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Stop Using the Word ‘Islam’ in Reports on Terrorism, Islamic Bloc Says Thursday, December 04, 2008 By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor (CNSNews.com) – If the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) had its way, media reporting on terrorist activity would exclude “any reference to Islam” – whatever the affiliation, identity or motivation of the perpetrators. The bloc of Islamic nations, which is spearheading a drive at the United Nations to have the “defamation” of Islam outlawed, this week voiced criticism about media coverage of recent terrorist attacks. Without citing any specific attack, the OIC’s Jeddah-based general secretariat said in a...

Al Qaeda leader Abu Ghadiya was killed in yesterday's strike inside Syria, a senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal. But US special operations forces also inflicted a major blow to al Qaeda's foreign fighter network based in Syria. The entire senior leadership of Ghadiya's network was also killed in the raid, the official stated. Ghadiya was the leader of al Qaeda extensive network that funnels foreign fighters, weapons, and cash from Syria into Iraq along the entire length of the Syrian border. Ghadiya was first identified as the target of the raid inside Syria late last...

Buchanan(Tancredo) PAC targets Cannon in radio ads If you can define yourself in politics by the kind of enemies you make, Rep. Chris Cannon is moving up in the world. Cannon, R-Utah, is now receiving the significant monetary attention of Team America, an anti-illegal immigration political action committee started by fellow GOP House member Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., and now run by Bay Buchanan, the celebrated sister of longtime conservative candidate/columnist Pat Buchanan. Bay Buchanan, who appears regularly on national TV news and political opinion programs, put it bluntly in a telephone interview Tuesday: "We want to defeat Chris Cannon."...

CONSTITUTION PARTY NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO MEET IN COLUMBUS, OHIO The Fall 2005 National Committee meeting of the Constitution Party will be held September 16 and 17 in Columbus, Ohio. Please watch this space for details on registration and the meeting agenda. On Friday, September 16 the the business meeting of the National Committee will be held. That evening there will be an awards banquet. The meeting will reconvene on Saturday morning, September 17th. The National Committee meeting's official business will end with lunch on Saturday, followed by Howard Phillips' and The Conservative Caucus' special Constitution Day events. The weekend's activities...