Facing Homegrown Terrorism in a Free Society
The piece questions how a nation can stop violence by its own citizens and notes a shift in terrorism from external enemies to homegrown threats. It discusses possible causes including Middle East policy and the Iraq war, suggesting slogans about invasion and perceived Western aggression as motivational factors.
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London
Osama bin Laden
Middle East
Afghanistan
Iraq
Today in History highlights key events on July 25
On July 25, 1956 the Andrea Doria sank after a collision near the New England coast, 51 lives lost. Ulysses S. Grant became General of the Army in 1866, a Wyoming Territory act passed in 1868, Mussolini’s 1943 dismissal, Bikini Atoll underwater test in 1946, Puerto Rico’s 1952 commonwealth status, the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty initiation, and the 1978 birth of Louise Joy Brown the first test tube baby.
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Andrea Doria
Stockhol
New England
Ulysses S. Grant
Congress
Wyoming Territory
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Victor Emmanuel III
Mussolini
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Puerto Rico
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Louise Joy Brown
Oldham
England
Roswell Graduates Joins Air Force Delayed Enlistment
Maria Wall, 1980 Roswell High School graduate, enters the Air Force delayed enlistment program and will begin basic training in November. After the six week course she will pursue education at the Community College of the Air Force. Sgt. Terry D Sexe arrives at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, Alaska, son of Mrs. James H. Sexe of Roswell, assigned as weapon mechanic previously at Langley AFB.
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Maria Wall
Air Force
Maria
Roswell High School
Community College of the Air Force
Terry D. Sexe
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Terry
James H. Sexe
Roswell
Langley Air Base
Billy the Kid book lore and upcoming expose by Jay Miller
Jay Miller surveys Billy the Kid literature from The Authentic Life to Burns and Utley, Nolan, and upcoming works. He notes ghostwriter Ash Upson, Hollywood adaptations, and recent DNA exhumation rumors in Prescott and Silver City while promising new chapters and a closer truth.
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Jay Miller
Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Roswell
Ash Upson
Garrett
New Mexican
Billy
Fredrick Nolan
Lincoln County
Nolan
Walter Noble Burns
Burns
Hollywood
Robert Utley
Edge
Robert McCubbin
Joe Micalizzi
Bob Boze Bell
Cave Creek
Arizona
Prescott
Ariz
John Miller
Silver City
la Tusa
N.M
Hotmail
London bombs test fear or message from al Qaida
Reports weigh whether the London blasts were copycat acts or al Qaida driven. Analysts note the Thursday explosions at Oval and a bus resembled earlier attacks but lacked clear group patterns. Investigators compare explosives and attacker behavior as two suspects are arrested amid ongoing inquiries.
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London
al- Qaida
United States
Spain
Paul Beaver
Associated Press
Oval
Beaver
al-Qaida
Banner campaign aims to raise Darfur awareness nationwide
Colleen Connors and two friends created a 3 by 8 foot banner reading A Call to Your Conscience to rally faith communities. The Save Darfur Coalition ordered 100 banners to boost public pressure on policy makers amid a humanitarian crisis with up to 400,000 dead and 2.5 million displaced.
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Colleen Connors
Washington, D.C
Bethesda
Darfur
Connors
Sudan
Laura Kumin
Jamie Butler
saveCarfur.org
Hill
Washington
Save
Heinemann
Bush Administration
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