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Amtrak will screen passengers' bags view story
26 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 9 months ago
- (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200802...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.
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Rice: Tough effort a must in Afghanistan view story
20 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 9 months ago
- (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200802...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has seen progress in Afghanistan during the past few years, despite a determined Taliban insurgency that has disrupted security and prompted concerns that the NATO-led military campaign is failing.
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Should the US consider Ethiopia an ally despite its poor human rights record? - Pulitzer Center - Helium - by Daniel Xiao Wang view story
1 vote- Submitted by wusong101
- 10 months ago
- (http://www.helium.com/tm/821811/w...)
- Became popular 10 months ago
Winston Churchill is quoted as saying that countries do not have friends, they have interests. At the moment Ethiopia is of st... by Daniel Xiao Wang
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Twenty-five U.S. Military Officers Challenge Official Account of 9/11 view story
15 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 10 months ago
- (http://www.opednews.com/articles/...)
- Became popular 10 months ago
25 former U.S. military officers have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and called for a new investigation. They include the former commander of U.S. Army Intelligence, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and more...
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BBC Censored Benazir Bhutto's Reports that Bin Laden Had Been Murdered? view story
14 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 11 months ago
- (http://existentialistcowboy.blogs...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
When the BBC censors the reporting of the assassination of Benzir Bhutto --a highly visible critic of Bush/British policy with regard to the "War on Terrorism" et al --it is fair to ask: who is the BBC protecting?
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The Tree of Liberty Must Be Refreshed view story
15 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 11 months ago
- (http://whitehouser.com/politics/t...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
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Soldiers in Afghanistan Remember Family view story
9 votes- Submitted by Rubab
- 11 months ago
- (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stor...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
As the choir of Army soldiers sang a spirited "Frosty the Snowman" under a light snowfall Sunday evening, Lt. Com. Lynne O'Neil bobbed in time and thought of her daughter, Anna.
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The torture tape fingering Bush as a war criminal view story
19 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
An op-ed piece attempting to piece the puzzle of the CIA Tapes controversy together.
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This guy waterboarded himself view story
19 votes- Submitted by cGt2099
- 11 months ago
- (http://boards.straightdope.com/sd...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
Just to find out whether it's torture or not.
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Qaeda's Zawahri says British "fleeing" from Iraq-Web view story
3 votes- Submitted by danielsale
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/n...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said Britain's handover of security in southern Iraq showed that insurgents were gaining the upper hand, according to a Web video posted on Sunday.

