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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The US Open Tennis Championship appears on a wish list of terror targets in an al Qaeda magazine, an NYPD official said Wednesday.
In a briefing for New York City’s private security community, Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s director of intelligence analysis, warned that Inspire magazine is instructing would-be terrorists on how to make bombs and where to set them off, WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported. Continue reading “Police: Al Qaeda Magazine Suggesting Attack On US Open”
Defense One – by Patrick Tucker
A Pentagon report, revealed by The New York Times over the weekend, showed that the American troops working alongside Iraqi forces were at risk of harm from Sunni extremists who had infiltrated the Iraqi Army (and, perhaps, from the pro-Iranian Shiite militias that effectively are the Army.) On Monday, Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters that “it would be imprudent, irresponsible not to think about the insider threat.” The threat is real in Afghanistan as well where insider threats, so-called “green-on-blue” attacks, have killed several U.S.troops in recent years. Continue reading “Could a Brain Scan Protect U.S. Troops from Insider Attacks?”
The Tenneseean – by Paul C. Barton
WASHINGTON – Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said Wednesday that communities help themselves by making it easier for immigrants to adapt to life in the United States.
Dean was one of the speakers at the White House National Immigrant & Refugee Integration Convening, which brought together public officials and immigrant advocates from across the nation to broach ideas on dealing with immigrant populations. Continue reading “Nashville Mayor Dean says welcoming immigrants helps communities”
Reno, Nevada ( CNN ) – Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie says his department will no longer hold illegal immigrants unless the federal government has a warrant. The department says the policy change is because of recent court decisions which have questioned the hold process by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
By some estimates, there are thousands of undocumented immigrants living in the Las Vegas valley. Metro Police has followed suit with cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia that have all said they will no longer honor ICE immigration holds without a warrant. Continue reading “Nevada Sheriff Vows To No Longer Hold Illegal Immigrants Without Warrant”
Christian Science Monitor – by Kristina Lindborg
They can range from a svelte 100 pounds to several thousand. They can be snub-nosed, bullet shaped brutes that can dive six miles deep or buoyancy-propelled machines that can gracefully glide for several months at a time. And they can perform a myriad of tasks ranging from tracking pollution to mapping terrain for oil and gas exploration.
They are autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), the aquatic answer to the airborne drones that track terrorists in Yemen and, if Amazon has its way, could be delivering DVDs and dog food to your back patio. Continue reading “Military ramps up use of underwater drones. What do they do?”
Yahoo News – by MATTHEW PERRONE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The same federal scientist who recently found forgotten samples of smallpox at a federal lab also uncovered over 300 additional vials, many bearing the names of highly contagious viruses and bacteria.
Food and Drug Administration officials said Wednesday the undocumented collection contained 327 carefully packaged vials, listing pathogens like dengue, influenza and rickettsia. Last week the government only disclosed that it had recovered six glass vials of smallpox dating from the 1950s. Continue reading “300 vials labeled influenza, dengue found at lab”
Yahoo News – by Marwan Makdisi
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Wednesday as Syria‘s president for a new term, after an election his opponents dismiss as a sham but his supporters say proves that a rebellion to unseat him has failed after three years of war.
After taking the oath of office before a Koran and a copy of the constitution, the president of 14 years delivered a defiant speech, vowing to recover all Syria from Islamist insurgents. Continue reading “Assad sworn in, vows to retake all Syria from rebels”
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Having scaled the heights of Earth with the world’s tallest tower, the United Arab Emirates is now aiming for the stars, or just a little bit closer, with an ambitions trip to Mars. The energy-rich country on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula announced plans Wednesday to send the first unmanned Arab spaceship to Mars in 2021.
The ruler of the UAE’s emirate of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said the mission will prove the Arab world is still capable of delivering scientific contributions to humanity, despite the many conflicts across the Middle East. Continue reading “UAE plans first Arab spaceship to Mars in 7 years”
Yahoo News – by Gustavo Palencia
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Top Honduran officials on Wednesday called for U.S. aid to Central America to reduce violence that has fueled a surge of child migration to the United States, with the foreign minister calling for a “mini-Marshall plan” to attack the broader underlying problems.
Honduran President Juan Hernandez said Washington should help Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras fight gangs with a plan similar to U.S. anti-drug programs in Colombia and Mexico, as well as funds to lift growth in the impoverished region. Continue reading “Honduras seeks U.S. aid on migrants, suggests ‘mini-Marshall plan’”
Gateway Pundit – by Kristinn Taylor
Welcome to America!
The Obama administration has awarded a $50 million contract to a charitable group to buy a Texas resort hotel and transform it in to a 600 bed facility for juvenile illegal aliens.
The beautiful Palm Aire resort and hotel has an indoor Olympic sized pool and an outdoor pool. Free Wi-Fi and cable TV are included in the simply decorated guest rooms. Continue reading “Feds to Open $50 Million Resort for Illegal Children – Complete With Tennis Courts, Sauna & Pools”
“Countless people … will hate the new world order … and will die protesting against it.” —H.G. Wells, The New World Order (1940)
Throughout our lives and throughout our culture, we are conditioned to rally around concepts of false division. We are led to believe that Democrats and Republicans are separate and opposing parties, yet they are actually two branches of the same political-control mechanism. We are led to believe that two nations such as the United States and Russia are geopolitical enemies, when, in fact, they are two puppet governments under the dominance of the same international financiers. Finally, we are told that the international bankers themselves are somehow separated by borders and philosophies, when the reality is all central banks answer to a singular authority: the Bank Of International Settlements (BIS). Continue reading “The Reasons We Fight The New World Order”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
McALLEN, Texas—Federal authorities have arrested a convicted drug trafficker from Mexico accused of taking part in the Gulf Cartel ordered kidnapping and execution of a man in the border city of Mission, Texas; the cartel team took the wrong man.
