McLead in SC — Rasmussen has McCain jumping ahead of Huckabee for the Jan. 19 South Carolina primary... Romney is at 16 percent, Thompson at 12, Giuliani at 6, Paul at 5. If Romney drops out after Michigan, does that suddenly make Thompson viable? Does it give Huckabee or McCain a boost?
A bigger threat than al-Qaeda: Pakistanis See U.S. as Greatest Threat Amid reports that the administration of U.S. President [sic] George W. Bush is considering aggressive covert actions against armed Islamist forces in western Pakistan, a new survey released here Monday suggested that such an effort would be opposed by an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis themselves. The survey, which was funded by the quasi-governmental U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and designed by the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), also found that a strong majority of Pakistanis consider the U.S. military presence in Asia and neighbouring Afghanistan a much more critical threat to their country than al Qaeda or Pakistan's own Taliban movement in the tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan.
CIA reveals: We said in 1974 that Israel had nuclear weapons The Central Intelligence Agency, backed by bodies including the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Defense Intelligence Agency, determined in August 1974 that Israel had nuclear "weapons in being," a "small number" of which it "produced and stockpiled." Israel was also suspected of providing nuclear materials, equipment or technology to Iran , South Africa and other then-friendly countries. Advertisement This top secret document, consigned to the CIA's vaults for almost 32 years, was released to the public this week.
US planes unleash 40,000 pounds of bombs in 10 minutes near Baghdad U.S. bombers and jet fighters have unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives within 10 minutes on the southern outskirts of Baghdad, targeting what the military calls safe havens for al-Qaida in Iraq. The attack is part of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a campaign against al-Qaida civilians in Iraq that was launched Tuesday. The military says two B-1 bombers and four F-16 fighters dropped the bombs on 40 targets in Arab Jabour in 10 strikes.
Extra U.S. forces for Afghanistan no ticket home for Canadians --Pentagon to send in 3,000 marines for one-time stint The Pentagon's decision to possibly send in some 3,000 marines to southern Afghanistan for a one-time only, seven-month rotation in no way represents a ticket home for Canada's 2,500 troops in Kandahar. Nor does it end NATO's perpetual struggle to find enough troops and equipment to break the back of a Taliban 'insurgency' in the south, now emerging from its bloodiest year of inflicting casualties on foreign troops and innocent Afghan civilians.
US may have given injured British forces infected blood transfusions The medical records of hundreds of British servicemen seriously wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 have had to be investigated by the Ministry of Defence after the Americans admitted that they may have given some of the injured infected blood transfusions.
Military won’t cover shipment protection costs (WA) War protesters might encounter less security the next time Uncle Sam decides to use the Port of Grays Harbor to ship military cargo to Iraq. The Department of the Army has soundly rejected the City of Aberdeen’s bill for $165,409 for overtime and additional manpower to provide security outside Port property last May.
Abu Ghraib officer cleared The Army has thrown out the conviction of the only officer [Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan] court-martialed in the Abu Ghraib scandal, bringing an end to the four-year investigation and drawing complaints from human rights activists of a Pentagon whitewash.
Albright: Bush 'One of the Worst Presidencies' in History Nearly seven years out office, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright pulls no punches bashing the Bush administration’s handling of certain issues - calling it one of America’s "worst presidencies." Albright gave President [sic] George W. Bush and Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney very poor marks and listed goals for the next president to do better that include embracing a global view of climate change.
FRED THOMPSON'S CALL TO ARMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA — Fred Thompson talked to bloggers today. Thompson made it clear that he's “drawing a line in South Carolina” — in other words, staking his candidacy on winning the primary there. He hopes to accomplish this by advancing his claim …
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I was listening to Albright and one thing she said is the next President has to be open to listening to everything, change direction if need be, she so much as said this administration was going to Iraq no matter what.
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