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Targeting Hezbollah in Beirut

Israel and Al Qaeda Top Suspects List in Second Bombing Attack in Five Weeks

(Makfouz Rouweiss store, Dahiyeh) - This observer was sitting with my friend Zuhair on my balcony in south Beirut, when at 6:20 pm on 8/15/13 erupted a huge blast that seemed to shake our 12 story concrete building even more so than the one just down the street did on July 9.

We both leaned over the railing at the same time. I commented that I did not see any smoke, while he spoke only two words: “Bir Abed.”

Ending the Muslim Brotherhood`s Occupy Egypt (The Unreported Story)

“MB is about a distorted theology that is based mainly on blaspheming and delegitimizing the other and the other, is simply everybody who is not MB”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - As expected, the mainstream media raved about the horrifyingly bloody crackdown on the peaceful Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo on Wednesday morning August 14.

The two sit-ins, or to be honest, the terrorist bases in Rabaa and Nahda squares, were not peaceful at all; unless you believe Moltov cocktails, automatic guns, grenades, and RPJs are legitimate tools in protests and occupy movements with a good cause.

Lebanon Offers Palestinians Syria Ramadan Greetings

'Eid Mubarak, Dear brothers and sisters! Yalla! Go back where you came from!'

( MASNAA, Syria/Lebanon border) - On 8/5/13 this observer decided, quite on the spur of the moment, to take a three day break from Damascus the next morning and make a quick trip to Beirut to do some errands because offices would be closed starting at dawn for Eid al Fitr celebrations (a day later for Shia Muslims).

The annual Eid al-Fitr, being the festival of the breaking of the month long Ramadan fast, which observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Great Britain`s Fallen Glory

The Sri Lanka government's successful subterfuges that misled the international community initially in demonetizing the Eelam Tamils resistance as terrorists are now well exposed.

(LONDON PFLT) - “When a people are denied their rights to exist as a sovereign nation, when the only choice for them is to take up arms against their oppressors, this has been proven worldwide. Freedom cannot be snuffed out by tyrants, and those who are oppressed must take heart to stand tall against their haughty host”, Kenneth T. Tellis, F book.

Prabhakaran was clear in his mind what would secure the safety of the Tamils.

Studies Show Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs Save States Money

This Duke study is consistent with other studies conducted in North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Florida.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Forty-five states permit the use of assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), court-ordered treatment (including medication) for individuals who have a history of medication noncompliance, as a condition of their remaining in the community.

Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Tennessee do not have AOT.

Operation Red Dragonfly Outreach Mission for Veterans Takes Flight (VIDEO)

Our hardcore Veteran's Outreach Mission is underway!

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Individuals like Jon Daggett from Sacramento Motorcycle Rentals have been instrumental in helping our Veteran outreach mission, Operation Red Dragonfly become a matter of reality, which it now is.

Another business owner in California's capital city, Joshua Reiwitch of Sacramento Metro Detailing, donated his services, detailing the bike being used to reach Veterans all over the US and inform them about contaminated military bases and their related health impacts.

L.A. Times Reveals that Purdue Pharma Knowingly Concealed Database of Bad Doctors

Purdue Pharma has reaped close to $30 billion in profits since the launch of OxyContin in 1996. Some of these profits were gained from the doctors on a list that Purdue Pharma has not released to authorities.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - This week "L.A. Times" reporters Scott Glover and Lisa Girion broke a news story that the maker of the deadly drug, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, has a list of "about" 1,800 doctors who may have recklessly prescribed the highly addictive drug to addicts and dealers.

The problem is Purdue Pharms has not been alerting authorities to their list of "bad docs."

Two Dead After Head-On Crash Near Stayton

Alcohol is being investigated as a possible contributing factor.

(STAYTON OR) - Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into the cause of Tuesday evening's double fatal traffic crash involving two vehicles on Highway 22 near Stayton in Marion County.

Two others were seriously injured in the crash when the vehicles collided head-on in the eastbound lane.

Bangladesh: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr Adilur Rahman Khan

Mr. Khan was arrested in front of his house at Gulshan.

(YORK, UK) - On 13 August 2013, human rights defender Mr Adilur Rahman Khan was transferred to Kashimpur-1 jail where he remains in custody.

The human rights defender was arrested without a warrant on 10 August 2013 and later charged with 'publishing false images and information' and 'disrupting the law and order situation.'

MIA Return Home / Burial of PFC Jonathan Reed Posey, Jr. August 12, 2013

Posey’s remains were not recovered until 1954, during what became known as “Operation Glory” when the United Nations and Communist Forces exchanged remains of the war dead.

(ARLINGTON, VA) - Marine Corps Pfc. Jonathan Reed Posey Jr., 20, of Dallas, TX was buried August 12, 2013 in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery.

In December 1950, Posey, assigned to L Battery, 4th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was serving provisionally as an infantryman with the 7th Marine Regiment at Yudam-ni in the vicinity of the Chosin Reservoir.