Posts tagged with ‘war on terror’

The NSA has been collecting phone records from Verizon… and everyone else for years.

It recently came to light that as part of the War on Terror, the NSA, under the direction of President Obama, has been collecting phone records of US citizens for years, mainly from Verizon, under a secret court order. For about seven years. 

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How to avoid American death drones, by Al-Qaeda

When French and Malian troops took back the city of Timbuktu, the Al-Qaeda Islamist rebels that had been holding big chunks of northern Mali left in a big hurry, leaving behind a bunch of secret Al-Qaeda documents, including a manual on how to avoid American drones.

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Daily Discussion: Creative uses for Osama bin Laden’s skull

Today marks the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. And to mark the date, let’s think of all the fun and creative projects we could do with the skull of Osama bin Laden. Get out your markers, glitter, glue and dried macaroni!

US Marines to launch investigation into video of soldiers pissing on corpses

From the “Fuck you, we really should be better than this” department, the US Marines has launched an investigation into a video that hit the web recently of a group of American soldiers pissing on the corpses of dead Taliban. 

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Obama wants to pull 33,000 troops out of Afghanistan in 15 months

Yesterday, president Barack Obama announced that he will be withdrawing 33,000 US troops from Afghanistan in 15 months, ahead of the pre-determined schedule for drawing down. In a nationally televised address from the East Room of the White House, Obama said 10,000 of the “surge” forces would withdraw by the end of this year, and the other 23,000 would leave Afghanistan by September 2012.

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BREAKING NEWS: CNN is reporting that Osama bin Laden is dead

There’s no link on CNN yet other than the headline… thanks to Tinypenguininja for pointing this out in chat, at least I think it was TPN. Anyway, CNN is reporting that Osama bin Laden is dead, no further details right now. Obama will be making a statement shortly.

Update: A better link from ABC News confirms that he was killed by US forces and he didn’t just choke on a falafal sandwich or something. Also, better header picture.

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Better Know A Gitmo Detainee

A few years ago, there was this charismatic young Presidential candidate who promised to close Guantanamo Bay. Well, it’s still open, and Wikileaks has decided to introduce us to the men there who are waiting for their day in court.

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McCarthyism is cool again as Rep. Peter King (R-NY) starts his “radicalized Muslim” hearings in Washington

Emotions ran high today on Capitol Hill as Rep. Peter King of New York started his “examination” of radicalization among Muslim Americans. They’re among us. You might be one of them. Your GRANDFATHER that fought in Korea might be one of them. You just never know. And Peter King should know all about terrorists, since he was a fervent supporter of the IRA in Northern Ireland.

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EA pulls Taliban team from Medal of Honor multiplayer mode

Responding to feedback from both parents and the families of US military, EA Games had decided to pull the Taliban from Medal of Honor’s multiplayer mode, replacing it with a generic slightly MEC-like “Opposing Forces”. S’right kids… no more Ackbar Allahing for you!

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Condoleeza Rice, on ordering the President to stay out of DC on 9/11

With the 9th anniversary of the attacks on DC and NYC coming up this weekend, former chief of staff and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice opened up a bit about the White House’s response to the craziness of that day.

When the attacks happened, George W. Bush was in Florida and was absolutely insisting that he had to come back to Washington, but Rice had to put her foot down and demand that he absolutely not.

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ExtremeShock bullets are the most EXTREME anti-terrorist bullets ever

“ExtremeShock bullets” I hear you say. “But can’t you kill terrorists with normal bullets?” No. You can kill “insurgents” with normal bullets, but terrorists can only be killed with exploding, fragmenting bullets. That’s why we haven’t caught bin Laden. He’s impervious to our normal bullets. Fact.

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