Ex-Security Chief Blows Whistle on UN’s Kosovo Mission
(CNSNews.com) - Following five years of United Nations control and billions of dollars of international aid, Kosovo is a lawless region “owned” by the Albanian mafia, characterized by continuing ethnic cleansing and subject to increasing infiltration by al Qaeda-linked Muslim jihadists, according to a whistleblower interviewed by Cybercast News Service...

Michael Brown Says FEMA ‘Did a Good Job in Gulf States’
(CNSNews.com) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown told a congressional panel on Tuesday that he made two specific mistakes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including his failure to recognize that state and local officials were not working together in Louisiana. He described himself as someone who knows what he’s doing when it comes to disaster response...

Frist Explains His Stock Trade As Opponents Pounce
(CNSNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, under fire for selling millions of dollars of stock in the health care business founded by his family, issued a statement on Monday, telling the public “what I know and what I did.” His explanation, however -– that he was trying to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest -– has not satisfied Democrat and liberal groups, who suggest Frist traded on inside information...

Palestinian Rocket Fire Is ‘Cause For War’, Israel Says
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says that rocket attacks and infiltrations across the Gaza Strip border constitute a reason for war – just as if such attacks were conducted across the border of any sovereign state. “Our level of tolerance will be zero,” said Dr. Ra’anan Gissin warned on Tuesday...

North Korea Views Food Aid as Security Risk
(CNSNews.com) – The North Korean government worries about the security implications of having foreigners wandering around the country to monitor emergency food aid, and that’s one reason it asked the U.N. to stop the food deliveries, a North Korean political analyst said Tuesday...

India’s Vote Against Iran Seen as Important Shift
(CNSNews.com) – Iran has accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog of acting under American and European pressure, following the recent passage of a resolution critical of its nuclear activities...