EDITORIAL: Mission accomplished in Iraq - Washington Times
President Obama was granted an opportunity to give a victory speech about Iraq on Tuesday, courtesy of George W. Bush. He mentioned President Bush in passing, essentially damning him with faint praise. If Mr. Bush had followed Mr. Obama's strategic recommendations in 2007, the war in Iraq would have been lost years ago.
Video: White House refuses to say if Obama will credit Bush on Iraq - Washington Times
As troops pull out from Iraq, President Barack Obama will address the United States tonight on the U.S.'s engagement in the middle eastern country.
Philippines: 12-hour hostage drama plays out on TV
Seven tourists killed after Filipino ex-policeman takes a Hong Kong tour bus hostage.
Australia in political limbo - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
Horse-trading set to begin as ruling party and opposition fail to win outright majority.
AUDIO - Rep. Pelosi calls for investigation of WTC mosque opposition - Washington Times
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, called for an investigation of those who are protesting the building of the Ground Zero Mosque on Tuesday.
EDITORIAL: Bombs away in three days - Washington Times
Israel's long-anticipated attack on Iran's nuclear program may come as soon as Friday. Yesterday, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Israel had eight days to strike Iran's nuclear facility at Bushehr before it would become operational.
'05 Ground Zero 'freedom center' was secular, liberal, and rejected - Washington Times A number of proposed Ground Zero structures have yet to be built or for that matter rebuilt since the 9/11 attacks.
EDITORIAL: No time for Islam - Washington Times
In a severe case of clock envy, Saudi Arabia has erected a nearly 2,000-foot-high timepiece intended to stake a symbolic claim for Mecca as the world's center.
Stephen Hawking Warns That Aliens May Be Like Us
Photo via the Telegraph For Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most renowned scientists, there's little doubt that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
EDITORIAL: Obama's Islamic America - Washington Times
President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?
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Greg Gutfeld | Gutfeld Gay Bar | Ground Zero Mosque | Mediaite
No, this is not a joke. In fact, it is instead one of the most brilliant pieces of provocations in recent years.
EDITORIAL: The 9/11 mosque - Washington Times
The area around the former World Trade Center is a sacred space. It is a place where thousands of Americans' lives were taken by the purveyors of a hostile ideology based on Islam.
EDITORIAL: America, everybody's friend - Washington Times
The world hurts, America responds. Recent floods in Pakistan have killed at least 1,500 people and affected millions more. The United States is rushing aid to the scene, and hopefully this time the people of Pakistan will remember who their friends are.
EDITORIAL: A Wikileak too far - Washington Times
Word is out that the Wikileaks classified-document dump contains reports naming Afghans who have been cooperating with Coalition forces. This is the kind of information that can get people killed. It also raises the data release to a new level of criminality.
Chris Hedges: Calling All Future-Eaters - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig
We sit passive and dumb as corporations and the leaders of industrialized nations ensure that climate change will accelerate to levels that could mean the extinction of our species. Homo sapiens, as the biologist Tim Flannery points out, are the "future-eaters." - 2010/07/19
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I find myself crying a great deal lately. I have always suffered from anxiety and panic attacks.... Just not so many crying attacks. My former psychoanalyst, Dr. Perlowitz, always said that "Crying ventilates the system".
Chris Hedges: Calling All Future-Eaters - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig www.truthdig.com
We sit passive and dumb as corporations and the leaders of industrialized nations ensure that climate change will accelerate to levels that could mean the extinction of our species. Homo sapiens, as the biologist Tim Flannery points out, are the "future-eaters." - 2010/07/19
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Book Excerpt, The Will to Resist | Dahr Jamail - Independent Reporting from Iraq and the Middle East dahrjamailiraq.com
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