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In The Pipeline: The dark days of 1984
That a terrorist group would choose Huntington Beach not just as a base of operations, but also as ground zero for one of the most cataclysmic attacks in U.S. history, is hard to fathom. Yet as I read the story, it all seemed frighteningly simple and...
Tags: Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book, Authors, CSI (tv program)
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In the Pipeline: Making noise over minute of silence
With the Olympics starting this coming week, I wanted to point out that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the worst day in Olympic history. In 1972, at the Munich games, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book, Sports Organizations, George Santayana, Authors
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Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Remembering famed author's visit to O.C.
Editor's note: Michael Miller wrote this article on author and columnist Christopher Hitchens when he visited Newport Beach in 2005. Hitchens died Thursday at age 62. This time last year, Christopher Hitchens was in Kabul, Afghanistan, checking up on the...Tags: Periodicals, Libraries, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Students
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City Lights: Looking back on an interview with Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens would have been a darn good high school teacher.
That was one of my first memories after hearing that the prolific author and columnist had died Thursday at the age of 62. A leftist for years, then an adamant supporter of the War...Tags: Libraries, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Edwards, Michael Moore, John Kerry
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City Lights: Remembering 'the days before 9/11 became 9/11'
It slides so easily off the tongue: 9/11. Nineeleven. The terrorist attacks of a decade ago, which felt almost indescribable at the time, now occupy a compact place in our lexicon. If the hijackers had chosen a date that sounded more awkward out...Tags: Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam, Cameroon, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Hope and despair at 9/11 ceremony
Flags blew at half-staff in a cold wind Sunday evening at Pier Plaza, while patriotic colors dominated the crowd and a pair of steel girders from the World Trade Center served as a graphic reminder of the events of a decade ago.
On the 10th anniversary...Tags: American Legion, Dana Rohrabacher, Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Nazi Party
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Showing 'the face of Islam'
Before the Huntington Beach City Council meets every other week, someone walks up to the podium to lead a prayer after the flag salute.
Prayers in public meetings often end with a phrase like "in Jesus' name," which reflects the country's dominant...Tags: Minority Groups, Osama bin Laden, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Two bombings kill four, injure dozens in Dagestan
MOSCOW -- Twin explosions rocked the capital of Dagestan on Monday, killing four people and injuring dozens in the Russian region most recently known for its association with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. A car bomb detonated in the center of...
Tags: TNT (tv network), Pakistan, Bombings, Justice and Rights, Sports
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Pointing to threat, pulling in profit
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he called a...Tags: Science and Technology, National Government, Vaccines, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Politics, Al-Qaeda, Mohammed Omar
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Spotlighting a terrorism risk, and profiting
WASHINGTON — Over the last decade, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, a prominent lawyer, presidential advisor and biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, has urged the government to counter what he...
Tags: Science and Technology, National Government, Vaccines, U.S. Congress, Food and Drug Administration
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Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot
BOISE, Idaho — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Services and Shopping, Explosions, Trials, Conservation
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