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Originally posted by pheonix358
Hilary should engage her brain. If even a tiny piece of what she says is true, then why would they export it to Mexico.
Originally posted by DarknStormy
So is she suggesting that Iran is behind the Mexican drug cartels? They seem to be the only terrorists I've heard of in Mexico...
If world leaders are going to make these claims they better be ready to back them up
Hilary should engage her brain. If even a tiny piece of what she says is true, then why would they export it to Mexico.
Originally posted by jcarpenter
Originally posted by DarknStormy
So is she suggesting that Iran is behind the Mexican drug cartels? They seem to be the only terrorists I've heard of in Mexico...
Then you must not be aware of the CIA's presence. It would be my guess that Washington is directly running one or more cartels. They *are* directly involved in drug running in South America.
This unsettling trend was the reason for a Subcommittee-led Congressional Delegation to Latin America in August 2012. The Delegation traveled to Mexico, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, as well as the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, for a firsthand assessment of the increasing threat posed by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America. After conferring with U.S. officials, foreign leaders and other experts within these countries, the Subcommittee has concluded that Iran and Hezbollah pose a threat to the entire Western
Hemisphere including the United States and our Southwest border. For the specific findings and recommendations to the White House National Security Advisor of the Congressional Delegation, see Appendix A of this report.
Specifically mentioned in the indictment
was 85,000 kilograms of coc aine that was sold to the Los Zetas drug cartel from 2005 to 2007.33
The indictment further substantiates the established relationship between Hezbollah, a proxy for
Iran, and Mexican drug cartels, which control secured smuggling routes into the United States.
This nexus potentially provides Iranian operatives with undetected access into the United States.
"These bad guys (cartels) are now routinely coming in very close contact with the
likes of Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaeda, who are vying for the same money, the
same turf and same dollars. It's really a nightmare scenario. And my point being
is if anyone thinks for a moment that Hezbollah and Qods Force, the masters at
leveraging and exploiting existing elicit infrastructures globally, are not going to
focus on our southwest border and use that as perhaps a spring board in
attacking our country then they just don't understand how the real underworld
works."59
This unsettling trend was the reason for a Subcommittee-led Congressional Delegation to Latin America in August 2012. The Delegation traveled to Mexico, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, as well as the Tri-Border Area (TBA) of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, for a firsthand assessment of the increasing threat posed by Iran and Hezbollah in Latin America. After conferring with U.S. officials, foreign leaders and other experts within these countries, the Subcommittee has concluded that Iran and Hezbollah pose a threat to the entire Western
Hemisphere including the United States and our Southwest border. For the specific findings and recommendations to the White House National Security Advisor of the Congressional Delegation, see Appendix A of this report.
Specifically mentioned in the indictment
was 85,000 kilograms of coc aine that was sold to the Los Zetas drug cartel from 2005 to 2007.33
The indictment further substantiates the established relationship between Hezbollah, a proxy for
Iran, and Mexican drug cartels, which control secured smuggling routes into the United States.
This nexus potentially provides Iranian operatives with undetected access into the United States.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
Okay, first of all, what is terrorism? There are many different interpretations of what terror may be and no matter which definition I use in order to please the masses I get flamed so I will let you all go by your own preconceived ideas of what terrorism is.
Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-52) expanded the definition of terrorism to cover ""domestic,"" as opposed to international, terrorism.
(1) the term “international terrorism” means activities that—
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum;
(2) the term “national of the United States” has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
(3) the term “person” means any individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property;
(4) the term “act of war” means any act occurring in the course of—
(A) declared war;
(B) armed conflict, whether or not war has been declared, between two or more nations; or
(C) armed conflict between military forces of any origin; and
(5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that—
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended—
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.