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Four words: it’s all about me They came from all over the world, Norway, Turkey, Croatia France and Albania, to accompany Lady M on a tour of a youth center on the South Side side of Chicago (where Lady M herself grew up, in case you’re from Croatia or somewhere). MO wanted to show the NATO spouses that - just like in their countries - America has poor, underprivileged children too. The only difference is that here, since the Wons took over, we take care of our underprivileged youths. matchy, matchy; matchy, matchy

- FrontPage Magazine - http://frontpagemag.com - ‘Nonviolence’ Explodes in ChicagoPosted By Matthew Vadum On May 21, 2012 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | No Comments The NATO summit in Chicago has produced an impressive list of arrests for demonstrations officially billed by the Left and the compliant mainstream media as “nonviolent.” Some of the alleged pacifists conspired to maim and kill Americans.The wave of violence unleashed by the Obama-endorsed Occupy Wall Street movement and other elements of the activist Left in recent weeks is part of what left-wingers are calling the “99% Spring.” The actions, which are being cheered...

Each held Saturday on $1.5 million bondTwo Broward County men were among three arrested this week in a nighttime police raid after they planned to attack four police stations, President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, according to court documents. The men arrested Wednesday in an apartment building in the Bridgeport neighborhood. They're accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the two-day summit that starts Sunday. They were each held Saturday on $1.5 million bond. Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla. and Jared Chase, 24, of...

Curious indeed is the choice of the date of May 19 for this week’s NATO Summit in Chicago. How about this for symbolism? This is the same date listed as the “May 19 Communist Coalition, May 19 Communist Organization or rather just M19CO”. Why would Obama and his schedulers happen to pick the date of May 19 to invite leaders from around the world to descend on the city that launched him into politics, namely Chicago? Was a master plan for the usurpation of America as a land of the free hatched way back in the Ayers days of rage...

This was filmed in Elgin, Illinois about 40 miles from Chicago. I assume it's for the NATO summit this week as a security measure.

For much of human history, world leaders never met each other. Oh, they might have met on the field of battle, or at the arranged weddings of their children… but for the most part, rulers didn’t meet unless they ruled neighboring countries. The world was simply too big a place, distances too great, the burdens of monarchy too demanding, to risk a three or six month voyage. You might not have a throne to return to, by the time you returned. So they invented diplomats. Nations would appoint permanent ambassadors, or at least temporary envoys, to visit other heads of...

Israel will not be invited to NATO's May 20-21 summit in Chicago, the alliance's top official said Friday. But he denied that alliance member Turkey had blocked Israel's participation. Instead, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the reason is because Israel does not participate in NATO's main military missions. News reports have claimed that Turkey blocked Israel's participation because of the raid in 2010 by Israeli troops on ships heading to Gaza in which eight Turks and a Turkish-American died. NATO has a system of partnerships with dozens of nations across the globe such as the Mediterranean Dialogue, a NATO...

The NATO Summit will be held on May 20th -21st in Chicago and the Illinois DOT is requesting everybody to avert the city areas and mainly the downtown and the South Loop during the Summit week. Some limitations are also going to be placed on excessive and overweight shipments. From May 18th -22nd excessive and overweight shipment would not be allowed on the expressway and ramps. [Read More....]

In a sign of what may be coming, residents of a Chicago condo building located near the site of next month’s NATO summit have been asked to leave for the event or risk being caught in a storm of rioters. WND first reported in August 2011 that radicals, some with ties to President Obama, were planning to riot during the NATO summit. FOX Chicago News reported the people living in the 17-floor Library Tower building at 520 South State Street were warned in a letter from condo management that “we are STRONGLY recommending that all residents find places to stay...

In a surprise turnaround, the White House announced Monday afternoon that Chicago won’t be hosting the controversial G-8 summit after all. It will be held at Camp David instead of Chicago. The NATO summit will proceed here May 20-21. City Hall insisted that it was President Barack Obama’s decision — that Mayor Rahm Emanuel did not ask the White House to take the more controversial of the two summits off Chicago’s hands. One leading demonstrator pledged the protests “will go forward” here despite the switch. The White House issued a terse statement dropping the bombshell shortly before 3 p.m. “In...

