U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Senators Tuesday that although much attention was given to Russia's recent courting of some Latin American countries, he is more concerned about new activities of Iran in the region. Secretary Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee he is worried about efforts by the Iranian government to gain influence in Latin America. "I'm concerned about the level of, frankly, subversive activity the Iranians are carrying on in a number of...

WASHINGTON - Outgoing CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said yesterday that the most pressing issues facing his successor include Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon and surging violence in Mexico - but not the war in Iraq. Hayden also defended the agency's use of harsh interrogation methods and said he had advised the incoming administration against going too far in dismantling the agency's counterterrorism programs. "These techniques worked," Hayden said of the agency's...

This course exposes and illustrates the nexus between Foreign Terrorists, other terrorists and narcotics trafficking. It also covers narcoterrorists, Islamic fundamentalists and radicalization targeting America, as well as a proactive approach to combat the problem. Also illustrated will be The Current Islamic Terrorist Threat within the Borders of the US, Al Qaeda: The Current Threat, Jihad in America: An Expose of American Centers for Islamic Radical Activity, Developing Intelligence within...

MONTERREY, Mexico - Masked gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast Tuesday, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs. No injuries were reported in the assault on the Televisa network's studio in the northern city of Monterrey. It was the latest in a series of attacks on journalists covering drug cartels in Mexico. Televisa Monterrey director Francisco Cobo said the masked gunmen arrived in...

MEXICO CITY - The family of a student who survived a Colombian military raid on a rebel camp says she is returning to Mexico. Maria Alvarez says her niece Lucia Morett will return to Mexico on Wednesday. Morett has been exiled in Nicaragua since Colombia's March 1 cross-border attack on the rebel camp in Ecuador. She had feared prosecution in Mexico for having ties to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The attack killed a top FARC commander and 24 others,...

MEXICO CITY: A Mexican national was among the victims of an attack by militants on a Jewish cultural center in Mumbai, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday. The ministry said in a statement that the Mexican woman, who died in the attack, "was inside the center." It said the Mexican Embassy in India was still working to identify the victim. Source:

MEXICO CITY - A conversation between pilots and the control tower gave no hint that anything was wrong moments before a plane carrying Mexico's second-most-powerful official suddenly dived into rush-hour traffic. The death of Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino was a serious setback for Mexico's U.S.-backed fight against drug smuggling. He was President Felipe Calderon's most trusted confidante as the government pursues a hardline strategy that has brought down top drug kingpins but has...

U.S. officials have warned of a real danger Islamist extremists could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks against the United States. According to recent remarks made by Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Charles Allen, at a two-day conference hosted by SOUTHCOM and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA); “The threat of ties between criminal...

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Strangely enough MUSLIM CENTER DE MEXICO's activities in the second largest city in Mexico was due to a business opportunity that a Mexican hamburger factory (Trosi de Carnes SA de CV) had in 1995 when McDonalds Restaurants were opened in the Middle East. Trosi de Carne due to the Crazy cow disease in Europe was offered the production of hamburgers for all McDonalds restaurants in the Middle East and North Africa. MCM was asked to certify that the imported Halal meat...

MIAMI - There is real danger that Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new terrorist attacks, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Extremist group operatives have already been identified in several Latin American countries, mostly involved in fundraising and finding logistical support. But Charles Allen, chief of intelligence analysis at the Homeland Security Department, said they could use...