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"Knowing what I knew then, and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq," President Bush told a crowd in Charleston, S.C., today. Bush spoke at a homeland security event at the container port in Charleston. He said the liberation of Iraq was an act of justice. "The liberation of Iraq removed a source of violence and instability from the Middle East," he said. "And the liberation of Iraq removed an enemy of this country and made America more secure." The president said Operation Iraqi Freedom has shown the world that America and its allies are...

Feb 5, 11:47 AM (ET) CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - President Bush acknowledged on Thursday that the United States has not found banned weapons "we thought" were in Iraq, but defended the war as "the right thing" to do. "We have not yet found the stockpiles of weapons that we thought were there," Bush said in a speech at the port of Charleston, South Carolina. However, he said, "Knowing what I knew then and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq."

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Local Civil Rights Leaders Consider Boycott In Wake Of Police Chief's Comments Charleston, SC (AP) - A Charleston state senator says a boycott of the city's tourism industry should be used to force Police Chief Reuben Greenberg to step down. Greenberg provoked outcries earlier this month when he used an expletive to describe black-on-black killings in an interview with The Post and Courier of Charleston. Senator Robert Ford says Greenberg's home and that of Charleston Mayor Joe Riley (website - news - bio) should be picketed. The Reverend Joe Darby is the the state NAACP (website - news) 's...

The Navy's secret brig Prison's mission evolves as terror suspects arrive BY TONY BARTELME Of The Post and Courier Staff It's 4:30 p.m., quitting time at the Naval Weapons Station, and hundreds of cars and trucks roll single-file past the gate onto Remount Road. Across the street, a photographer aims his camera toward a distant building on the base. BRAD NETTLES/STAFF The brig in Hanahan is one of the military's main medium-security prisons in the United States. The building is mostly blocked by live oaks and pines, but between the trees, you can make out an orange barricade, a fence...

<p>An Army Islamic chaplain, who counseled al Qaeda prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, naval base, has been charged with espionage, aiding the enemy and spying, The Washington Times has learned.</p> <p>Capt. James J. Yee, a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., was arrested earlier this month by the FBI in Jacksonville, Fla., as he arrived on a military charter flight from Guantanamo, according to a law-enforcement source.</p>

Half-cent sales tax tossed out State Supreme Court ruling puts brakes on CARTA County to sell land for first bridge payment BY ARLIE PORTER Of The Post and Courier Staff The S.C. Supreme Court on Monday threw out Charleston County's half percent sales tax election, a decision that officials have said would shut down the area's regional bus system whose future hinged on sales tax funding. Barring the justices reversing their unanimous decision, buses could stop rolling as soon as two weeks from now. "This is a major blow for many citizens in Charleston County, particularly those depending on public...

<p>A U.S.-born man captured in Afghanistan has joined two other men deemed enemy combatants at the Navy brig at the Charleston Naval Weapons Station.</p> <p>Yasser Esam Hamdi was transferred to the brig near Hanahan from Norfolk, Va., on July 30, Maj. Michael Shavers said.</p>

McGee loses his job Termination follows anchorman's arrest in DUI-related case Brad McElhinny <bradmc@dailymail.com> Daily Mail staff Friday July 04, 2003; 10:30 AM Television anchorman Tom McGee has been fired from his job at WCHS and WVAH Fox 11 after a drunken driving arrest, sources said. Station manager Terry Cole said he could not confirm the firing. "I can't comment on personnel matters," Cole said Thursday evening. The two Charleston-area television stations already have taken pictures and references to McGee from their Web sites. The anchorman's position is expected to be posted early next week, sources from the station said....

Republican overcomes underdog status Seizing momentum as the campaign wore on, Republican Danny Jones romped to victory as Charleston’s next mayor Tuesday night, capturing more than 57 percent of the vote over Democrat Chris Smith. Jones, energized by $75,000 worth of television ads and $17,000 in mass mailings in the last few weeks of the campaign, overcame Smith’s substantial primary campaign momentum to win. Jones said he knew he would be victorious on election night after seeing the first precincts tabulated from the West Side, where he won handily. He promised to stick with the job, in response to...

Republican overcomes underdog status Seizing momentum as the campaign wore on, Republican Danny Jones romped to victory as Charleston’s next mayor Tuesday night, capturing more than 57 percent of the vote over Democrat Chris Smith. Jones, energized by $75,000 worth of television ads and $17,000 in mass mailings in the last few weeks of the campaign, overcame Smith’s substantial primary campaign momentum to win. Jones said he knew he would be victorious on election night after seeing the first precincts tabulated from the West Side, where he won handily. He promised to stick with the job, in response to...

Charleston’s mayoral race is a dead heat, according to a survey done by a well-known local pollster who has contributed to Democrat Chris Smith’s campaign. According to the poll, Republican Danny Jones holds a 38 percent to 37 percent lead over Smith, with 25 percent undecided. It has a margin of error of 8 percent. Don Richardson, a consultant, researcher and pollster since his work for Democratic Gov. Jay Rockefeller, conducted a random sampling for Smith of those who had voted at least twice in the past six city elections. That poll included 149 people, contacted between Thursday and Sunday...

Victory over intolerant anti-war professors in Charleston"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke A day after President George W. Bush declared that major ground conflict in Iraq is over, we can claim a victory of our own on the campus of the College of Charleston. Thanks to our readers, and readers from VodkaPundit and C-Log, the allegedly "enlightened" forces of elitist college professors locked away in the ivory towers of intolerance have been defeated soundly. Everyone who reads this should send e-mail to C of C President Leo...

Anti-war prof in Charleston tries to stifle free speech by threatening student?Some of you may have seen the emails and pictures at SC Hotline that were sent back and forth by anti-war professors at the College of Charleston. Two of these faculty members were Maxwell Shaw and Robin Bowers (free registration required). Also click here for a Post & Courier article on Bowers. Earl Capps, a student at the college who helped organize the Rally for Freedom, responded to the messages (to Shaw specifically) and let others know about how the professors had been using state-owned computers and e-mail servers....

Posted on Sat, Mar. 22, 2003 Atheist to deliver council invocation Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Charleston City Council will open its meeting next week with an invocation by an atheist. Herb Silverman, president of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry, asked Councilman Kwadjo Campbell for the opportunity to give the invocation so he could introduce diversity to council meetings. He will give the invocation Tuesday. "The definition of an invocation is 'to call for with fervent desire,' " he said. "What I expect to happen is giving advice to other human beings." Silverman, a mathematics instructor at the...

I did a search for the following article and didn't find it previously listed: Some Folly Road business owners concerned about crime were taken aback Thursday night when Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg appeared to suggest that an effective crime deterrent would be for them to arm themselves. Others nodded in agreement. About two dozen frustrated James Island business owners met with Greenberg and several Charleston police officers and Charleston County sheriff's deputies to discuss protection against a rash of robberies and burglaries along a stretch of Folly Road. Greenberg told them that robberies, burglaries and rapes are a fact...

Gunboat scare a test for security False alarm sparks action by local maritime interests BY TONY BARTELME Of The Post and Courier Staff The report hit Coast Guard headquarters at about 2 p.m. Monday: four 40-foot gunboats heading fast toward Charleston. Coast Guard officials, on high alert since Sept. 11, quickly phoned the Navy. Were any of their vessels in the area? No. The Coast Guard broadcasted a radio alert. Would the boats please respond? No answer. That's when things got serious. Within minutes, the Coast Guard had a helicopter and a boat unit sweeping the harbor. The Charleston County...

Memorial to honor Cold War subs $1 million structure under construction at Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant Monday, July 8, 2002 BY ARLIE PORTER Of The Post and Courier Staff They were once a common sight in Charleston Harbor - submarines streaming out to sea. Bound for the depths of oceans around the world, the crews of these black killing machines served in a silent, secret war with no battles, few casualties, and no clear beginning or end. The submarines are gone now, the naval base shut down and the Cold War over. This period in Charleston's history is fading...