Obama Killin' terrorist...No Outrage?

Terror - US Two U.S.-Born Terrorists Killed in CIA-Led Drone Strike By Jennifer Griffin & Justin Fishel Published September 30, 2011 | FoxNews.com Senior Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and another America-born militant were killed in Yemen early Friday morning by a CIA-led U.S. drone strike, marking the highest-profile takedown of terror leaders since the raid on Usama bin Laden's compound. Fox News has learned that two Predator drones hovering above al-Awlaki's convoy fired the Hellfire missiles which killed the terror leader. According to a senior U.S. official, the operation was carried out by Joint Special Operations Command, under the direction of the CIA. A total of four people were killed in the attack. militants_alawlawki_samirkhan.jpg CIA-led drone attack kills terror leader Anwar al-Awlaki and Al Qaeda magazine editor Samir Khan in Yemen, in a strike that used two Predator drones and Hellfire missiles. Anwar Al Awlaki T Geraldo Rivera reacts to Anwar al-Awlaki death President Obama called the strike a major "milestone" in the fight against Al Qaeda and its affiliates. "The death of Awlaki is a major blow to Al Qaeda's most active operational affiliate," Obama said Friday. "He took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans ... and he repeatedly called on individuals in the United States and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children to advance a murderous agenda." He said the strike is "further proof that Al Qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world." Al-Awlaki was a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the network's most active branch. He was involved in several terror plots in the United States in recent years, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks. President Obama signed an order in early 2010 making him the first American to be placed on the "kill or capture" list. The Yemeni government and Defense Ministry announced al-Awlaki's death, without giving details. But American sources confirmed the CIA and U.S. military were behind the strike on al-Awlaki, whom one official described as a "big fish." The strike hit a vehicle with other suspected Al Qaeda members inside, in addition to al-Awlaki. According to a U.S. senior official, the other American militant killed in the strike was Samir Khan, the co-editor of an English-language Al Qaeda web magazine called "Inspire." Khan, in his 20s, was an American of Pakistani heritage from North Carolina. His magazine promoted attacks against U.S. targets, even running articles on how to put together explosives. In one issue, Khan wrote that he had moved to Yemen and joined Al Qaeda's fighters, pledging to "wage jihad for the rest of our lives." The strike comes after a heavy presence of U.S. drones was spotted in the skies over the region over the last couple weeks, one source told Fox News. The strike underscores the expanding nature of the drone program, which has migrated beyond the borders of Pakistan into Yemen, Somalia and other countries. Yemeni security officials and local tribal leaders also said al-Awlaki was killed in an air strike on his convoy that they believed was carried out by the Americans. Al-Awlaki would be the most prominent Al Qaeda figure to be killed since bin Laden's death in a U.S. raid in Pakistan in May. In July, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Yemeni-American was a priority target alongside Ayman al-Zawahri, bin Laden's successor as the terror network's leader. The 40-year-old al-Awlaki had been in the U.S. crosshairs since his killing was approved by President Obama in April 2010 -- making him the first American placed on the CIA "kill or capture" list. At least twice, airstrikes were called in on locations in Yemen where al-Awlaki was suspected of being, but he wasn't harmed. In May, U.S. forces were able to track his truck but were unable to take him out. Al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents, was believed to be key in turning Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen into what American officials have called the most significant and immediate threat to the United States. The branch, led by a Yemeni militant named Nasser al-Wahishi, plotted several failed attacks on U.S. soil -- the botched Christmas 2009 attempt to blow up an American airliner heading to Detroit and a foiled 2010 attempt to send explosives to Chicago. A former intelligence official said that with al-Awlaki gone, the branch "still retains a lot of capability." But Richard Miniter, author of "Losing bin Laden," told Fox News that al-Awlaki's role will be "hard to replace." "He understood American society very well. He understood American idioms and pop culture and how to appeal to Americans," he told Fox News. "It's very hard for them to replicate this." Known as an eloquent preacher who spread English-language sermons on the Internet calling for "holy war" against the United States, al-Awlaki's role was to inspire and -- it is believed -- even directly recruit militants to carry out attacks. He was not believed to be a key operational leader, but as a spokesman. His English skills gave him reach among second and third generation Muslims who may not speak Arabic. Yemeni officials have said al-Awlaki had contacts with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the accused would-be Christmas plane bomber, who was in Yemen in 2009. They say the believe al-Awlaki met with the 23-year-old Nigerian, along with other Al Qaeda leaders, in Al Qaeda strongholds in the country in the weeks before the failed bombing. In New York, the Pakistani-American man who pleaded guilty to the May 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt told interrogators he was "inspired" by al-Awlaki after making contact over the Internet. Al-Awlaki also exchanged up to 20 emails with U.S. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, alleged killer of 13 people in the Nov. 5, 2009, rampage at Fort Hood. Hasan initiated the contacts, drawn by al-Awlaki's Internet sermons, and approached him for religious advice. Al-Awlaki has said he didn't tell Hasan to carry out the shootings, but he later praised Hasan as a "hero" on his Web site for killing American soldiers who would be heading for Afghanistan or Iraq to fight Muslims. The cleric similarly said Abdulmutallab was his "student" but said he never told him to carry out the airline attack. In a statement, the Yemeni government said al-Awlaki was "targeted and killed" 5 miles from the town of Khashef in the Province of al-Jawf. The town is located 87 miles east of the capital Sanaa. The statement says the operation was launched on Friday around 9:55 a.m. It gave no other details. The Yemeni Defense Ministry also reported the death, without elaborating, in a mobile phone SMS message. Top U.S. counter terrorism adviser John Brennan says such cooperation with Yemen has improved since the political unrest there. Brennan said the Yemenis have been more willing to share information about the location of Al Qaeda targets, as a way to fight the Yemeni branch challenging them for power. Other U.S. officials say the Yemenis have also allowed the U.S. to fly more armed drone and aircraft missions over its territory than ever previously, trying to use U.S. military power to stay in power. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/30/us-born-terror-boss-anwar-al-awlaki-killed/#ixzz1ZTdd8qDG

