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RDX Evaluation by US EPA - Why It Matters

EPA downplays RDX toxicity, pleasing the DOD and putting us in peril

(SALEM, Ore.) - RDX is an explosive which is more powerful than TNT. RDX is not something that available from your local hardware store, but has been used by both the military and terrorists to kill people.

It saw wide use in World War II. RDX is also known as Research Department Formula X, cyclonite, hexogen (particularly in German and German-influenced languages), and T4. RDX is still the base for many common military exposures, including C-4, which is 91% RDX.

Salem Reverberates as Retired Military Plane Flies Over

The Oregon Military says what took Salemites as a military event was in fact just an old plane landing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The thundering roar of a huge military plane was heard over south Salem this afternoon, rattling windows and causing not a little intrigue into what this plane was doing here.

According to the Oregon Military Department, it is a civilian aircraft, not a military one. It may be privately owned, or being retired.

Oregon Air National Guardsmen Welcomed Home from Middle East Deployment

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey M. Silver, Oregon Air National Guard Commander, presided over the ceremony.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing, local dignitaries and family members welcomed home 39 Portland-based members of the 142nd Security Forces Squadron (142 SFS), who deployed to the Middle East for six months, during a ceremony, April 14, at Portland Air National Guard Base.

"Oregon Guardsmen put themselves in harm's way to work for our security abroad," said Col. Paul T. Fitzgerald, 142nd Fighter Wing Commander.

The Bangor Eight Peace Activists Found Guilty in US District Court

The activists were charged with crossing the "thin blue line", trespassing onto a US nuclear weapons base.

(TACOMA, Wash.) - Eight activists crossed the blue line onto Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, which represents the largest operational concentration of nuclear weapons in the US arsenal, in an act of nonviolent civil resistance.

Some staged a die-in, spreading ashes around others’ bodies on the asphalt, while two members of the group attempted to deliver a letter to the base commander urging him to uphold international law regarding nuclear weapons.

Uncensored & Unscripted: Human Rights Activist Ken O`Keefe to Speak in Salem/Portland

“I am first and foremost a lawfully declared world citizen, meaning my ultimate allegiance is to my entire human family and to planet Earth.” ~ Ken O’Keefe

(SALEM, Ore.) - In February, ex-US marine and Gulf War Veteran Ken O’Keefe was detained from boarding an airplane because he opted out of the TSA body scanner, agreeing instead to a physical body search, and was refused. That was the last thing O’Keefe needed, or expected. He travels a lot, and this response was a first.

Ken is standing up to the injustice he experienced. If it can happen to O’Keefe, then any of us are at risk.

Tractatus Terroismo Philosophicus

A message of tragedy, and inspiration to choose otherwise.

(LONDON) - If terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
then to surrender to terror is to become a terrorist

To surrender to terror is to retaliate using violence and genocidal tactics in the pursuit of Globalist political aims
But the West can’t become a terrorist
For the West was already a terrorist...

Bahraini King Meets an Israeli Rabbi

Is this the prelude to further persecution of other resistance factions in the Middle-East region?

(TEL AVIV) - According to Jerusalem Post, the Bahraini despot Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa met with Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president of the Foundation of Ethnic Understanding, in the Bahraini capital of Manama.

The Bahraini King sees the direct relation with Tel Aviv only a matter of time.

Iran`s Political Maneuvers After the Parliamentary Election

Iran's Sunni MPs refuted the vicious Saudi allegations and defeated the Saudi efforts to stoke the fire of sedition and national unity in Iran.

(TEHRAN) - The Iranian capital recently saw the shuttle diplomacy of various international personalities, namely Turkish Prime Minster Ahmet Davutoğlu.

The Turkish Premier in his negotiations with Iranian officials, has shown the dramatic change in Turkey's stance, as the two parties searched for a peaceful solution for the Syrian crisis.

The Snake Nurtured in UAE`s Bosom, Stings Its Master: ISIS Declares War on Abu Dhabi

ISIS promised to wage a bloody war on the UAE financial hub of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

(ABU DHABI, UAE) - As the Obama administration and its Arab allies stumble over anti-ISIS strategy, there are many indications beyond a shadow of a doubt, showing ISIS would bring its war front to UAE (United Arab Emirates) soil.

Nearly 20 months have elapsed since the U.S.-led camping against the terrorist ISIS militants began and no sooner have the Iraqi and Syrian people realized that they have been caught between ISIS' hammer and Obama's anvil.

Corruption is a Tool Used by Some Azerbaijani

A mafia network in Azerbaijan expands their monopoly of gambling clubs.

(BAKU, Azerbaijan) - Following the economic crisis and the sharp decline in the value of Manat against the dollar, and the spread of unemployment and poverty, as well as extensive modifications throughout offices and commercial and non-commercial centers, we witness the formation of the a social crisis in Azerbaijan and some greedy treacherous officials of the country benefit from increased profits and control social emotions through the spread of drugs, gambling and corruption centers.