by Jim Kouri, CPP A Mexican national convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl over a period of two years is among the 40 criminal aliens arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents here during the past four months as part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative targeting those who prey upon...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP America’s first line of defense in any terrorist attack is the “first responder” community — local police, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals. Properly trained and equipped first responders have the greatest potential to save lives and limit casualties after a terrorist attack. Currently, capabilities for responding to a terrorist attack...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP In a note to the German Chancellor, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews had been concocted by the victorious Allied nations following World War II to embarrass war-torn Germany. The Iranian-controlled news agency Mehr disclosed the contents of their President’s letter on Monday, althought...
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by Jim Kouri United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan reversed himself following Syrian threats when he announced that an expanded international peacekeeping force in Lebanon would not help enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah by deploying along the Syrian border unless specifically asked to do so by Beirut. Originally Annan was calling for peacekeeping troops...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The Israeli military estabishment reports that they’ve created a new command to deal exclusively with Iran. Basically, according to Israeli officials, Israel has expanded its military command structure to include an “Iran Command” as prospects of war with the radical Islamic country appear inevitable. According to Ha’aretz, Israeli Air Force...
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by Jim Kouri A Mexican national who attempted to kidnap a seven-year-old girl from a local Laundromat is one of 25 persons arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles during the past three days as part of a joint enforcement effort with the United States Attorney’s Office targeting foreign nationals...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A well respected Iranian cleric claims that Iran won’t give up its right to peaceful nuclear technology. He warned that Iran is prepared to defend that right “to the last drop of blood.” Ahmad Khatami, Tehren’s Prayer Leader, made his remarks in a speech to thousands of worshipers, the official...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A well respected Iranian cleric claims that Iran won’t give up its right to peaceful nuclear technology. He warned that Iran is prepared to defend that right “to the last drop of blood.” Ahmad Khatami, Tehren’s Prayer Leader, made his remarks in a speech to thousands of worshipers, the official...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Several martyr videos were discovered on computer laptops that were owned by some of the almost two dozen terrorist suspects being questioned in connection with the thwarted terror plot in London, according to news reports in the United Kingdom. Twenty-three suspects are being questioned by authorities in connection with a...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Several martyr videos were discovered on computer laptops that were owned by some of the almost two dozen terrorist suspects being questioned in connection with the thwarted terror plot in London, according to news reports in the United Kingdom. Twenty-three suspects are being questioned by authorities in connection with a...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A Mexican man with two prior convictions for illegally entering the United States was arraigned in federal court in Cleveland on Wednesday for illegal reentry, the result of an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Jose Barron-Marquez, 35, a citizen of Mexico, was apprehended by the New Philadelphia Police...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP US Customs and Border Protection’s Air Interdiction Agents identified and tracked a suspected smuggling vessel loaded with more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine, bringing a two-day interdiction effort to a successful resolution Aug 14.    On Aug. 13, two CBP P-3 aircraft from the Surveillance Branch East, Jacksonville, Fla., located...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP An Ohio candidate running for Congress suspended her campaign following the arrests of her and her husband on domestic violence charges. Sheriff’s deputies responded to 911 calls about an altercation at the home of Stephanie Studebaker and her husband, Sam, on Sunday night. Both were charged with domestic violence and...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Six American Indians filed a joint petition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for cancellation of the Washington Redskins football organization (Pro-Football, Inc.) trademarked term “Redskins.”    A similar petition was filed in 1992 by a group of prominent Native American...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A US appeals court ruled in favor of New York City Police Department conducting random bag searches at subway station entrances throughout the city. The court said that it viewed the random searches “as an adequate method to curb terrorism.” “In light of the thwarted plots to bomb New York...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The nation’s largest Muslim group expressed concern over President Bush’s use of the term “Islamic fascists” in a news conference about the arrest of 21 suspects in a plot to bomb airliners flying between Britain and the United States on Thursday.    In a letter to President Bush, Parvez Ahmed,...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The nation’s largest Muslim group expressed concern over President Bush’s use of the term “Islamic fascists” in a news conference about the arrest of 21 suspects in a plot to bomb airliners flying between Britain and the United States on Thursday.    In a letter to President Bush, Parvez Ahmed,...
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SYRACUSE, N.Y., – Inspired by Gandhi and MLK Jr., a faithful, loving father started a nonviolent action for family law reform by refusing food and water when he reported to the Jamesville Correctional Facility July 31 to serve a 6-month sentence for unpaid child support, a charge he says is unjust. Four days and...
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Roe v. Wade for Men: Case Dismissed July 18, 2006 LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that Dubay v Wells, Thomas and Cox, often described as “Roe v Wade for Men,” has been dismissed. The lawsuit, filed by Matthew Dubay in the United States District Court at Bay City, claimed that Michigan’s...
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In an unusual and little-known case, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has seized four computer hard drives from a Lancaster newspaper as part of a statewide grand-jury investigation into leaks to reporters. The dispute pits the government’s desire to solve an alleged felony – computer hacking – against the news media’s fear that taking...
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