The little Boy/Girl

Glock Russman's Corner

I was reading an article on The Blaze this morning about an 11 year old boy, who is now being encouraged to be an 11 year old girl. The child was adopted as a male and at the ripe old age of three decided he was indeed a girl. The article fails to inform us that young Thomas's “parents” are lesbians, but is this important?

It appears that the parents are suppressing the young child’s hormone's with blockers, that are intended to give the little champ enough time to determine whether he will be a woman or a man. What a kid, at that age I was allowed to determine well, nothing actually for myself, and now I am kinda glad. I believe these two Mom's are a hideous manifestation of this completely twisted society.

A child, at the age of three, can desire to be many things, but does this mean their hormones, body or brain activity should be altered. I am sure that these well meaning lesbians aren't aware of physical or mental harm that this little boy girl will inevitably suffer from.

Health Male 11-Year-Old Put on Hormone Blockers Because ‘I’m a Girl’

Before reaching puberty, this 11-year-old California boy began taking hormone blockers to “buy her some time to mature”. Yes, her. Right now, Thomas Lobel, or Tammy, believes he is a girl.

Tammy with her parents and older brother. (Photo via Daily Mail)

Her parents say they have known since she was three years old. CNN has more:

The 3-year-old had learned sign language because he had apraxia, a speech impediment that hindered his ability to talk. The toddler pointed to himself and signed, “I am a girl.”
“Oh look, he’s confused,” his parents said. Maybe he mixed up the signs for boy and girl. So they signed back. “No, no. Thomas is a boy.”
But the toddler shook his head. “I am a girl,” he signed back emphatically.

Her parents, Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel, looked into hormone blockers when after at age 7 Tammy threatened to gender mutilate herself. When she’s “ready” she will decide if she wants to become a girl, in which case she’ll take female hormones. If she wants to become a man, she will just stop taking the blockers.

Watch CNN’s video report on children with gender identity disorder:

CNN continues with Dr. Kenneth Zucker of the Gender Identity Service in the Child, Youth, and Family Program and professor at the University of Toronto saying hormone blockers before 13 years is too early:

Zucker conducted a study following 109 boys who had gender identity disorder between the ages of 3 and 12. Researchers followed up at the mean age of 20 and found 12 percent of these boys continued to want to change genders.

“The vast majority of children lose their desire to be of the other gender later,” he said. “So what that means is that one should be very cautious in assuming say that a 6-year-old who has strong desire to be of the other gender will feel that way 10 years later.”

In terms of side effects from hormone blockers, Time reported several years ago that evidence showed the blockers caused infertility and could affect brain development. In a Q&A with Dr. Norman Spack a year after he helped open the first clinic in the U.S. to treat children in Boston, The Boston Globe reported him as saying that stopping puberty and then taking cross-hormones for a few years, will most likely cause irreversible infertility, which is a “heavy-duty conversation” when you’re talking to a 12-year-old. Buck Spack said to Time that they undergo serious evaluation before beginning treatment:

Kids undergo a battery of interview-based psychological tests to see if they meet the medically established criteria for gender-identity disorder. The clothing they wear, the way they style their hair and the type of toys they play with are assessed. Family members, teachers and primary-care doctors are consulted. After weighing all the evidence, an interdisciplinary team of doctors and psychologists determines the severity of the gender variation and whether to recommend the child for hormone blockers. But the final decision rests with the parents.

Dr. Norman Spack started a gender clinic that treats children in Boston in 2007. (Photo:Boston Globe / Erik Jacobs)

According to CNN, there are four gender clinics in the U.S. offer hormone therapy for children, located in Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Francisco, but notes there are currently no statistics about how many children are taking gender medication.

From the JBS

First China, Now Russia

By:  Art Thompson

September 19, 2011

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First China, Now Russia: We built up the industrial might of China, now the powers that be want to build up Russian industry.

JBS CEO Art Thompson's weekly video news update for September 19-25, 2011.