Front Page: Cheney in Afghanistan, Germany Limits Spying, McCain in the UK

CitizenSugar — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:03:29 -0700

Vice President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan today to meet with President Hamid Karzai. The visit is in anticipation of a NATO summit where Washington is expected to urge its allies to send more troops to the troubled country. The NATO-led force has about 43,000 troops in Afghanistan, charged with fighting Taliban militants. The militants have regrouped since US and Afghan forces removed the hardline Islamist movement from power after the September 11, 2001 attacks. They relaunched their insurgency two years ago. Cheney said of the need for troops, "all free nations have an interest in a secure, democratic Afghanistan."

Germany's highest court has restricted an anti-terrorism law making telecom companies store private data for six months. Uner the new ruling data may still be kept but is only to be accessed during investigations into serious crime. The original ruling was a result of the discovery of a number of alleged terrorism plots in Germany in recent years. The case was spurred by a class-action suit against the original ruling filed by 30,000 people. The German court's decision comes amid US debates over FISA and telecom rights.
Senator John McCain met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today to discuss Iraq, the world economy and climate change. Addressing the fact that Brown hopes to cut British troops near Basra from 4,000 to 2,500 soon, McCain said, "having just come from Iraq, I can tell you unequivocally that the situation has improved dramatically over the last year. Iraqi people are going about their normal lives, but the fact is al Qaeda is on the run. They are not defeated." He added, "We appreciate enormously the long service and sacrifice of the British men and women in the military both in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Prince Harry Hottie Alert in Afghanistan

LibertySugar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:00:11 -0800

The United Kingdom's very own Prince Harry is fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan. He's been there for 10 weeks, among fellow soldiers who were sworn to secrecy, along with news organizations, before word got out on the Drudge Report. His grandmum, Queen Elizabeth, broke the news of deployment to an excited Harry, who says that the Queen was relieved that he finally got a chance to do what he wanted. Gosh, princes are so spoiled.

This week, embedded reporters caught up with Harry, and the prince revealed that he hasn't showered in four days. Yum. I wonder what Dirty (Prince) Harry smells like? Harry told the BBC: "It's very nice to be sort of a normal person for once. I think it's as normal as I'm going to get." If Harry wants to be normal, he should marry a nice, normal American girl. Hee hee.

On a slightly more serious note, Harry is a high-profile target. Do you think the news organizations should have kept this mum, Queen or otherwise?

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Front Page: Cheney in Afghanistan, Germany Limits Spying, McCain in the UK

Prince Harry Hottie Alert in Afghanistan