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<p>Straight off, Governor Arnold accomplished something wonderful. In the California money crunch crisis, the Democrats thought they half-won. The Republicans thought they half-won. This is called ... "Compromise." And with the bond issue headed for the March ballot, Arnold wholly won, leaving bemusement in his wake.</p>

GLOBAL JIHAD 'Wahhabi lobby' polarizing FBI Culture of political correctness clashes with war on terrorism Posted: July 13, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: WorldNetDaily is pleased to have a content-sharing agreement with Insight magazine, the bold Washington publication not afraid to ruffle establishment feathers. Subscribe to Insight at WorldNetDaily's online store and save 71 percent off the cover price. By J. Michael Waller © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com As FBI agents in the field moved in on a dozen suspected terrorists running recruitment operations in Northern Virginia, a senior FBI official appeared June 26 before a Senate Homeland Security panel and...

Iraq recruited U.N. inspectors as informants and learns in advance which facilities will be searched, giving Saddam advance warning that enables him to play "rope-a-dope in the desert," according to Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. As World Tribune.com first reported, Wolfowitz offered details of Iraq's "concealment" strategy in an address to the Council on Foreign Relations late last week. President Bush offered highlights in his State of the Union address last night. Middle East Newsline reported that much of the information on Iraq's infiltration of U.N. inspectors and concealment strategy U.S. officials cite comes from foreign intelligence services, including...

Venezuela Dissidents May Be Charged The Associated Press, Sat 26 Oct 2002 http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-sa/2002/oct/26/102608521.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan judge ordered military officers demanding President Hugo Chavez's resignation to appear in court to face possible rebellion charges — the first sign Chavez intends to crack down on the 5-day-old protest. Judge Juan Leon Villanueva late Friday ordered 43 military and civilian protesters to appear in court Monday. The order came after Chavez accused them of ``cooking up a military insurrection'' and then vowed to squash it. Since Tuesday, thousands of civilians have rallied at a Caracas plaza in support of...