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As a Briton who has lived in the United States for three years, I now find myself eligible for citizenship, which involves passing a test on the US Constitution. Unfortunately this comes at a time when the United States is experiencing a constitutional crisis. Widespread electoral fraud has been committed by a publicly-funded socialistic anti-American outfit called ACORN. So many bogus voter registrations have now been made that the November General Election result could actually be decided by ACORN. This is clearly an unacceptable situation - except that, apparently, you have no choice but to accept it (which is in...

Governor Sarah Palin has launched a slashing counterattack on her critics, telling the Republican convention that she had accepted an invitation to be Senator John McCain's running mate to serve the American people, not to win "the good opinion" of her detractors.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the running mate chosen by Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, has addressed the Republican National Convention in St Paul, Minnesota. Below is the full text of her speech. ...

A major secret British operation to boost the economy in Afghanistan's Helmand province has been completed after a force of 5,000 troops fought for a week to drive a huge dam turbine through Taliban lines. British commanders estimate that more than 200 Taliban were killed as they tried to prevent the convoy of 100 vehicles from getting the machinery to Kajaki hydroelectric dam where it will provide a significant increase in energy for up to two million Afghans. The operation has been described as the biggest of its kind since the Second World War. For the last five days the...

Hundreds of terrorists have been killed by the SAS waging a "secret war" against al-Qaeda in Iraq, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. More than 3,500 insurgents have been "taken off the streets of Baghdad" by the elite British force in a series of audacious "Black Ops" over the past two years.

The secret work of SAS troops battling Al Qa'eda terrorists in Iraq has been exposed by the American commander in the country. British special forces had played an "immense" role in taking out terrorist bomb-making cells and insurgent leaders over the last five years, said Gen David Petraeus. In one incident the SAS blended into the heavy Baghdad traffic by hiring a pink pick-up truck and removing their military clothing to capture a terrorist, the general said.