Former tenants of college dorms, parent’s basements and police drunk tanks currently known as OWS (Occupy Wall Street) protesters have alternately amused and disgusted television audiences across the nation. Deluded enough to believe “the world is watching” and actually supportive of their disgraceful antics, this crew of doped-up reprobates has proudly defecated on police cars and turned city parks into slums, all the while demanding free goods and services from politicians, city officials and local vendors. New York‘s Zuccotti Park–squatter central for the Big Apple’s OWS contingent–has become “…a breeding ground for bacterial infection loaded with potential health-code violations…” said...

BUCHAREST: NATO countries unanimously endorsed Bush administration plans for installing a missile defense system in alliance countries in Europe on Thursday even as they rebuffed President George W. Bush's entreaties to extend membership of the alliance to the former Soviet republics of Ukraine and Georgia. The unusually rancorous meeting of NATO members in Bucharest exposed sharp differences between nations, but despite the rancor Bush won some agreement on bolstering the number of NATO troops in Afghanistan and presenting a united front against Russia's objections on the issue of missile defense. After hours of negotiations, the countries agreed to extend membership...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryApril 5, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       In Focus: NATOTHE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I'm speaking to you from Europe, where I attended the NATO summit and witnessed the hopeful progress of the continent's youngest democracies. The summit was held in Romania, one of the 10 liberated nations that have joined the ranks of NATO since the end of the Cold War. After decades of tyranny and oppression, today Romania is an important member of an international alliance dedicated to liberty, and it is setting a bold example for other...

ZAGREB, Croatia: U.S. President George W. Bush was warmly welcomed by the government in Croatia on Friday and he praised the ex-Yugoslav country as a trusted ally. But his opponents used the occasion to protest his foreign policies. Bush came to Zagreb from a NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, where Croatia was invited to join the alliance, one of the government's top goals. "We celebrate your invitation to become one of America's closest allies," Bush said in a toast to President Stipe Mesic. "We're so proud of our relationship," Bush said. Croatia's government sees Bush's two-day visit as a clear...

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin last night let fly at one of his last meetings with his US counterpart, George W.Bush, saying some NATO countries had demonised Moscow and failed to reward Russia for helping end the Cold War. A source in the Russian delegation to the NATO summit in Bucharest said Mr Putin - who is due to hold talks with Mr Bush at the Black Sea port of Sochi early today - challenged US policy towards Iran and said the Islamic republic should be helped to emerge from isolation, instead of being threatened. In his address to the 26...

"The United States may send more troops to Afghanistan in 2009, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates confirmed today. President Bush said during the NATO summit conference that ended today that he expects the United States would make a significant additional contribution to the Afghanistan mission next year, Gates said. But Gates backed off any specific commitment, saying the United States first wants to see how much support comes from other allies and how security efforts progress in 2008."

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and skepticism from the alliance's European members. Bush, in Kiev on his way to his farewell NATO summit in Romania beginning on Wednesday, said Moscow had no right to veto bids by the two former Soviet republics to join the 26-nation Western defense pact. But French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Paris would oppose giving Kiev and Tbilisi a "Membership Action Plan" -- a roadmap to joining NATO --...

KIEV, Ukraine - Despite Russia's displeasure with NATO's growing ranks, President Bush is encouraging former Soviet republics like Ukraine to join up. Ukraine put on a formal welcoming ceremony for Bush on Tuesday before his meetings with President Viktor Yushchenko at the Presidential Secretariat. The playing of national anthems and parade of high-stepping military men in long, belted dress coats with fur collars was typical of the greetings Bush gets all over the world. But these arrival rites took on particular importance here because of Ukraine's drive to join NATO. Ukrainian officials are determined to showcase the sort of reforms...

WASHINGTON – President Bush wants to bolster the multinational fight in Afghanistan by reminding NATO allies that the war is in their interest – and by persuading them to send more troops into battle. But this will be a challenge for Bush, who was en route to Ukraine Monday at the start of a trip that will also lead to Romania, Croatia and Russia. The NATO alliance is strained currently and is engaged in soul-searching about its place and mission in a rapidly changing world. Beyond Afghanistan, Bush is trying to score a breakthrough on a U.S.-based missile defense system...

