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GORDON DUFF: MICHIGAN LAWYER STANDS AGAINST TERRORIST COVERUP
TERROR WITNESS, KURT HASKELL REFUSES TO BE SILENCED
3rd RATE COVERUP NOT UP TO NORMAL AMERICAN STANDARDS
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Haskell Story by MiLive...
GORDON DUFF: NEW YEARS RESOLUTION LIST
STARTING WITH MY LIST OF WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
JOIN IN
By Gordon Duff Senior Editor
Inspired by Bruce Arnold
For the new year:
1. End the war...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 1011-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc, Poway, Calif., was awarded a $266,055,622 contract for program management; urgent repairs and services; logistics...
Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
By Del Quentin Wilber - A federal judge on Thursday threw out charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 people in...
GORDON DUFF: FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE IN THE FRIENDLY SKIES
"AIR COMBAT" HAS TAKEN ON A NEW MEANING
FROM GRANDPARENT TO GLADIATOR AT 30,000 FEET
Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
As a frequent flier, I began some years...
Editor's picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Cheney needs a reminder An Inconvenient Voting Record Some Perspective On Terrorism U.N. To Move Staff Out Of...
Regional Veterans' News
Loma Linda, California New vet medical facility planned Tampa, Florida Liberty Manor offers shelter to homeless vets American...
New York State Has First Deficit in General Fund – New York Times
As we can plainly see in an article from today's New York Times entitled New York State Has First Deficit in General Fund we...
GORDON DUFF AND BRIAN JOBERT: IS ISRAEL CONTROLLING PHONY TERROR NEWS?
(FALSIFIED VIDEO REALLY TAKEN IN 1991: Courtesy Fox News)
By Gordon Duff and Brian Jobert: Who says Al...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 1009-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVY Sauer, Inc., East Jacksonville, Fla. (N40080-10-D-0490); Haskell, Jacksonville, Fla. (N40080-10-D-0491); John C. Grimberg, Rockville, Md. (N40080-10-D-0492); TtEC-Tesoro, JV, Virginia Beach, Va....
Israel Rules The World
On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war.
Editor's picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Dick the Coward My Daughter's on the No Fly List The Global War on Stealth Underwear Top GOP ...
Do our generals and admirals and DoD officials suffer from "Acquired Situational Narcissism" ?
I was physically and sexually abused by nuns when I was a child. As a result, I am active in the movement within the...
Regional Veterans' News
Richmond, Virginia Volunteers Build New Home for Local Veteran Kauai, Hawaii Kaua‘i Veterans Council’s 2009 fundraiser a success Bangor, Maine Disabled...
KOREAN WAR VET REMINDS US
ORIGINALLY POSTED IN OUR DISCUSSION SECTIONA READER TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN KOREA 1950By Bobby "Y" for VTDuffster: You invited me to write about...
The tide is rolling out on the CinC. Democrats are defecting even in...
If today's Op Ed by Maureen Dowd in the Washington Post is any indication, the President and Commander in Chief has now more or less...
Why So Many Terrorists Get Their Start as Engineers
Now here is an odd but interesting story from the Sphere blog entitled Why So Many Terrorists Get Their Start as Engineers . The...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 1008-09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: ARMY Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., was awarded on Dec. 22, 2009, a $258,364,288 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 728...
Are Presidents Afraid of the CIA?
By Ray McGovern Consortium News In the past, I have alluded to Panetta and the Seven Dwarfs. The reference is to...
Editor's picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Pakistan is Calling Top Ten Middle East Crises, 2009 Cause and effect in the "Terror War"...
Tom Ridge: Terror suspect doesn't deserve 'full range' of rights – CNN News
In an article with a video posted on CNN News online we have the former head of the Department of Homeland Security who is...
Regional Veterans' News
St. Augustine, Florida VA home almost complete Odessa, Texas Odessa VA Office Moving to a New Location Rockaway, Oregon...
Army wife's blog about her injured husband becomes a window into sacrifice
In today's Washington Post we read an article entitled Army wife's blog about her injured husband becomes a window into sacrifice . It was...
Americans are not happy with the status quo relative to air travel safety
There are several articles in today's New York Times that deal with the state of American anxiety concerning air travel safety. The first one...
YEMEN SEIZES ISRAELI LINKED "ISLAMIC" TERROR CELL
ISRAEL DENIES OPERATING ISLAMIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONAIMED AT UNITED STATESBBC Middle EastYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group...
GORDON DUFF: REAL TECHNOLOGY WELL BEYOND WHAT WE TELL THE PUBLIC
WHAT TERRORISTS KNOW AND YOU DON'T
By Gordon Duff/STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
I have worked in electronics, both communications and security systems for decades. The industry is...
Department of Homeland Security Issues Terrorist ID Cards
The Borowitz Report - December 28, 2009Department of Homeland Security Issues Terrorist ID CardsRequires Application, $25 Fee WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In the...
U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards
No. 1005-09--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTRACTS: NAVY Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $98,000,000 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee...
GORDON DUFF: CAUGHT LYING: THE DETROIT TERROR PLOT
THAT POSSIBLE INDIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENT PLACED BOMBER ON PLANE VERIFIED: DUTCH POLICE LOOKING FOR ACCOMPLICE
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor (and attributed sources)
Reuters reports...
A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s
By Steven Lee Myers The New York TimesBAGHDAD — Capt. Margaret H. White began a relationship with a warrant officer while both were...
Editor's picks: News and Opinion Around the Web
Parodying an Oil Spill Dave Barry's year in review: 2009 Terrorists Win Even When They Lose Wall...
U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion
By Eric Schmitt and Robert F. Worth The New York TimesIn the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly...
Unconnected dots, yet again, on a terror attempt
In today's Washington Post there is an editorial entitled Unconnected dots, yet again, on a terror attempt that shows how unhappy the editorial board...
Argentina puts officials on trial over the abuses of the 'Dirty War'
In today's Washington Post there is an article entitled Argentina puts officials on trial over the abuses of the 'Dirty War' and it tells...
Regional Veterans' News
Winston Salem, North Carolina A Triad Veterans' Memorial Ft McCoy, Florida An Eagle is honored after gift to veterans ...
Another Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s – New York Times
In today's New York Times we have several articles that give us a window into the ever-expanding and seemingly unstoppable American military presence in...
GORDON DUFF: AMERICA’S BORDER WAR OVER DRUGS: NOT MEXICO
ARE AMERICA'S MERCENARY ARMIES REALLY DRUG CARTELS?
DID BUSH/CHENEY REBUILD REAGAN'S "IRAN CONTRA" DRUG GANG?
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
News out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and...
Military Divorces continue to increase
Another story appearing in this week's issue of Army Times notes that divorce rates in the Army and Marines continue to increase compared...
BLACKWATER: AL CAPONE COMES TO PAKISTAN
POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS, BRIBERY AND TERRORISM By Dr Shahid Qureshi for Opinion Maker" Pakistan’s spy chief Lt. General Shuja Pasha reportedly gave proofs of CIA’s involvement into...
For GIs in Afghanistan Christmas spirit is hard to find.
Army Times reports that for some troops deployed to Afghanistan, ‘it's not beginning to look a lot like Christmas.' Several troops interviewed by the...
Weird Halo Appeared Over Moscow in Early 2009
This "halo" appeared over Moscow earlier this year. Odd huh?If we link this to the UFO-sighting in broad daylight that hovered for hours last...
The Devil's Decade
David Michael Green has a retrospective piece on the years 2000-2009: Well That Sure Sucked. Good Riddance to the Devil's Decade. George W. Bush...