Good news and bad news to report about the five Afghan students reported missing this week from the University of Washington. First, the good news: According to U.S. customs officials, all five have fled to Canada. Now, the bad news — for the students, that is: Their student visas are now invalid, meaning they are [...]
Confirmed: Afghan Students Fled to Canada
October 16th, 2008 · No Comments
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McCain Should Remind Obama World is Dangerous
October 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
During the third and final presidential debate taking place tonight at Hofstra University, John McCain should use some current examples to remind Barack Obama that the world is an extremely dangerous place. One example affords McCain an opportunity to encourage Americans and Israelis to thank God for a ragtag bunch of Somali pirates. He can [...]
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More Details Surface on Missing Afghan Students
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Earlier today, I published a post about five Afghan students reported missing for more than a week from the campus of the University of Washington. After contacting a variety of individuals and government agency representatives, I am now able to shed more light on the matter. At 2:52 p.m. CDT, I received some answers to [...]
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Five Afghan Students Missing from U.S. Campus
October 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Three words — terror, terrorism and terrorists — came to mind after reading a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article about five visiting scholars from Kabul University in Afghanistan being reported missing from the University of Washington. None of those words, however, appeared in the left-coast newspaper article, despite the fact that our nation is waging a war [...]
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