Reaction to DC sniper's death

There were mixed reactions to the execution last night of the man who terrorized the Beltway area of DC,  Virginia,  and Maryland,  John Allen Muhammed: "Justice fell short with the execution of...

John Allen Muhammad Executed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111001396.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=ARMuhammad executed for sniper killing No final words in last minutes10 were slain in Oct. 2002...

F.B.I.: Paying In Cash To Get A Tattoo You Might Be A Terrorist

Another day and yet the United States government never seizes to amaze me at the stasi tactics it continues to engage in. As if the Department of Homeland security over the past few years calling American citizens terrorist or at best "extremist" for having feeling for or...

Raymond Jessop Sentenced to 10 Years for FLDS Child Sex Abuse

Raymond Jessop has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and $8000 in fine. Raymond Merril Jessop is the first to be tried, among the 12 members of the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). Jessop was found guilty for sexually assaulting...

Afghanistan: Allies recover cache of bomb making materials

After the recent spate of attacks on the ally forces led by U.S in Afghanistan primarily using homemade bombs that used substances like fertilizers, the NATO forces have started a new hunt for such materials....

3 year old Atlegang Aphane was shot by South African Police

Atelgang Aphane, a 3 year old South African was shot by a police officer while sitting in his parents car.  He was in a car that the police thought might belong to suspected criminals.  The police open-fired on the baby because he was carrying a black pipe that the...

Supreme Court to Decide; Allowing Life Imprisonment Juveniles

U.S. Supreme Court Issue; Life Imprisonment for Convicted Juveniles   Will capital offense sentences for juveniles, including life imprisonment, deter juvenile crime?   The U.S. Supreme Court,...

Entry denied to decommissioned US warship: Platinum-II

After deliberating for almost a month the Indian authorities have finally decided to deny entry to Platinum-II which served as a US warship under the name SS Oceanic or the SS Independence and was destined to...

Women in the Latin American Drug Trade

Women are becoming increasingly involved in the Latin American drug trade.  Narco-wives as they have been dubbed are often the family of male drug dealers that become directly involved in the drug trade...

Clemency denied: Beltway sniper set for execution

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has denied the request for clemency issued  criminal,  John Allen  Muhammad.   He is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the sniper attacks which terrified the...

Peter Kinder: Missouri Lt. Governor Tweeting on Hostage Situation

Peter Kinder, Lt. Governor of Missouri, is tweeting on a possible hostage situation happening on the fifth floor of the Governor office building. The situation is unfolding in Jefferson City now; detail can be found in this NowPublic coverage: Hostage Taking At The Office Of...

Child trafficking History keeps repeating

A while back I came across information on the web about an abducted boy Johnny Gosch. While reading the story and information that is provided, I was completely blown away about the story and a specific scandal that I never heard anything about....

Human beings as transactions, and the ensuing violent rage

"The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it."  Scott Thill,  journalist,  Alternet If there is anything which is a philosophical...

Hasan had disturbing history of Islamic extremist views

Did a Politically Correct protocol toward Muslim identity preclude responsible action?A disturbing portrait emerges,  of a US Military Major who was veering ever more into a radical Islamic stance,  while...

Korean Navies exchange fire

The naval patrols of North and South Korea exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday morning. "“Our high-speed patrol boat repelled the North Korean patrol boat,” the South Korean Office of the Joint Chiefs...

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