Thread: Islamists target Arizona base

Article published Nov 26, 2007
Islamists target Arizona base
November 26, 2007

By Sara A. Carter - Fort Huachuca, the nation's largest intelligence-training center, changed security measures in May after being warned that Islamist terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on the facility.

Fort officials changed security measures after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base, according to multiple confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Washington Times.

"A portion of the operatives were in the United States, with the remainder not yet in the United States," according to one of the documents, an FBI advisory that was distributed to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA, Customs and Border Protection and the Justice Department, among several other law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. "The Afghanis and Iraqis shaved their beards so as not to appear to be Middle Easterners."

According to the FBI advisory, each Middle Easterner paid Mexican drug lords $20,000 "or the equivalent in weapons" for the cartel's assistance in smuggling them and their weapons through tunnels along the border into the U.S. The weapons would be sent through tunnels that supposedly ended in Arizona and New Mexico, but the Islamist terrorists would be smuggled through Laredo, Texas, and reclaim the weapons later.

A number of the Afghans and Iraqis are already in a safe house in Texas, the FBI advisory said.

Fort Huachuca, which lies about 20 miles from the Mexican border, has members of all four service branches training in intelligence and secret operations. About 12,000 persons work at the fort and many have their families on base.

Lt. Col. Matthew Garner, spokesman for Fort Huachuca, said details about the current phase of the investigation or security changes on the post "will not be disclosed."

"We are always taking precautions to ensure that soldiers, family members and civilians that work and live on Fort Huachuca are safe," Col. Garner said. "With this specific threat, we did change some aspects of our security that we did have in place."

According to the FBI report, some of the weapons associated with the plot have been smuggled through a tunnel from Mexico to the U.S.

The FBI report is based on Drug Enforcement Administration sources, including Mexican nationals with access to "sub-sources" in the drug cartels. The report's assessment is that the DEA's Mexican contacts have proven reliable in the past but the "sub-source" is of uncertain reliability.

According to the source who spoke with DEA intelligence agents, the weapons included two Milan anti-tank missiles, Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles, grenade launchers, long guns and handguns.

"FBI Comment: The surface-to-air missiles may in fact be RPGs," the advisory stated, adding that the weapons stash in Mexico could include two or three more Milan missiles.

The Milan, a French-German portable anti-tank weapon, was developed in the 1970s and widely sold to militaries around the world, including Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Insurgents in Iraq reportedly have used a Milan missile in an attack on a British tank. Iraqi guerrillas also have shot down U.S. helicopters using RPGs, or rocket-propelled grenades.

FBI spokesman Paul Bresson would not elaborate on the current investigation regarding the threat, but said that many times the initial reports are based on "raw, uncorroborated information that has not been completely vetted." He added that this report shows the extent to which all law enforcement and intelligence agencies cooperate in terror investigations.

"If nothing else, it provides a good look at the inner working of the law-enforcement and intelligence community and how they work together on a daily basis to share and deal with threat information," Mr. Bresson said. "It also demonstrates the cross-pollination that frequently exists between criminal and terrorist groups."

The connections between criminal enterprises, such as powerful drug cartels, and terrorist organizations have become a serious concern for intelligence agencies monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border.

"Based upon the information provided by the DEA handling agent, the DEA has classified the source as credible," stated a Department of Homeland Security document, regarding the possibility of an attack on Fort Huachuca. "The identity of the sub-source has been established; however, none of the information provided by the sub-source in the past has been corroborated."

The FBI advisory stated the "sub-source" for the information "is a member of the Zetas," the military arm of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug-trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel controls the movement of narcotics from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the U.S. along the Laredo corridor.

However, the sub-source "for this information is of unknown reliability," the FBI advisory stated.

According to the DEA, the sub-source identified Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as the drug lords who would assist the terrorists in their plot.

This led the DEA to caution the FBI that its information may be a Gulf Cartel plant to bring the U.S. military in against its main rival. The Sinaloa and Gulf cartels have fought bloody battles along the border for control of shipping routes into the U.S.

