by Peter Heck – Guest Columnist
Onenewsnow.com
The ink had not yet dried on my last column that discussed the fact that Barack Obama was woefully unprepared for the presidency and as a result is making deadly missteps in the execution of that role, when news broke of General Stanley McChrystal in essence saying the exact same [...]

July 12, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
 
RC-East, Bagram Media Center

 
 
Rakkasan FTF air assault into Bak 

Story and photos by Army Pfc. Chris McKenna
 

Army Soldiers with Focus Tactical Force, 3rd BCT, 101st AD, are picked up upon the conclusion of an air assault op in Bak, by CH-47 Chinook Helicopters, July 7. 
KHOST PROVINCE – The FTF combines U.S. Army Soldiers, ANA [...]

MOSCOW | Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:27am EDT
MOSCOW July 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Iran was moving closer to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.
“Iran is moving closer to possessing the potential which in principle could be used for the creation of nuclear weapons,” Medvedev told a [...]

July 12, 2010
The U.N. condemns an act of aggression but not the aggressor.
When is a condemnation really a form of diplomatic rehabilitation? When it’s delivered by the U.N. Security Council, which on Friday denounced the March sinking of the South Korean ship the Cheonan without denouncing anyone in particular for having sunk it.
It’s as if [...]

July 11, 2010
AFGHANISTAN STORIES:
 
RC-East, Bagram Media Center

 
 
3-187, ANSF air assault into Omar Khel 

Written by Army 1st Lt. R.J. Peek
 

Two ANSF Soldiers pull security during an air assault op, in the village of Omar Khel, Kushamond, July 3.
PAKTIKA PROVINCE – ANSF with Soldiers from Co B, 3rd Bn, 187th Inf Regt conducted an air assault, [...]

By Rowan Scarborough
8:30 p.m., Sunday, July 11, 2010
The White House’s official policy of banning the word “Islam” in describing America’s terrorist enemies is in direct conflict with the U.S. military’s war-fighting doctrine now guiding commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan.
John O. Brennan, President Obama’s chief national security adviser for counterterrorism, delivered a major policy address on [...]

July 12, 2010
msnbc.com news services
updated 1 hour 8 minutes ago

HAVANA — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has lived in seclusion since falling ill four years ago, will appear on Cuban television and radio Monday evening to discuss his theory that the world is on the verge of nuclear war, the Communist Party newspaper Granma [...]

Published July 11, 2010
Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez and leaders of the Venezuelan Catholic Church are tangling like never before, angering parishioners who feel the president and his clerical detractors aren’t following Jesus Christ’s creed of brotherly love.
Over the past week, Chavez has said that Christ would whip church leaders for lying. [...]

Published July 12, 2010
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s recent move to drop rhetorical references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. 
Several prominent counterterror experts are challenging the administration’s shift in its recently unveiled National Security Strategy, saying the terror [...]

Somali militants praise twin Uganda bombings that killed 64; US aid worker among dead
By MAX DELANY and JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press Writers
KAMPALA, Uganda July 12, 2010 (AP)

An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group suspected in twin bombings in Uganda’s capital that killed 64 people watching the World Cup final endorsed the attacks on Monday but stopped short [...]