MOSCOW - This week's NATO summit in Romania will be Vladimir Putin's last appearance at a top-level international forum before he steps down as Russian president, still pushing to halt NATO's expansion into the stomping grounds of the former Soviet Union. The Kremlin realizes it doesn't have the power to force the West to reverse its recognition of Kosovo's independence or persuade Washington to drop its plan to deploy missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic. But Putin has had notable success in blocking NATO membership for its former Soviet neighbors — Ukraine and Georgia. "Georgia's accession into NATO...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush left on Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he tries to salvage a foreign policy legacy frayed by the Iraq war. Seeking to reassert himself on the world stage in the twilight of his term, Bush will press NATO for more troops in Afghanistan, try to keep up momentum in the alliance's eastward expansion and attempt to ease strains with Russia. But with Bush even more unpopular overseas than at home, he could have a hard time swaying world leaders at this...

BRUSSELS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia's ambassador to NATO dismissed on Friday NATO's call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to avoid "unhelpful rhetoric" at next week's NATO summit. In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said he hoped the Russian leader would refrain from making anti-West comments. "Let's try to avoid unhelpful rhetoric, like 'We will target missiles on nations A, B and C.' That is not only unhelpful, but it makes me remember a time when I was growing up when there was a Berlin Wall and an Iron...

RIGA, Latvia — President Bush said Tuesday that an Al Qaeda plot to stoke cycles of sectarian revenge in Iraq is to blame for escalating bloodshed, refusing to debate whether the country has fallen into civil war."There's a lot of sectarian violence taking place — fomented, in my opinion, because of the attacks by Al Qaeda causing people to seek reprisal," Bush said at a news conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves during a stop in Estonia. He arrived later at the NATO summit in neighboring Latvia, where discussion will focus on the battle against insurgents in Afghanistan. Bush,...

IstanbulTHERE WERE PLENTY of flashy cocktail dresses at the NATO summit reception hosted by Turkey's foreign minister Abdullah Gül last month. There were plenty of headscarves, too--and the most conservative of these belonged to Gül's wife. Hers was a festive, modern, maroon version of what the Turks call a turban, tucked tight under the chin and bisecting the forehead to hide all hair. The cocktail-dress women were joking and cavorting with the wimple women. Mrs. Gül posed cheerily for photos with European and American friends. There are few societies in which the veil and the cocktail dress coexist for long....

NATO leaders agreed at their recent Istanbul summit to offer a "dialogue" to Middle Eastern countries to help improve security and stability in the region. If NATO is serious about stabilizing the Middle East, by helping to advance democracy and economic prosperity, the place to start is Lebanon. Lebanon is a country that could become a pluralistic and open society based on cooperation among its religious and ethnic communities. The entrepreneurship and economic dynamism of its people could restore its former prosperity - a magnet for tourism and investment, and a model for other countries in the region. Yet for...

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish authorities received a warning that al-Qaida was planning to use a bomb-laden glider in a suicide attack targeting world leaders at the NATO summit in Istanbul, the city's police chief was quoted as saying. The aircraft was supposed to take off from a neighboring country and approach the city by flying over the Black Sea, Cerrah said. "They had chosen a glider because radar would not spot it," Cerrah told the newspaper. "And since it flies without an engine, it would approach the target in silence." Police spokesman Ramazan Er revealed Friday that authorities found and...

(excerpt of article copied from hard copy edition of FT) - SNIP - These testimonies to irrelevance recalled themselves on the eve of this week’s Nato summit in Istanbul. As we gazed sout-east over the Bosphorus in the direction of Iraq, one of those charged with drafting the leader’s communiqué remarked that the outcome had been another bad-temepered compromise. Nato ambassadors had sweated long and hard to gloss over their differences. But, though thickly applied, the gloss was patchy. The ambiguities of the text, this official said, had left room for the obligatory public spat between France and the US....

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish police defused a powerful car bomb in a parking garage at Istanbul airport just ahead of the NATO (news - web sites) summit, newspapers reported after officials had earlier denied such a claim. Bomb disposal experts discovered a 6.5 kilogram (14 pound) bomb in the tire of a car parked in the underground garage on June 25, three days before the summit opened, according to the Sabah and Hurriyet newspapers. The explosion could have caused the collapse of the entire parking lot, according to one expert quoted by the newspapers. CNN-Turk television reported at the time...

