Travel down any major road in Baghdad these days and it will be hard to not encounter at least one security check point, formally known as a traffic control point. As a part of the gradual draw down of United States Forces in Iraq, the Iraqi Army and police have taken over responsibility for security operations and one of many functions that ensures the security of the Iraqi people are these traffic control points along the roads.

Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, with the help of Marines from around 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), completed the removal of aluminum matting formerly used as the expeditionary runway at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 8.

The Marines picked up more than 1.8 million square feet of aluminum matting during the project. The removal of the matting was scheduled to take more than four months, but the Marines finished it in about a month.

A former Fort Jackson officer and a Richland County Sheriff's Department undercover deputy were reunited during an award ceremony Friday - eight months after the Soldier saved the deputy's life - and discovered a special bond that put a "special" twist on their story.

WI v. WA: Concealed carry issue brings out the clichés

Sometime Thursday, Wisconsin lawmakers will be discussing a pair of bills that would legalize concealed carry and the debate over the two proposals is already steeped in rhetoric from past efforts in other states, including Washington.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/wi-v-wa-concealed-carry-is...

Article by Dave Workman

SAF SUES OVER INTERSTATE HANDGUN SALES
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed sued over the interstate handgun sales ban.
http://www.sofmag.com/saf-sues-over-interestate-handgun-sales-ban

Video by 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Bellevue v. Beltway: SAF sues over interstate handgun sales ban

Late yesterday, the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Virginia that could have nationwide implications if it is successful because it challenges the ban on interstate handgun sales.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/bellevue-v-beltway-saf-sue...

Article by Dave Workman

The leader of al-Qaida in Yemen is warning the United States of more attacks in retaliation for last week's killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

In a statement posted on the Internet Wednesday, Nasser al-Wahishi tells Americans that the "ember of jihad is brighter" following bin Laden's death and that "what is coming is greater and worse."

The warning from the leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula came as top U.S. Senator John Kerry announced he will travel to Pakistan next week to try and put relations with that country "back on track" after bin Laden's death.

Security officials in northern Mexico say 180 bodies have been recovered during an excavation of hidden graves in the city of Durango, located in the state with the same name.

Officials Tuesday said the bodies were unearthed from several sites and that the remains included those of 12 women.

In recent weeks, investigators also have unearthed 183 bodies from 40 mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas, where 72 Central American migrants were found shot to death last August. Mexico's Zetas drug gang is blamed for the Tamaulipas massacre.