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The Obama administration finally highlights Iran’s key role in supporting al Qaeda On July 28, the Treasury Department designated six al Qaeda operatives involved in shipping money and men from the Persian Gulf to senior al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The move targets a node of the global terror network that is critical to its overall strength, freezing any of its financial assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting any transactions with the operatives. Of the many conduits for al Qaeda funds and personnel across the world, the U.S. government believes this one is the most important. “This network...

The Best Places To Stay After The Zombie Apocalypse Andrew Shen Oct. 20, 2011, 9:00 PM Image: Wikimedia Commons The 2011 Zombie Safe House Competition has begun. When the zombie apocalypse happens, where will you live? See some of this year's new ideas for how to survive. Humans can go to the water, underground, above ground, or just fight back. We've gathered some of our favorite proposals here. Voting for the best safe house ends today.(Click to the site to see the choices)

Note: The following text is a quote: Terror Charges Unsealed in Minnesota Against Eight Defendants, Justice Department Announces The Justice Department announced that terrorism charges have been unsealed today in the District of Minnesota against eight defendants. According to the charging documents, the offenses include providing financial support to those who traveled to Somalia to fight on behalf of al-Shabaab, a designated foreign terrorist organization; attending terrorist training camps operated by al-Shabaab; and fighting on behalf of al-Shabaab. Thus far, 14 defendants have been charged in the District of Minnesota in indictments or criminal complaints that have been unsealed and...

Notwithstanding former President Jimmy Carter's recent statement to the contrary, Undersecretary of State John Bolton's remarks about Cuba's biological weapons capabilities underscore lingering concerns with the rogue island only 90 miles from the United States. Bolton, on May 6, told an audience at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation that the U.S. is suspicious about Cuban biomedical laboratories and their ability to transfer biological weapons technology to Iraq, Syria and Libya, all countries that Cuban President Fidel Castro visited last year. Bolton also made remarks, which may be interpreted as a clear signal of hardening State Department policy toward Cuba, faulting...

Today on a local radio show, a Kerry supporter called in who was commenting on the recent Bush ad showing wolves as surrogates for terrorists. This person understood that the wolves were a metaphor, but was still hopping mad that they were used in the spot. His reason? Wolves are really good creatures and he hated to see their good name besmirched by a crass Bush ad! Even though the ad is aimed at making a point about terrorism, his anger was directed at the folks who would use wolves to make that point - not at the terrorists. According...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The camera shows the suicide bomber warmly embracing a group of masked men. There are kisses on the cheek and a shot of him in the cab of a truck — his fingers resting on what appears to be a detonator. He reads a statement, telling his wife and his companions: "I sacrifice myself for my religion." Then, as a camera films cars passing quietly across a bridge, an explosion sends up a massive ball of fire. The scene, purportedly of the suicide bomber's mission, is one of several on a video given to Time magazine correspondent...