Provincial police representatives in Iraq’s Kirkuk province met May 4th with Christian leaders in Kirkuk city to address concerns about increased violence against Kirkuk’s Christian minority

“This unconstitutional hate crimes bill also raises the possibility that religious leaders or members of religious groups could become the subject of a criminal investigation focusing on a suspect’s religious beliefs, membership in religious organizations and any statements made by a suspect,” said Congressman Paul Broun.

The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to U.S. security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a devastating military offensive from abroad, but rather more insidious assaults which hit closer to home, threatening lives and property and creating a climate of fear.

Mohammed Alkaramla, age 24, of Chicago was arrested on Friday at his residence, without incident, by members of the Chicago FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) for suspicion of sending a threatening letter to a Jewish school.

Monzer Al Kassar, a/k/a “Abu Munawar,” a/k/a “El Taous,” the leader of an international arms-trafficking ring, was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison for conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to be used to kill Americans in Colombia

Wahhabism is a fundamentalist movement, named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703-1792). It remains the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia.