The War at Home

It's been grimly amusing to watch the liberal mainstream media spin the murder spree at Ft. Hood. They are trying mightily to pretend it was all about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's inner psychological turmoil, given his job as an Army psychiatrist whose task it was to...

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Sunday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded

Updated at 6:33 p.m. EST, Nov. 8, 2009 Parliament today passed a contentious elections law that could allow national elections to occur as early as January. Iraq also enjoyed a third day of very light violence. At least seven Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded.
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Abbas Produces a Dubious Twist

RAMALLAH -- U.S. and Israeli failure to take either Palestinian rights or Israeli settlement expansion seriously has placed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority (PA) in an untenable situation, which could seriously damage peace prospects....

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‘War Comes Home’ with Ft. Hood Shootings

PHOENIX, Arizona -- While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident...

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US Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet

The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as...

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Friday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded

Updated at 8:22 p.m. EST, Nov. 6, 2009 At least four Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded in the latest attacks. Back in the United States, an army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 fellow soldiers at Fort Hood and fearful of an impending deployment was scheduled to go to Afghanistan, not Iraq.
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