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The top U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday that covert Iranian troops are training brethren Iraqi Shi'ites on how to attack U.S. and coalition troops. The disclosure by Army Gen. George Casey is the most pointed Pentagon criticism of Iran's militant regime, which is embroiled in a debate with the United States because Washington demands an end to Tehran's uranium enrichment. In a press conference at the Pentagon, Gen. Casey said he has made no final decision on U.S. troop withdrawals for this year. He said he first needs to discuss the security situation with Iraq's recently named defense and...

Aiding the Policenet By Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com | February 8, 2006 Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Ethan Gutmann, author of Losing the New China: a Story of American Commerce, Desire and Betrayal. A former Beijing business consultant and former visiting Fellow at PNAC, he is the winner of "Spirit of Tiananmen" and "Chan's Journalism" awards in 2005. He has written for Weekly Standard, Asian WSJ, Investor's Business Daily and other publications. FP: Ethan Gutmann, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Gutmann: Thanks Jamie. It’s an honor. FP: Google has just recently agreed to formally censor its China operations to Chinese Communist Party specifications. According...

Here’s a touching scene, featuring Cindy Sheehan and the Reverend Al Sharpton, in front of crosses, looking solemn and sad.Now let’s zoom out and see the media swarming around this manufactured event: (Hat tip: Bill P.) UPDATE at 8/28/05 5:36:04 pm: More pictures of this moving tableau at Getty Images. Co-starring “Army Mom.”UPDATE at 8/28/05 5:42:51 pm: Several LGF readers point out the Jewish star at lower right of the second photograph. Somebody tell CODEPINK not to let the Nazis know.

It is depressing to say, but even I have been disheartened by the news coming from Iraq. But, I don't blame the Bush Administration, completely. I feel Pres. Bush has got to emerge from his 4-week hiatus with a refreshed spirit and a fresh approach to Iraq and the real enemy, Iran. Friends, you must get Kenneth Timmerman's Countdown to Crisis, which chronicles the evil of the Iranian state in their 20-year war with America. It is enough to reinvigorate you commitment to fighting the War against ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM. America must regain our faith in ourselves; see ourselves again as...

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=linkoreaLiNK Protest Wrap-upPermanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations - New York CityFriday, April 22, 2005 LiNK representatives from nearly 20 area universities and friends gathered at the Republic of Korea's Permanent Mission to the United Nations yesterday to protest South Korea's official policy of negligence for refugees and silence on the issue of North Korean human rights. Despite competition from nearby protests against Japan's Security Council candidacy, they stood outside chanting "Free North Korea, Accept Refugees!" and other slogans for nearly three hours as it began to rain, asking to meet with any Mission or...

Flash-column by Joe Moody Terrorists are unable to confront the U.S. militarily, so their only weapon is terror. Whenever the terrorists be-head someone and videotape it, this is equivalent to them creating a "terror bomb." Whenever a media outlet replays a terrorist videotape, they are unknowingly dropping this bomb on their viewership. This is not about censorship but about how to effectively fight this new kind of war. Such atrocities must be reported, but showing the video fulfills the terrorists wishes and spreads their terror to the masses. Ultimately they hope to terrorize Americans so much that they are swayed...

News the Wire Services Won't Report : MOSUL,06/03/04, via CENTCOM: Coalition troops questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter,after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy 2 Kilometers north of Mosul on June 3. The media who were on the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack,and they had witnessed the explosion. The blast caused minimal damage-a broken windshield-and no serious injuries. The media were asked to accompany the troops to a base camp in the Mosul area,where they provided eyewitness information: departing...

Clarke's complicity in crash cover-up Posted: March 24, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Jack Cashill © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com While counter-terrorism expert and man-of-the-hour Richard Clarke is in a chatty mood, someone might choose to ask him what he knows about TWA Flight 800. If no one in the media will, perhaps retired United Airline pilot Ray Lahr will get the chance to put Clarke under oath. Lahr next goes to court on April 5 in Los Angeles to advance his suit against the National Transportation Safety Board, the CIA and a reluctant Boeing for their role in creating the CIA's preposterous zoom-climb animation,...

...Now the CNN of the Arab world has fired its general manager, Mohammed Jassem Ali-Ali. Ali-Ali had set up and run the network since its inception in 1996. He had previously worked for Qatar television; Al-Jazeera is based in Qatar, but repeatedly aired exclusive footage provided by Iraqi officials during the war. The firing came after the London Sunday Times reported that Iraqi intelligence agents had successfully penetrated the network and converted it into an "instrument" of the Iraqi regime. Al-Jazeera spokesmen denied any connection between the reports and Ali-Ali’s removal...

Just announced on TV. Damages awarded to 2 families.

I don't think there is much in the way of new information to be found on these weapons programs in Iraq. So why are France and Germany so adamant that we not do what we know is right? I think it's because of the things we don't know. We're not going after Saddam Hussein because he has WMDs. Many countries, including our own have WMDs. We're going after Saddam Hussein because he is evil... and he has WMDs. If we already know about French and German complicity in his WMD program, I don't see a "smoking gun" here. What, though,...

<p>A controversial documentary film, which aired in full for the first time last week on German television, charges that U.S. soldiers were complicit in the mass killing and burial of thousands of Afghan prisoners of war more than a year ago.</p>

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While control of both houses of Congress is up for grabs in next week's elections, U.S. television networks' news divisions also have something vital at stake -- their credibility. Still smarting from bungled coverage of the 2000 presidential race, when they predicted different outcomes three different times on Election Night, the networks are pledging greater caution in reporting House and Senate races that could alter the balance of power in Washington. In one historic departure from past election coverage, news executives at broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC and the cable outlets Fox News Channel and...

A few notes from your compiler:1- after several attempts to better organize these, I just gave up- too much information that overlaps- so I am going back and culling the "most egregious, most informative, and least talked-about" links.2- I started at the beginning, going forward in time; soon I will go to the most recent and work back, aiming towards the middle as a stopping point.3- I will reserve DUBOB 10 for the most blantant examples I find, and continue to update DUBOB 9 with the garden variety of "stories the Media doesn't like to talk about."4- and remember, these...