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Awlaki Responds to Fort Hood Shooting

By Yossarian | Published: November 9, 2009
First the Spittoon brought you the news that the darling of Cageprisoners, East London Mosque, City University‘s Islamic Society and others too, Anwar al-Awlaki, had, in the past, been the imam for the Fort Hood murderer, Major Nidal Hasan. A connection which also linked him to two of the 9/11 hijackers, for whom Awlaki has [...]
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Fort Hood Murderer Shared Imam With 9/11 Hijackers

By Yossarian | Published: November 7, 2009
And guess who it was… Whilst Sunny, Harry’s Place and many more speculate about what lay behind Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous rampage in Fort Hood, the Huffington Post carries a piece written by Kamran Pasha, who has a Muslim soldier friend, Richard, who knew Hasan. It contains a fascinating and troubling detail. As Richard got to [...]
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Welcome (but overdue) news from America

By Yossarian | Published: October 11, 2009
Obama has finally announced the end of the shameful “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the US military reports today’s Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama on Saturday pledged to end a 16-year-old policy banning gay people from serving openly in the nation’s military, in a gesture to a group that provided a major source of [...]
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Murder in the name of life

By Retired | Published: May 31, 2009
Shocking news from America. A doctor who was one of the few in the US to continue carrying out late-term abortions was shot dead in a church today. George Tiller, 67, who had been picketed, bombed and shot in the arms in previous incidents, was killed at his church in Kansas, according to police sources. His was one [...]
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The Daily Show on the Expenses Scandal

By Retired | Published: May 22, 2009
The brilliant as ever Daily Show answers two interesting questions in this video. Firstly, what the American take is on this whole scandal (mercicless mocking). But also, at 22 seconds in, they reveal who actually watches Press TV – Daily Show researchers. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Scamalot thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political [...]
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This sounds about right

By Retired | Published: May 21, 2009
Hamin Rashada, senior life coach at the Orange County Transition Center, has been speaking about one of his charges, Laguerre Payen, who was one of four men arrested for plotting to bomb two synagogues and shoot down an American military aircraft. “He’s a strange kid,” Rashada said. “He had a lot of psychological problems.” Rashada is a [...]
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