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Al Qaeda Watch: Adam Gadahn – Legitimate Demands?
Adam Gadahn who is suspected of attending an al-Qaida training camp and working as a translator for the terror group. The 28-year-old Californian, who joined al-Qaida and appeared in propaganda videos for the terrorist organization, was indicted Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, on federal charges of treason and providing material support to terrorists, a U.S. Justice Department official said.
ABC News: New Tape, Old Threats From American al Qaeda
The former California teenage surfer turned al Qaeda propaganda chief, Adam Gadahn, repeated his threats to kill Americans on a new tape posted on the Internet Tuesday afternoon.
Wearing a white turban, beard and glasses, Gadahn issued what he called a set of six “legitimate demands,” saying, “We don’t negotiate with baby killers and war criminals like you, Bush.”
Gadahn, under federal indictment for treason, is the first American to be charged with that crime in half a century.
Hell will freeze over before these demands are legitimized. Good chances are that Gadahn will be dead by then – in widescreen.
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Mitt Romney Watch: Iowa – Too Early to Look Too Good?
Mitt Romney spoke with Odessa Pham and Ted Enabnit at a caucus coffee event this month in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Flap has to agree with Chuck Todd, throwing money around in Iowa will chase Rudy and possibly McCain out of the Ames Straw Poll.
Doesn’t a story like this one in today’s Boston Globe mean that Romney HAS to win the Ames straw poll? In fact, if Romney starts tossing around huge money for this thing, won’t that also guarantee that Giuliani (and even other top tier candidates) decide to pass on the straw poll?
Rudy would be better to save his resources for Florida and California. California has five times the number of delegates as Iowa.
McCain is doing better in South Carolina than Iowa. Might he feint a contest in Iowa and concentrate on a sure early win there?
Stay tuned……
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Hugo Chavez Watch: Protests Continue in Venezuela – United States Calls on Chavez to Reopen Television Station
An opponent to the Venezuelan government waves a flag in front of the police during a protest 28 May 2007, in Caracas, in the aftermath of the closure of private network RCTV (Radio Caracas Television). The United States called on Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chavez, Tuesday to reverse his decision to close the country’s oldest television station.
AFP: US calls on Venezuela’s Chavez to reverse television closure
The United States joins the expressions of concern made by the international community about the May 27 closure of RCTV, Venezuela’s only independent television network with nationwide broadcast coverage,” said State Department spokesman Tom Casey.
“Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, it’s an essential element of democracy anywhere in the world,” he said.
“We’d certainly call on the government of Venezuela to abide by its commitments under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Inter-American Democratic Charter and to reverse these policies that they’re pursuing to limit freedom of expression,” he said.
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting with retired people in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, May 29, 2007. Chavez defended his decision not to renew the license of a popular opposition-aligned television network and warned he might crack down on another critical TV station, accusing it of trying to incite attempts on his life.
But, Hugo Chavez will not reverse course. In fact, he has threatened a second station.
Venezuela’s leftist government accused a leading TV station of calling for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez, El Universal reported Tuesday.
Globovision TV was said to be openly calling for the death of Chavez when it aired the 1981 assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II accompanied by the phrase, “This doesn’t end here.”
The accusation against Globovision follows the decision by Venezuela to shut down an opposition TV station and replace it with a state-backed network triggered angry protests Monday.
The Venezuelan Social Television started broadcasting shortly after midnight, taking over the frequency previously occupied by Radio Caracas Television.
The state-run broadcast included traditional songs and dances, cartoons, documentaries and a statement from station President Lil Rodriguez — who said that as a self-respecting nation, Venezuela now has a new source of messages of dignity, VOA reported.
But RCTV employees and university students protested in Caracas Monday, calling the station closure an attack on free speech. Bank worker Marycel Montiel said she joined a protest to denounce Chavez’ authoritarian policies, comparing them to measures taken in Cuba.
And the protests continue despite Hugo Chavez’s threats:
Riot police stand guard as university students protest against Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez’s decision to shut down opposition-aligned television station Radio Caracas Television, RCTV, and replace it with a new state-funded channel, in Caracas, Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
Students protest against Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez’s decision to shut down opposition-aligned television station Radio Caracas Television, RCTV.
Will Chavez use deadly force against his own people to stifle freedom of the press?
Fidel Castro is his mentor.
Here is some video from today’s street protest in Venezuela:
Stay tuned……
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Hugo Chavez Watch: Chavez Closes and Re-Opens Nationalized Venezuelan Television Station
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Mitt Romney Watch: Campaign Finance Reform Flip Flop
Another Flip Flop for Mitt Romney?
The Washington Post says Yes and add it to the other flip flops:
Illegal aliens mowing his lawn
Scientology book one of his favorites
Let’s see Mitt is good at pandering and flipping……..
