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U.S. troops and U.S.-trained Iraqi forces uncovered about 5,000 chemical weapons in Iraq between 2004 and 2011 and soldiers were injured by these weapons in six instances. However, the weapons had not been manufactured during an active, ongoing chemical weapons program, which the Bush administration cited as justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Details of the discovery of these weapons were published by the New York Times on October 14, in a lengthy, 9,000-word report written by former Marine Corps officer and veteran journalist C.J. Chivers.Despite injuries to our troops, the U.S. government withheld information about the discovery of the...

Citizen activists and legislators work together to send a message to Congress: "Get US out! of the United Nations." How do you educate 104 state legislators? Patiently, persistently, and enthusiastically — if the experience of Get US out! of the United Nations activists in Utah is any indication. Using this approach, the educational efforts of Utah’s citizen activists to inform their fellow citizens and elected officials concerning the dangers posed by the UN to America are bearing fruit.

The simple and enduring faith of Christians has proven unconquerable despite the persecutions from ancient Rome to modern-day Iraq.  Every Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, an event recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Jesus was born in a stable, the Gospel writers tell us, because there was no room in the inn, and He later suffered the ignominious death of being crucified between two thieves. During the 33 years in-between, He never possessed wealth, at least not in the material sense. He never commanded armies or ruled over countries. His kingdom, He said, was not...