Thread: Al-Qaeda/FARC Connection: Running Drugs to U.S.

Al-Qaeda/FARC connection: Running drugs to U.S.
Posted in: Jim Kouri, NewsWire
By Jim Kouri
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 9:15:50 AM ET

Three suspected al-Qaeda associates who were apprehended in West Africa by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents during an international anti-drug operation, were extradited to New York and appeared in federal court in Manhattan, according to reports obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Terrorism and Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs committees.

The operation confirms the suspicions of terrorism experts that al-Qaeda members are involved in narcotics trafficking to fund their terror operations.

The suspects -- Oumar Issa, Harouna Toure and Idress Abelrahman -- will be charged with conspiracy to commit acts of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization after they allegedly agreed to transport as much as 1,000 kilos of cocaine. Allegedly, the drugs were earmarked for western European countries and the United States.

The cocaine interdiction and arrests occurred along the traffickers' favorite route through West Africa to North Africa that serves as a launch point for export to Europe. The suspects were taken into custody after an intense undercover investigation in which informants and agents posed as Colombian narco-terrorists who claimed they shared hatred for the United States with the African suspects.

According to the NACOP report, Colombian drug kingpins use the same transshipment techniques in Africa that they've successfully used in Latin America. The Colombian traffickers' utilized al-Qaeda's protection services in order to make certain shipments arrived at their destinations.

DEA officials report that in this case they were able to infiltrate the drug operation during the negotiations phase. The undercover DEA agents and informants indicated they were associated with the Colombia terrorist group FARC and could protect the shipment from West Africa to North Africa and ultimately to Spain.

Issa, Toure and Abelrahman claim to be from Mali, but their nation of origin is yet unknown.

Created in 1964, the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) is structured as a paramilitary organization, with approximately 10,000 armed guerillas organized into seven “blocs,â€

Thank you TX2...for the exposure on our war on terrorism
here on our borders..

FARC was further exposed by the excellent National Geo . mini seried "Border Wars" which should be required viewing by all Americans.

FARC is currently using Submarines ( 3 have been captured ) to move all counterband.
But also in regards to your topic, we have known for month here in AZ that crossers with ties to terrorist organizations/
are getting through based on the info obtained from interdicted illegals.
All attempts to release this proof for all of America to understand has been the biggest flaw for all issues for our National Security
and the biggest cover-up about illegal immigration by the pres.
They only hint discussed was the Somalian connection spoken about from the great state of TX.
No news media ever investagated further from the mainstream press.
After all, they would rather show a video over and over of oil gushing from a pipe in the Gulf that no one can fix.
Meanwhile you there in TX/ and we here in AZ/ know that the clock is ticking .
We also know what it's means when we say "our borders must be secured."Also thank TX for supporting us.