In the News: Jan-10

Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries - January 10, 2008 12:24:00 PM - Westech writes "Multiple indications of vote fraud are beginning to pop up regarding the New Hampshire primary elections. Roughly 80% of New Hampshire precincts use Diebold machines, while the remaining 20% are hand counted. A Black Box Voting contributor has compiled a chart of results from hand counted precincts vs. results from machine counted precincts. In machine counted precincts, Clinton beat Obama by almost 5%. In hand counted precincts, Obama beat Clinton by over 4%, which closely matches the scientific polls that were conducted leading up to the election. Another issue is the Republican results from Sutton precinct. The final results showed Ron Paul with 0 votes in Sutton. The next day a Ron Paul supporter came forward claiming that both she and several of her family members had voted for Ron Paul in Sutton. Black Box Voting reports that after being asked about the discrepancy Sutton officials decided that Ron Paul actually received 31 votes in Sutton, but they were left off of the tally sheet due to 'human error.'"

General: Anbar ready for handover - 10 Jan 2008 at 1:16pm - WASHINGTON -- Iraq's western province of Anbar, origin of the Sunni Arab insurgency that arose in the early months of U.S. occupation, will be returned to Iraqi control in March, a senior U.S. general said Thursday.

U.S. airstrike in Iraq one of largest of the war - 10 Jan 2008 at 11:11am - U.S. bombers and jet fighters unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives on the southern outskirts of Baghdad within 10 minutes Thursday ...

US to send 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan - 9 Jan 2008 at 8:04pm - WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said Wednesday.

Ex-CIA official wants immunity - 9 Jan 2008 at 7:58pm - WASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Jose Rodriguez told Congress the former CIA official won't testify about the destruction of CIA videotapes without a promise of immunity, two people close to the tapes inquiry said Wednesday.

Judge denies detainee request to probe CIA tapes - 9 Jan 2008 at 7:09pm - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied a request by a group of Guantanamo inmates to investigate the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes and said on Wednesday a Justice Department probe of the issue would be sufficient.

Military: 9 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq in 2 days - 9 Jan 2008 at 7:22pm - Nine American soldiers were killed in the first two days of a new American drive to kill al-Qaeda in Iraq fighters holed up in districts north of the capital, the U.S. military reported Wednesday.

Thought for the day:
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. -J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings