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To: Madharry who wrote (126771)	3/31/2011 12:41:32 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

This makes Obama a war criminal, he can never leave the country. Reuters At least 40 civilians dead in Tripoli strikes: Vatican official ROME (Reuters) - At least 40 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Western forces on Tripoli, the top Vatican official in the Libyan capital told a Catholic news agency on Thursday, quoting witnesses. "The so-called humanitarian raids have killed dozens of civilian victims in some neighborhoods of Tripoli," said Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, the Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli. "I have collected several witness accounts from reliable people. In particular, in the Buslim neighborhood, due to the bombardments, a civilian building collapsed, causing the death of 40 people," he told Fides, the news agency of the Vatican missionary arm. Libyan officials have taken foreign reporters to the sites of what they say were the aftermath of Western air strikes on Tripoli but evidence of civilian casualties has been inconclusive. Western powers say they have no confirmed evidence of civilian casualties from air strikes, which they have carried out under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians caught in conflict between Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces and rebels. "It's true that the bombardments seem pretty much on target, but it is also true that when they hit military targets, which are in the middle of civilian neighborhoods, the population is also involved," Martinelli said. "Yesterday I said that bombardments had hit, albeit indirectly, some hospitals. To be precise, one of these hospitals is in Mizda," he said, mentioning a town about 145 km (90 miles) southwest of the capital. Martinelli said living conditions in the Libyan capital were getting more difficult by the day, while on the ground a military stalemate appeared to be taking hold. "That is why I say that a diplomatic solution is the principal way to put an end to the spilling of blood among Libyans, offering Gaddafi a dignified exit," he said. (Reporting by Silvia Aloisi; editing by Mark Heinrich)

To: Madharry who wrote (126771)	3/31/2011 12:50:21 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 132070

Hillary Clinton: Don’t Mind What I Say, I Don’t Speak For Myself or Administration Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:33 AM On Sunday Hillary Clinton said Syrian tyrant Bashar Assad was a “reformer.” Here’s a look at Assad’s style of reform: Yesterday Hillary Clinton tried to smooth over this ridiculous statement. She told reporters that when she’s interviewed she’s “not speaking either for myself or for the administration.” In other words… Don’t take her seriously. Contentions reported: On Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – when asked about why we’re involving ourselves in Libya but not Syria – said this about Bashar Assad: “Many of the Members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer.” For understandable reasons – more about that in a moment– those comments didn’t fly very well. So it was time for a retake. Yesterday, when asked about her statement at a press conference, Secretary Clinton said, “Well, first, Jay [Solomon], as you rightly pointed out, I referenced opinions of others. That was not speaking either for myself or for the administration.” As walk backs go, this one was unusually clumsy and obviously untrue. Mrs. Clinton could simply have said her previous comments were wrong and she was revising them. Instead we get a response that no one believes. Of course she was speaking for herself and for the administration; that’s what secretaries of state (as opposed to, say, MSNBC commentators) do. But what is truly disquieting is what our secretary of state said in the first place. It raises the question: Was she even remotely familiar with Syria’s record under Assad? Just for starters, had she taken the time to read her own State Department’s most recent terrorism report? If she had, she would have found several references to Syria. This must be the latest piece of that “smart power” we were promised. gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com

To: Madharry who wrote (126771)	3/31/2011 6:19:33 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Trump is not a Teabagger. He is way too smart for their silliness. But he is pretending to be to curry favor with the ignorati and racists for a Prez run. The entire birther thing is something only Teabaggers and other mental defectives believe, but a smart guy like Trump (and Huckabee, for that matter) are pretending to be birthers just as they would pretend to believe in Ancient Astronauts if they campaigned in Roswell, New Mexico. I also think he is purposely picking a fight with Whoopee Goldberg because she is both very popular and very unpopular. I think she is an excellent comic actress. Why that gives her credibility as a political commentator is unknown to me. She did make some brilliant comments about people allowing their kids to run wild on airplanes, but that isn't politics.