Whenever the Pentagon uses "human shields" they really mean "collateral damage" or "losses due to targeting civilians."

White House modifies Osama bin Laden account

At the Monday evening briefing for TV reporters, a senior official also corrected what Brennan described earlier as “my understanding” that the woman who acted as a shield for bin ( Read more... )

The syntax for this article is so goddamn funny, talking about iPads and an American comeback:

Osama bin Laden dead; Obama nails him, leads American comeback

WASHINGTON: In the dark of the night, someone held up an iPad which read the final score in translucent capital letters: OBAMA 1 OSAMA 0. It was past midnight on a cool spring night, and the ( Read more... )