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Entries Tagged as 'fundamentalism'

The Year in Hate

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

The latest annual count of hate groups operating in the United States rose to 888 last year, capping a 48 percent increase since 2000.

(THESE are the terrorists Americans should be worrying about.)
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Tags: constitution · society · fundamentalism · church+and+state · terrorists · analysis · bush+administration · culture · terrorism · congress · politics · supreme+court · education · u.s.+news

Evolution battle flares in states

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Creationism v. evolution in schools has been for many years a battle in the nation’s culture war, and these days it’s no different.
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Tags: society · america · usa · fundamentalism · scxience · church+and+state · evolution · intelligence · war · politics · supreme+court · government · religion · culture · u.s.+news

Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan - RAWA News

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Russian state-controlled Channel One TV has broadcast a report containing allegations that US forces are involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. It also highlighted the problem of drug abuse in the British army.
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Tags: fundamentalism · opium · heroin · interpol · rawa · popy · britain · bush+administration · afghanistan · military · politics · government · america · religion · drugs

RAND | News Release | United States Lacks the Capability to Counter Insurgency in the Muslim World

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Recognizing that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will not be the last of their kind, a new RAND Corporation study issued today finds that U.S. capabilities to meet the threat of Islamist insurgencies are seriously deficient and out of balance.
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Tags: islam · constitution · fundamentalism · muslim · analysis · mideast · bush+administration · america · congress · military · politics · government · religion · culture · iraq

Mideast crisis keeps growing

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

To try and better understand the Middle East, it helps to take in a broader perspective of the situation — to step back and examine the problem with some distance.
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Tags: society · us · usa · fundamentalism · mideast · church+and+state · america · religion · military · iraq · politics · war · culture · government · u.s.+news

US military accused of harboring fundamentalism

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the mess hall.
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Tags: fundamentalism · constitution · church+and+state · mideast · warfare · troops · religion · government · iraq · world · military · politics · war · u.s.+news