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Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned. John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.

Shall we call the corporate roll of honor? There's Nortel, which invented for the Chinese government an Internet surveillance mechanism "specifically designed 'to catch Falun Gong.'"...Google has helpfully omitted all PRC-banned sites from its search service. From its search service in China, that is. What you can find via Google in Peoria--or Kobe--you can't find in Beijing. Google has bowed to the Communist rulers.

Despite a shortage of Arabic translators, the FBI turned down applications for linguist jobs from nearly 100 Arabic-speaking Jews in New York following the World Trade Center attacks, WorldNetDaily has learned.

One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday the country's democracy is under threat and called for a five-year halt to non-western immigration in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker by a suspected Muslim radical.

The Dalton Gang's Last Raid, 1892 Around 9:30 the morning of October 5, 1892 five members of the Dalton Gang (Grat Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Bob Dalton, Bill Powers and Dick Broadwell) rode into the small town of Coffeyville, Kansas. Their objective was to achieve financial security and make outlaw history by simultaneously robbing two banks.

The proposition, to appear on Arizona's November ballot, would require people to prove citizenship when registering to vote or to receive public benefits. Opponents include major political figures such as Gov. Janet Napolitano, U.S. Sen. John McCain and the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. Pantoja said the proposition closely resembles California's Proposition 187, which was struck down by a federal judge after being passed by voters in 1994. But Angela Paz, a broadcasting senior who has family members in Mexico, said the proposition would prevent fraud.

Capps is not doing the job A few months ago, I noticed a large number of workers working on a construction project here. Since I speak Spanish, I began to speak with a few of them. It didn't take me long to learn they were recent arrivals from Mexico, and obviously illegal. When I reported them to the U.S. Border Patrol office, I was told they had not been allowed to enforce the Simpson Act for many years. In summary, although the vast majority of citizens and legal immigrants in the U.S. are opposed to illegal immigration, the pressure groups...