http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/enemy/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:37:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415702/posts ...As I watched the recent presidential campaign many things struck me as odd, but one in particular. Barack Obama enjoyed the support of the United Mine Workers Union. That in itself is not a big surprise as he had the support of every union as Democrat politicians usually have. The interesting part was when you factored in Obama’s comments regarding the future of coal: Framing The Dialogue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415702/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:37:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414163/posts Kerry Floats Plan to Visit Tehran White House Wouldn't Oppose Trip, First by Top U.S. Official in 30 Years, to Chagrin of Iran's Opposition By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry has suggested becoming the first high-level U.S. emissary to make a public visit to Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, a move White House officials say they won't oppose. View Full Image Mourners attend the funeral procession of Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri on Monday. Demotix Images Mourners attend the funeral procession of Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri on Monday. Mourners attend the funeral... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414163/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:09:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts With a mere investment of $780,000 Soros and his allies were able to suborn free elections in the states of Montana, West Virginia, Missouri, Oregon, in 2008, and in Minnesota, Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada and Iowa, in 2006. How did he achieve so much with so little? He founded a 527 group which funded candidates in one kind of race in which the victor has the most influence over election integrity, and in which there is so little political competition: the Secretaries of State. In each State the SoS job is entrusted with overseeing the protection of free and fair... post and email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409739/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398298/posts Those tingles up his leg that MSNBC talker Chris Matthews gets from President Barack Obama (D) have apparently zapped Matthews' brain. Analyzing Obama's speech at West Point last night with Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, Matthews observed "It seems like in this case, there isn't a lot of excitement. I watched the cadets, they were young kids - men and women who were committed to serving their country professionally it must be said, as officers. And, I didn't see much excitement. But among the older people there, I saw, if not resentment, skepticism. I didn't see a lot of warmth... The American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398298/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398097/posts MSNBC's Chris Matthews says President Obama went into "enemy camp" when he delivered his Afghanistan speech at West Point. RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398097/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:11:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384218/posts One of the most lethal areas in Afghanistan for U.S. troops is the Arghandab Valley, a Taliban stronghold just outside the southern city of Kandahar. The Army's 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., patrols the area, facing the risk of huge roadside bombs. One platoon already has lost 11 soldiers, and several more were seriously wounded — about one-third of the force. One day last week, more bad news crackled over the radio: a Taliban attack and casualties in 2nd Platoon. (SNIP) "How many total were in the truck?" Burrow asks. "There were four of us," the... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384218/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381010/posts KILLEEN — Sgt. Fahad Kamal attended prayer services at the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen on Friday just as he has frequently since arriving at Fort Hood seven months ago. This day, though, the 26-year-old medic, who served in Afghanistan from January 2007 to April 2008, wore his uniform. This day, the devout Muslim from Houston was seeking to strike a far different image than that of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of shooting 43 people at Fort Hood on Thursday. Kamal said he had come to the mosque from a gloomy base, where "soldiers aren't really talking... The Austin American Statesmen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381010/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352717/posts The Taliban in Pakistan have released a video confirming that their former leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead. A video received by the BBC shows the body of the former head of Pakistan's largest Taliban group lying in a room. It is not clear where it was taken. Mr Mehsud was killed on 6 August in the tribal region of South Waziristan in a missile attack by a suspected US drone. news.bbc.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352717/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352719/posts The brother of Pakistan's new Taliban leader has been killed in a clash with security forces in the north-west of the country, local officials say. Kalimullah Mehsud was killed in battle on Monday after troops responded to a Taliban rocket attack on a military base in North Waziristan. Tribal sources confirmed his death. He has since been buried in his village. bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352719/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349713/posts Da Joooos in da sky catch three members of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket team attempting to fire a qassam at southern Israel...hilarity ensues.... Note: This took place on Friday according to the IDF. Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2349713/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:49:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348961/posts An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Friday killed three Palestinian fighters, medical workers and the Israeli military said. According to Reuters, an Israeli military spokesman said the air force "targeted and identified hitting three terrorists on their way to launch rockets into southern Israel". The Islamic Jihad group said the fighters from its group died near the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Al Bawaba http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348961/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2328219/posts Apache's 30mm turns four jihadis into a fine red Allah-mist. Note: Sound on for added effect. Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2328219/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:19:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2327746/posts Super-high quality vid of Apache vaporizing 5 jihadis. Fun starts around the 1:20 mark. Note: Flying-jihadi on the first strike, watch the guy on the left (1:27 mark). Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2327746/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324945/posts Taliban bunker complex completely destroyed, with amazing flying-jihadi goodness... Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324945/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324624/posts Two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban acknowledged Tuesday that the militants' top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a U.S. missile strike. It was the first time the militants acknowledged Mehsud's death, first reported shortly after the CIA missile strike Aug. 5 near the Afghan border. ... "He was wounded. He got the wounds in a drone strike and he was martyred two days ago," Hakimullah Mehsud said. Rehman later repeated the same statement. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324624/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324160/posts The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead, two of his senior commanders have told the BBC. It is the first time that the militant group has acknowledged his death.The commanders, Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman, said that he had died of injuries sustained in a US missile strike earlier this month.Hakimullah has been named as successor to Baitullah Mehsud, who was Pakistan's most feared militant, accused of scores of suicide bombings and other attacks. Hakimullah Mehsud, who is believed to be in his late 20s, said Baitullah Mehsud had been critically wounded by the missile strike but... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324160/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324070/posts In December 1917 Bolshevik Russian leaders, including one of the founders of Socialist thuggery Vladimir Lenin, established the Cheka—Russia’s first political secret police. With almost unlimited power, the Cheka implemented “campaigns of terror” against the wealthy, land owners and those who opposed Lenin and Bolshevism. !n 1922, once most of Russia’s opposition to their new absolute rulers had lessened, the Cheka was disbanded. However, under the singularly oppressive Josef Stalin, Cheka was reinstated and ultimately renamed “The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs” (NKVD) and what would be known as Stalin’s “Great Terror of the 1930s began. The NKVD was used... CanadaFreePress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2324070/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312166/posts The raging conflict in Pakistan does, if one tries hard, seem to have some curious aspects. Take the confusion that often surrounds the announced death of a warlord or the other. More than once someone the authorities have declared to be dead has resurfaced most calmly. It does rather seem like despite all that hi-tech gadgetry employed by the US to “assist” Pakistan, they can’t quite always figure out just who they fired that missile at. Or, perhaps, one is being uncharitable. Given the terrain, suited for guerrilla warfare and with all the bearded, turbaned chaps looking virtually like carbon... The Economic Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312166/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:41:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311491/posts SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Hakimullah Mehsud and another Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman have been killed in an armed clash erupted during the Tehreek’s Shura meeting. At the meeting Hakimullah Mehsud was appointed as TTP Chief. GEO TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311491/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310944/posts If the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban who is thought to have been killed during the Aug. 5 airstrike in South Waziristan, is confirmed, his name will top of the list of senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed since the US began launching airstrikes into Pakistan's tribal areas in 2004. Baitullah would be the first tier one target (senior most al Qaeda and Taliban commanders) killed since the Jan. 1, 2009, airstrike that killed Osama al Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan. Al Kini was al Qaeda's operations chief in Pakistan, and Swedan was... LONG WAR JOURNAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310944/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309926/posts ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – There is a strong likelihood that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. "We suspect he was killed in the missile strike," Malik said on Friday. "We have some information, but we don't have material evidence to confirm it." The United States has placed a $5 million reward on the head of Mehsud, an ally of al Qaeda widely regarded in Pakistan as Public Enemy No. 1. A U.S. defense official, speaking anonymously in Washington, said he... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309926/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310154/posts There is a strong likelihood that Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters. ‘We suspect he was killed in the missile strike,’ Malik said on Friday. ‘We have some information, but we don't have material evidence to confirm it.’ A senior Pakistani security official said that aside from Mehsud's wife, one of Mehsud's brothers and seven of his bodyguards perished in the attack. The official said intelligence services were trying to discover the identity of another victim, and there was a good... dawn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310154/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:46:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310097/posts Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud may have been killed in a U.S. drone attack, a U.S. official said Friday. "There's reason to believe Mehsud may be dead, but there's no confirmation at this time," the official said. Mehsud's second wife was killed early Wednesday in a suspected U.S. drone attack, according to intelligence sources and relatives. The unmanned aerial vehicle targeted the home of Mehsud's father-in-law, Mulvi Ikram ud Din, and dropped two missiles on the residence in northwestern Pakistan, an intelligence official said. Mehsud's second wife was one of two people killed in the strike, according to the sources.... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310097/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299116/posts U.S. officials believe Usama bin Laden's son, Saad bin Laden, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan. Sources confirmed to FOX News late Wednesday that officials believe the younger bin Laden was killed by hellfire missiles from a U.S. Predator drone strike earlier this year. The death was first reported by National Public Radio. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell told NPR that Saad bin Laden reportedly traveled to Pakistan last year after spending several years under house arrest in Iran. Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299116/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297809/posts U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, just back from a fact-finding trip to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says the visit reinforced his opposition to closing the facility and moving the detainees held there to the United States. President Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison by January, pleasing human rights advocates who said reports of inhumane treatment there stained the nation’s reputation. But the White House said Monday that a task force studying how to do that has been given another six months to deliver its recommendations. That delay poses a “huge difficulty” for prosecutors building cases... The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297809/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:07:23 GMT