Posted on 12/12/2011 6:35:39 AM PST by IbJensen
Middle Eastern terrorists have infiltrated Latin American countries—especially Mexico—to plan an attack against the United States, according to an alarming exposé broadcast this week by the world’s largest Spanish news network. Related Article Here
The Univision documentary, “La Amenaza Irani,” (Iranian Threat), uses undercover, never-before-seen video footage to illustrate how Iran’s growing political, economic and military ties to Latin America threaten U.S. security. The videos were part of a seven-month investigation in which college-aged Mexicans infiltrated diplomatic circles in Mexico to obtain recordings that prove diplomats from Iran, Venezuela and Cuba planned a cybernetic attack against the White House, FBI, Pentagon and U.S. nuclear plants.
The documentary also features secret video taken by extremists linked to Iran and footage from an undercover journalist who infiltrated Venezuelan military camps where terrorists trained. The news network’s investigative team also tracked the expansion of Iranian interests in the hemisphere, including money-laundering and drug-trafficking activities by terrorist groups supported by Iran.
A segment is dedicated to the connection between Mexican drug cartels and the foiled plot to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. a few months ago. One of the Iranians charged had been ordered by that country’s Special Forces to travel to Mexico to recruit members of the notorious drug cartel “Los Zetas” to carry out the plot. The massive scheme against U.S. government information and computer systems had been in the works years earlier, the documentary reveals.
The ties between Middle Eastern terrorists and Latin America are nothing new, though specific plots against the U.S. from the region have likely not been exposed in this manner. Since 1982 Cuba has appeared on the State Department’s list of countries that have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, which means restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, a ban on defense exports and sales and other financial restrictions.
Earlier this year the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which examines issues for federal lawmakers, published a report on Latin American terrorist concerns to the United States. It points out that, while Latin America has not been the focal point of the U.S. war on terrorism, the region has struggled with domestic terrorism for decades and international terrorist groups have used it as a battle ground to advance their causes.
The report specifically mentions Iran’s increasing activities in Latin America in its attempt to circumvent U.S. sanctions as well as its ties to the radical Lebanon-based Islamic group Hezbollah. In fact, the CRS report quotes a separate State Department antiterrorism document that says the U.S. remains concerned that sympathizers of Hezbollah and the Sunni Muslim Palestinian group Hamas are raising money among the sizable Middle Eastern communities in the tri-border area of Argentina.
(1) Against ALL muslims, foreign and DOMESTIC
(2) Against the pathetic excuse for a government that headquarters itself in the District of Columbia.
This hemisphere suffers from not applying the Monroe Doctrine while our troops are stationed in 143 locations outside CONUS while NONE are stationed in either Israel or Taiwan. These two nations are our only true allies, but we don't want to offend the muslims or our lenders.
I recently read that this Administration is secretly funnelling large weapons (like rocket launchers) into Mexico for no apparent reasson. I wonder if this is the reason?
Yes. It’s the latest edition of the AG’s program of giving weapons to killers in order to make certain they get them by tracing the transactions.
By the time someone in this slowly decaying nation figures out what’s happened many will be dead.
Let’s make certain we have four more years of this treachery by putting forward the candidacy of the two RINO front runners.
Build the wall and build it high,
so the Muslims can’t get by.
If you want chaos, incite riots in the streets (OWS was the warm-up)
If you want chaos, befriend drug cartels south of the border who can invade our southern cities on a momen’t notice.
If you want chaos, allow terrorists free reign by not even recognizing them as a threat from your Department of Homeland Security.
If you want chaos, keep saying unemployment is going down even though people are simply not looking for work anymore.
If you want chaos, destroy your currency that will create a shock throughout the system.
If you want chaos, elect a socialist.
FYI
Handing the Iranians a spy drone is eerily smilier to Clinton handing the Chinese a spy satellite when the Chinese did everything they could to make sure BC didn't leave the WH in 1996, you know like arming up the gangs in LA with full auto weapons.
What a coincidence.
It's a good thing that Bush secured our southern border after 9/11. Oh, wait a minute...
And if you want to destroy the country that elected you, create chaos.
I once knew a Pakistani fellow who got mistaken for a Mexican all the time. You will never, ever be able to pick out one from another in a crowd.
Ultralight Aircraft Drug Smuggling Bill Clears Senate
Source: Congressional Documents and Publications
Created: December 12, 2011
General Aviation News
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Tom Udall (D-NM) today lauded Senate passage of legislation that will help improve border security by cracking down on smugglers who use ultralight aircraft to bring drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011, sponsored by Udall and Heller, passed unanimously in the Senate late Thursday night.
The bill now moves to the U.S. House, where it passed overwhelmingly last Congress after being introduced by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ-08), who has long fought for increased security along the southwest border. Heller, then a member of the House, was an original cosponsor of that legislation.
“Due to a loophole in current law, drug smugglers who use ultralights receive a lesser penalty than those who use airplanes or cars. Today, the Senate took an important step to provide law enforcement with the tools it needs to prosecute drug smugglers to the fullest extent of the law, which helps protect our communities from illicit substances. I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with both Senator Udall and Congresswoman Giffords in this effort,” said Heller.
Every year, hundreds of ultralight aircraft (ULAs) are flown across the southern border and can carry several hundred pounds of narcotics. ULAs are small, single-seat aircraft that are favored by smugglers because they are inexpensive, relatively quiet and can fly at night without lights. They are often able to evade radar detection and can drop a load of narcotics in the U.S. and return to Mexico without ever landing in this country.
The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011 would:...
Ultralight Aircraft Drug Smuggling Bill Clears Senate
Source: Congressional Documents and Publications
Created: December 12, 2011
General Aviation News
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Tom Udall (D-NM) today lauded Senate passage of legislation that will help improve border security by cracking down on smugglers who use ultralight aircraft to bring drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011, sponsored by Udall and Heller, passed unanimously in the Senate late Thursday night.
The bill now moves to the U.S. House, where it passed overwhelmingly last Congress after being introduced by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ-08), who has long fought for increased security along the southwest border. Heller, then a member of the House, was an original cosponsor of that legislation.
“Due to a loophole in current law, drug smugglers who use ultralights receive a lesser penalty than those who use airplanes or cars. Today, the Senate took an important step to provide law enforcement with the tools it needs to prosecute drug smugglers to the fullest extent of the law, which helps protect our communities from illicit substances. I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with both Senator Udall and Congresswoman Giffords in this effort,” said Heller.
Every year, hundreds of ultralight aircraft (ULAs) are flown across the southern border and can carry several hundred pounds of narcotics. ULAs are small, single-seat aircraft that are favored by smugglers because they are inexpensive, relatively quiet and can fly at night without lights. They are often able to evade radar detection and can drop a load of narcotics in the U.S. and return to Mexico without ever landing in this country.
The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011 would:...
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10522449/ultralight-aircraft-drug-smuggling-bill-clears-senate
BTTT!
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