Jim Kouri

Dems blame Bush for Operation Fast and Furious with lies

"The Big Lie is that the Obama Administration simply continued a Bush Administration ATF operation. Fast and Furious is all Obama and Holder. Period." When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was questioned by Congress about Operation Fast and Furious, an ATF operation that ended up a political fiasco, the Democrat Party sent out its operatives armed with talking points that accused the Bush Administration of masterminding the operation. Appearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Holder defended the department's actions and blasted Republicans for trying to " score political points" in the investigation of the program. GOP lawmakers have called for Holder's impeachment.

African-based terror group Boko Haram subject of House report

Boko Haram (translated: "Western or non-Islamic education is a sin") is a controversial Islamist group that seeks the imposition of Shariah law in the northern states of Nigeria. The group's official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad."

Biden’s Iraq visit more flash than substance, say critics

With U.S. military forces withdrawing from Iraq on schedule, Vice President Joe Biden visited the fledgling Democracy to tell the world that the United States and Iraq are beginning a new phase of a partnership that reflects Iraq’s needs and includes a robust security relationship.

Senators to Obama, DHS: Stop ignoring illegal alien sanctuaries

With a Justice Department fiercely focusing on taking legal action against state laws that help to combat illegal aliens and crimes they commit, a group of U.S. Senators is asking the Obama Administration to stop ignoring local ordinances that undermine federal laws by offering undocumented aliens sanctuary.

Iran threatens U.S. with “crushing” retaliation

An Iranian military commander warned the United States on Saturday that Iran will retaliate if the United States attacks it, according to a report by the official Iranian Republic News Agency.

Hezbollah boasts: We’ve beaten the CIA and Mossad

Following last week's report that the top leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah warned the United States government that any attack by the U.S. military on Iran would result in violence throughout the Middle East, the Syrian and Iranian-backed Hezbollah boasted Wednesday it had "vanquished" the U.S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's intelligence group Mossad.

Obama to deploy 500 FBI agents to London Olympics

The Obama Administration is prepared to deploy 1000 security agents to the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a result of about terrorists -- both foreign and homegrown -- who may be planning a surprise attack. The London Olympic Games will be held beginning on July 27, 2012 to August 12, 2012.

Iran threatens U.S. with “crushing” retaliation

An Iranian military commander warned the United States this week that Iran will retaliate if the United States attacks it, according to a report by the official Iranian Republic News Agency.

Intel Committee launches probe into security threats posed by China

Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-IL) alerted concerned parties within the intelligence community and the corporate security industry that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence officially launched a probe into the alleged threats posed by Chinese-owned telecommunications companies working within the United States, and the U.S. government’s response to that threat.

Former Fox News analyst at center of Pakistani firestorm

Pakistan's powerful army has become enraged after a secret memo indicated President Asif Ali Zardari's government asked for U.S. help to prevent a military coup following the Navy SEAL raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden. - Washington Post, November 18, 2011.

Hezbollah chief warns of regional war if Iran, Syria attacked

The top leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah warned the United States government on Friday that interference in the internal affairs of Iran and Syria, or any attack by the U.S. military attack, would result in violence throughout the Middle East.

Iranian, Iraqi military chiefs cozy up as U.S. prepares pullout

Despite the Obama Administration's "rose-colored glasses" assessment of Iraq's future as a democratic haven in a sea of radical Islamist despots, political thugs and monarchs, Iraq appears open to befriending its neighbor Iran as was demonstrated yesterday.

Obama plans U.S.-Israeli joint military maneuvers for 2012

As more and more world leaders are accepting the premise of a nuclear-armed Iran, President Barack Obama's White House is "killing two birds with one stone," said an intelligence officer. "He's rattling his saber for the benefit of Iran, while at the same time attempting to show Jewish voters that he's not anti-Israel."

Obama weakening U.S. defense, military tells Congress

Strategic and personnel challenges at the heart of concerns.

Israel prepares for another flotilla confrontation

The Israeli military issued a statement Wednesday night that it is ready and waiting to interdict two ships currently sailing for the Gaza Strip, in order to thwart a radical group's attempt to challenge Israel's blockade against the coastal enclave.

Obama’s DoJ sues South Carolina over new immigration law

The Obama administration, through Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Monday filed a lawsuit against a new immigration law, this time in South Carolina. The White House is accusing that state of interfering with the federal government's authority on immigration policy.

Obama: More terrorists tried in civilian courts in second term

If President Barack Obama wins re-election in 2012 -- and no longer has to juggle his different constituencies -- look for him and his ideological Attorney General, Eric Holder, to push for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention center. Then once successful expect to see the trying of terrorism suspects in civilian courts rather than military trials, according to some political and legal analysts.

WMD: Terrorists join organized crime in trafficking of nuclear, biological materials

More and more world leaders are becoming concerned over the close connection between terrorists and transnational organized crime (TOC), including their cooperation with one another in the illegal movement of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons and other potentially deadly materials, according to United Nations officials.

US-Chinese cyber war dismissed by State Department

The likelihood of a cyber war between the United States and China was dismissed by U.S. State Department officials in a press statement issued on Wednesday. The State Department is calling for the building bilateral trust to avoid such a troubling scenario..

Khadhafi killing: A successful UAV mission

On Thursday, Col. Moamar Khadhafi's military convoy was bombed by an American predator drone and then attacked by French jets before the deposed dictator was finally apprehended and killed by rebel fighters, the Pentagon disclosed yesterday.