As if we needed one more thing to undermine our confidence in the United Nations, it appears that they don’t even know how to use MS Word. From the Times of London:
The United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese […]
The Huffington Post’s Nicholas Von Hoffman goes over the top in that forum’s ill-considered Bush-bashing (link):
… His second stroke of good fortune was 9/11. Six months into a dwindling presidency and a nose diving stock market, 19 fanatical Arabs bailed him out.
… George is Dame Fortune’s kid. She had to put the match to […]
Was a missile fired at Flight 17 as it left JFK? One would think that it is a simple question that would get a “yes” or “no” answer. Think again.
When asked by blogger Michele Malkin, American West responded to the question confirming an “irregularity” on the flight. To me an in-flight “irregularity” is someone is sitting […]
In the Los Angeles Times this morning, you have to get to the back page of the first section (A24) to read this bit of news that might be of interest to the residents of Southern California:
L.A., Melbourne Targeted in Purported Al Qaeda Tape
WASHINGTON — A suspected new Al Qaeda videotape that singles out two […]
The Flight That Fought Back is the made-for-Discovery Channel reconstruction of the events of 9/11’s Flight 93 and is being broadcast this Sunday–the 4th year anniversary of the attacks.
While this docudrama has the ability to be absolutely awful whether by being overly (and unrealistically) politically correct (as in let’s not make the murdering hijackers look […]
Since Independent Sources has found itself posting a few articles deriding the French for everything from their screwed up economy to how bad of a friend they’ve historically been to the US, we thought that it was appropriate to point out something they are doing right–even if we could only find one.
France appears to be starting to […]
“We don’t care where people come from; we don’t mind what religion they’ve got or what their particular view of the world is. But if you want to be in Australia, if you want to raise your children in Australia, we fully expect those children to be taught and to accept Australian values and beliefs.”
“We […]
This is how the Los Angeles Times reported on Able Danger in their 8/23 article “No Evidence Atta Was Identified, Official Says“:
The Pentagon has been unable to validate claims that a secret intelligence unit identified Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist more than a year before the attacks, a Defense Department spokesman said. […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The victims were all “satisfied with the established order, all the accomplices and employees of Property and the State … there are no innocent bourgeois.”
- not Ward Churchill — anarchist bomber Emile Henry, justifying his actions circa 1893. He killed one person and injured 19, and is reported to regret that he did not kill […]
Do we need a commission to examine the 9/11 Commission?
Moonage thinks so and argues in detail that since the 9/11 Commision’s justifications for their conclusions were based on flawed evidence, their recommendations for the security of the United States were flawed as well.
With the renewed media focus sure to result from the sentencing of […]
We are loathe to report on the Cindy Sheehan story. But that little voice in our head is telling us that we must, so we are going to get it all out in one big post. This isn’t Hans Island, for Gods sake, it’s a woman who experienced a tragedy and is leveraging every ounce […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)A federal source has confirmed that Los Angeles area terror suspects Gregory Vernon Patterson, 21, and Levar Haney Washington, 25, planned to drive a van to an armed forces recruiting station at 2020 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica. It appears their plan was to attack the place with rifles while dressed in camouflage clothing […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)In a bold move to keep one step ahead of terrorists from posing as toddlers, even children and babies are being stopped from boarding planes because their names are similar to those on the no-fly list.
While some people may consider this excessive, Independent Sources sleeps better knowing that the 5-year old sitting next to us […]
From the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting:
West fears Iran’s nuclear technology
Tehran, Aug 14 - The West fears Iran’s ability in acquiring nuclear technology especially uranium enrichment because it is an important country in the region and would be an example for other countries, said UK’s head of International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Gary […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)From the Associated Press:
A California woman leading an anti-war protest near President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch is being sued for divorce.
Cindy Sheehan — whose son was killed in Iraq — is demanding a personal meeting with the president. She’s said the death of her son created stress that led to the separation from her […]
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