Court documents obtained by Breitbart Texas tell about how a missing cocaine load was the reason a Gulf Cartel commander sent a kidnapping crew into Hidalgo County where they staked out and tried to kidnap several targets. Eventually they took an innocent man, tortured him, and hauled him into Mexico where according to prosecutors he was executed. Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby reported on that incident previously. Continue reading “Alleged Gulf Cartel Hitman Arrested in Texas Over Kidnapping and Murder on US Soil”
New York Times – by Judi Rudoren
TEL AVIV — A senior Israeli military official said Wednesday the likelihood of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was “very high,” and that “if you want to efficiently fight terrorism you must be present, boots on the ground.”
The official, who has been briefing Israeli ministers who make strategic decisions, said his assessment was based on “the signals I get” and the diminishing returns of aerial bombardment after nine days. He said an Israeli takeover of Gaza is “not a huge challenge,” estimating it would take “a matter of days or weeks,” but that preventing a more dangerous devolution in the coastal enclave would require an occupation “of many months.” Continue reading “Gaza Invasion Is Likely, Israeli Official Says”
FALFURRIAS, Texas—A natural gas pipeline being constructed in the western portions of Brooks County is rapidly becoming a super-highway for illegal immigrants struggling to sneak around the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint located in the county. Workers report regularly seeing illegals making their way along the pathway of the pipeline.
Brooks County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Walden brought Breitbart Texas to the construction area during a ride-along. He said the pipleline has already become a massive flow point for the illegal immigrants who struggle to find their way north to an area where they can be picked up. Pipeline construction workers confirmed the presence of the illegal immigrants on a regular basis. Continue reading “Texas Pipeline Creates Illegal Immigrant Super-Highway”
LYNN, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) — Lynn is a municipality on the brink. Key department officials say a recent influx of illegal immigrant children and families in the city is stressing almost every service from trash collection to healthcare.
“We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we were able to absorb a lot of these children early on,” said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy. “But now it’s gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed, our health department is overwhelmed, the city’s budget is being sustainably altered in order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department.” Continue reading “Lynn officials: Illegal immigrant children are stressing city services”
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has convened with nonprofit groups to shelter undocumented immigrant children in L.A. while they await court hearings on whether they can remain in the United States.
KCAL9′s Bobby Kaple reports Garcetti said at a forum Tuesday the Department of Health and Human Services reached out to him about the possibility as federal authorities grapple with where to place undocumented children, fueling an ongoing debate about the nation’s immigration policies, which have led to rallies in Murrieta and across the Southland this month. Continue reading “LA Mayor Garcetti Convening With Nonprofits To Shelter Undocumented Children In LA”
Activist Post – by Heather Callaghan
Great news, ginger lovers!
This majestic culinary darling does way more than help with nausea and upset stomach. Way more.
Recently, a milestone study found that ginger actually fights several species of drug-resistant bacteria. It is well documented in studies for shrinking tumors in mice with hard to treat cancers. Continue reading “Ginger Induces Leukemia Cell Suicide”
The U.S. is facing a major health threat due to the explosion of disease at detention centers holding thousands of illegal-immigrant children on the southern border, says Dr. Elaina George, who specializes in ear, nose and throat afflictions.
“It’s absolutely a health threat,” George, a board-certified otolaryngologist, told “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV Monday. Continue reading “Doctor: Border Crisis Is ‘Absolutely a Health Threat’ to Nation”
CBS Sacremento – by Tony Lopez
YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — Little Rebecca Hall hasn’t had so much as a fever in her 14 months of life. Her mom Nakayla says it’s because she’s been diligent with her daughter’s immunization schedule.
“It’s completely important. she’s gotten all of her vaccinations and she hasn’t been sick once,” she said.
But health officials are concerned, because Yolo County is seeing a spike in whooping cough cases stronger than the rise in other California counties. Continue reading “Yolo County Officials Perplexed By Unusual Spike In Whooping Cough Cases”
ABC News – by Astrid Galvan, AP
Dozens of protesters on both sides of the immigration debate showed up in a small town near Tucson on Tuesday after the sheriff said the federal government plans to transport about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths.
The rallies demonstrated the deep divide of the immigration debate. One group waved American flags, held signs that read “Return to Sender” and “Go home non-Yankees” and said they would block a bus that was supposed to arrive with immigrant children aboard. A few miles up the road, about 50 pro-immigrant supporters held welcome signs with drawings of hearts. The dueling groups each had about 50 people. Continue reading “Arizona Protesters Hope to Stop Immigrant Transfer”
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KMVT News – by Paul Johnson
Yahoo News – by AYA BATRAWY
Alt-Market – by Brandon Smith
Breitbart – by Bob Price
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Newsmax – by Bill Hoffmann