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Barack Obama urged to act after eight more US soliders die in AfghanistanWhite House under pressure over troop deployments as US military suffers deadliest day in more than a year Richard Norton-Taylor, Jon Boone, Matthew Taylor and Ed Pilkington The Guardian, Monday 5 October 2009 The American military suffered its deadliest day in Afghanistan in more than a year when eight soldiers were killed on Saturday in audacious daytime raids by insurgents on US outposts in the east of the country. The deaths came as calls mounted in Washington and London for decisions to be taken quickly over future troop...

"Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link.

For 50 minutes, Obama sat mute, as a Marxist thug from Nicaragua delivered his diatribe, charging America with a century of terrorist aggression in Central America. After Daniel Ortega finished spitting in our face, accusing us of inhumanity toward Fidel Castro's Cuba, Obama was asked his thoughts. "I thought it was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought." Hillary Clinton was asked to comment: "I thought the cultural performance was fascinating," she cooed. Pressed again on Ortega's vitriol, Hillary replied: "To have those first-class Caribbean entertainers all on one stage and to see how much was done in such a...

The accused was a 71-year-old financial adviser with an office on Fifth Avenue and a ranch house in Westchester County. The disguise was Groucho Marx glasses, nose, eyebrows and mustache. The suspected getaway car was a leased charcoal gray Lexus RX S.U.V. parked in an A&P parking lot that was identified in part by its “Obama ‘08“ bumper sticker.

DUBLIN, Ohio — After conversations Saturday with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and emergency management officials about Hurricane Gustav, Barack Obama said cooperation between the local and federal government “appears to be good” but he will continue to monitor it. “The main message,” Obama said, “is for the public in those areas that are potentially in danger to take the evacuation seriously, even if you have ridden out this storm before, even if you think that it may pass over, even if you think you can wait until the last minute, this is going to be potentially very, very serious.” It...

I've been collecting Obamisms for a couple of weeks now, thought I'd post them to share and hopefully to be added to. Barry Hussein Obamisms Obagasms Obeyme Obamination Barack O'Possum Saint of Hyde Park St. Barack Obamacons Fauxbama Messiah Obambi Hussein ObamaMessiaHamas NObama Barack, the pander bear O’barmy Ubingobangobongo Obamaciples Ego-bama “The One,” (Oprah) Black Whiteguilt Oblack Obamajugend Obama-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong Obamacaca obammy Omabama Obamafuhrer Obamao Obamasama Barraaack al obama Unidentified Flying Muslim Obama Christ Lord Messiah Obama Hazbin Laden BARRYSTROIKA (BARRYSTROIKA Barack [let no infidel see behind these brackets] Obama's program of economic, political, and social restructuring which aims to end...

It's no slur to be called a Muslim The turban photos affair was a missed chance for Obama. If he really is to repair the world, he must tackle this Islamophobia. Sure she did. And George Bush put on a poncho in Santiago, while Paul Wolfowitz burned up YouTube with his anti-malarial African dance routines while World Bank president. The obvious difference is this: when white politicians go ethnic, they look funny; when a black presidential contender does it, he looks foreign - and when the ethnic apparel in question is vaguely reminiscent of the clothing worn by Iraqi and...

Coming soon in a Clinton email... Meanwhile... The media insisted that Obama was not wearing Muslim clothing in the last Clinton email. But, lookie here:

Acknowledging that his presidential campaign has opened a racial debate, Sen. Barack Obama, who has a white mother and an African father, says if you look African-American, you are treated like one. Obama and his wife, Michelle, who also addresses the race issue, appear in an interview with Steve Kroft to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday Feb. 11 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS television Network. If, as expected, Obama declares his formal candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination tomorrow, it will be his first interview to be broadcast after that event.

Barack Obama’s free ride is ending. The charismatic Illinois senator has enjoyed a lifetime of hagiography, starting with an 800-word story in The New York Times the day after his election as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Now, Obama’s about to endure a going-over that would make a proctologist blush. Why has he sometimes said his first name is Arabic, and other times Swahili? Why did he make up names in his first book, as the introduction acknowledges? Why did he say two years ago that he would “absolutely” serve out his Senate term, which ends...

SPRINGFIELD -- The building where Barack Obama will announce his presidential intentions Saturday is a sturdy dolomite structure with thick Doric columns and a facade as plain as the man who spent most of his political career there, Abraham Lincoln. It was here in the Old State Capitol, in the governor's corner offices, where Lincoln sat with his supporters, plotting his 1860 U.S. presidential campaign. Gov. John Wood wisely vacated his offices, leaving behind his rocking chair and desk and moving home to Quincy to avoid the crowds. Lincoln's legacy endures, not only because he saved the Union and was...

