Jim Kouri

While Hezbollah fights in Syria, al-Qaeda ally emerges in Lebanon

This week, Hezbollah issued a warning to President Barack Obama and the United States through a senior Hezbollah source who declared: "A large-scale Western strike on Syria will plunge Lebanon virtually and immediately into the inferno of a war with Israel."

Obama DHS hired racist official accused of advocating killing whites

A left-leaning, public-interest legal group exposed a Homeland Security Department department head of creating and maintaining a web site dedicated to advocating the killing of white people and black conservatives, according to a report on Thursday.

Concerns grow over new immigration enforcement chief appointee

Two top GOP lawmakers sent a letter on Wednesday to President Barack Obama stating that they have serious reservations regarding the appointment of John Sandweg as the acting director of the U.S.

Leaker Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Prize by American group

An international petition with well over 100,000 signatories urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee (NNC) to bestow the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to Pfc. Bradley Manning -- recently convicted of several charges related to his stealing classified documents -- will be turned over to the NNC in Oslo, Norway, on Monday, a U.S.-based activist group announced.

U.S. to work with corrupt Mexican police to secure border

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano conferred with her Mexican counterpart -- Secretary of the Interior Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong -- and law enforcement officials in Matamoros, Mexico, in order to plan border security cooperation to enhance public safety and security within the border region, despite numerous reports of widespread corruption by Mexico's government. “The United States and Mexico have taken unprecedented steps in recent years to deepen our cooperation along our shared border. We are committed to working together to support economic competitiveness by creating an environment in which our citizens and businesses continue to feel safe and secure, while reducing violence and increasing security,” she said.

Obama calling scandals ‘phony’ creates political firestorm

President Barack Obama stated during his hour-long speech on Wednesday that the GOP is attempting to evade Americans' concerns over economic issues by hyping “phony scandals,” according to Fox News Channel and other news outlets.

American Muslim discovered to be wanted war criminal

A naturalized U.S. citizen living in Vermont taken into custody by special agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday charging him for obtaining his American citizenship through fraudulent means, according to a federal indictment.

FBI chief admits use of drones in skies over U.S.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that his agency uses drones to conduct surveillance operation over the skies of the U.S. mainland, during a hearing on Wednesday.

Napolitano discusses border security with sheriffs, police chiefs

When President Barack Obama began stumping on Tuesday for his amnesty for illegal aliens and the so-called "gang of eight" reform bill, his Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano prepared the way with a telephone conference with sheriffs and police chiefs serving near the U.S.-Mexican border on Monday, according to officials with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) directorate. But the majority of the time spent discussing her agenda items made no mention of security deficiencies, according to a participant.

Syrian Islamists may be plotting sarin gas attacks

Israeli intelligence reported that Syrian army troops discovered two large canisters of the deadly WMD (weapon of mass destruction) sarin gas during an ambush of a rebel compound in the city of Hama on Sunday, according to a counterterrorism and international law enforcement expert.

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice imprisoned for fraud

A bank fraud suspect who once sat on the bench of the highest court in the state of Michigan will be spending the next year of her life behind bars, the U.S. Attorney's office reported on Tuesday.

Epidemic of terrorist bombings plague Iraq

"Al-Qaeda is on its heels." - President Barack Obama About 35 Iraqi citizens died and another 155 were wounded in a series of car bomb explosions throughout Baghdad on Monday by suspected members of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQII), according to counterterrorism and police official Marvin Gertz.

Nigerians who killed U.K. soldier believed affiliated with Boko Haram

An attacker using a meat cleaver and his armed partner killed a 25-year-old British soldier in the streets of London on Wednesday, and Britain's elite law enforcement believe the Nigerian men may be affiliated with a dangerous and bloodthirsty Islamist group based in Nigeria and affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Criminal alien allegedly rapes, brutalizes 9-year-old in ‘Sanctuary City’

An Ecuadorian criminal alien, who was released last year when Baltimore, Md., became a sanctuary city, was arrested by federal agents for the violent rape of a 9-year-old girl, according to a Judicial Watch report released on Monday.

Hundreds of criminal aliens secretly released by Obama’s DHS: New data

On the same day that Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that she will travel to San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday to meet with technology and business leaders to discuss the need for commonsense immigration reform, a report was released on Thursday revealing that hundreds of criminal aliens were released from detention.

IRS scandal increases concerns over Obamacare management, says Senator

As the IRS scandal metastasizes, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., appearing on Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday afternoon told the show’s audience that he and other Republicans have serious reservations about the Internal Revenue Service managing Obamacare.

Al-Qaeda affiliate assassinates Christian church leader in Nigeria

Members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Boko Haram allegedly assassinated a Christian leader on Tuesday in Nigeria's northeast Borno State, according to an Israeli police intelligence analyst who monitors African Islamist groups.

IRS inspector general’s report small comfort for Tea Party groups

Following the day's myriad news stories on Benghazi, Associated Press allegations and the IRS targeting right-of-center organizations, the highly anticipated Treasury Department's report on the blossoming IRS scandal released late Tuesday is relatively small comfort for Tea Party groups, according to political strategist and attorney Michael Bakker.

Obama comments on Mexico deceptive, say law officers

During President Barack Obama's press conference in the White House press room on Tuesday, he was asked by a Latino reporter about both the immigration debate in the U.S. Congress and the U.S.-Mexican "war on drugs." Obama stated he planned to meet with Mexico's new leader, President Enrique Pena Nieto, on his trip to Mexico City to discuss joint police and anti-drug strategies.

Top Colombian narcoterrorist extradited to New York City

A Colombian drug-trafficker suspected of being one of the most significant narcotics traffickers in the world was arraigned in a Manhattan federal courtroom on Friday in front of U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan, according to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials.