Failed U.S. counterterror strike on al Qaeda kills two hostages, including one American

Al Qaeda’s top American Adam Gadahn killed in separate strike

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times 

 

A U.S. drone strike on a terrorist compound in Pakistan in January accidentally killed two Westerners being held hostage, including an American aid worker, the White House said Thursday.

The drone strike in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region accidentally killed Dr. Warren Weinstein, an American held by al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian national who had been held hostage since 2012. It’s believed to be the first time that the CIA’s drone operations in Pakistan have killed an American.

An American al Qaeda member also was killed in the strike, and another American-born terrorist was killed in a different operation, U.S. officials said.

At a hastily arranged appearance at the White House, President Obama said the operation was “fully consistent” with U.S. guidelines for counterterrorism strikes in the region, and he blamed the episode on the “fog of war.” He said he has ordered a review to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

“We believed that this was an al Qaeda compound, that no civilians were present, and that capturing these terrorists was not possible,” Mr. Obama said. “What we did not know, tragically, is that al Qaeda was hiding the presence of Warren and Giovanni in this same compound. It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war generally, and our fight against terrorists specifically, mistakes, sometimes deadly mistakes, can occur.”

Still No Reports Of 'Hillary Fever' Outbreaks

Ann Coulter / Townhall Columnist

 

I gather from the increasing hysteria of the feminists that Democrats are beginning to rebel at having a loser of a presidential candidate being foist upon them, in the person of Hillary Clinton.

The same way the national tea party leaders are a thorn in the side of the Republican Party, constantly challenging incumbent Republicans with untested candidates who then go on to lose to Democrats (in Delaware, Indiana and Nevada, and nearly in Kentucky, Kansas and Mississippi), the feminists are a thorn in the side of the Democrats, saddling them with utter mediocrities like Hillary.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Sen. Patty Murray are, objectively, two of the least appealing human beings ever elected to any office. (That sentence still works even without the words "elected to any office.") But God help the Democrats if they tried to replace Schultz as chair of the Democratic National Committee or Murray as secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Slate magazine is even demanding that Murray be made Senate minority leader as a sop to the feminists. (I think they have a good point!)

Now, to satiate the feminists, the Democrats seem to be stuck with Hillary as their presidential nominee.

No one really likes Hillary. Ask Bill. Like Toni Morrison novels, most people just pretend to like Hillary just so liberals will leave them alone.

Earth Day Eco-Hypocrites Should Celebrate Fossil Fuels

David Spady / Townhall Columnist

 

Earth Day is an annual observance designed to bring attention to mankind’s responsibility to care for the planet. That’s an honorable and important objective, however, most of the focus will be on condemning human use of fossil fuels and CO2 emission's contribution to global warming.

 

Environmentalists use Earth Day as another opportunity to disparage the most important source of human prosperity and enriched quality of life – fossil fuels. Ironically, President Obama, whose method of travel makes him one of the single largest individual contributors of CO2 emissions, is once again firing up the engines of Air Force One on Earth Day.

This time it's a flight to the Florida Everglades for a photo op highlighting global warming’s impact on the planet.

Air Force One burns five gallons of fuel per mile. The flight to Florida will be around 1,000 miles and use 5,000 gallons of fuel. Air Force One will be just a portion of the President's Earth Day carbon footprint after adding in military support aircraft, C-17 transport planes for his fleet of limos and security vehicles, and the dozens of police escort vehicles used to move him around. It's a very carbon laden trip for someone whose objective is to convince the public that CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming and the destruction of the Everglades. This year's Earth Day trip pales in comparison to overseas trips in 2011 and 2014, where the President's travels used over 35,000 gallons of fuel and contributed 375 tons of carbon to the atmosphere.

Pentagon map hides Islamic State gains
 

By Robert Spencer / Jihad Watch

 

I thought it was fishy when the Pentagon claimed that it had lost 25% of its territory, and noted at the time that we had been hearing about the Islamic State losing for months. Then days after the announcement about the Islamic State losing territory, we heard that it was besieging Ramadi, a key city […]

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The Brooklyn Zoo

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs

Above photo: tweet from Muslim students at my talk making the Islamic State salute in solidarity with savages. People are claiming this was just a show of Muslim piety (adherence to monotheism), and meant nothing in connection with the Islamic State. But there was a lot of support for the Islamic State in the room tonight. Even when i was describing ISIS videos and their atrocities, there were Arabic calls of praise.

It speaks volumes that a talk on “Free Speech” on an American college campus requires scores of police and plainclothes cops.

http://pamelageller.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/d8sNwmA4BNWu-tHQ.mp4

 

This video is on one of Muslim’s students twitter feeds crowing about attacking one of the attendees who...

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