JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Militants injured two security forces personnel in a grenade attack Monday on a major NATO airbase at an airport in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, the local police chief said. “A few men threw hand grenades at the airport gate and the troops returned fire and the attackers fled,” said Sardar[...]
H.R. 645
National Emergency Centers Establishment Act 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 645 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2009 Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in[...]
‘Anonymous’ defiant in the face of arrests
SAN FRANCISCO — Notorious hacker group Anonymous on posted a defiant message to police Thursday and boasted of plundering sensitive data from NATO computers. “We are not scared anymore,” read an online message that purported to be a response by Anonymous and splinter group Lulz Security. “Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us[...]
Audit: Fed gave $16 trillion in emergency loans
From: RawStory.com The U.S. Federal Reserve gave out $16.1 trillion in emergency loans to U.S. and foreign financial institutions between Dec. 1, 2007 and July 21, 2010, according to figures produced by the government’s first-ever audit of the central bank. Last year, the gross domestic product of the entire U.S. economy was $14.5 trillion. Of[...]
Napolitano: Domestic Terrorists Central to Threat
*Note: We will all be listed as terrorists before all is said and done. From FauxNews The killing of Usama Bin Laden in May by Navy SEALS may have damaged the al Qaeda organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but the terror group’s franchise in Yemen, its American-born leader Anwar al-Awlaki and homegrown threats are the[...]
CFR Issue Guide: Venezuela Under Chavez
Author: Robert McMahon, Editor Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez leaves an uncertain legacy for his country and region. This issue guide explores some of Chavez’s chief political and economic initiatives and his relationship with Cuba. The Atlantic: What Hugo Chavez Built: The Legacy of Latin-American ‘Chavismo’ ”Early in his presidency, Chavez remarked that he saw himself as a[...]