“SUMMITS made simple: a guide for reporters”. First find Jacques Chirac. Next invite him to comment on the British position. Bingo. You have yourself a story. That begins: “Europe was divided tonight after President Chirac said . . .” That’s how I was taught to report gatherings of international leaders. Whether at a Nato, EU or G8 summit it’s advice that has never let me down. Thus it was this week in Istanbul. And two weeks ago in Brussels. And the week before that in Georgia. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose as they say. Well, not quite....

June 29, 2004 Bosphorus Bridge was selected as the symbol of the 2004 NATO Summit which was held in Istanbul. Rumors that NATO was no longer needed because it lost its purpose with the collapse of the USSR were put aside and a larger NATO with a redefined purpose to fight terrorism over a large territory, all the way from Fez in North -West Africa to Bangladesh in Central Asia, and covering the Middle East and the Caucasus Republics along the way reemerged. Most of these countries are Muslim, and the purpose is to bring freedom, democracy, and prosperity to...

TDN- I have never wished for the end of a meeting as much as I wished for the end of this one. We have been nervous for days. Would a serious incident occur? Would a bomb explode? Would the protests get out of hand? Actually, we were right to be afraid. No matter how successful an event one organizes is, no matter how good the consequences are, a single incident can ruin it. All the successes of the Istanbul summit would have been forgotten if a single incident had tainted it. Whenever someone mentioned the summit, such an incident would...

Istanbul THE PRESIDENT – (...) Two years ago in Prague (...) the Atlantic Alliance opened a new chapter in its history, marked by the enlargement, the establishment of more flexible and more effective military tools and, lastly, by the strengthening of its partnerships. And this is the task we have pursued today. This summit first of all sets the seal on the new enlargement and, this morning, I was happy to be the spokesman of the heads of State and government, welcoming the seven new members who have joined NATO. We also drew up a first progress report on NATO's...

President Bush and First Lady Laura returned to the White House today after a weekend trip to Turkey and the NATO Summit. Before departing, the President spoke at Galatasary University in Istanbul, and mentioned that Islamic countries should not fear freedom. Bush also praised the contribution that Turks have made to American society, mentioning Mehmet Okur of the NBA Champion Detroit Pistons. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The Bush administration is exploring the possibility of expanding the nascent U.S. missile defense system into Eastern Europe as a protection against an attack from the Middle East. U.S. diplomats and Defense Department officials have been quietly talking with NATO members Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic about whether one of them might host the new launch site, U.S., Hungarian and Czech officials told Knight Ridder. Story Continues Below The facility would comprise underground silos housing interceptor-tipped missiles that would be fired at enemy missiles as they soared through space. A network of powerful radars would guide...

Turkey wins support for EU bid Tue 29 June, 2004 17:35 By Gareth Jones ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's decades-old drive to join the European Union has gathered pace after strong expressions of support from the bloc's heavyweights France and Germany and also from its NATO ally the United States. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, in Istanbul with dozens of other Western leaders for a NATO summit, said on Tuesday he was sure Turkey would get a green light in December to start entry talks. French President Jacques Chirac, long seen by Turkish media as cool on Ankara's bid, spoke of an...

Bush: People of Islamic World Must Choose Democracy By Kathleen T. Rhem American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 29, 2004 – The "struggle between extremism and civilized values" is unfolding around the world, President Bush said today in Istanbul, Turkey. He cited Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Israel as places where people are struggling for reform and peaceful, democratic states. "For citizens of the broader Middle East, the alternatives could not be more clear," Bush told an audience at Galatasaray University. "One alternative is a political doctrine of tyranny, suicide and murder that goes against the standards of justice found...

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NATO leaders yesterday issued a strong statement of political backing for the incoming administration in Iraq that included an offer to help train its armed forces. But France and Germany, vocal opponents of the United States-led war in Iraq, insisted there would be no high-profile NATO presence in the country. "We are united in our support for the Iraqi people and offer full co-operation to the new sovereign interim government as it seeks to strengthen internal security," the 26 leaders said in a statement. Meeting for the first time since the Iraq war opened up deep divisions within the alliance,...

Blast on Istanbul plane near Nato summit A blast has been reported on an aircraft at Istanbul airport, police have said. The Turkish news agency Anatolia reported a small explosion on a Turkish Airlines plane after passengers vacated a jet. One person was injured in the explosion. The explosion comes amid tight security in the city during the Nato summit which President Bush and world leaders are attending. More soon...

