Word: homelands
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...more than 3,000 MEK adherents at Camp Ashraf have been under the benevolent protection of the U.S. military since early 2003. With this ruling, Rajavi hopes, they and what she claims are their far more numerous supporters in Iran will be freed to answer a call from the homeland. "I say to the mullahs that they're finished," said Rajavi in Strasbourg. "A new era will open with the installation of liberty and democracy in Iran...
...Homeland Insecurity: The Onion Complete News Archives, Volume 17,” by Onion Editors...
...Department of Homeland Security's Automated Targeting System has become a key part of the nation's air security system. Rather than just checking a list of passenger names for those who might be suspected of terrorist activities, it applies a "risk assessment" to every airline passenger entering the U.S. by using more than two dozen criteria, including how the airline ticket was bought, contact phone numbers provided, and frequent flier information. ATS even wants to know your seat preference. The ATS data is fed to the National Targeting Center, a multi-agency center that crunches the data against criminal...
...force less than 2,000 strong. The city is hard pressed to fill the gap, since the police budget eats up nearly the entire Milwaukee tax levy of $213 million. Mayor Tom Barrett is hoping that the feds will start pitching in again. "We've spent five years on homeland security," Barrett says. "Now we need to focus on a little hometown security...
George Bush has a history of long-overdue u-turns. He waited until he woke up, hungover, one morning at age 40 before giving up booze cold. He fought the idea of a homeland-security agency for eight months after 9/11 and then scampered aboard and called it his idea. He dumped Donald Rumsfeld last month as Defense Secretary, although lawmakers and even some generals had been calling for his head since 2005. Bush's biggest reversals usually come after months--even years--of stubborn resistance, when just about everyone has given up on his having any second thoughts...