Oliver North from Creators Syndicate

Narco-Terror for 07/17/2009

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BOGOTA — He calls himself "Cesar," but his real name is Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez. As "comandante" of the 1st Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — and one of the top 10 leaders of the hyper-violent FARC — he has well-earned credentials as a drug-dealing terrorist with a penchant for trading in hostages. This Thursday, U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad ...

Updated: Fri Jul 17, 2009

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Sacrifice in Afghanistan for 07/24/2009

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GEORGETOWN, S.C. — He was standing at the counter when I entered the store. As he paid the clerk, he turned, and I noticed, in this order, his beard, his T-shirt, which had "Marines" emblazoned on the front, and his cane. His prosthetic foot still was masked by the counter when I said, "Semper fi, leatherneck."

He smiled and replied: "Semper fi to you, too, ...

Updated: Fri Jul 24, 2009

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Jihad, USA for 07/31/2009

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GEORGETOWN, S.C. — They don't look like al-Qaida terrorists. Their photos in the local newspaper look menacing enough — but more like a crew that might knock over a convenience store or an ATM at a gas station. Their apprehension this week by FBI agents in Raleigh, N.C., has their neighbors here talking about "homegrown jihadis" and has prompted the O-Team Department of Ho ...

Updated: Fri Jul 31, 2009

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Ransom for 08/07/2009

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — Former President William Jefferson Blythe Clinton has returned from Pyongyang, North Korea, with Al Gore's employees Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The two women, reporters for Gore's Current TV operation, were seized by North Korean border guards March 17 along the frozen Tumen River — the border between North Korea and China. On June 8, following a five-day "trial,&quo ...

Updated: Fri Aug 07, 2009

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Who Is Winning? for 08/14/2009

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — Racing through the Phoenix airport, a Wall Street Journal headline immediately captured my eye: "Taliban Now Winning." I grabbed the newspaper and headed for my flight. By the time I arrived in Washington, I had a half-dozen e-mails from my Fox News colleagues asking for my assessment of the situation. There was also a "be prepared" message from my boss al ...

Updated: Fri Aug 14, 2009

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On the Passing of Robert Novak for 08/18/2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Journalism lost a giant this week when my friend Robert Novak was called home to be with our Lord. I first met "the Prince of Darkness" while I was serving on Ronald Reagan's National Security Council staff.

Rather than accepting and repeating the second-hand misinformation about the Nicaraguan resistance that appeared in most of the mainstream media, Novak wanted to meet a ...

Updated: Tue Aug 18, 2009

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Drugs, Money and Narco-Terror for 08/21/2009

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — Last week's brief "Three Amigos" summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, has been all but forgotten in the growing storm over "health care reform." That may be what the three North American heads of state, Presidents Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, wanted. All three leaders did their best to ignore the skunk at their pic ...

Updated: Fri Aug 21, 2009

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No Respect for 08/28/2009

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — It is amazing how a change of geography can alter perception. In the weeks leading up to this, my 16th Fox News deployment to cover the fight against radical Islamic terror, the news was full of attacks on civilian contractors. The target: those who have been providing support for U.S. military and intelligence operations since Sept. 11.

"Contractor" ...

Updated: Fri Aug 28, 2009

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Bankrupting the Taliban for 09/04/2009

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Last month, our Fox News' "War Stories" team was in Colombia, covering the tough fight against a narco-insurgency, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. This month, we're in Afghanistan, covering another narco-insurgency, the Taliban. In Colombia, cocaine fuels and funds the terror. Here in Afghanistan, it's opium. Despite extraordinary dif ...

Updated: Fri Sep 04, 2009

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Battle Space for 09/11/2009

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan — We're with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in southern Helmand province, just 75 kilometers from Pakistan, in "battle space" that was the heart of Taliban territory until a few weeks ago. When these Marines fought their way into this dusty district capital in July, the Taliban were stunned. No Afghan government or coalition authorities h ...

