powerlineblog.com - 12/31/2008
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Cynthia McKinney apparently was uninjured when an Israeli patrol boat collided with the vessel she was aboard, which was attempting to bring supplies to the Gaza Strip. "Free Gaza," the outfit that sent the supply boat, claims the Israelis "gave us no warning" and "rammed us three times." The ...
Police: At least 3 Pa. officers hurt in shooting
huffingtonpost.com 4/5/2009 — PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say a man opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, injuring at least three of them, before barricading himself in the home.
Police spokeswoman Diane Richard says the ...
3 police officers killed in Pa. shooting
msnbc.msn.com 4/4/2009 — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them, police said.
Why should officers risk their lives?
americanthinker.com 1/8/2009 — How can you expect law enforcement officers to do their jobs if they risk prison time on the word of criminals they are paid to protect us from?
24 Officers to Be Freed, Iraqi Says
nytimes.com 12/20/2008 — Iraqi’s interior minister publicly condemned his own government’s investigation, calling the accusations false and motivated purely by politics. >
CA: Four police officers shot in Oakland
democraticunderground.com 3/21/2009 — Source: [b]sfgate.com[/b]
(03-21) 16:09 PDT OAKLAND -- Four Oakland police officers were shot and seriously wounded this afternoon after a car stop went bad, police sources reported.
Two of the officers were gunned down outside their patrol car after they pulled over a car in the 7600 ...
Gunmen Kills Three Pittsburgh Police Officers
kdka.com 4/4/2009 — A man opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call Saturday morning, killing three of them, a police official said. Friends said he feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
Obama Pushes for Stimulus on Capitol Hill
nytimes.com 1/6/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama took his recovery package to Capitol Hill, working to build a bipartisan coalition to endorse his plan of tax cuts and new spending. >
UN presses for fuel supplies to Gaza —
First Read 12/31/2008
From NBC's Libby Leist Top U.N. aid officials briefed reporters at United Nations headquarters in New York this afternoon about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
John Holmes, U.N. Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that no ...