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Military Experts: With ISIS in El Paso, Ft. Bliss in Danger of Terrorist Attack
Judicial Watch ^ | 9/4/2014

Posted on 09/04/2014 6:57:41 PM PDT by markomalley

The recent increase in security at a key Army base near a Mexican border city where Islamic terrorists are confirmed to be operating and planning an attack on the United States indicates that the facility is a target, according to senior military experts contacted by Judicial Watch.

Last week JW reported that the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is working in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and planning to attack the United States with car bombs or other vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED). High-level federal law enforcement, intelligence and other sources confirmed to JW that a warning bulletin for an imminent terrorist attack on the border has been issued. Agents across a number of Homeland Security, Justice and Defense agencies have all been placed on alert and instructed to aggressively work all possible leads and sources concerning this imminent terrorist threat.

Juarez is a famously crime-infested narcotics hotbed situated across from El Paso, Texas. Ft. Bliss is the Army’s second-largest installation, spanning more than 1 million acres with an active duty force of 34,411 and headquartered in El Paso. Two days after JW broke the story on ISIS operating in Juarez, Ft. Bliss announced it was increasing security measures. A statement that went out to the media was rather vague, attributing the move to several recent security assessments and the constant concern for the safety of military members, families, employees and civilians.

But senior military officials contacted by JW this week reveal that military installations in the U.S. only make changes to security measures when there are clear and present threats. “It’s a significant issue when this is done,” says retired Army Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, former commander of the Army’s elite Delta Force who also served four years as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. “That means they’re getting a threat stream. Ft. Bliss had to have a clear and present threat.”

The inaccuracies to the public appear to be part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to downplay the bloodshed that has long plagued the southern border and now the imminent threat of Islamic jihadists planning a strike as the 13th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil approaches. Remember that Obama’s first Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, famously proclaimed that the border is as secure as it’s ever been even as organized syndicates took over portions of the region, smuggling drugs, humans, weapons and money into the U.S.

Back in 2010 a veteran federal agent disclosed that the government was covering up the growing threat by Middle Eastern terrorists entering the country through Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol classifies them as OTM (Other Than Mexican) and many come from terrorist nations like Yemen, Iran, Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan. The feds call them SIAs (Special Interest Aliens) and the government doesn’t want Americans to know about them or that ISIS is operating adjacent to a major American city. “ISIS is working with the drug cartels,” confirms retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely, who’s regularly briefed by high-level contacts in the region. Besides Ft. Bliss, Maj. Gen. Vallely believes another Texas Army base, Ft. Hood, is also a target for Islamic terrorists.

As we all know, Ft. Hood was already attacked by a radical Army psychiatrist (Nidal Malik Hasan) who murdered 13 colleagues and wounded dozens of others as he chanted “Allahu Akbar!” (God is great in Arabic). Hasan had ties to a radical mosque leader (Anwar al Awlaki) who promotes jihad against the U.S., attempted to contact Al Qaeda associates prior to the attack and defended Islamic suicide bombers in comments he posted on the internet.

Hundreds of miles across the Lone Star State, geography makes Ft. Bliss an exceptionally big target at the moment, JW’s military experts say. For starters it’s a sensitive compound that sits near a notoriously porous border adjacent to a Mexican city long run by heavily armed drug cartels. As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches and ISIS establishes itself in Juarez, there’s no question the El Paso Army base is vulnerable, military experts told JW this week.

“Given how easy it is to cross the border terrorist can easily cross it,” Lt. Gen. Boykin said. “We’ve known for some time that terrorist elements have entered the U.S. through Mexico. This is nothing new.” Actually, Islamic terrorists are likely planning multiple attacks in the border region, including perhaps malls and power grids, according to Maj. Gen. Vallely, who assures that the cells are quite sophisticated. “They are well organized and well-funded,” he said.


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhimmitude; ftbliss; isis; jihad; rop; terrorthreat; texas
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To: Dr. Pritchett

You left out getting Trannies fully on board


41 posted on 09/04/2014 8:42:21 PM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger e)
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To: garjog

That will just piss people off.
Hitting amitary base makes a bigger statement, and can be considered a legitimate military target


42 posted on 09/04/2014 8:46:50 PM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger e)
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To: markomalley

Impossible. The border is as secure as its ever been.


43 posted on 09/04/2014 8:53:09 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Prayers up for the safety of your family in El Paso.


44 posted on 09/04/2014 9:52:54 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: markomalley

!


45 posted on 09/04/2014 11:23:27 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
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To: LUV W; El Gato; Eaker; hocndoc; Squantos; SwinneySwitch; MeekOneGOP; weegee; EQAndyBuzz; ...
Frightening news Texas ping!!

I agree, Luv. Passing this info on to the Texas posse.



46 posted on 09/04/2014 11:24:13 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

morning bump


47 posted on 09/05/2014 3:27:47 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: markomalley

Kaos is what they thrive on, throwing up orange alerts, yellow alerts, red alerts keeps us all on the edge the way they intend to. They have done nothing to secure our safety and everything to allow this to happen again.


48 posted on 09/05/2014 3:31:06 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: markomalley

Fort Bliss should start building a Golf Course. That will ensure Obama pays attention and will order a red alert.


49 posted on 09/05/2014 4:21:13 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Yorlik803

Ft Bliss Golf Course

50 posted on 09/05/2014 4:25:13 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: bert

Awesome....Now King Obama will protect it,Maybe.


51 posted on 09/05/2014 4:27:08 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Windflier

I read this late last night. Scary stuff.


52 posted on 09/05/2014 5:07:40 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: GeronL; All

I really hope the terrorists bring knives to a tank battle...that would be really cool...

like Gen. Patton said...we can use their guts to grease g he treads of our tanks...

this would give a new meaning to the term “Texas Road Kill”...


53 posted on 09/05/2014 5:51:49 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: Paladin2

No...The executioner has a man out with the flu...And he is booked solid till next week...Cannot possible fit him in till next Wednesday...

sorry...


54 posted on 09/05/2014 5:58:05 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: garjog

Yes...


55 posted on 09/05/2014 6:04:10 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: Spktyr

Not everybody...And...Not enough...

We are going to be hit...when and where is left to be seen...

it will be deadly...costly...and this government is not ready to stop it...only react...

once we get used to that fact...we can be prepared for this reality...

its sad... but true..


56 posted on 09/05/2014 6:17:29 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: bert

LMAO. Ft Bliss never looked so green, with all of those fir trees.


57 posted on 09/05/2014 6:23:35 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: markomalley

El Paso and Fort Bliss are on alert.

It’s more likely they head down the barren route of I10/I20 to DFW and all the soft targets there.

Or try to capture a small West Texas town, ISIS style.


58 posted on 09/05/2014 6:30:16 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: bert

That’s no Ft. Bliss Golf Course! Lol, maybe 100 miles north in Ruidoso, NM, but not here!


59 posted on 09/05/2014 8:24:55 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: Windflier

Thanks for the ping!


60 posted on 09/05/2014 8:38:33 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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