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My cellphone has not stopped ringing for the past ten minutes. Various sources inform that an announcement will come within the next few minutes from the Cuban government on Cuban TV and media. Stay tuned and we'll see if we've been manipulated once again or if today is the birth date of Cuba's liberty. Update: Here's the deal and what I know up to now, as of 1500 hours, August 24, 2007: First, South Florida Law Enforcement is on alert. An EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has been set-up and manned somewhere in Homestead. Im also told Local and State government...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban's most prominent military commander, a one-legged fighter who orchestrated an ethnic massacre and a rash of beheadings, was killed in a U.S.-led military operation in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Mullah Dadullah, a top lieutenant of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service. NATO confirmed his death, calling it "a serious blow" to the insurgency. Dadullah is one of the highest-ranking Taliban leaders killed since the fall of the hard-line regime following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. His death...

Reuters says Al-Q announces Zarqawi wounding. Urges faithful to pray (Al-Q, not Reuters)

...according to a study by the University of Maryland: 57 % of those surveyed "believe that before the war Iraq was providing substantial support to al-Qaida", and 45% "believe that evidence that Iraq was supporting al-Qaida has been found". Moreover, 65% believe that "experts" have confirmed that Iraq had WMD.

MAKHACHKALA - Chechen warlord Ruslan Gelayev has been killed in a clash with two border guards in the mountains of Dagestan, the Federal Security Service confirmed on Monday. The body of the notorious field commander was found in the snow some 100 meters away from the bodies of two soldiers he had killed before the end. One of the most infamous Chechen filed commanders - Ruslan (also known as Khamzat) Gelayev was killed in the mountains of Dagestan on Saturday. On Monday Gelayev’s body was brought to Makhachkala, where two captured rebels from Gelayev’s group positively identified it as...

There are people in Iraq, all over the Arab world, and on the DemocRAT side of the aisle who do not want to believe that Qusay and Uday (or is it Qusai and Udai?)are really dead. Besides pictures, I believe we need to take action to prove it so that no one anywhere can spin it otherwise. I would suggest a team of doctors from several countries who would examine bodies, dental records, xrays, and DNA. Let them make a report of their findings. That is probably the only way to finalized this thing and end all the speculation.

KRLA 870 in Glendale, CA is giving away Disneyland tickets this week. The callers get 15 seconds to be creative and speak about a current issue. I almost won yesterday with a limerick, but today was the lucky day. The prize was four passes for four trips to Disneyland or California Adventure (which sucks big time). The murdering Uday and Quasay Liked torture and women and booze-ay But they ran out of luck When they didn't hear "duck!" They're taking their forever snooze-ay