[snip]"Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign. Letter was passed from [U.S.-led Coalition chief L. Paul] Bremer at 10:26 a.m. Iraq time. — Condi," Rice's note read. Bush yanked out a black pen and wrote back, "Let freedom reign!" —and then cupped his hand around his mouth to share the good news with Blair, his closest ally and the leader who, like Bush, risked his political future on Iraq. Bush also made it clear he'll support Iraq's new leaders if they take tough measures to crack down on terrorists like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, blamed for a spate of bombs and gruesome beheadings....

Day one of a two-day NATO summit in Turkey ended with positive talk, but there was no disguising the discord. While there was agreement the alliance would help train Iraqi troops, France made it clear it would not support a formal role for NATO. As well as what appeared to be a lack of togetherness in the photo-call, there was clear evidence of continued Paris-Washington tensions. French President Jacques Chirac reacted to US President Bush's backing of Turkey's bid to join the EU. "If he really said that, as I read it, then not only did he go too far,...

Our friends in NATO are failing the Iraq test. Webster's defines alliance as an "association to further the common interests of the members." The camaraderie on display at today's opening of the NATO summit in Istanbul notwithstanding, the past two years have seen little evidence that the organization still fits this definition. The summiteers can be expected to make much of NATO's deployment of five more "provincial reconstruction teams" to Afghanistan--teams that were promised months ago but never delivered. Similarly, NATO's European leaders will congratulate each other for agreeing to train Iraqi security services, a job France and Germany somehow...

Here are fragments from the press briefing on Iraq Transition: Q Do the events today change the calculations for returning to Washington as scheduled? Wouldn't the President like to be the first head of state to visit the new Iraqi sovereign government? SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No change in schedule. Q No changes yet? SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No change in schedule. ... Q What is the President's schedule for Wednesday? SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: He will be in Washington. Q Is he going to have a turkey dinner? (Laughter.) SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Any other questions? Thanks.

The President continued his visit in Ireland on Saturday with an EU summit. Saturday night, the First Couple flew to Ankara, Turkey, where they were received by the heads of state and Church. Sunday, June 27th, the President reviewed the Turkey troops, laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk in Ankara. He attended a formal photo shoot of the NATO Summit attendees, and then a welcoming dinner at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The NATO meetings will be held on Monday and Tuesday. In a surprise sequence of events, L. Paul Bremer signed over full...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice Monday informed President Bush in a handwritten note of the transfer of authority in Baghdad, prompting Bush to scribble back: "Let freedom reign." "Mr. President, Iraq is sovereign. Letter was passed from (U.S. administrator Paul) Bremer at 10:26 a.m. Iraq time -- Condi," she wrote, according to copies of the note distributed by the White House. The note exchange took place during a meeting of NATO leaders in Istanbul. She handed the note to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who passed it along to Bush.

President George W. Bush listens to French President Jacques Chirac during the opening working session of the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, June 28, 2004. Speaking to reporters later, Chirac criticized Bush for his strong support of Turkey's bid to enter the European Union. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac told President Bush to mind his own business Monday after Bush called on the European Union to fix a date for Turkey to start EU entry talks. The strongly worded attack came at a NATO (news - web sites) summit in Istanbul that was intended to bury discord within the alliance over the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites), which France vehemently opposed. "If President Bush really said that the way I read it, well, not only did he go too far but he went into a domain which is not...

ISTANBUL, June 28 (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac said on Monday he was opposed to a formal role for NATO inside Iraq, just hours after the 26-nation alliance agreed to help train security forces of the new Baghdad government. "I do not believe it is (NATO's) mission to intervene in Iraq," Chirac told a news conference during an alliance summit in Istanbul. He said a formal NATO presence in Iraq would "not be in keeping" with the decision taken by alliance leaders earlier.

ISTANBUL, Turkey (June 28) -- NATO leaders at a summit meeting in Istanbul agreed Monday to offer training to the security forces of Iraq's new interim government, which formally took power in Baghdad just hours earlier. ''They have agreed it,'' NATO spokesman James Appathurai told Reuters. The 26 NATO leaders gathered in Turkey's business capital had the final word on the deal hammered out last week by alliance ambassadors in Brussels. NATO envoys had wrangled for 24 hours over how to respond to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's request for help for his security forces, which are battling a wide-scale...

President Bush and PM Blair Press Conference from NATO meeting in Turkey.