THE GUARDIAN reports that the Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other alleged terrorists will now be making their way to the U.S., after losing their extradition appeal. The cases of Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Khaled al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary have involved appeals up through the hierarchy of British and European courts [...]
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Benghazi Catches CIA’s David Petraeus Flat-footed
“It’s a catastrophic intelligence loss,” said one American official who has served in Libya and who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the F.B.I. is still investigating the attack. “We got our eyes poked out.” – Deadly Attack in Libya Was Major Blow to C.I.A. Efforts QUESTIONS start mounting around the Benghazi terrorist attack, [...]
News Desk: Egypt Issues Arrest Warrants on Ex-Pats Linked to Anti-Islam Filmmakers
From the Associated Press: Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim world. The case is largely symbolic since the seven men and one woman are believed [...]
News Desk: After Continued Killings, Coalition Sharply Reduces Joint Operations with Afghans
IT TOOK too long and the ultimate message still hasn’t been received, but at least there is a decision that acknowledges reality. From the New York Times: After years of tightly intertwining its forces with Afghan troops, the American-led military coalition has sharply curtailed ground-level operations with the Afghan Army and police forces, potentially undercutting [...]
Joe Scarborough Talks to “Intelligence People,” Unloads Anti-Muslim Rant
MORNING INFOTAINMENT in a microcosm. Joe Scarborough just can’t help himself. While intending to exalt himself through his important sources, a daily grind, he trips over his own ignorance through his haste to regurgitate what he’s been told. “You know why they hate us? I talked to intelligence people all weekend. They hate us because [...]
News Desk: State Department Institutes 24-Hour Crisis Team As Protests Spread
THE STATE DEPARTMENT is in crisis mode, as the fury that began in Libya with four American patriots killed spread across the Middle East and North Africa. From Josh Rogin: “The State Department has stood up a 24-hr monitoring team to insure appropriate coordination of information and our response. In addition, our consular team is [...]
Obama on Egypt: Not an Ally, Not an Enemy [UPDATE from White House]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I don’t think that we would consider them an ally. But we don’t consider them an enemy.” – President Barack Obama PRESIDENT OBAMA made some news late on Wednesday, in a Telemundo interview teased by Rachel Maddow, which will air tomorrow and on [...]
Anti-Muslim Film the Tip, al-Zawahiri the Spear that Killed Four Americans in Benghazi
Libyan officials said Wednesday that Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other embassy employees were killed during the mob violence, but U.S. officials now say they are investigating whether the assault was a planned terrorist strike linked to Tuesday’s 11-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. [AP] THE MAN behind the virulently anti-Muslim film that set [...]
Top Story: U.S. Consulates Stormed in Egypt and Libya, One Dead, White House Disavows Embassy Apology
**UPDATED** “One American official was killed and another injured in the hand. The other staff members were evacuated and are safe and sound,” Libya’s deputy interior minister Wanis al-Sharif told AFP. The identity of the US official killed is not yet known. The consular worker was reported to have been shot. [BBC] AS AMERICA commemorated [...]
News Desk: Pakistani Christian Girl Released, Now in Hiding
CHARGED WITH BLASPHEMY, a young Pakistani girl who also is a Christian was released from jail in Pakistan, seen with a cloth over her head to block her identity, which in the video above is reveal as nothing less than an escape. Mentally challenged, according to reports, she was whisked away from jail in armored [...]
Culture Quakes: Turkey’s Soap, Historic Daytime Gay Kiss, Ellen & JC Penny
“Here are the values that I stand for: I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for. Oh, also I believe in dance.” – Ellen DeGeneres Here it is yet again, the [...]
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