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DRAGUIGNAN, France (AFP) - A top US admiral speaking at a ceremony in southern France paying homage to World War II US troops used the occasion to draw parallels with US President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s worldwide war on terror. "Today we are fighting a war against an enemy that respects no borders, has no civilised norms of behaviour in sparing innocent lives and who does not share our sincerest vision and deeds of goodwill to all peoples," Admiral Gregory Johnson said. The senior officer, who is the NATO (news - web sites) commander for southern Europe...

A Little Sunshine for Winter Soldier, John Kerry By Thomas Lipscomb February 28, 2004 -- Presidential candidate John Kerry recently wrote a letter to President Bush complaining that “you and your campaign have initiated a widespread attack on my service in Vietnam, my decision to speak out to end that war” and warning "I will not sit back and allow my patriotism to be challenged." In the absence of any evidence from Kerry of an attack from the Bush campaign, Kerry seems to have originated his own doctrine of “preemption.” How valid are his concerns? (Photo links to its source,...

THE commander of the US Pacific fleet will drop into Tasmanian shipbuilding yard Incat over the weekend to cast an acquisitive eye over its $78 million catamarans. Admiral Walter F. Doran will visit the struggling shipbuilding yard in Hobart to see how it makes the vessels that have excited him and other US armed force leaders during sea trials. Admiral Doran took a high-speed ride on the Incat-built military HSV (high-speed vessel) Joint Venture during operations off the Californian port of San Diego last year. "I'm very interested," Admiral Doran said yesterday. "You're going at 35, 36, 37 knots ......

Larry Elder has a great guest on his drive home show on KABC 790 in Los Angeles. (NOW on the Internet -- www.kabc.com) Vice Admiral Michael Colaris(Ret) was brilliant. I only heard part of it because I was out running errands, but the most notable comment was when Larry asked him about the U.N. The admiral took a little breath and said -- "Make it a multiplex. They are going to have some good film to show from this." He also said that we will shape the battlefield. We are not going to risk major losses in hand to hand...

Posted on Fri, Jul. 12, 2002 Man charged with impersonating NSA official By MATT CAMPBELL The Kansas City Star An Independence man -- already accused of impersonating a naval officer and a Medal of Honor recipient -- on Thursday faced a more serious charge of impersonating a National Security Agency official. A felony count of possessing a fraudulent National Security Agency identification card was added to two misdemeanor charges pending in federal court against Ralph Ervin Crowder. Crowder wore an orange jail outfit Thursday when making his initial appearance before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Maughmer in Kansas City....