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A BATFE operation has allowed hundreds, if not thousands of firearms to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. However, several bloggers worked with whistleblowers to inform America of this scandalous conduct.

U.S. forces who attacked Osama bin Laden's compound were operating under rules of engagement that made it likely he would be killed, U.S. officials concede.

The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday after saying Navy SEALs had orders to capture the al-Qaida leader if he gave himself up, U.S. officials later acknowledged the assault force was ordered to accept a surrender only if its members could be sure he didn't have a bomb hidden under his clothing and posed no other threat.

The White House has decided against releasing photos of Usama bin Laden's corpse.

Osama bin Laden was not armed, but did resist an American military team raiding his compound in Pakistan on May 1, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said May 3.

Initial statements said bin Laden had been armed, and that he used his wife as a shield during the raid that killed him.

The team methodically cleared the one-acre, two-building compound, moving from room to room in an operation lasting nearly 40 minutes, Carney said. “They were engaged in a firefight throughout the operation, and Osama bin Laden was killed by the assaulting force,” he added.

Eight International Security Assistance Force service members and an ISAF civilian died today following a shooting incident in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, military officials reported.

Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said ISAF has confirmed that the service members and civilian were Americans. Because next of kin had not yet been notified, he would not provide the service affiliations of the service members who were killed.

The shooter reportedly was an Afghan air force officer who was killed during the incident, Lapan said.

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Pirates have hijacked an Italian cargo ship with at least 21 crew members in the dangerous waters near Somalia.

The European Union's anti-piracy force says the bulk carrier MV Rosalia D'Amato was seized Thursday in the Indian Ocean, 560 kilometers off the coast of Oman.

It says the ship's crew consists of six Italians and 15 Filipinos. Italy's foreign ministry, which confirmed the hijacking, put the number of crew members at 22.

BREAKING: Angry Issa threatens ATF with contempt over Gunrunner stonewalling

Congressman Darrell Issa has threatened the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with a contempt citation for having failed to produce any documents relating to Project Gunrunner that Issa subpoenaed on March 31.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/breaking-angry-issa-threat...

Article by Dave Workman

About 1,000 Muslims and Leftist anti-war activists met at Union Square in New York City on Sunday for a “Stop War/Terrorism/Islamophobia” rally. The rally was organized by a coalition of leftist anti-war activists, including the ANSWER Coalition, and Muslim groups, including the Islamic Circle of North America and the Muslim Peace Coalition USA.

According to a counterprotester on the scene, “Besides the sea of them, there were two Christians peacefully preaching about how Jesus died for our sins, and the police told them to leave because they were “disturbing people.”