HOTT Newslinks February 7, 2008

"The southern province of Helmand, where mainly British troops are engaged in almost daily battles with the Taliban, accounted for 53 percent of Afghan opium production in 2007."

Yet, the Brits were caught building a training camp for the Taliban....payback for their "good work" in the fields?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T232903.htm

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"Britain planned to build a Taliban training camp for 2,000 fighters in southern Afghanistan,..."

Ummmm, aren't we at war with the Taliban???

"The plans were discovered on a memory stick seized by Afghan secret police in December."

Some things never change, and to think that most people think that these governments just make stupid "mistakes" Well, I guess SOMEBODY'S got to finance and support those terrorists....

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019815.php

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Another reason for the United States to get out of NATO

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/03/europe/nato.php

The new chief of the Hungarian secret services, who spent six years at the KGB's academy in Moscow during the 1980s, has become chairman of NATO's intelligence committee, a development that diplomats said could compromise the security of the alliance.
Sandor Laborc, 49, was personally chosen by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary as director of the country's counterintelligence National Security Office in December, after a bitter dispute between the governing coalition led by the Socialists - the former Communists - and the main opposition party, Fidesz.


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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3295444.ece

THE conservative Washington think tank that devised the “surge” of US forces in Iraq has come up with a plan to send 12,000 more American troops into southern Afghanistan.
A panel of more than 20 experts convened by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has also urged the administration to get tough with Pakistan.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/03/nbook103.xml

If the northern hemisphere's chilliest winter in a long time was bad news for the propagandists of global warming, they also had to face serious questions about some of the most iconic images used to support the claims that the world is hotting up towards disaster.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7226076.stm

Thousands of people are fleeing the Chad capital, Ndjamena, after two days of fierce fighting between government and rebel forces in the city.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080204/lf_nm_life/china_weather_dc

Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.


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Images of the Fourth Reich

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/nyregion/02machinegun.html?ex=1359694800&en=d1c704f39d7c871b&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg

In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday.
Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers will board trains and patrol platforms, focusing on sites like Pennsylvania Station, Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square in Manhattan, and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

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US military aid to Israel for 2009: $2.55 billion
Israel may use up to 25% for military equipment and arms from local defense industries

http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m40922&hd=&size=1&l=e

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Romney Drops Out of GOP Race

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/02/romney_considering_dropping_ou.html

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Veterans funding gets 'yes'

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=129474&src=1

Also see attached .jpg image of register

Chupacabra update: Mystery grows with new test results

http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/020608kvuechupa-eh.970954f8.html

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Clarity Sought on Electronics Searches
U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604763.html

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Administration Wants Background Checks Put on Fast Track

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604184.html

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Clinton Lent Her Campaign $5 Million
Delegate Race With Obama Is Nearly Even

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020601306.html

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Muslim husbands with more than one wife to get extra benefits as ministers recognise polygamy

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23435519-details/Muslim+husbands+with+more+than+one+wife+to+get+extra+benefits+as+ministers+recognise+polygamy/article.do

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Environmental B.S. light bulbs cause fires – Like we said.

http://www.execulink.com/~impact/pur-lite_pro-9000X.htm

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Political cartoons

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blfunnypics.htm

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John McCain: George Soros' Useful Idiot?

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=30556

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THE ROAD TO HYPERINFLATION, Part 2
A failure of central banking

http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JA30Dj02.html

Just like we’ve been saying – listen to our newest series!

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Coming to a town meeting near you –
Homeland Security's latest non-lethal weapon: the pukelight

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/07/homeland-securitys-latest-non-lethal-weapon-the-pukelight/

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China Snows Worsen, Forcing Release of Emergency Food (Update2) – This must be a side effect of “global warming”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awcjGdfd9zTQ&refer=home

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So it appears that Arctic ice isn't vanishing after all –
You mean Al Gore was wrong?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/03/nbook103.xml

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More On John McAmnesty

http://www.forward.com/articles/12586/

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/mccain_post_card_word[1].pdf

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/pol/556526822.html

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Joe Rides Shotgun as McCain’s Straight-Talk Express Rolls On

http://www.forward.com/articles/12586/

Lieberman is McAmnesty’s handler

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