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Trailblazing Asian American stage and television actor and singer Alvin Ing is the latest rare case of a 'breakthrough' Covid-19 death, meaning someone who had been previously vaccinated against the disease yet still fell victim to it. As reported by Deadline, Ing passed away Saturday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, of complications arising from Covid-19.

an Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - In U.S. educational circles, the prevention of "bullying" has become somewhat of a cause célèbre recently, despite its historical omnipresence in scholastic institutions. The trajectory of this trend, which is not what it appears on its face, is fraught with the potential of having a substantial corrosive effect on the First Amendment. First, what is bullying? Of course all of us understand what has been the standard definition of a bully, one who by their aggressive action, seeks to impose their will upon others. The Miriam Webster dictionary notes that bullying consists of "blustering"...

Planned Parenthood Boycott List Now Has Pro-Abortion Firms AOL, Hilton, ING Washington, DC -- The pro-life group that has compiled the national boycott list of companies and corporations that give contributions to the Planned Parenthood abortion business today released its updated list. Several new companies joined corporations that have been longtime Planned Parenthood supporters. http://LifeNews.com/nat6623.html

European banks among top beneficiaries of AIG bailout ...http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/15/business/OUKBS-UK-FINANCIAL-AIG-COUNTERPARTIES.phpGerman and French banks got $36 billion from AIG Bailout ...http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/03/german_and_fren.html[US tax dollars at work] Societe General (FRANCE) - $11.9 Billion Deutsche Bank (GERMANY) - $11.8 Billion Calyon (FRANCE) - $2.3 Billion Barclays (U.K.) - $8.5 Billion UBS (Switzerland) - $5.0 Billion DZ Bank (GERMANY) - $700 Million Wachovia - $1.5 Billion Rabobank (HOLLAND) - $800 Million KFW (GERMANY) - $500 Million Banco Santander (SPAIN) - $300 Million Danske (DENMARK) - $200 Million HSBC Bank (U.K.) - $3.5 Billion Bank of Montreal (CANADA) - $1.1 Billion Royal Bank of Scotland (U.K.) -...

ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq - The tip came in fast, telegraph-terse, and discreet. Maj. Mohammed Salman Abass Ali al-Zobaidi of the Iraqi National Guard scrolled down to read it: "Black four-door Excalibur. Behind cinema." From cell phone screen to local authorities: Acting on the recent text message tip to the Iraqi National Guard commander, police in a nearby town tracked down a black car behind the theater, and arrested the driver for suspected links to insurgent attacks. In the volatile Shiite-Sunni towns south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death," Iraqi civilians increasingly are letting their thumbs do the talking, via...

After terrorists gunned down 49 unarmed Iraqi army recruits on a highway near Baquoba on October 24, authorities have tried to determine whether moles within the Iraqi army provided information that led to the massacre. Due to the strategically orchestrated attack, investigators believe the killers must have received inside information about the soldiers' movements. If infiltrators did play a role in the attack, it would just be the latest example of a long history of Islamic terrorists penetrating military forces throughout the world. Recognizing the tremendous intelligence value of placing operatives within enemy ranks, terrorists have placed a premium on...

December 19, 2004 Release Number: 04-12-34 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRAQI NATIONAL GUARDSMEN GRADUATE FROM BASIC TRAININGFORWARD OPERATING BASE DANGER, TIKRIT, Iraq -- The sixth Iraqi National Guard basic training class graduated Dec. 18 from the Iraqi National Guard Training Academy located here. The class of 329 graduates was the first to participate in the newly modified four-week course. The ING soldiers were the first to use the new obstacle course as well as spend extra time on rifle marksmanship and first aid. During the basic training course, students are instructed on wear of the uniform, military customs, courtesies, and drill...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When the U.S. military looks at Iraq's 40,000-strong National Guard, it sees an exit strategy. What Iraqis often see instead is an ill-disciplined rabble many regard as more foe than friend. With Iraq's police force widely considered ineffectual and the army only a few thousand strong, the U.S.-trained National Guard has become the frontline domestic security force in the fight against a determined guerrilla insurgency. The sooner the National Guard, eventually due to expand to 60,000 men, is trained and backed up by a reliable police force, the sooner U.S. forces can withdraw, U.S. commanders have said....

Officials Say Iraq's Forces Founder Under Rebel Assaults By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JAMES GLANZ, Iraqi Forces: "Just Pitiful" MOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 29 - Iraqi police and national guard forces, whose performance is crucial to securing January elections, are foundering in the face of coordinated efforts to kill and intimidate them and their families, say American officials in the provinces facing the most violent insurgency. For months, Iraqi recruits for both forces have been the victims of assassinations and car bombs aimed at lines of applicants as well as police stations. On Monday morning, a suicide bomber rammed a...

Another jihadist terrorist in his sight. A U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier scans the area through his rifle scope during a joint early morning raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq. 11-26-04 DEFEATED JIHADISTS! These islamic terrorists came to Iraq for the sole purpose of creating chaos & death. They were caught! Islamists, you will NOT win anything! ---raqi policeman takes off blindfold of Walid Mohammed, from Tunisia, while Bassem Faleh from Saudi Arabia looks on in Basra Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Nov. 26th 2004. The two and three other foreign fighters were captured...

BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Guerrillas attacked a U.S.-Iraqi base, a police station and a National Guard post in the town of Khalis north of Baghdad on Saturday but were driven back by U.S. and Iraqi forces, witnesses and the U.S. army said. In a statement, the American 1st Infantry Division said the insurgents attacked before dawn with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. Local police said three people were wounded among the Iraqi police and National Guard. They said some insurgents had been killed during the battle. The deputy governor of Diyala province said two of his bodyguards were killed and three...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Thirteen more bodies were discovered in and around the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said Friday, as the number of corpses found in the area in the past week reached 35. Eleven of the 35 have been identified as members of the Iraqi security forces, who have been targeted by insurgents. The others have not been identified. U.S. forces patrolling Mosul and nearby Tal Afar on Thursday morning found nine bodies around 8:45 a.m. on the western side of Mosul, said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings, a spokesman with Task Force Olympia. Two more bodies...

November 22, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-73 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ING, MNF CLEAN-UP UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS, TEACH CHILDREN OF DANGERSTIKRIT, Iraq -- Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Soldiers spent early November cleaning up unexploded munitions north of Tikrit. Working closely with the 201st Iraqi National Guard Battalion, the Soldiers worked for two weeks to clean up the area. More than 1,000 rounds of highly explosive artillery ammunition was hidden in a series of former Iraqi Army positions near northern Tikrit and was destroyed during the operation. The artillery shells are used by insurgents to make improvised explosive devices. Since late October,...

November 24, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-82 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD BARRACKSAN NAJAF, Iraq -- A ground breaking ceremony here yesterday marked the beginning of construction on a new $1.8 million barracks facility for the 405th Battalion, 50th Iraqi National Guard Brigade. National guardsmen are currently billeted at Kufa University, but will move to the barracks upon its completion. The goal for the project's completion is three to four months, enabling the university to open back up for classes. The facility, the first of its kind for Najaf's national guardsmen, demonstrates the partnership between Multi-National Forces...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities are moving against enemy informants and sympathizers in the ranks of the nation's hastily trained security forces by firing thousands of police officers and taking over from Americans the screening of new recruits. [snip]     "Most of the screening as far as the staff is up to the Iraqi staff now," said U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Bradley, who trains Iraqi national guardsmen. "Right now, whether or not the person is clean, it depends on the Iraqis." [snip]The Iraqi armed forces, meanwhile, have taken charge of their own recruiting. They often employ methods that, while falling short...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah. Insurgents escalated a wave of violence that has killed more than 50 people the past two days, and a U.S. soldier was killed in an attack on a convoy. Photo AP Photo Reuters Photo Reuters Slideshow Slideshow: Iraq Special Coverages Latest headlines: · 12 Iraqi Guardsmen Abducted, Executed AP - 9 minutes ago · Guardsman Loses Iraq Deployment Challenge AP - 14 minutes ago · Iraq Declares Martial...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 October 28, 2004Release Number: 04-10-72 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TASK FORCE DANGER MEDICS TRAIN IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS TUZ, Iraq -- Medical Platoon soldiers from the 209th Iraqi National Guard Battalion and Soldiers from the 30th Brigade Combat Team’s Task Force 120 conducted a mass casualty training exercise Oct. 22 at the 209th Battalion Annex near here. This training was a culminating exercise as the 209th ING Battalion stands up its medical platoon to provide for emergency care for its soldiers...

100 casualties' in Iraq attack A mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard headquarters north of Baghdad has caused many casualties, Iraqi officials have said. There is so far no clear breakdown on the number of dead, but more than 100 people are believed to have been killed or injured, the officials said. Six mortar rounds fell on the building in Mashahidan, 40km (25 miles) from the Iraqi capital, AP news agency said. Two American field hospitals are treating the wounded. US Blackhawk helicopters are also helping to evacuated the injured, AP reported. Iraq's fledgling security forces have been a...

Adrian Blomfield discovers deep mistrust between American troops and Iraqi soldiers they are training. If the US marines and Iraqi national guardsmen living at the Karmah military barracks near Fallujah talk at all, they speak through the bars of a small window. The Americans peer out from the ammunition room, filled with weapons confiscated from suspected insurgents, trading banter with the Iraqis who stand on tiptoes in a huddle outside, their eyes squinting against the glare of the late summer sun. Though there is laughter, things are not as they should be at Karmah barracks. "This is camp poison," whispers...

...The first of the troublesome cities to return to Iraqi government control was Samarra.... Most important, allied forces seem poised finally to take control of Fallujah, which has been a no-go zone since the end-of-April deal that turned the town over to ex-Baathists called the Fallujah Brigade. That decision was easily the biggest mistake of the war, since it caused both friend and foe to question American resolve and gave the thugs a safe haven from which to stage car bombings and other attacks. ...[T]he Marines have established a cordon around the city and the Iraqi government is negotiating with...