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FAA System Failure Affecting Flights Nationwide

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Fox News Channel is reporting that flights across the country are being affected by the failure of a computer communications system located at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  That system, according to Fox, handles FAA flight planning for aircraft based, primarily, on the East Coast.
The FAA web site’s status information map (above) indicates general airport conditions and [...]

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Are Terrorists Planning to Strike Denver?

August 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A Pakistani semi-truck driver and his passenger reportedly raised red flags with law enforcement officials when their load mysteriously lightened between weigh stations while on I-70 en route to Denver, host city for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28.
I became aware of this report after my comprehensive Google Alert search for the phrase, “Terror Alert,” [...]

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Semtex Theft in France Goes Unreported in U.S.

July 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Today, I recognized an instance of life imitating art in my corner of the world and thought it worth sharing with a world engaged in a Global War on Terror.
I was one-third of the way through ACT OF TREASON, the latest terror-action novel by Vince Flynn, when I came across a BBC News article about [...]

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Madrid Interfaith Conference Linked to Terror

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

In an exclusive news release this afternoon, Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism exclusively revealed today that a major international interfaith conference set to start Wednesday in Madrid was organized by Abdullah al-Turki, an alleged associate of a senior Al Qaeda financier, vocal supporter of Palestinian suicide bombings and head of the Muslim World League [...]

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Republicans Responsible for Midwest Quake

April 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before the day is over, I fully expect presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will attempt to place blame for this morning’s 5.2 Midwest earthquake squarely on the shoulders of President George W. Bush and their Republican rival, John McCain.
In an attempt to beat the dueling Democrats to this ludicrous punch, I offer below [...]

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Message to Shell: ‘Stop Buying Middle East Oil’

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I read an interesting article this morning about former professional basketball superstar Hakeem Olajuwon and his close ties to Islamic mosques with ties to terror groups, including Al-Qaeda. While that article was interesting, it was a link that appeared in the one-line mini-bio about the author of the article, Joe Kaufman, that caught my [...]

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