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Obama Administration Classifies Ft. Hood Terrorist Attack As “Workplace Violence”

December 7, 2011 Government, Military, War No comments

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Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation’s Armed Forces at home.

During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical Islam.

Political correctness allowed the Ft. Hood terrorist attack to occur and it will continue to lead to more attacks.

Al-Qaeda terrorist acquitted of all but one charge in embassy bombing trial

November 17, 2010 War, World No comments

(NY Daily News) The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ended Wednesday with an alleged Al Qaeda operative being cleared on all counts but one in the bombing of two U.S embassies.

A federal jury in Manhattan convicted Ahmed Ghailani of conspiring to destroy U.S. buildings and property in the 1998 truck bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

Ghailani, 36, was acquitted on more than 280 other counts, including the top charges of murder and murder conspiracy.

The charge he was convicted of carries a mandatory 20-year to life sentence because people were killed. Ghailani, who appeared relieved at being cleared on the other counts, is due back in court for sentencing on Jan. 25.

The case was considered a test-run for the Obama administration’s politically-charged effort to try Guantanamo Bay detainees — such as Al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed — in civilian court.

Rep. Pete King (R-LI), who has been a staunch opponent of civilian trials for terrorism suspects, called the mixed verdict “a disgraceful miscarriage of justice.”

“It shows how totally wrong the Obama administration is to bring a case like this to civilian court,” he said. “He was acquitted of 224 counts of murder.”

“If this had been before a military tribunal, evidence that was blocked in this case would have been admissable,” King said.

Britain’s top soldier: Al-Qaeda cannot be defeated

November 16, 2010 War, World No comments


(The Telegraph) He said defeating Islamist militancy was “unnecessary and would never be achieved”.

However, he argued that it could be “contained” to allow Britons to lead secure lives.

Gen Richards, 58, said the threat posed by “al-Qaeda and its affiliates” meant Britain’s national security would be at risk for at least 30 years.

Well I guess we should just give up and surrender huh…

Al-Qaeda mail bombs were to explode over Western cities

October 31, 2010 War No comments

(Express) Explosives found inside a modified printer ink cartridge on board a cargo plane at East Midlands ­Airport were primed to detonate in mid-air.

Yemen-based terrorists had built the bomb to go off in British air space, just like the Lockerbie atrocity of 1988 which killed 270 people.

Home Secretary Theresa May yesterday said: “I can confirm that the device was viable and could have ­exploded. The target may have been an aircraft and had it it detonated, the aircraft could have been brought down.”
Security chiefs initially believed the bomb, which was to be activated via a timer, was destined for a synagogue in the US.

But Mrs May said: “We do not believe that the perpetrators of the attack would have known the location of the device when it was planned to explode.”

Speaking at Chequers, David Cameron said: “We believe the device was designed to go off on the aeroplane.

“We cannot be sure about the timing when that was meant to take place.”

Obama: “violent” extremists responsible for attempted attack on American synagogues

October 29, 2010 Government, War, World No comments

Imam Obama just addressed the nation on the developing attempted terrorist attacks on synagogues in Chicago.

Not one mention of Islamic extremism, Islamo-fascism, or Islamic terrorism. He referenced only “violent” extremism. This is precisely what I was referring to on yesterday’s podcast. Obama speaks more stridently against his domestic political opponents than he does our enemy in the War on Terror Overseas Contingency Operation.

He did confirm that explosives were found on the packages intercepted in the UK destined for synagogues in Chicago.

I have been warning about Yemen…

October 29, 2010 War, World No comments

…and this is why.

In terms of an Al-Qaeda base, <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/10/29/al.qaeda.arabian.peninsula/index.html?hpt=C1″>Yemen is like a hybrid between a pre-9/11 Afghanistan and a post-9/11 Pakistan.</a> Not good.

One question comes to mind: Why are we even allowing any shipments from Yemen in the first place!?

It’s a clear security risk.

NY-born man arrested in plot to join US military, “wage jihad”

October 26, 2010 War No comments

(Fox News) A New York City-born man was ordered to return from Hawaii where he was arrested on charges he tried to join the U.S. military at a Times Square recruiting station so he could he could be deployed to Iraq, desert and fight with anti-American insurgency forces.

Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, 21, was charged with making false statements in the midst of a New York-based terrorism investigation, authorities said Monday.

A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn said the FBI and the New York Police Department had been investigating Shehadeh “and several other individuals in connection with a plot to travel overseas and wage violent jihad against the United States and other coalition military forces.”

Al-Qaeda leader dined at Pentagon as part of Muslim outreach effort

October 21, 2010 War, World No comments

(FoxNews.com) Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA’s kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned.

Documents exclusively obtained by Fox News, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military’s outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

According to the documents, obtained as part of an ongoing investigation by the specials unit “Fox News Reporting,” there was a push within the Defense Department to reach out to the Muslim community.

“At that period in time, the secretary of the Army (redacted) was eager to have a presentation from a moderate Muslim.”

In addition, Awlaki “was considered to be an ‘up and coming’ member of the Islamic community. After her vetting, Aulaqi (Awlaki) was invited to and attended a luncheon at the Pentagon in the secretary of the Army’s Office of Government Counsel.”

Awlaki, a Yemeni-American who was born in Las Cruces, N.M., was interviewed at least four times by the FBI in the first week after the attacks because of his ties to the three hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Hani Hanjour. The three hijackers were all onboard Flight 77 that slammed into the Pentagon.

Obama plans more aid for Pakistani military

October 20, 2010 Government, War, World No comments

The Obama administration is planning to ramp up military support to the Pakistani army as part of an effort to persuade Islamabad to do far more to combat Islamic militants.

he new military aid, which is contingent on congressional approval, is expected to amount to more than $2 billion over five years, would pay for equipment Pakistan can use for counterinsurgency and counterterror operations. U.S. officials say they hope the new aid could effectively eliminate Pakistan’s objections that it doesn’t have the equipment needed to launch more operations in tribal areas.

Pakistan received about $1.9 billion in military assistance from the U.S. in fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30, including about $300 million in grants to buy U.S. defense equipment. The new package of defense equipment would average out to an additional $100 million a year in aid, although the size of the grants would start lower and grow over time.

By seeking assurances from Pakistan that the new equipment will be used only to combat militants in the border areas, the U.S. hopes to reassure India that it isn’t trying to further boost the power of Pakistan’s conventional military.

Yes, let’s reward insufficient action on the part of the Pakistanis with even more military aid.

Taliban’s influence expands into northern Afghanistan

October 19, 2010 War, World No comments

The Taliban’s influence in northern Afghanistan has expanded in recent months from a few hotspots to much of the region, as insurgents respond to the U.S.-led coalition’s surge in the south by seizing new ground in areas once considered secure.

In many areas here and the rest of the north, the Taliban have effectively supplanted the official authorities, running local administrations and courts, and conscripting recruits.

“Day by day, the Taliban are advancing into new districts,” said provincial council chief Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni of Baghlan.

Wait, I thought the Taliban’s influence was weakening. Isn’t that the justification the Obama administration and the believers in our politically correct counter-insurgency strategy have given us for the coming Taliban so-called “reconciliation”?

Such advances challenge the coalition strategy that assumes Taliban losses in its southern heartland would undermine the entire insurgency, driving the militants to pursue peace on terms acceptable to the West.

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

When are we going to wake up and realize that destroying the enemy is absolutely a necessary part of winning this war?

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