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U.S. probes claims filmmaker given bin Laden mission info
WASHINGTON — The US military and CIA are probing claims that classified information about the killing of Osama bin Laden was given to Oscar winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, a Republican lawmaker said Thursday. Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said he requested an investigation after reports…
Pakistan PM hits out at army amid coup fears
Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursdaysaid conspirators were plotting to bring down his government and delivered an unprecedented tirade against the powerful military. In astonishing confirmation that he fears being ousted, he angrily denied the government was subservient to the army, long considered the chief arbiter of power in Pakistan as his administration grapples with…
Pakistan army wants Zardari out but not a coup
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s powerful army is fed up with unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari and wants him out of office, but through legal means and without a repeat of the coups that are a hallmark of the country’s 64 years of independence, military sources said. Tensions are rising between…
‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year
NEW YORK — “The protester” was named Time magazine’s person of the year Wednesday, a tribute to those bringing change across the Arab world as well as anti-corporate greed demonstrations in the US and Europe. “There’s this contagion of protest,” Time managing editor Richard Stengel said on NBC television. “These…
Man who hunted bin Laden busted for illegal firearm
An American businessman who was arrested in Pakistan last year carrying a pistol, dagger and samurai sword, claiming to be on a mission to find and kill terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, is now facing a new form of justice in his homeland. Gary Brooks Faulkner, whose odd quest earned…
Fox starts in immediately with the conspiracy theories
Looks like Fox News has really benefited from the small amount of time between Obama releasing his birth certificate and the death of Osama Bin Laden. That's because they lost one conspiracy only to gain another: the inevitable claims that the Obama administration faked Osama Bin Laden's death. Digby posted…
Wingnuts long for a nuclear holocaust
So this video has been making the rounds, and my initial urge was to bucket this kind of rhetoric into same right wing tendency to allow their overactive, violent, hypermasculinity-worshiping imaginations to get the better of them. Which it totally is in no small part. They ache for war because…
Pandagon knows how to fight terrorism
Oh no, we’re falling behind! Please step up and help us stuff the ballot box in a contest that’s all about ballot box stuffing. Remember, you can vote once a day. To make it worse, our worthy opposition has (gasp!) gone negative. (Cue faux outrage from supporters and sad and…
This Is What It Sounds Like When Doves Spit On Your Grave
Mumbles the Press Secretary has determined that Osama bin Laden wasn’t behind 9/11. I’m kind of okay with her falling into a deep, dark hole and people passing by the vague mumbling until she claws her way out. Just saying.…
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