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Scott Ott has been one of my favorite authors for quite some time.  Here is yet another reason why:
…..Sen. Obama, a man who aspires to be our commander in chief, tells us that a nation called Afghanistan is where this threat dwells. Yet, he says, it does not dwell in Iraq. He tells us we [...]

Tags: afghanistan, al-qaeda, barack obama, clinton, iraq, obama doctrine, osam bin laden, pakistan, russia, Scott-Ott, terror, terrorism, terrorist, the wall, war

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I am reading right now that Benazir Bhutto died in the suicide attack on her rally.
This is awful news.
I have heard a lot of speculation that Al Qaeda has focused on Pakistan since it’s getting its butt kicked in Iraq and Afghanistan.   That makes sense.  What doesn’t make sense there is attacking Bhutto.  Musharraf is [...]

Tags: afghanistan, al-qaeda, benazir, bhutto, International Issues, International Politics, iraq, musharraf, pakistan

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Fred Thompson was speaking in Sioux City, Iowa.  When asked about progress in Iraq, he gave an answer that sort of baffled not only some people in the audience, but apparently a good part of main stream media.  To wit:
“They said, ‘You gotta quit smoking,’” Thompson explained to a questioner asking about progress in Iraq [...]

Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, al-qaeda, cigarette, Fred-Thompson, iraq, The Media

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Michael Chertoff created a buzz, and has done a weak job dealing with it. Basically he insinuated there’s a growing threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. What he has not done is say there is an increased threat from Al Qaeda due to increased chatter. He upped that concern by [...]

Tags: afghanistan, al-qaeda, Fed Policy, International Issues, michael-chertoff, National Security, nuclear bomb, pakistan

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President Bush’s favorability rating has hit traditional lows for a lame-duck president. Congress’s approvals are pretty much where they always are, which is pretty miserable. However, a LOT of people are saying this proves we need to be out of Iraq whether it means cutting and running, handing an entire country and military [...]

Tags: al-qaeda, International Issues, National Politics, Polls, war-in-iraq

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From my buddy Hedonistix:
Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?
Is it conceivable that Al Qaeda, as defined by President Bush as the center of a vast and well-organized international terrorist conspiracy, does not exist?
He is referring to an article in the L.A. Times titled the same as this post.
Here are some snippits:
To even raise the [...]

Tags: al-qaeda, Conspiracy Theories, george-tenet

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