Boston bombers: FBI hunting 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell”
Police believe the pair were specially trained to carry out the devastating attack and belong to a larger group of fundamental Muslims. The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong Islamic terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to the Boston marathon bomb brothers. Police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were specially trained to carry out the devastating […]
Cloakroom: April 22-26
House Cloakroom: Analysis: This week, the House will bring a bill to the floor to fix one of the many failing parts of Obamacare. Obamacare created a deeply flawed temporary high-risk pool for those with pre-existing conditions to provide insurance coverage while the Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansion were set up. This high-risk pool had […]
The Boston Bombings and Immigration
Jacob Belcher/UPI/Newscom As tempting as it might be for anyone in Washington to find some way to spin the tragic events of the Boston bombings to advance their legislative agenda on Capitol Hill—they ought to think twice. That particularly goes for all sides in the immigration debate. We’re chagrined, therefore, that some of the bill’s […]
Russia warned US of Chechen immigrants
The US may be shocked that the terrorist suspects behind the Boston bombings are Chechen natives, but Russia has long cautioned Washington about giving asylum to Islamists from the North Caucasus, political analyst Dmitry Babich told Russia Today (RT). Two bombs exploded in Boston during the city’s Marathon on April 15, killing 3 people and […]
DeMint on Immigration: Incomprehensible, Comprehensive Bills” Not the Solution
The Heritage Foundation Immigration Reform Should Equal Opportunity, Not Debt – DeMint on Huckabee Both the process and the content of the current immigration bill violate America’s core principles and legacy of immigration, according to Heritage President Jim DeMint. “This whole process is not really American, to take a few people and go behind closed […]
The Philippines, an American Ally, Requires Continued Support
DENNIS M. SABANGAN/EPA/Newscom The armed forces of the United States and the Philippines conducted the 29th annual Balikatan joint military exercises April 5 through April 17. These military exercises are the largest and most significant joint military operations between the U.S. and Filipino militaries. The exercises are “a signature element” of the “two nations’ robust […]
National Tragedy Perverted to Promote Jewish Conspiracy Theories
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed concern over the alarming number of conspiracy theories circulating online in the aftermath of the terrorist bombings at the Boston Marathon, including spurious claims that Jews or the government were secretly behind the attack. Anti-Semites, racists, bigots and extremists have exploited the attack, accusing Jews and others of being […]
Gallup: 52% Support Heavy Taxes on the Wealthy to Redistribute Wealth
(CNSNews.com) – A new Gallup poll finds almost 6 in ten Americans believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of Americans, while one third think the current distribution is “fair.” Slightly more than half of Americans (52 percent) want government to do the redistribution by taxing the wealthy. […]
Boston Terrorist web page venerates Islam, Chechen independence
(Reuters) – Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev posted links to Islamic websites and others calling for Chechen independence on what appears to be his page on a Russian language social networking site. Abusive comments in Russian and English were flooding onto Tsarnaev’s page on VK, a Russian-language social media site, on Friday after he was […]
Chechen Islamist Behind Boston Terror Attack
The Boston terrorist have been identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., and his brother a second bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, according to NBC News, who was found with an IED on his body. The brothers are of Chechen origin, according to NBC, a volatile southern Russian republic. Tsarnaev came to America […]
Keeping Judges Out of the Foreign Policy Arena
Newscom This week, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision that will help prevent U.S. courts (and activist judges) from interfering in foreign policy issues that are—and should be—the constitutional prerogative of the executive and legislative branches. Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum involved the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), which was passed by the First Congress […]
