Coalition forces targeted a Haqqani Network leader with a precision airstrike that wounded two insurgents who were returning from a mountain with a cache loaded on pack mules in Sabari district, Khost province, yesterday.

The targeted individual is a Haqqani Network leader who operates out of Sabari district where he conducts improvised explosive device and house-borne improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the area. He has direct ties with other Haqqani Network leaders in the area who are responsible for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.

This is to let you know that Charlie Waters has stated that Rep Jim Costa will lead a group of members of Congress to meet with the President Obama [8 February] to request that the President override the decision of the Secretary of the Army and allow General Vang Pao to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery...WICH IS THE ONLY PLACE A MILITARY HERO LIKE GENERAL VANG PAO SHOULD BE BURIED - BESIDE OTHER GREAT MILITARY HEROES!

THESE FAX NUMBERS WORK TO SEND FAXES TO THE PRESIDENT...PLEASE FAX YOUR LETTERS OR NOTES TO HIM ASKING HIM TO BURY THE GENERAL IN ARLINGTON

SB 1495, which would free up Governor Brewer to activate the Arizona State Guard, has been introduced in the Senate of the Arizona Legislature:

http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb...

If SB 1495 passes, then the Governor would have to do nothing more than to sign the order that would create, fund, and deploy the Arizona State Guard, as authorized under Title 32 of the USC.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode32/usc_sec_32_00000109----0...

Video by NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

I am passing these two lengthy pieces along, without editorial in them, for the singular purpose of pointing out what I believe to be a concerted effort to mislead the public in a large concerted effort. Essentially I believe what we have is an organized propaganda machine effort; I will explain in a moment. Both pieces are a product of "The Center For Public Integrity" whose byline is "Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest." I have no doubt both pieces will be referenced in more mainstream media in short order, perhaps even as quickly as this coming Sunday.

A U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is taking steps to ensure a speedy trial.

The tribunal in the Dutch town of Leidschendam began a hearing Monday to decide, among other things, how an act of terrorism should be defined and under which law - Lebanese or international.

The court hopes that clarifying legal questions now will enable it to hold a speedy trial for the suspects in the truck bombing that killed Mr. Hariri and 22 other people in Beirut on February 14, 2005.

Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov is vowing to carry out more terrorist attacks on Russia, and says Moscow faces "a year of blood and tears" if it does not relinquish control of the largely-Muslim North Caucasus.

A senior official of the Zimbabwe Republic Police has threatened to crush any Egyptian-style protests by the Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, further stressing the power-sharing government.

Senior Assistant Commissioner Clement Munoriyarwa, in charge of the province of Harare, told the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation that Egyptian-style mass protests would not be tolerated.

Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces targeted a Haqqani network leader, detaining several suspected insurgents during a security operation in Sabari district, Khost province yesterday.

The leader operates out of Sabari district where he coordinates and conducts improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He teaches other Haqqani network insurgents new tactics for house-born IED attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.