Updated: Fri Sep 11, 2009

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The Raiders for 09/18/2009

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHINDAND, Afghanistan — According to colleagues back home, our Fox News team here in Afghanistan has missed all the excitement. They note that since we left the USA last month, Washington has been the scene of the largest peaceful protest in history against a sitting government. We didn't get to see a bold congressman rise during a televised joint session of Congres ...

Updated: Fri Sep 18, 2009

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On Winning for 09/25/2009

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

KABUL — Our Fox News' "War Stories" team is cleaning our gear and packing up to go home. The special operations teams that "hosted" us for a half-dozen carefully planned and executed raids against the Taliban have showered us with patches, "challenge coins" and mementos accumulated since we arrived last month. We even got to shower ourselves. While on operati ...

Updated: Fri Sep 25, 2009

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Chasing Olympic Gold for 10/02/2009

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — At the conclusion of the 1939 movie "Gone With the Wind," Vivien Leigh, playing Scarlett O'Hara, defers decision on what to do about the major crisis in her life with this sentence: "After all, tomorrow is another day." Unfortunately, the Obama White House seems to have adopted Scarlett's decision-making process for the war in Afghanistan. Note to the O-Te ...

Updated: Fri Oct 02, 2009

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Quiet, Please for 10/09/2009

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — Eight years ago this week, just 25 days after the vicious attacks of 9/11, the U.S. struck back at the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Thirty-three days later, U.S.-supported Northern Alliance troops were in Kabul, and the remnants of al-Qaida and its Taliban hosts were in retreat to Kandahar and mountain redoubts along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. All of this was pr ...

Updated: Fri Oct 09, 2009

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Protecting the Image for 10/16/2009

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — The U.S. dollar isn't the only currency headed to new lows. After months of drifting along in "the winds of change," America's diplomatic credibility is sinking alongside the greenback. The Obama White House and the so-called mainstream media — preoccupied with hoopla over "health care reform," meaningless drivel about the 2016 Olympics and the vacuo ...

Updated: Fri Oct 16, 2009

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No Alibi for 10/23/2009

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

PIERRE, S.D. — It's already the front edge of winter in America's Great Plains. Here, where the air is clear and crisp, there is a passion for walking behind a good dog while hunting pheasants, and a good "alibi" for missing a fast-flying bird is an art form.

"It was too low for a good shot" or "I didn't want to hit the dog" will get the taleteller ext ...

Updated: Fri Oct 23, 2009

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Heroes Return for 10/30/2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

WASHINGTON — In what has turned out to be the bloodiest month of the war in Afghanistan, there is a growing chorus of critics who claim that the fight is no longer worth the cost. Though most of those saying so aren't paying the price, the toll was evident at Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning as 21 flag-draped gunmetal transfer cases were conveyed solemnly from the ramp of an Ai ...

Updated: Fri Oct 30, 2009

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They Don't Get It for 11/06/2009

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Thirty years ago this week, a group of Iranian "students" shouting "death to America" stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking nearly 100 hostages — among them 65 Americans. Though foreign national employees and some Americans were released within a few weeks, the remaining 52 were held for 444 days. For the American people, it was ...

Updated: Fri Nov 06, 2009

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Vet-Speak for 11/13/2009

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

BRANSON, Mo. — They have come from every state in the union — more than 50,000 veterans and their families. They are here to celebrate "Veterans Homecoming Week" in a city that "never forgets our heroes," where businesses proclaim to "hire veterans first" and entertainers proudly announce the units with which they served — to the applause and chee ...

Updated: Fri Nov 13, 2009

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Suicide Pact for 11/20/2009

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

WASHINGTON — This week, while "the most traveled president in history" was on his latest foreign adventure and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was busy kowtowing to political correctness. The headlines tell the story:

"(Defense Secretary Robert) Gates Condemns Leaks on Fort Hood Investigation," and "Gates Says 'Shut Up' About Fort ...

Updated: Fri Nov 20, 2009

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