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While doing research for a paper I’m writing, I came across this article- and just about died.?In 1954, under President Eisenhower, the U.S. Border Patrol- with only a tenth of its current manpower- caused over a million illegals to leave the country in only about 4 months. This is an absolute must-read for anyone who’s interested or involved in socio-political issues today. All I can say is wow; don’t expect the NY Times, LA Times, or any major mainstream media outlets to pick up on this story!

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html

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Chechen terrorist Shamil Basayev was killed Monday in an explosion in the village of Ekazhevo in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya. In case you don’t recognize his name, he is the one responsible for hijacking an Aeroflot flight in 1991, the June 1995 hostage taking in Budyonnovsk’s hospital (1,000 hostages, 100 fatalities), the 1999 bombings of Moscow apartments (300 dead), the Moscow theater hostage-taking in October 2002 (129 hostages killed), suicide bombings of two domestic civilian flights in August 2004 (90 dead), as well as various other suicide bombings inside Russia and assassinations, and especially the mass murder of (mostly) children in Beslan (September 2004). In the process, Basayev also significantly modified the very nature of Islam in Chechnya and Northern Caucasus, from a traditional mix of syncretism and Sufism into one strongly influenced by Wahabism and Salafism, especially among the youth.

FrontPageMag.com has a good article by Michael Radu that you should check out.

Last night I found a documentary on Basayev’s hostage-taking terror in Beslan. A word of warning: this video is not for kids- at least not without some good discussion time afterwards. Lots graphic footage of the three-day face-off.

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This fall is definitely going to be a hot one- and I’m not talking about “global warming.” There are nearly a dozen key U.S. Senate races that could go either way, and with less than four months to go, the campaign trails are already getting real busy.

There is a well-written summary of the top-ten Senate races from Blogger John Hawkins at Human Events Online.

One race I’m watching that John doesn’t mention is the Michigan seat, where Debbie Stabenow - (D – MI) is a first-term incumbent who was elected with 49% of the vote six years ago. Democrat incumbents are also up in the “Red States” of Florida and Nebraska. 

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Check out this ad from Vernon Robinson, the Republican challenger to Congressman Brad Miller (D-NC) in the 13th Congressional District.

http://vernonrobinson.com/twilightzone3.shtml

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