May 17, 2011 – Donald Trump has been flirting with the idea of running for president for months now. He has come out publicly and criticized President Obama for not being tough enough on China and OPEC. He challenged Obama to release his “real” birth certificate and when he complied the real estate tycoon took [...]
May 16, 2011 – Mike Huckabee announced he will not seek the nomination for Republican candidate for president in the 2012 election. Huckabee has been seen as a front-runner and while many believed he would run, his dropping out of the contest leaves a major void in the Republican bid for the White House. The [...]
May 15, 2011 – Protestors took to the streets today in Sana, the capital of Yemen, calling for the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Protests began when the government and opposition forces failed to sign a plan that would have Saleh giving up his 32 year rule. The April 21 initiative was presented [...]
May 14, 2011 – Opposition forces in Misrata, Libya claimed Wednesday that they have taken control of the city and airport. Confirmation came Friday when a NATO military officer announced that there had been no attacks on civilians Thursday. Wing Commander Mike Bracken reported in a press conference Friday in Naples, Italy, “Yesterday, there were [...]
May 12, 2011 – Is it the new Newt? Newt Gingrich announced his intention to run for president in the upcoming 2012 presidential campaign. In his first address since announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination, Newt told supporters, “I think this is going to be the happiest, most positive, most fun campaign in my [...]
May 10, 2011 – Amal Ahmend as-Sadad is best know as the youngest wife of murdered Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The 29-year-old fifth wife of Bin Laden was with him when U.S. special forces raided his compound in Pakistan and suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Sadah has been in Pakistan government [...]
May 7, 2011 -Al Qaeda released a statement Friday confirming the death of Osama bin Laden. This comes after Sunday’s raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where U.S. special forces killed the Al Qaeda leader. The statement was picked up and translated by SITE Intelligence Group who monitors Islamist websites. Reportedly the statement praised [...]
May 5, 2011 – Much has been made about the controversy over whether President Obama will release photos taken of Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed. The CIA had said that the release of the photos was “likely” but that the decision would be left up to the White House. Despite [...]
May 4, 2011 – With the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, the U.S. can begin withdrawal or troops from Afghanistan lawmakers wrote in letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday. Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said, “In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, now is the [...]
May 1, 2011 – President Obama took to the airways moments ago announcing to the American public and others around the world the U.S. Special Forces had killed terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. After intelligence that put Bin Laden in Pakistan that began 8 months ago, the President had been briefed 5 times in the [...]