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Miss USA Booed by Mexican Miss Universe Audience
First Miss USA is booded and heckled at Miss Universe pre-pageant events (about half-way through the video above) and then last night during the pageant:
Perhaps these Mexicans are doing the booing that Americans don’t want to do?
Michelle Malkin and Hot Air have more about these classless POS.
By the way, the immigration reform bill and Senator John McCain are EVEN more deeply in trouble.
Update:
Here is Donald Trump saying they were not booing Miss USA but somepolicies of the United States.
And Donald what policies might those be?
Immigration, perhaps?
Are those Mexicans really helping themselves?
NOPE and not helping Mexican tourism or the Miss Universe Pageant either.
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Missile Defense Watch: Russia Tests New ICBM – RS-24
An RS-20 booster blasts off from the launching pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in April 2007. Russia has said it has successfully tested a new-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, firing it 6,000 kilometres across the country, news agencies reported. The new RS-24 was designed to replace the RS-18 and RS-20 rockets.
Russia tests a new first strike ICBM Missile, is a known apologist in the United Nations for Iran’s nuclear weapon program and and then wants the United States to abandon portions of its missile defense shield.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned against turning Europe into a “powder keg”, referring to Washington’s plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe.
“We consider it harmful and dangerous to turn Europe into a “powder keg” and to fill it with new kinds of weapons,” Putin told a news conference after talks with the Portuguese prime minister in Moscow.
“It creates new unneeded risks for the entire system of international and European relations,” he said.
Are the Russians kidding?
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Missile Defense Watch: THAAD Missile Defense Test is Successful
Missile Defense Watch: United States Missile Defense Operational Within a Year
China Watch: China Uses Ballistic Missile to Destroy a Satellite in Space
Missile Defense Watch: U.S. Missile Defense Agency Rolls Out the Airborne Laser (ABL) Aircraft
Missile Defense Watch: The LEFT’S Revisionist History on Missile Defense
Missile Defense Watch: Reagan’s Vision
Missile Defense Watch: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Tours Alaska Missile Defense Center
Missile Defense Watch: United States and Israel Collaborating on Missile Defense
Missile Defense Watch: “Concept of Operations†To Be Done by Fall
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Cindy Sheehan Watch: Sheehan Quits Democrat Party Over Iraq War Funding Part Two
The light bulb has turned on in Cindy Sheehan’s brain.
The Democrats DON”T care about Iraq, the Iraq War, the Iraqi people or the American troops fighting in Iraq, including Sheehan’s dead son, Casey. They want to make CHEAP political points, control the Congress and regain the Presidency.
Did You finally figure it out?
Somehow Flap doesn’t think this is the last we have heard from Cindy Sheehan – but it should be.
Maybe she will return to Venezuela and help out her friend, Hugo Chavez.
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Giuliani Notes: Rudy 25% Romney 16% McCain 15% Thompson 12% in Latest Rasmussen National GOP Poll
Rasmussen Reports: 2008 Republican Presidential Primary
Romney Catches McCain in National Poll for GOP Nomination
The immigration reform debate may be shaking up the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has inched past Arizona Senator John McCain for second place in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll. Just two weeks ago, Romney was in fourth place among GOP hopefuls.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) remains on top with 25% support. That’s essentially unchanged from last week. In fact, Giuliani has been at 25% or 26% in the polls for four straight weeks.
This week, Giuliani is followed by Romney at 16%, McCain at 15%, and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson at 12%. While Romney’s one-point edge over McCain is statistically insignificant, it’s worth noting that McCain had a six-point advantage over Romney just two weeks ago.
McCain, once considered the dominant frontrunner, has been strongly supportive of the immigration reform bill being debated in the Senate. That bill is unpopular with the general public—just 26% of voters favor its passage.
The GOP NUTS:
Rudy continues to lead by almost double digits as he has for months. Yet, the big news is McCain’s collapse and the rise of Mitt Romney.
Why?
Probably a number of factors:
1. McCain’s support of an unpopular Senate Illegal Immigration AMNESTY Bill
Romney has announced his strong opposition to the immigration bill and Giuliani called it a “hodgepodge… without any central focus.†Thompson said “We should scrap this bill and the whole debate until we can convince the American people that we have secured the borders or at least have made great headway.” Most Americans are willing to support an enforcement-only approach at this time.
2. Romney is on-air in a number of early primary states
3. McCain’s FLIP remarks about Bombing Iran among others
4. Fred Thompson’s “supposed” candidacy
Although Romney’s lead is statistically insignificant, will this spur Fred Thompson into the race, replacing McCain?
In the short term, how will this affect McCain’s second quarter fundraising?
Stay tuned…….
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Day By Day by Chris Muir May 29, 2007