I want to know how many foreigners who are merely citizens of threat nations have been intercepted? How many Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Saudis, Egyptians, Libyans, Somalis, etc have been caught? Take that number and figure it represents about 10%. That's the stat generated by the Border Patrol right after 911. They figured they were intercepting about 10% of those crossing the border daily. Of that number 10% were from countries considered to present a terrorist threat to this nation. Now, figure the numbers that are brought in for a substantial fee in by professional so called "coyote" smugglers. These groups have strong ties to formal "established" organized crime groups and newer upstart violent gangs like MS13.
Folks, how many illegals who cross the border and pay a coyote $50K are doing such so that they can come to the land of milk and honey and work in a 7-11? Based on the Border Patrols own figures (this was relayed to me by a Congressional Staffer -- so I don't have a link) there is the potential for about 70,000 terrorists to be lurking inside our borders right now.
Of course, not ALL of them are going to be actual terrorists sent by Hamas, Hezbollah or AQ. But a healthy chunk will be. They may have designated targets and be formed as cells. Each cell will have a certain number of "Operators" who will execute the mission. The other parts of the cell will be logistics, financial and security folks. Figure the size of a cell formally schooled in "tradecraft" will be about 10 folks, at the most. Of course for security, no cell will have any details on the existence of any other cells.
There may be large numbers lone gunmen who won't have a designated target but may be waiting for a unique "GO CODE" to take out targets of opportunity.
We're fighting the war on terror overseas. It was really begun here at home on Sept 11th 2001. It has yet to move into a phase of extended operations here on home soil. But that is coming. Sure as shootin.' I'm afraid that Americans are going to see the face of war up close and personal. The way the Israelis and the British have seen it for many decades. When our time of reckoning comes, we'll see if we've become a nation of sheep herded by our DEMOCRAT Shepherds or Sheepdogs who act on their own initiative to stop the wolves as the sheep bleat in fear.
On about the time of the Bali bombings, my fellow spooks in the Company were debating an interesting article we found, right here on FR (and forgive me, I can never find the link).
It discussed a developing practice of AQ at the time. Individual operatives would venture into Gulf States - Qatar, the Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait - with a wad of laundered cash and trainign manuals. Their orders were “go forth and multiply”. The result? Home-grown AQ cells, intimately familiar with the local customs and countryside, indistinguishable from immigrants or infiltrators.
That was 2002. They’ve had five easy years to plant the seeds.
AQ is constantly testing, stressing and probing. They evaluate our reactions with each scenario. They will sit and watch a road for days, learning the traffic patterns. They will observe routines, looking for patterns. And the sheep are nothing if not creatures of habit.
They have noted our reactions to Sudden Jihad Syndrome events, like the DC Sniper, the mall shooting in Utah, the pipe bomb at LAX, the Flying Imams, the Fort Dix Pizza Dudes, and how many others. They watch. And they wait.
And every mosque is a safe haven. We’ve legislated them so.
>>>It has yet to move into a phase of extended operations here on home soil. But that is coming.<<<
They’re here and some operations have already been thwarted:
McConnell said that Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terrorist network “intends to have an operation in the United States that will result in mass casualties.”
“We have stopped some efforts and we must stop all efforts.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNENMe3HCOnroZSvP2MAehX0sx2w