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Two Blackwater guards arrested by FBI on murder charges

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Two former Blackwater operatives were arrested by US federal agents on murder charges, stemming from their alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of two Afghan civilians in Kabul in May. They have been identified as Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va. They have been charged with “crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S.

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CIA bomber was al-Qaeda triple agent, US media say

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan was an al-Qaeda triple agent, US media reports say.

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The Most Popular Gawker Posts of 2009

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

They weren’t necessarily the best, just the most popular. You saw our least popular posts before getting trashed on New Year’s Eve. Before you stop caring, here are the 20 most clicked on posts of 2009.

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2009 In 60 Seconds: Relive Lady Gaga’s Breakout, ‘New Moon’ Fever, More

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

MTV News’ Jim Cantiello squeezes a year’s worth of WTFs into one minute. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga at the 2009 Video Music Awards Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic Summing up 2009 in one minute is kind of like trying to convince Lady Gaga to go to dinner in flats, jeans, a ratty T-shirt and no makeup: virtually impossible, but so totally worth trying

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News of First Major Progressive Legislation in 30 Years Enrages Liberals

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Ugh. Shut up , bill-killing liberals . You know who has more liberal cred than all of you

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Religious writer claims Golden Girls causes homosexuality

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The guarantee of free speech in the USA doesn't guarantee intelligent speech. Sometimes, though, free speech yields unintentionally hilarious results, as is the case with an article by Stephenson Billings.

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Afghan-Americans express sharply different views on the war

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

President Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is provoking strong and sometimes conflicting feelings among Afghan-Americans. Moe Hashem, the owner of the Afghan Kabob restaurant in Springfield, VA, paints a rosy picture of post-U.S. occupation life in Afghanistan

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CIA cuts ties with Blackwater

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Central Intelligence Agency has terminated a contract with the security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide that allowed the company to load bombs on C.I.A. drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Friday.

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US: Whistleblower psychiatrist warns of soldier on soldier violence

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Kernan Manion, a psychiatrist who was hired last January to treat Marines returning from war who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other acute mental health problems borne from their deployments, fears more soldier-on-soldier violence without radical changes in the current soldier health care system. Working for a personnel-recruiting company which was contracted by the Defence Department at Camp Lejeune, Manion became alarmed at the military’s inability to give sufficient treatment to returning soldiers.

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Left and right, pundits applaud Obama Nobel Peace Prize speech

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

…more noteworthy is the largely positive, or at least hopeful, tone of reaction across the political spectrum. From conservative former House speaker Newt Gingrich to writers at the liberal Nation magazine, the insta-analyses found hope in Obama’s words, either in his justification for the war in Afghanistan or in his ultimate aspiration: to replace war with peace. “I thought the speech was actually very good,” Mr

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