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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After nearly a month of official silence, Israel confirmed on Tuesday that its air force carried out a strike inside Syrian territory on Sept 6.

Israel had until now refused to confirm or deny that any air strike had taken place, though the incident was publicly confirmed by Syrian and Western officials.

Israeli officials said the strike took place deep inside Syria last month.

Military censors continued to censor other details.

Damascus says Israel bombed an empty area after air defense systems confronted the aircraft.

Some U.S. officials have linked the raid to suspicions of secret nuclear cooperation between Damascus and North Korea. Damascus and North Korea have denied any nuclear ties.

With the stunning success achieved by the Bush administration in Iraf, it's surprising that the liberation of this little known country between Iraq and Iran has received so little attention.

"It's actually become something of a problem..." political analyst Peter Finch stated when we interviewed him. "With so many countries in the middle east eagerly waiting for us to liberate them, we just can't afford to fund what amounts to extended vacations for thousands of American soldiers."

"Ordering a troop withdrawal would reek havoc on moral." Said a high ranking military official speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The troops just don't want to leave."

With Bush set to start promoting his plan to oust the blood thirsty Czar of Tajikistan early next year, many believe that he may face difficulty convincing the American public that conquering another third world country could possibly be as fun as Iraf was.

"I think this is a perfect example of how the liberal media likes to spin the news." Said Rush Limbaugh in a recent show. "Iraf is proof that taking over other countries for no reason can be both fun and profitable, there's no reason Tajikistan would be any exeption, but all the liberals want to do is focus on the negative."

Yeah you tell 'em man!

This is an unauthorized full version of the new Jesus Camp documentary.

I was raised in this kind of religious environment, so for me watching this movie brought back memories... not pleasant memories.

One point where I would like to counter what the movie depicts is the idea that the Christian extremist movement is gaining ground in America. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Churches all around the country are emptying at an unprecedented rate. What drives these fanatics isn't imminent victory, it's desperation. This country is slipping out of their collective grip, and if the only way that they can pass on their religion is to isolate their children from reality and teach them philosophies that contradict the laws of science, then they are going to place themselves on the outskirts of society, and ultimately they will be so out of touch with the rest of the world that it will be impossible for them to maintain even the slightest guise of credibility.

The Bush administration did a good job of convincing the American public of how evil and dangerous Saddam Hussein was, but as you will see in the following video, the United States not only knew about Saddam's genocides and human rights abuses, we actually encouraged them and even helped him carry it out.

It's amazing that this man managed to get through their careful crowd screening process, but then again he is a CIA analyst, so he doesn't exactly fit the description of the raving anti-war protesters that they are no doubt on the lookout for.

In this rare on camera admission Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld states that the Pentagon has lost track of approximately 2.3 Trillion dollars. 2.3 trillion, as in 2,300 billion dollars. According to several pentagon employees the books are cooked. I'd say that that's something of an understatement.

What do we expect though, really? We give organizations such as the cia an the nsa the authority to conduct top secret activities in multiple countries and we wonder how money ends up missing. These people know that they can get away with whatever they want to, and as long as we allow them to continue to operate in secret this kind of thing will continue ad infinitum.