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To: K-oneTexas; piasa; All
Aug 13, 2012 - Venezuela as Iranian Terror Route Worries US "WASHINGTON -- Ever since Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a deal with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez for weekly air service between the nations' capitals, American officials have worried that Iranian-backed terrorists could reach to the rim of Latin America, pick up fake Venezuelan passports and sneak into the United States.

Now, with growing talk of a pre-emptive Israeli attack to slow Iran's suspected nuclear arms program, Iran has threatened that it would retaliate across the globe. And its easy access to the Western Hemisphere has the U.S. particularly concerned.

..........."There's pretty much of a general consensus within the intelligence community that Iranian-backed cells providing financial support to Hezbollah could easily convert to operational cells and light up the place," says U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul, a Republican whose district stretches from Austin to Houston.

McCaul, chairman of investigations for the House Committee on Homeland Security, led a seven-day fact-finding mission across Latin America last week. "From our observations on this trip, the Iranian threat to the United States is very real and it would be difficult to defend against all of these operatives..................."

18 posted on 09/29/2012 5:00:22 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Thanks for the update


19 posted on 09/29/2012 5:21:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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