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Benghazi Attack Supected Ringleader Pleads Not Guilty

The investigation is ongoing and the Justice Department can bring additional charges on the Libyan man.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the alleged suspect of the deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, entered a not guilty plea in federal court in Washington on Saturday.

According to court sources, prosecutors also unveiled a one count grand jury indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism resulting in death. The crime is punishable by up to life in prison, or death.

Benghazi Attack Ringleader Captured in Libya

The U.S. will try him in a civilian court rather than hold him at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Ahmed Abu Khattala was taken into custody in a secret U.S. military raid in Libya on June 15.

U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others were killed in the attack.

The Obama Administration May Be Our Least----Not Most----``Transparent`` Administration

Traditionally, secrecy has been vital to effective intelligence. But now secrecy is causing some of our most significant intelligence failures.

(WASHINGTON DC) - President Obama promised to provide us with an open and "transparent" administration. In April 2010, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declared that the The administration was, in fact, the "most transparent" in history.

The current press secretary, Jay Carney, repeated this claim in April and the president himself declared that, "This is the most transparent administration in history...I can document that this is the case."

You Can`t Handle the Truth

We once, as a Nation, had respect. We had honor. Our leaders were respected. They earned it.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Most Americans cannot even name the names of the Benghazi fallen... Ask them. I have. Some of the replies in reference to Benghazi were embarrassing.

Oh Yes! What was the purpose of Benghazi, Fast and Furious and those other corrupt activities of our leaders that have now dropped from our radar screens?

NATO War Crimes In Libya: Deformities of Newborns Because of Depleted Uranium Bombs

Just like in West Bank and Fallujah, western forces kill and contaminate simultaneously. There is no doubt that NATO/US broke every agreement imposed by the Geneva Convention.

(TRIPOLI Lybian Free Press) - Regarding this depleted uranium report below, we brought in the first sophisticated radiation detectors with us on our fact finding commission in May of 2011.

Libyans knew that depleted uranium was being used by NATO in their bombing raids and they were very concerned.

The Stillbirth of the New Libya

A Frankenstein’s monster has been created and it may not be possible to bring it under control quickly enough.

(LONDON) - Britain’s Guardian newspaper has an excellent editorial on the unfolding crisis in Libya – or perhaps it would be more accurate to describe it as the unravelling of Libya as a state.

The hard truth is that power in Libya has been captured by armed militias, who control much of what goes on in each region.

The Obama Doctrine

Once again, we are told we have a moral responsibility to ignore international law by attacking a sovereign nation. Just because American troops are not doing the killing does not mean we are not backing a war.

(COOS BAY) - A few months ago I heard a “progressive” talk radio host claim we were in “a historically peaceful time.” I wondered if he is one of those Democrats who think America is only at war if US boots are on the ground.

He credited President Obama for taking most of the troops out of Iraq and promising to do the same in Afghanistan.

Qatar Conference Opens New Stage In Syrian War

What is being proposed is a bloodbath.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The “Friends of Syria” meeting in Qatar on June 22 ended with a communiqué announcing that Washington and its allies will “take all necessary practical measures” to arm the right-wing Sunni-based opposition forces, which have served as their proxies in a two-year civil war to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The announcement opens up a new stage in the war, and heightens the dangers of a regional sectarian conflagration.

The End of Syria as We Know It?

Why Obama is Declaring War on Syria...

(BEIRUT) - The short answer is Iran and Hezbollah according to Congressional sources. “The Syrian army’s victory at al-Qusayr was more than the administration could accept given that town’s strategic position in the region. Its capture by the Assad forces has essentially added Syria to Iran’s list of victories starting with Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, as well as its growing influence in the Gulf.”

Other sources are asserting that Obama actually did not want to invoke direct military aid to the rebels...

Betrayal in Benghazi

Edited for Salem-News by Richard Nauman

(WASHINGTON DC) - The combat code of the US Military is that we don't abandon our dead or wounded on the battlefield. In US Air Force lingo, fighter pilots don't run off and leave their wingmen. If one of our own is shot down, still alive and not yet in enemy captivity, we will either come to get him or die trying.

Among America's fighting forces, the calm, sure knowledge that such an irrevocable bond exists is priceless.