CentCom Electronic Newsletter - Week of 29 January 2007
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Petraeus Supports Troop Increase in Confirmation Hearing
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2007 – President Bush’s pick for command of Multinational Force Iraq today supported the new strategy for Iraq, emphasizing that additional U.S. forces are essential in accomplishing the mission there.
“If we are to carry out the Multinational Force Iraq [...]
Pelosi in Iraq to see for herself how war is going
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual | 2 Comments
From the AP:
A U.S. embassy official said Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House, had arrived in Iraq at the head of a six-member congressional delegation for meetings with Iraqi and U.S. officials but did not plan any public appearances.
I don’t know if this is going to be good or bad, but I do [...]
Utah AG: Child rape scene “tastefully shot,” “good message” gets two thumbs up
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under Child Exploitation, News | 4 Comments
Deseret News: ‘Hounddog’ not porn, A.G. says
“It was horrific,” Shurtleff said of the scene, adding that he believes it was tastefully shot.
Fanning herself has been defending the movie, and “Hounddog” has gotten support from the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network. An online petition has also been launched in [...]
So…terror front groups should have access to state secrets?
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, Border Control/Homeland Security, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments
I decided to break out part of my post from minutes ago because I think it is important as a stand-alone. Adam Liptak from the New York Times mentions this case in Oregon without acknowledging a miiiiiinor detail that would lend a very different perspective.
NYT: Secrecy Is at Issue in Suits Opposing Spy Program
At [...]
Government asks that ACLU case to block terror-related communication surveillance be rendered moot
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Activist Judges, Border Control/Homeland Security, Illegal Activities, News, War On Terror | 3 Comments
UPI: Government seeks to quash spying suit
The U.S. Justice Department filed court papers in Cincinnati arguing a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration’s wiretap program should be dismissed.
The department claims the lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and other plaintiffs, is no longer significant because the National Security [...]
We weren’t authorized to kill “Iranian operatives” in Iraq before? Scary if true.
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 2 Comments
WaPo: Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq
The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran’s influence across the Middle East and compel it to give up its nuclear program, according to government and counterterrorism officials with [...]
To be a good Democrat…
Posted on January 26, 2007 - Filed Under Humor, News | 7 Comments
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments
create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans
are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands
of Chinese and North Korean communists.
4. You have [...]