"It doesn't mean that there isn't truth to some of what this source delivered to U.S. agents," said one law-enforcement intelligence agent, on the condition of anonymity. "The cartels have no loyalty to any nation or person. It isn't surprising that for the right price they would assist terrorists, knowingly or unknowingly."
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This is VERY serious. My son trained there, he was airborne intel for the 82nd and he served in two wars. What the article is too polite to mention is that once they shave their beards, they're don't just stop being flagged as middle eastern, they blend in better with the rest of the foreign, brunette, brown skinned population. They would have to have help getting in close enough to attack such a base. Not only is such an alliance alarming, but it also means that the cartels could just eliminate the middle man and attack the base themselves. If we don't secure our borders, the day when they become emboldened enough to do that might not be far off.

There are many militant/violent disasters waiting to happen as a direct consequence of the failure to secure our borders and choose who we let in vs. letting anyone in.

"The cartels have no loyalty to any nation or person. It isn't surprising that for the right price they would assist terrorists, knowingly or unknowingly."

Open borders have allowed thousands of terrorists into the country. It isn't a matter of IF THEY WILL STRIKE, but it's a matter of WHEN.

SHOULDN'T THE TERROR ALERT SYSTEM CHANGE COLORS? IT HASN'T MOVED AT ALL.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/1298860/detail.html

Five Levels Of Terrorism Alert System

The five levels of terrorism alerts outlined by the Department of Homeland Security, as well as recommended government and private-sector responses:

GREEN: (Low risk of terrorist attacks.)
Refine and exercise planned protective measures.
Ensure emergency personnel receive training.
Assess facilities for vulnerabilities and take measures to reduce them.

BLUE: (Guarded condition. General risk of terrorist attacks.)
Check communications with designated emergency response or command locations.
Review and update emergency response procedures.
Provide the public with necessary information.

YELLOW: (Elevated condition. Significant risk of terrorist attacks.)
Increase surveillance of critical locations.
Coordinate emergency plans with nearby jurisdictions.
Assess further refinement of protective measures within the context of the current threat information.
Implement, as appropriate, contingency and emergency response plans.

ORANGE: (High risk of terrorist attacks.)
Coordinate necessary security efforts with armed forces or law enforcement agencies.
Take additional precaution at public events.
Prepare to work at an alternate site or with a dispersed work force.
Restrict access to essential personnel only.

RED: (Severe risk of terrorist attacks.)
Assign emergency response personnel and preposition specially trained teams.
Monitor, redirect or constrain transportation systems.
Close public and government facilities.
Increase or redirect personnel to address critical emergency needs.

Storm Track Infiltration: Latest Harvest of Our Immigration Policy
November 26th, 2007 by WC
From The Gathering Storm Blog

One of the biggest arguments for closing the swinging door that is stands for our southern border is the threat of terrorist elements infiltrating the US. Lot’s of speculation as to who what and where – at least until now.

Fort Huachuca is the Armed Forces largest intelligence-training center and is located a stone’s throw from the Arizona-Sonoran border. Such a facility would make a temping target for terrorists. We’ve already seen that jihadists are not afraid to contemplate attacking a US military facility (Fort Dix, NJ) so the report that follows is being taken very seriously by the military.

This time producing the necessary personnel and weapons is much easier to do because of the disaster we call border security in this is country.

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Fort officials changed security measures after sources warned that possibly 60 Afghan and Iraqi terrorists were to be smuggled into the U.S. through underground tunnels with high-powered weapons to attack the Arizona Army base, according to multiple confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Washington Times.

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Fox News just reported this story. I bet John Gibson has it on. Let's see if Glenn Beck has it on.

WELL TOM TANCREDO what will they say now about you?

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Yes, you can take a ME, shave him, put a western hat, western shirt, big belt buckle and flashy cowboy books and most people would not have a clue.

I did read some time ago there was a school in Mexico that taught ME people to speak Spanish - of course the article said it had been closed down - right!!!

Secure our freakin borders NOW!!

Yes, but at the same time, we had better clear them out of this country.

We need to begin enforcing employee sanctions, cut them off welfare, impound those vehicles, and get the illegals out.

The illegals provide a really good smokescreen for the terrorists to come into this country.

The illegals and their purchasing of fake documents keeps that industry growing and there probably isn't a city, even small city, in America where one cannot get fake ID's.

We have to start checking those out.

Oh, I wish they'd put me in charge --------