Friday, February 20, 2009

SPB News for Friday.


Unspecified number of workers; moves come amid attendance, revenue decline.

GM: If no buyer found for Hummer line, SUV brand 'to be phased out.'
Biden Says Bush Gave Al Qaeda Recruiting Tool Visiting the Central Intelligence Agency to swear in Leon E. Panetta as the agency’s 19th director, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Thursday that the Bush administration’s detention and interrogation policies "gave Al Qaeda a powerful recruiting tool." Considering the setting -- the C.I.A. lobby where several hundred agency employees greeted the vice president with cheers -- Mr. Biden’s remarks implied a tough judgment on parts of the agency’s record under the previous administration.

Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to an image of the base from Google Earth. The image -- that is no longer on the site but which was obtained by The News, Pakistan's English language daily newspaper -- shows what appear to be three Predator drones outside a hangar at the end of the runway. The Times also obtained a copy of the image, whose co-ordinates confirm that it is the Shamsi airfield, also known as Bandari, about 200 miles southwest of the Pakistani city of Quetta.

BAE Full-Year Profit Surges 94% on Iraq, Afghan Wars BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s biggest defense company, said full-year profit rose 94 percent after wars in Iraq and Afghanistan spurred demand for its armored vehicles, battlefield radios and bullet-proof vests.

Hamas ‘sends Barack Obama letter’

Alberto Gonzales: I'll Cooperate with Leahy Truth Commission

GOP Considers Ex-NY Gov. Pataki For Senate In 2010
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Blago's wife is probably behind a lot of this, she is a spoiled rich kid who had everything handed to her.

Friday, 20 February, 2009

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