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The BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, has acknowledged the network is biased toward the left, following a report commissioned by the company. A yearlong probe revealed the corporation especially partial in its treatment of single-issue politics such as climate change, poverty, race and religion, according to the London Times.Snip A seminar on staff impartiality held last year is documented, with officials admitting they would broadcast images of the Bible being thrown away, but not the Koran for fear of offending Muslims.

IRAQ — Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 48 suspected terrorists and found several weapons caches in operations throughout Iraq on March 5 and 6. Coalition forces detained 24 suspected terrorists during several raids targeting al Qaeda in Iraq networks. - In southern Baghdad, ground forces detained eight suspected terrorists during a raid in which they targeted a group reported to be involved in the coordination, movement and emplacement of car bombs used against Iraqi and coalition forces. - In Rutbah, coalition forces detained five suspected terrorists while targeting a suspected weapons dealer who is known for providing improvised explosive device-making...

TAMPA - There was, perhaps, no better place to witness American-Islamic relations Saturday than from a comfortable seat in the lobby of the Tampa Convention Center. Outside the ballroom that would host the Council on American-Islamic Relations' annual Tampa banquet were olive-skinned men with beards and women wearing long dresses and burkas. They exchanged assalamu alaikums and cheek kisses. Flowing through the crowd of activist Muslims were those entering and exiting the Tampa Boat Show: light-skinned men in deck shoes and Hawaiian shirts and tanned women wearing capri pants and halter tops. Some were drinking beers, others pushing strollers. The...

For twenty years I have served without compensation as a lawyer for federal whistleblowers within the US intelligence community. In the last year, I have received highly classified information from several of my confidential clients concerning a Saudi covert operation. The Saudi relationship is so sensitive that, for more than a decade, federal prosecutors and counter-terrorist agents have been ordered to shut down their investigations for reasons of foreign policy. I am filing a lawsuit in Hillsborough County Court to expose the manner in which Florida charities were used as a money laundering operation for tax-deductible terrorism. The complaint cites...