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CIA documents: Enhanced interrogation techniques helped find bin Laden JIM KOURI

Monday, May 9th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“Detainee reporting accounts for more than half of all HUMINT [human intelligence] reporting on al-Qaeda since the program began…”
Documents recently released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) demonstrate the valuable information gained by so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques,” that ultimately led to the recent killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. A non-partisan watchdog group [...]

Congress to Hillary: Designate drug cartels as terrorists JIM KOURI

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Top members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to support the designation of certain Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and [...]

U.S. gave $Billions to train, equip foreign police forces: Gov’t report JIM KOURI

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

This week, the Government Accountability Office submitted a report to the U.S. Congress addressing the foreign aid earmarked for police agencies in nations that deal with terrorism, narcotics trafficking and other criminal activities such as Pakistan. The rationale for such aid is that these terrorists, narco-terrorists and criminal enterprises have an impact on U.S. national [...]

Details of Osama killing becoming clearer JIM KOURI

Monday, May 2nd, 2011 by Jim Kouri

A U.S. intelligence operation in Pakistan killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden Sunday, President Barack Obama announced in a nationally televised address from the White House at 11:36 PM (EST), Sunday night.
It was revealed that shortly after taking office in January 2009, Obama ordered Director of Central Intelligence Leon E. Panetta to make [...]

Obama cheerleads for education of illegal aliens this week JIM KOURI

Sunday, May 1st, 2011 by Jim Kouri

In spite of the latest illegal alien crime statistics, a de facto war raging in Mexico, the U.S. facing an eventual bankrupt economy, and the continued “jobless recovery” touted by the Obama Administration sycophants and “protectors” in the news media, the progressives in Washington, D.C. — including President Barack Obama — have increased their pandering [...]

Cartel leader Extradited from Mexico to U.S. to Face Charges JIM KOURI

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

The alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization was extradited Friday by the government of Mexico to the U. S. to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California.
Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix was captured by Mexican authorities in 2002. While extradition to the United States was granted [...]

Obama nominates Panetta as Defense Secretary JIM KOURI

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

In keeping with the Democrat Party trend of appointing party sycophants to key leadership positions in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama today nominated CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he’ll replace Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates who will leave the Pentagon on June 30.
Gates was [...]

Mexico to file lawsuit against U.S. gun industry JIM KOURI

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

In what’s being characterized as Mexico’s latest attempt to squeeze the United States for more cash, the officials of that corrupt and impoverished country announced yesterday they’ve hired a United States law firm in order to sue the U.S. gun industry.
President Felipe Calderon and other Mexican government officials are accusing American manufacturers and retailers of [...]

Royal Wedding: Security a major concern for British cops JIM KOURI

Monday, April 25th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

United Kingdom intelligence, security and police agencies are working closely with the British military to protect the Royal Family and the participants in the most widely watched wedding since Prince Charles married Princess Diana.
The wedding of His Royal Highness Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton will take place at Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29, [...]

Blockade-busting voyage against Israel planned by Islamists, leftists JIM KOURI

Sunday, April 24th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

The main organizers of last year’s so-called Gaza Flotilla, the Turkish-based Foundation for Human Rights, Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), the Free Gaza coalition, and assorted radical-left leaders such as President Obama’s friends and colleagues William Ayers and Jodie Evans, are preparing a new blockade-busting voyage, the operation’s leader said Saturday..
Bulent Yildirim, leader of the [...]

Should we make Washington D.C. America’s Holy City?

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 by admin

Should we make Washington D.C. America’s Holy City?

I believe that American Christians can make a huge difference in the direction of our nation if we would simply make Washington D.C. the most popular vacation destination in our country. The big difference is, we will not go there to soak up the sun, [...]

Border Patrol report shocks many Americans JIM KOURI

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

For the third time in only a few months, a federal report on Friday exposed how the U.S. government prioritizes environmental preservation over national security by keeping Border Patrol agents out of wildlife refuges that are heavily transited by Mexican drug and human smugglers.
“For years, Border Patrol agents have been prohibited by the Interior Department [...]

Mexico arrests mass murder suspect – JIM KOURI

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

The Mexican Navy on saturday captured one of the prime suspects in the mass murder of 145 people whose bodies were exhumed from mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Omar Martin Estrada — a/k/a El Kilo — is the alleged local leader of Los Zetas, arguably the most deadly and brutal drug cartel [...]

Cluster Bombs: Libya accused of using banned weapon on civilians – JIM KOURI

Saturday, April 16th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

Libya’s dictator Colonel Moamar Khadhafi and his military forces are being accused by a human rights group of using a deadly and destructive weapon known as the “cluster bomb” against Libyan rebels and innocent civilians. Cluster bombs are voluntarily banned by 108 countries.
The non-governmental agency Human Rights Watch claimed on Friday that one of [...]

Salafists execute Italian activist in Gaza – JIM KOURI

Friday, April 15th, 2011 by Jim Kouri

“Salafist jihadists are extremist Sunnis who believe they are the only true interpreters of the Koran. They are beginning to concern counterterrorism experts since Salafists are gaining more and more power in Egypt following the ouster of President Mubarak.”
A pro-Palestinian activist from Italy was discovered dead in Gaza a mere few hours after being abducted, [...]