Tag: terrorism
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President Obama’s Security Speech
Remarks by the President on the Administration’s Approach to Counter-terrorism The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release-December 06, 2016 MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. Well, thank…
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President Obama's Remarks on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
The Bible tells us, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Ten years ago, America confronted one of our darkest nights. Mighty towers crumbled. Black smoke billowed up from the Pentagon. Airplane wreckage smoldered on a Pennsylvania field. Friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters…
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Olbermann's SPECIAL COMMENT
Finally as promised, a Special Comment tonight on the inaccurately described “Ground Zero mosque.” “They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t…
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A TERROR BOMB KILLS NINE: About 100 Hurt in Johannesburg
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Monday, April 25, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—A 200-pound car bomb ripped through downtown Johannesburg yesterday, killing nine and terrorizing South Africans two days before the first all-race elections. “I thought I was dead,” said Tina Dhumess, 42, after doctors patched her head cuts. “I was praying…
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“Special relationship” with one side
If Obama Is Serious He should get tough with Israel by Aaron David Miller, NEWSWEEK, from the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009 Jews worry for a living; their tragic history compels them to do so. In the next few years, there will be plenty to worry about, particularly when it comes to Israel. The…
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. . . or Mexico
Gaza Is Not Toronto: It Has Been Under Full Occupation For Over 40 Years By M.J. Rosenberg – January 10, 2009, 8:57PM “I ask any of my colleagues to imagine that happening here in the United States. Rockets and mortars coming from Toronto in Canada, into Buffalo New York. How would we as a country…
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Ayers again
The remarkable thing here is that Bill Ayers was utterly reasonable in the interview while his questioner, Chris Cuomo, seemed desperate. First Hillary Clinton, then John McCain and Sarah Palin went out of their way to destroy William Ayers. Anyone who has gone through this kind of crucible has every right to be hurt, angry…
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'People of the World'
Sen. Obama’s Speech from Berlin, Germany Obama’s Speech in Berlin The prepared text of Senator Obama’s speech in Berlin, Germany, as provided by his presidential campaign. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA: Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier…
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McCain=Hypocrite
The Young Turks talk about McCain Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Thousands Protest: Demand Palestinians be given homeland By SUZANNE ROZDEBA and GREG GITTRICH, Daily News Writers
Sunday, April 08, 2001 Middle East tensions spilled out on the streets of Manhattan’s East Side yesterday as thousands of protesters rallied outside the Israeli Consulate to demand that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to their homes in Israeli-occupied lands. Waving posters with images of bloodied children and screaming words of protest in English…