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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Air Force Officials Forced to Resign Over Nuke Debacle
In what's being called a favorably "drastic action," the U.S Air Force's (USAF) highest ranking officials — military and civilian — have been forced to resign over last summer's nuclear blunder.
In August of 2007, an Air Force crew flew a B-52 bomber across the country — totally unaware that it was transporting six, nuclear-tipped […]
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
9/11 Mastermind Tells Judge “I Wish To Be Martyred”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told a military court this morning at Guantanamo Bay that he wishes to plead guilty to all charges and become a martyr.
Mohammed told the judge, Marine Col. Ralph Kohlmann, that he wishes to represent himself. Kohlmann asked Mohammed numerous times if he understood that he faces the death penalty, […]