Dry Run or Wrong Turn? 3 Mid-East Men Try to Enter Calif. Marine Base

the Blaze ^ | 3-31-11 | Jonathon M. Seidl

[Mozilla]

Was it just a wrong turn, or something more sinister?

Marine base Camp Pendleton — one of the largest military bases in the country — is reportedly on high alert after three Middle Eastern men tried to enter the base last weekend on multiple occasions in multiple vehicles. And while the men initially claimed they didn’t know each other and simply took a wrong turn, new information from a local gas station about “hateful comments” and “terrorist threats” casts doubt on their story:

http://clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/8178/2340295?wpid=9528

KGTV explains some of the shocking details:

According to a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alert issued to high-ranking Camp Pendleton officials, someone reported hearing hateful comments and terrorist threats from three men at a gas station in Oceanside Saturday.

Investigators at Camp Pendleton said the men asked the attendant for directions on how to get to Camp Pendleton before they left the gas station.

According to the alert, shortly after midnight Sunday, a rented silver Toyota Corolla driven by Naeem attempted to enter Camp Pendleton through the main gate. As it was being searched, Petrossian and Avanosian drove up in a black Mercedes, but were told to wait. Instead, they continued past the gate and onto the base. Following a short pursuit, the Mercedes was stopped and searched.

No weapons or contraband were found in the Mercedes, but base security noticed the air bag in the steering wheel of the Mercedes had been pulled out and re-attached with duct tape and had wires hanging free, the alert said.

[panthermom]

Don’t blame them, they were obviously lost. I am sure that Camp Pendleton is not well marked on the highway signs. /s

[unkus]

Hell yeah!

[CommerceComet]

Shoot’em first!

You know that Eric Holder would never stand for that! Read them their rights, then shoot them.

[Mozilla]

A picture of the muslim men who tried to enter the base:

After questioning, all three men said they were headed to the same destination — Glendale. They were photographed and released. But that wasn’t the end of it. Later Sunday morning Naeem returned and again tried to enter the base, saying he was trying to get to the interstate. He was given a letter of debarment and escorted to the freeway, KGTV reports. A local security expert who does undercover work and asked only to be called “John,” told KGTV the incident sounds like a dry run.

Surveillance video screen shot on the blaze.com from the news report:

“Number one: they went on base twice. Their stories didn’t stick, kinda wishy washy. Number two: the vehicle, the condition of the vehicle,” John said. “They could have been probing the security, not just cameras, sensors, individual security from MPs. Three: [they] could have wanted to know what background checks would have produced.” KGTV says it has learned that since the incident, high-ranking Camp Pendleton officials have notified other bases as well as law enforcement about a possible threat.

[cmsgop]

Just turn off the spell check..

[thesearethetimes...]

Exactly. And on a Marine Base!!!

Older Than Dirt Alert here, but when I grew up, Marines manned the gates, and I am telling you, NO ONE in their right mind tried to run ‘em unless they were in the market for a new set of tires : o

May God bless them, every one.
Tatt

[skeeter]

Petrossian and avanosian sound like Armenian names. Armenians are Christians.

With the massive numbers of immigrants in the country today I don't suppose it would be too difficult to fake IDs, and Armenia being a tiny Christian country surrounded by muslim ones, an Armenian ID would make the most sense for someone who appeared to be middle eastern.

On the other hand, maybe Armenia is mad at us, I dunno.

[xzins]

Little black helicopters are helping our enemies in Libya.

The State Department has heretofore denied the existence of both the black helicopters and that we have islamic enemies.

[thethirddegree]

Let them in the impact range and fire for effect.

[Michael.SF.]

Was it just a wrong turn...?

Well that can happen, perhaps we need to look into this a bit more?

Camp Pendleton... (is)—on high alert after three middle Eastern men tried to enter the base last weekend on multiple occasions in multiple vehicles

Hmm so much for the 'wrong turn' theory.

This writer - Jonathon M. Seidl - is a lib trying to cover up for the 'religion of peace'.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

new information from a local gas station about “hateful comments” and “terrorist threats” casts doubt on their story

Palin must have said something to push these guys over the edge.

[ErnBatavia]

There was a story (maybe urban legend)

Could go either way; for a short time in 1967 I was attached to an artillery battery that was indeed way out in the boondocks there; most artillery exercises took place at 29 Palms, though - at that time it was stricty an artillery base.

[databoss]

Issue new standing order... “intercept and detain, otw shoot on sight”

[Sir Gawain]

Probably just some of Holder’s people.

[RandallFlagg]

With Obama and Holder in charge, I’m surprised that those gate guards aren’t being sent to Leavenworth by now.

[concerned about politics]

Entering through the main gate? Not very bright.

A distraction. Where were the others at the time? What was the left hand doing?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Where's Waldo?....

[COBOL2Java]

Regarding that photo of the main gate: There aren't any swing-down gates? What about those barriers that fly up if someone tries to fly past the gates? I've seen those things in action: they'll pop up in a fraction of a second and effectively cut the vehicle in two.

I don't understand how the Mercedes was able to keep going...

[Sprite518]

Why were they released?

[skimask]

On post #44 they claimed they were looking for Glendale. I would venture that Glendale is about 80 miles north of Pendelton but Glendale does have a rather large Armenian population in the eastern part of the town. It bothers me that they got past the guards. That should have not happened. Those Marines who were standing guard most likely had quite a lot of explaining to do. This whole situation does not pass the smell test.