FBI, DEA agents disrupt terror plot tied to Iran, Zetas cartel

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FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today.

The officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C.

Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the U.S. officials.

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The new case, called Operation Red Coalition, began in May when an Iranian-American from Corpus Christi, Texas, approached a DEA informant seeking the help of a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, according to counter-terrorism officials.

The Iranian-American thought he was dealing with a member of the feared Zetas Mexican drug organization, according to agents.

The DEA office in Houston brought in FBI agents as the international terror implications of the case became apparent.

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Arbabsiar, a naturalized U.S. citizen, expressed "utter disregard for collateral damage" in the planned bomb attacks in Washington, according to officials.

He also reportedly told the undercover DEA informant that his contacts in the Iranian government could provide "tons of opium" for the Mexican cartels, according to officials who have reviewed the case file.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933
 
235360287471352662 said:
FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today.

The officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C.

Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the U.S. officials.

. . .

The new case, called Operation Red Coalition, began in May when an Iranian-American from Corpus Christi, Texas, approached a DEA informant seeking the help of a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, according to counter-terrorism officials.

The Iranian-American thought he was dealing with a member of the feared Zetas Mexican drug organization, according to agents.

The DEA office in Houston brought in FBI agents as the international terror implications of the case became apparent.

. . .

Arbabsiar, a naturalized U.S. citizen, expressed "utter disregard for collateral damage" in the planned bomb attacks in Washington, according to officials.

He also reportedly told the undercover DEA informant that his contacts in the Iranian government could provide "tons of opium" for the Mexican cartels, according to officials who have reviewed the case file.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933
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Hmm weren't many of the founding members of Zetas indeed Mexican soldiers sent to Ft. Bragg to be trained "anti-narcotics tactics" by the US military, more or less prepared them to be drug dealing assassins? Hmm :|
 
Something like that etarded
doesnt even matter when they can pay for pretty much their own private armies to fight each other with the way i see it, though, the leaders arent touching any drugs or guns i wouldnt think...
 
This week Congress is deciding whether to subpoena Eric Holder for Fast & Furious. This probably buys the Obama justice department some time and some good will. Very convenient.
 
Great an excuse to go to war with yet another country and an excuse to blame illegal drug sales for funding terrorists. This won't end well
 
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yes but the media and the government wont spin it that way. if anything they will use it as an excuse to devote more power to the war on drugs
 
Attack Fader said:
Great an excuse to go to war with yet another country and an excuse to blame illegal drug sales for funding terrorists. This won't end well
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Yeah for real.. We will start seeing more and more commercials saying stupid shit like "if you smoke weed you are funding terrorism which in turn makes you a terrorist!!" I seriously wouldn't put it past the people in power to say stupid shit like that and even go to the extent of considering all illegal drug users "TERRORIST!" ..... Our gov't runs on FEAR and fear alone... when it should be running on love. w0rd
 
Herbal~Jah said:
Yeah for real.. We will start seeing more and more commercials saying stupid shit like "if you smoke weed you are funding terrorism which in turn makes you a terrorist!!" I seriously wouldn't put it past the people in power to say stupid shit like that and even go to the extent of considering all illegal drug users "TERRORIST!" ..... Our gov't runs on FEAR and fear alone... when it should be running on love. w0rd
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Or "If you smoke weed, you are killing American troops."

The DEA has a military arm, called FAST. This is one of their teams:

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These are DEA agents, not soldiers. In any case, the DEA would greatly exacerbate the war on drugs in order to swell its budget (I think they already do this).

Imagine a permanent merging of the armed forces and the Justice Department. That actually sort of makes sense logistically, since many of our wars are essentially police actions.
 
The judge that presided over my recent court stuff went off on this woman trying to accuse her of funding the killing of people by purchasing marijuana...such bullshit. He failed to recognize that if marijuana were legal, it would be a kick in the balls to cartels. Drugs are how they make a lot of their money because there is a huge illicit market available for the taking by them created by them being illegal.
 
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