A rare armed attack on a Jordanian intelligence agency facility has left five people dead, including three intelligence officers. The attack took place on Monday at the General Intelligence Department (GID) building in the Baqa’a refugee camp, located just north of the capital Amman. Built in 1968, Baqa’a is the largest of Jordan’s 10 government-sanctioned…
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Crusader Corner: Europe This Summer Faces Terror Threats From Every Direction
Police and Security Services in Europe this summer have really got it’s work cut out for it with the Euro 2016 Tournament. Besides your run of the mill ISIS Jihadist trying to blow themselves up and kill people at random, now you have “Ultra-Nationalist” Political Terror Groups running around with a virtual arsenal of weapons…
Texas Veterans News: Gov. Abbott Signs Legislation Championing TX Veterans
Governor Greg Abbott today hosted a signing ceremony at VFW Post 76 in San Antonio, the oldest VFW hall in Texas, highlighting multiple bills to implement his veterans’ initiative. Abbott signed legislation that will improve mental health care, exempt veteran-owned businesses from the franchise tax and create more job opportunities for our veterans, in addition…
Modern Crime: Vigilante “Creep Catchers” Are Luring Pedophiles Out and Getting Them Busted
The first time Cameron Allan went creep catching, he thought he was going to get stabbed. The New Brunswick, Canada teenager spent the morning of his 18th birthday posing as an underage girl on the internet with the goal of luring a would-be child-molester to his Saint John home and busting him on camera. Inspired…
Modern Crime: Pirates, Smugglers and Terrorist in the Western Pacific
The search for four kidnapped Malaysian sailors offers a window into a brutal underworld Johnny Lau Jung Hieng was just 20 years old when he was kidnapped. Born in Sarawak, Malaysia, he found work as a sailor on a tugboat as the youngest member of nine-man crew. Young men like Hieng commonly take work at…
Texas News: Blue Cross Announces 60% Rate Hike Due to Obama-Care
Socialism at it’s finest folks.-SF WASHINGTON — The largest health insurer in Texas wants to raise its rates on individual policies by an average of nearly 60 percent, a new sign that President Barack Obama’s overhaul hasn’t solved the problem of price spikes. Texas isn’t alone. Citing financial losses under the health care law, many…
Another Reason To Be Armed: Wheelchair Bound Vet Center Punches POS Burglar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports this week (5/21/2016) in Monticello, Georgia that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a fatal shooting by a local resident. A wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, age 69, was at home on Thursday about 9 p.m. That’s when an intruder, age 22, apparently forced his way into the home through a…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: Brazilian Smuggling Ring Responsible for Helping Middle Eastern Illegals Cross Southern Border
A Brazilian-based smuggling network has been helping illegal immigrants from the Middle East cross the Southern border — and in one case, an Afghan man was found to be part of a terrorist plot in North America, the Washington Times reported Thursday evening. The network has helped smuggle at least a dozen Middle Eastern men…
Military History: InfoGraphic of Combat Vehicles of the U.S. Military
Pop Chart Lab has created this nifty print, presented here as an infographic, of every U.S. military combat vehicle currently in service. Want a copy for your office? Click here. Read the Original Article at War on the Rocks
Texas News: 5 Soldiers Dead, 3 Injured and 4 Missing as Army Troop Truck Is Swept Off Road at Low Water Crossing near Ft. Hood
Send some prayers out for the families of these 5 Soldiers and for the Others Who are Hurt. A Soldiers Death in any situation is tragic! I tell you this flooding here in Teas has really took it’s toll. Please Lord, no More Rain!-SF U.S. Army teams and other emergency rescue crews are in a…