Archive for July 24th, 2009

Paper: Bush considered sending troops into Buffalo (AP)

Written by on Friday, July 24th, 2009 in 352690.

FILE - In this  Sept. 18, 2002  file courtroom sketch, Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr. presides over the U.S. District Court for the bail hearing of the six suspected al-Qaida terrorists from Lackawanna, N.Y. in Buffalo, N.Y. .  Left to right, Shafal Mosed, 24; Mukhtar al-Bakri, 22; Faysal Galab, 26;  Sahim Alwan, 29; Yahya Goba, 25; and Yasein Taher, 24. While six suspected members of an al-Qaida-trained terror cell remain in custody in upstate New York, their alleged ringleader is likely free in Yemen, investigators said. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg, artist, file)AP – The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya gestures during his arrival at the border of Nicaragua and Honduras in an attempt to return to Honduras July 24, 2009. EUTERS/Oswaldo RivasReuters – Vowing to return home, ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a few symbolic steps inside Honduras on Friday but backed away from a confrontation with Honduran security forces waiting to arrest him.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

The President Takes a Hard Line on Israel

Written by on Friday, July 24th, 2009 in Latest News.

Yet he doesn’t want to be seen as ‘meddling’ in Iran.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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