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added 2007 Thu Jun 14 16:23:05 by luvmyprez
The self-defeating Draft Al campaign is just the tip of the Democrats' woes. Despite numerous polls claiming that registered Democrats like myself are happy with their current field of presidential contenders, Gore betrays subterranean tremors of doubt.
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 2:54:07 by luvmyprez
RUSH: I want to play these Algore sound bites again from yesterday. I know we put 'em up at RushLimbaugh.com and Drudge had them up for awhile yesterday. They're all over YouTube. This is just mind-boggling.
added 2007 Wed Jun 13 14:24:34 by newstrackern
Insurgents blew up the remaining two minarets of the Askariya Mosque, a holy Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra that was badly damaged in a similar attack in early 2006, a Samarra Police official told CNN. There was no immediate word on casualties.
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 21:44:44 by King1Con
BAGHDAD - Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team uncovered a weapons cache north of Sadr City, in the eastern portion of the Iraqi capital June 1. A tip from a local citizen led the Soldiers to the cache. It was found in an area known to locals as the "Jaish Al Mahdi Forbidden Zone," where some rocket at
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 21:43:00 by King1Con
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed one terrorist and detained eight suspected terrorists, including an alleged senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, in operations Saturday targeting the terrorist network. Coalition Forces raided a building in Hit while tracking an al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leader. The ground force detained three suspected terroris
added 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:37:04 by jcolman
Al Gore's home, which has been undergoing renovations for months, now boasts a solar roof. When his neighborhood in Tennessee changed zoning laws earlier this year, Gore was able to go ahead with the solar panel installation.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:07:10 by TechnologyExpert
With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.
added 2007 Fri Jun 8 22:33:54 by populist
Sources inside Al Jazeera confirm that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera's independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction.
added 2007 Mon Jun 4 3:11:53 by RedRiverJ
LONDON ΓΆβ;¬" A report by Britain's intelligence service MI6 reveals for the first time an estimated 200 million Christians in 60 countries are now facing persecution orchestrated, in part, by al-Qaida. The report has been sent to the pope and church leaders. It is the first time the secret intelligence service has

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added 2007 Fri Jun 1 22:00:01 by TimALoftis
NBC Universal has landed the U.S. broadcast rights to Al Gore's Live Earth concerts.
added 2007 Fri Jun 1 18:05:48 by King1Con
CAMP ECHO - Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division-Central South Brigade Combat Team conducted a successful military operation in the Al Izza district of Al Kut city Wednesday. Operation Viper's Bite involved close air support, detainment of 13 insurgents. Three are on the most wanted persons list in Wasit province. The rest of the detai
added 2007 Fri Jun 1 15:53:11 by King1Con
BAGHDAD - Coalition forces and Iraqi security forces conducted patrols in Al Suleikh Wednesday. For more than three months, U.S. Soldiers have been living and working side-by-side with the Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army at the Joint Security Station to coordinate security efforts in Al Suleikh. "They know we're here to support them, but at the sa
added 2007 Wed May 30 16:44:19 by King1Con
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ΓΆβ;¬" A taped confession by the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks has sparked an internal debate at the Pentagon, with some officials fearing that its release could boost morale for his supporters, a military spokesman said Tuesday. For now, the U.S. has decid
added 2007 Tue May 29 18:52:49 by King1Con
U.S. forces raided an Al Qaeda hide-out northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and freed 42 Iraqis imprisoned inside, including some who had been tortured and suffered broken bones, a senior U.S. military official said Sunday.
added 2007 Tue May 29 7:32:40 by Neophile
With the reconstruction of Ground Zero finally underway, Al Qaeda would prefer that the project be completed much faster, as it sees a great opportunity in the new tower.
added 2007 Tue May 29 0:51:59 by Fedquip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who has eluded a U.S. manhunt, is plotting against the United States but has been isolated and driven into hiding, President George W. Bush said Thursday.
added 2007 Mon May 28 5:56:29 by TechnologyExpert
The pursuit of 'dominance' in foreign policy led the Bush administration to ignore the UN, to do serious damage to our most important alliances, to violate international law, and to cultivate the hatred and contempt of many in the rest of the world.
added 2007 Sat May 26 2:03:46 by luvmyprez
Creepy Cleric guy tries to tell the troops to get out of Iraq. Hours later, the notorious leader of al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in the city of Basra was killed in a shootout as British and Iraq troops tried to arrest him.
added 2007 Fri May 25 23:39:02 by TimALoftis
Former Vice President Al Gore stopped by Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart to plug his new book, The Assault on Reason Thursday night, and, along the way, took aim at the media for not providing all the "facts" about the war in Iraq
added 2007 Fri May 25 10:33:02 by Alexia
The powerful Iraqi cleric Moktada al- Sadr has quietly returned to southern Iraq after a four-month sojourn in Iran, according to American intelligence reports.
added 2007 Fri May 25 6:01:36 by BoBo in Texas
I haven't read the thing, itself, but I have now read several accounts of Al Gore's new book, Assault on Reason, wherein he trashes the Bush 43 administration from start to finish, enumerating all of Bush's "lies" and mistakes.
added 2007 Thu May 24 19:04:04 by TimALoftis
U.S. intelligence agencies warned senior members of the Bush administration in early 2003 that invading Iraq could create instability that would give Iran and al-Qaida new opportunities to expand their influence, according to an upcoming Senate report. (via RawStory)
added 2007 Thu May 24 1:50:27 by Coop666
Al-Qaeda said to be in retreat in Al-Anbar. Or, at least that's what the Neo-Cons at Time Magazine would have us believe!
added 2007 Tue May 22 22:11:50 by eugenegerard
Bush administration is backing Sunni jihadists with Al Queda ties to foment violence in Mideast.
added 2007 Mon May 21 17:47:12 by TimALoftis
In the book, Gore is accusatory, passionate, and angry. He begins discussing the president by accusing him of sharing President Richard Nixon's unprincipled hunger for power -- and the book proceeds to get less complimentary from there.
added 2007 Sun May 20 17:35:35 by TechnologyExpert
In one of the most troubling trends, U.S. officials said al-Qaida's command base in Pakistan increasingly is being funded by cash from Iraq, where the terrorist network's operatives are raising substantial sums from donations to the insurgency as well as kidnappings of wealthy Iraqis and other criminal activity.
added 2007 Thu May 17 16:38:07 by Neophile
Al Gore may be the perfect stealth candidate for 2008, a Democrat who could step into the presidential race when the party confronts its doubts about the front runners. Someone with a message that transcends politics, someone who spoke out loud and clear and early against the war in Iraq. Someone with experience and credibility on the world stage.
added 2007 Thu May 17 16:30:47 by Karina
Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent-ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular war. There is nothing. We stand passively mute in the United States Senate."
added 2007 Wed May 16 17:24:27 by Neophile
On Monday, Al Gore has a new book coming out next week, titled, "The Assault On Reason". Because he is standing up, telling the truth and because he simply is a Progressive leader, he will be smeared mercilessly by the right-wing smear machine. They will tease and make fun of him. But what they will not do: TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BOOK.
added 2007 Mon May 14 19:12:01 by KelLuv
BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group that claims it has captured American soldiers warned the United States on Monday to stop searching for them and suggested it attacked the U.S. convoy as revenge for the rape and murder of a local teenager last year.