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France Arrests Basque Terrorist Leader

The French government said it has arrested the suspected military leader of the Basque terrorist group ETA near the Spanish... more

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Ayers says 'secret link' with Obama is a 'myth' - Straight from the houses mouth!

Great interview from one of the main lightning rods in the Republican attack campaign that was launched at Sen. Obama. It... more

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Ayers Talks Obama on GMA

Big up to Bill Ayers. Don't let them demonize you.

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Google tool uses search terms to detect flu outbreaks

If you have a fever, headache and runny nose, you might go to Google and type the words "flu symptoms" to see whether... more

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New warning from Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11, an Arab newspaper... more

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International organization names Iranian WMD, terrorist, money-laundering organizations

As the arguments seem to continue that President Bush created the Iranian problem, the reality is that Iran has been a threat to... more

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Terrorist released despite deportation order

A Sikh man deemed a terrorist was supposed to leave the country eight years ago but he went underground -- until he was... more

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Mattel's 'Cuddle 'N Coo' preaches Islam, local minister claims

Is Osama Bin Laden recruiting Jihadis with talking baby dolls? Osama Bin Laden has hijacked Mattel's Cuddle 'n Coo... more

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Teenage terror suspect arrested

The 19-year-old was held under the Terrorism Act 2006 by officers in Blackburn, Lancashire, and specialist police teams are now... more

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Time Magazine features America's Secret War

Swampland, Time magazine's political blog, featured ASW. Off The Trail: A Proxy War With Iran?

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U.S. Singer Targeted By Islamic Extremists? - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

BOSTON -- An American singer with Boston roots said beleives she may be being targeted by Islamic extremists. Singer Heather... more

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Iran says U.S. aids rebels at its borders

A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran’s borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in... more

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America's Secret War

Is the US already at war with Iran? In "America's Secret War", Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels... more

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Cyber-attack theory as al-Qaida websites close

Websites being used to disseminate propaganda by al-Qaida appear to have come under systematic cyber-attack, forcing the closure... more

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America's Secret War - Trailer

The new season of the "Vanguard" weekly series begins on Oct. 22 with this little question: Is the US already at war... more

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Preemptive arrest = 8 years in jail?

A University student arrested preemptively before the Republican National Convention will be one of the first people prosecuted... more

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Info Piece: One of the Most Poorly made Obama Vidos Ever. Does the author have a point?

I found this. I was totally put off by the lack of skills this person has for putting together a video. Then I started to see... more

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Infor Piece: The Pro-Obama side ObamaAyers story.

For anyone who was wondering why Obama's people went so crazy over a guy that was a terrorist in the 60's ... connection... more

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Pal around with terrorists.

A letter from the lead prosecutor of Bill Ayers in the 70's. Once again setting the record straight and making McCain and... more

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Policy Prevents Shipments Of Bird Flu Vaccine

Buried deep inside an 86-page supplement to the United States’ export regulations is a single sentence that prohibits U.S. exports of vaccines for avian bird flu to five countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism. The ban is based on concern the viruses might be used to make biological weapons.

The policy means that countries such as Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba and Sudan may not get the vaccines without first receiving special export licenses, which could be granted or refused at the discretion and timing of the United States. Additionally, under a general U.S. embargo, Cuba, Iran and Sudan are also subject to a ban on all human pandemic influenza vaccines.

The policy, quietly enacted more than a decade ago to include vaccines for everything from the Ebola virus to Dengue fever, has raised concerns among the medical and scientific communities. Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they were not aware of the regulations until contacted by The Associated Press last month. Privately, they expressed alarm, with recent worries about the threat of a bird flu pandemic making the matter even more relevant.

Peter Palese, chairman of the microbiology department at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said the policy made "no scientific sense". The bird flu vaccine, he said, can be used to contain outbreaks in poultry before they mutate to a form more easily transmitted among people.

"The more vaccines out there, the better," he told the Associated Press.

"It's a matter of protecting ourselves, really, so the bird flu virus doesn't take hold in these countries and spread," he said.

Christopher Wall, the U.S. Commerce Assistant Secretary, did not elaborate on the specific threat posed by vaccines for chickens infected with bird flu, but told the AP there were "valid security concerns" that they "do not fall into the wrong hands."

"Legitimate public health and scientific research is not adversely affected by these controls," he said.

However, some experts call the notion of using vaccines to make bioweapons “far-fetched”, and worry how quickly authorities could cut through the bureaucracy and red tape to distribute vaccines during a true health emergency.

Typically it would take at least six weeks to approve an export licenses for any vaccine on the list, according to Thomas Monath, former head of a CIA advisory group on countering biological attacks. Such decisions would follow negotiations at a "very high level" of government, he told the AP.

That could make it more difficult to contain bird flu outbreak among chickens in, for example, North Korea, which is in the region hardest hit by the virus. Sudan and Iran have already seen documented cases of the virus in poultry, and countries impacted by the virus surround Syria. Buried deep inside an 86-page supplement to the United States’ export regulations is a single sentence that prohibits U.S.... more