per month over the course of a year, according to a new analysis of military options there by the nation’s top military officer.
Which Nations Hate The U.S.? Often Those Receiving U.S. Aid
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Greg MyreTo figure out which countries dislike the U.S., one quick way is to simply look at which ones are getting the largest amounts of U.S. aid.
Suicide Bombers Break Out 500 Senior Al Qaeda Prisoners from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Jail
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Daily Mail ReporterSuicide bombers have freed hundreds of terrorists during a full-frontal assault on Iraq’s top-security Abu Ghraib prison.
Obama “Pushed Boycott of Jerusalem, Biblical Territories”
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Aaron KleinA European Union boycott of financial dealings with Jews in the biblical West Bank, Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem was fully coordinated with the Obama administration.
General: US Military Intervention in Syria Would Create ‘Unintended Consequences’
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Spencer AckermanThe top US military officer warned senators on Monday that taking military action to stop the bloodshed in Syria was likely to escalate quickly and result in “unintended consequences”, representing the most explicit uniformed opposition to deeper involvement in another war in the Middle East.
Food Stamp Recipients are Shipping Welfare-Funded Groceries to Relatives Overseas
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by KATE BRIQUELET and ISABEL VINCENTFood stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Secret Obama Plan Forfeits Temple Mount to Palestinians
/10 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorThe Obama administration has quietly presented a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the Temple Mount while Israel will retain the land below the Western Wall.
Obama’s Arab Spring Continues: Now the Kurds Fighting Al Qaeda-linked Rebels in Syria, Receiving Fire from the Turks, Too
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by News EditorThe local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces in a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Paris Riots Sparked by Police Identity Check on Veiled Muslim Woman
/7 Comments/in Featured, International /by Angelique ChrisafisTwo nights of rioting in the Paris suburb of Trappes have left dozens of cars destroyed, at least 10 arrests and a 14-year-old injured, after police carried out an identity check on a Muslim woman in a full-face veil.