Finally, Barack Obama has a scandal. It’s small–a mere sapling next to its towering twentieth-century predecessors–but, with enough time and a little more attention, it could blossom into a White House Travel Office, or maybe even a Whitewater. The junior senator’s youthful drug habit (and his adult nicotine addiction) just never had legs, so if you need a cocktail-party reason to predict trouble for Obama’s candidacy, look no further than his business dealings with Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the indicted Chicago real-estate developer that sold the senator a sliver of his yard. Of course, there’s just one problem with the scandal...

ARAB RACISM & ISLAMIC JIHAD!!! Are Militant Muslims DECAPITATING Tourists in S. Philippines? IT'S ARAB MUSLIM FANATICS' RACISM + JIHAD!!! Did Sadistic Saddam attack Arab Kuwaiti 'brothers' tortured them horrifically? IT'S ARAB MUSLIM FANATICS' RACISM + JIHAD!!! Did Sadistic Saddam BUTCHER/GASSED/TORTURED HIS OWN PEOPLE? IT'S ARAB MUSLIM FANATICS' RACISM + JIHAD!!! Do Arab Muslim Militant Hamas/Islamic-Jihad/other 'Palestinian' Militants (& often Fatah - connected to the official 'Palestinian' authority) TARGET BABIES, (not as the West targets terrorists) Yes or no? IT'S ARAB MUSLIM FANATICS' RACISM + JIHAD!!! Did Arab Islamists attack French subways? (1985) IT'S ARAB MUSLIM FANATICS' RACISM +...

In every presidential campaign, there is an issue which rises to the surface and dominates the debate. In 1992, it was the economy. In 1980, it was inflation, unemployment, and a tarnished national image. In 2004, it is the war on terror, and in particular, the Democrats are attempting to make this election a referendum on the war in Iraq. Time and time again, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry has said his opponent has "misled" the American people on Iraq.

New York Times July 9, 2004 This May Be News To Hussein, But He's Got A Defense Team, And It's Hoping For Bail By Jeffrey Gettleman AMMAN, Jordan, July 8 - In a little office off Al Jaleel street, above noisy sidewalks packed with boys selling prickly pears and women shopping for shoes, a group of lawyers thumbed through chunky legal books and debated how to get bail for a man accused of genocide. This is the headquarters of the Saddam Hussein legal defense fund. The team begins with Muhammad Rashdan, a 55-year-old former Baathist who says Iraq's former dictator...

Unconventional Combat by Williamson Murray and Robert Scales, Jr. Battle Plan Under Fire homepage The tip came late Monday evening on July 21, 2003. The young sergeant, an intelligence specialist with the 101st Airborne Division, had spent the day interviewing a string of Iraqis. They had filtered into his command post with bits and pieces of information, most of little consequence. This particular Iraqi, however, seemed different and triggered the sergeant's training and instincts. As the Iraqi's eyes flicked nervously about the room, he whispered that he knew where Saddam's sons were hiding—in plain sight at a distant cousin's house...

The French lawyer who defended Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and guerrilla Carlos the Jackal has confirmed he will defend Saddam Hussein. Jacques Verge said Saddam's nephew had chosen him to represent the former Iraqi president. Mr Verges, who is also defending former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz, said he would lead Saddam's defence, supported by a dozen other French lawyers. In Baghdad, the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council is setting up a war crimes tribunal to try Saddam on charges which may include genocide and crimes against humanity. Washington has said the 66-year-old Saddam, whose interrogation is being led...

All the main media sites use the following language. The liberal Media will soon highlight the last sentence. Officials said four bodies were transported out of the house. Three were adults -- Odai, Qusai and a bodyguard. The fourth body was of a teenager -- possibly Qusai's son.

Calls Uday, Qusay 'Do-nothings' Abid Hamid Mahmoud al-Tikriti, the just-captured "ace of diamonds" from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, last night blasted his number-four status, arguing that he should rank higher than both Uday and Qusay Hussein in the infamous deck of cards. "When the Americans told me I was number four, I practically fell out of my chair," Mr. Mahmoud told CNN's Larry King during an hour-long interview. "What were they smoking when they put together these rankings?" Mr. Mahmoud attempted to portray himself as a victim of nepotism, claiming that the Hussein sons' role in Saddam's...

Sources: RG, SRG Commanders Betrayed HusseinApr 15, 2003 - 0042 GMT Summary Stratfor's German intelligence sources say that Iraq fell so quickly because Saddam Hussein was killed early in the war, due to some top Iraqi military leaders negotiating the end of resistance by elite forces. While these reports are unconfirmed, it is not inconceivable. A decision by top Iraqi commanders and secret services chiefs to betray their leaders before or during the war could have led to the collapse of the regime. Analysis Stratfor's sources within the German intelligence community have said that reports are circulating in the...