America is increasingly being surrounded, infiltrated and eaten away from the inside...
Terrorists Training in South America Threaten US National Security
By Jim KouriJan 15, 2007
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According to testimony given to the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee by General Peter Pace, then Vice Chairman, now Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hamas has joined Hezbollah and Al Qaeda in the Triple Frontier Zone in Latin America where the borders of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge.
There the Islamic terror groups train recruits, gather intelligence on targets, launder money and sell drugs. There is evidence that these terrorists and narco-terrorists will soon migrate north into the United States. He cited terrorism reports indicating terrorist groups are active in Canada and Central-South America.
Border Patrol agents began to voice what many believed were legitimate concerns about "armed incursions" into the United States from Mexico-based assailants. They reported that heavily armed Mexican army units and federal police, called Federales, had infiltrated US territory and fired upon them, in some cases because -- federal agents would later discover -- Mexican drug lords had put prices on the heads of American law-enforcement agents serving along the border.
There the Islamic terror groups train recruits, gather intelligence on targets, launder money and sell drugs. There is evidence that these terrorists and narco-terrorists will soon migrate north into the United States. He cited terrorism reports indicating terrorist groups are active in Canada and Central-South America.
Border Patrol agents began to voice what many believed were legitimate concerns about "armed incursions" into the United States from Mexico-based assailants. They reported that heavily armed Mexican army units and federal police, called Federales, had infiltrated US territory and fired upon them, in some cases because -- federal agents would later discover -- Mexican drug lords had put prices on the heads of American law-enforcement agents serving along the border.
Where was the outrage by our political leaders and the mainstream media over this blatant violation of our national sovereignty?
Recently, a number of armed gunmen entered the US from Mexico and caused National Guard troops to retreat. Not only did the President and his administration remain silent about this incursion, but the elite media either ignored the story or minimized its significance.
Recently, a number of armed gunmen entered the US from Mexico and caused National Guard troops to retreat. Not only did the President and his administration remain silent about this incursion, but the elite media either ignored the story or minimized its significance.
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**Monday January 15, 2007
Ahmadinejad's Excellent Latin American Adventure
Ahmadinejad's Excellent Latin American Adventure
By Douglas Farah
So what is the real reason for such high-level, sustained interest by Iran? There is a deeper concern than the normal politics of the moment.
Iran’s influence and presence in Latin America has grown as Hezbollah’s presence has increased along with noticable Iranian-funded Shi’ite efforts to win converts, build mosques and spread their ideology through literature and the internet.
Hezbollah-linked individuals and groups from Panama to Isla Margarita to the Tri-Border Area help funnel millions of dollars to the Lebanese armed wing of Hezbollah, which is also responsive to Iran, its main state sponsor.
It seems unlikely to me that Iran’s sudden public interest and the above-mentioned treds are mere coincidence. Nor is the alliance with Chavez. Iran fears a U.S. attack at some point to try to take out its nuclear capacity. Another front in such a war would be not only good strategy, but necessary. The threat is straightforward-if Iran’s borders are under siege, so will the borders of the United States be under siege.
This is a dangerous moment because Venezuela sells almost half its oil to the U.S. market, and is using the money to buy weapons from Iran and Russia, contract to build its own Kalashinkov factory and generally engage in a military buildup that has no target other than the rest of the region.
Given Chavez’s tolerance, if not outright support for the FARC in Colombia, this is a volatile mixture. The FARC, in turn, has extensive relationships with drug trafficking groups and criminal gangs that constantly penetrate the U.S. border. The basis for cooperation need not be ideological or theological. It can be simply the desire to hurt a common enemy. In this case, that is the United States.
Iran’s influence and presence in Latin America has grown as Hezbollah’s presence has increased along with noticable Iranian-funded Shi’ite efforts to win converts, build mosques and spread their ideology through literature and the internet.
Hezbollah-linked individuals and groups from Panama to Isla Margarita to the Tri-Border Area help funnel millions of dollars to the Lebanese armed wing of Hezbollah, which is also responsive to Iran, its main state sponsor.
It seems unlikely to me that Iran’s sudden public interest and the above-mentioned treds are mere coincidence. Nor is the alliance with Chavez. Iran fears a U.S. attack at some point to try to take out its nuclear capacity. Another front in such a war would be not only good strategy, but necessary. The threat is straightforward-if Iran’s borders are under siege, so will the borders of the United States be under siege.
This is a dangerous moment because Venezuela sells almost half its oil to the U.S. market, and is using the money to buy weapons from Iran and Russia, contract to build its own Kalashinkov factory and generally engage in a military buildup that has no target other than the rest of the region.
Given Chavez’s tolerance, if not outright support for the FARC in Colombia, this is a volatile mixture. The FARC, in turn, has extensive relationships with drug trafficking groups and criminal gangs that constantly penetrate the U.S. border. The basis for cooperation need not be ideological or theological. It can be simply the desire to hurt a common enemy. In this case, that is the United States.
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I will refer you to this previous post also - about the tourism agreement reached between IRAN AND MEXICO.
posted by jillosophy at 1/16/2007 12:33:00 PM
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