In the wake of the explosions at Istanbul and Brussels airports, what should we be doing to make our airports and train stations safer? On June 28, three still unidentified suspects attacked the parking area and the entrance to the international arrivals terminal at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport with gunfire and suicide vests, killing 41 people…
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RKBA News: Gun Used in Paris Attacks Came From “Fast and Furious” Debacle
I find it HILARIOUS that obamaoids have been jumping up and down throwing tantrums over wanting to impose another Assault Weapons Ban and yet one of the guns used in the Paris Attacks (An AK Assault Rifle) was put into circulation by the ATF in the Fast and Furious goat rodeo debacle. Going a bit…
Profiles in Courage: Byron and Gladys McKaig
When I read this story I was of course sad at the tragedy that had befallen the McKaig’s, but I was also Proud that this man, Mr. Byron McKaig, a retired Priest, died trying to Protect his wife during a recent wildfire in California. Mr. McKaig EXEMPLIFIES all the qualities that I try to have in…
Espionage Files: More on Russian “Harrassment” of American Diplomats
Yesterday I posted a story from Intel News about Russian “harassment” of American Diplomats in Russia. This story tells about one incident which was definitely NOT harassment but outright assault. It remains unclear however the exact details of this case and if the American was truly a “diplomat” or a Spy. -SF In the early…
Islam Invasion: Turkey May Be Partly To Blame For Istanbul Airport Attack
Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, Turkey’s largest, was hit with two suicide bombings yesterday that claimed the lives of at least 36 people. However, that grisly figure may rise further as there were also several dozen injured in the blasts, some of whom have been listed as critical. The airport was immediately shut down to commercial traffic. There were conflicting…
Crusader Corner: Rethinking Airport Security Worldwide After Brussels and Istanbul
What’s the point of stringent checks at the departure gates if anybody can walk into an airport terminal and start killing people? I have stood in a line for well over an hour for the security check at a very busy airport on the US East Coast. A line of hundreds upon hundreds of people…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: ISIS Takes a Page From The Battle of Stalingrad
More than a month after it began, the battle for the Syrian city of Manbij drags on. Now surrounded on all sides by a coalition of Kurds and Arabs, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, and supported by U.S. Special Operations forces as well as dozens of airstrikes, the motley assortment of troops is slowly rooting out Islamic…
Espionage Files: The Russian “Gray War” of Diplomatic Harrassment
A notable increase in incidents of harassment of American diplomats stationed in Europe by Russian intelligence personnel appears to be part of what some officials describe as an escalating “gray war” between the US and Russia. For over a year now, American State Department personnel stationed in Europe have been complaining of a systematic campaign…
Espionage Files: Our Man in Syria?
Russia Is Recruiting The U.S.’s Rebel Allies In Syria ANTAKYA, Turkey — The rebel commander was nervous. He had changed phone numbers and been difficult to reach before finally agreeing to meet in Antakya, a city near the border with war-torn Syria that has long swarmed with rebels, refugees, and spies. On the road to an…
Modern Crime: The Mafia is Giving Italians Cancer
I am sure if they looked into it hard enough that the Mafia in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago did or are doing the same thing! -SF When doctors in rural Italy began to see a surge in cancer cases, they were baffled. Then they made the link with industrial waste being dumped…