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Fast Forward Hunt American as Bomber Accomplice: Report
Authorities are hunting for an American suspected of helping a suicide bomber carry out the deadly attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, multiple news sites reported. The reports claimed that Bulgarian and other police were searching for an American citizen named “David Jefferson” who may have helped the terrorist widely depicted in security footage just…
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News Munich Widow Praises Obama for Support
The widow of an Israeli athlete slain in the 1972 Munich massacre praised President Obama’s decision to join her campaign for a moment of silence at the London Olympic Games. Ankie Spitzer, widow of Andrei Spitzer, said she was “overwhelmed and thrilled” that Obama joined the growing campaign to honor the 11 victims of the…
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Fast Forward Bomber Was Taking Revenge for Iran Killings
The suicide bomber who attacked Israeli tourists in Bulgaria earlier this week was an Hezbollah operative, U.S. officials told the New York Times, adding that the bombing was ordered by Iran in order to avenge assassinations targeting its nuclear scientists. On Thursday, in what seems like the first confirmation of Israel’s suspicions concerning the source…
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Fast Forward Obama Backs Munich Moment of Silence
President Barack Obama “absolutely” supports holding a moment of silence at the London Olympic Games to honorthe 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed at the 1972 games in Munich, ABC News reported. “We absolutely support the campaign for a minute of silence at the Olympics to honor the Israeli athletes killed in Munich,” National Security…
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Fast Forward Officials Deny Bomber Was Guantanamo Detainee
U.S. and Swedish officials denied widespread reports that the suspected suicide bomber who blew up a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was an Islamic militant from Sweden who served two years at Guantanamo Bay. The reports named the long-haired suspect as Mehdi Ghezali, a Swedish citizen, with Algerian and Finnish origins, the Times of…
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Fast Forward Weiner: 2011 Was My Best Year
Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner called 2011 his ?best year? as he carried out a sit-down interview flanked by his wife and their baby boy. The scandal-tarred lawmaker, who was forced to resign over inappropriate text messages to women, insisted he was a changed man and pooh-poohed reports he plans to return to politics in the…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Plotting a Comeback: Report
Could Anthony Weiner be on the comeback trail? The disgraced ex-congressman is reportedly eying a return to politics and is thinking about giving a tell-all interview. Nearly a year after his career blew up in a scandal over a barrage of inappropriate text messages to women, sources close to Weiner told the New York Post…
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Fast Forward Presbyterians Reject Divestment Back Boycott
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) rejected divestment from companies doing business with Israeli security forces in the West Bank but approved a measure backing a boycott of goods made in the Occupied Territories. The 333-331 vote, with two abstentions, in Pittsburgh late Thursday was the closest that the boycott, divestment and sanctions…
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