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10-11-2011, 06:08 PM
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 U.S. Says Iran-Tied Terror Plot in Washington, D.C. Disrupted
This one sounds fun!
 The United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C. is pictured at night, in this undated file photo. (Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images) By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS (@brianross) Oct. 11, 2011 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 stunning allegations come against a backdrop of longstanding tensions between Iran and the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the last year, Saudi Arabia has attempted to build an anti-Iran alliance to push back against perceived aggression by Iran in the region. Click Here to Sign Up for Breaking News and Investigation Alerts From The Brian Ross Investigative Unit The State Department has listed Iran as a "state sponsor" of terror since 1984. Officials in Argentina have said Iran was behind an attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992. Alleged Terror Plotter Claims He Was 'Directed By High-Ranking' Iranian 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. The Iranian-American, identified by federal officials as Manssor Arbabsiar, 56, reportedly claimed he was being "directed by high-ranking members of the Iranian government," including a cousin who was "a member of the Iranian army but did not wear a uniform," according to a person briefed on the details of the case. Counter-terrorism officials said they believe the cousin may be part of the special operations unit of the Revolutionary Guard, the Quds force. Arbabsiar and a second man, Gohlam Shakuri, an Iranian official, were named in a five-count criminal complaint filed Tuesday afternoon in federal court in New York. They were charged with conspiracy to kill a foreign official and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, a bomb, among other counts. The complaint also refers to another Iranian official but does not name him. U.S. officials said Arbabsiar met twice in July with the DEA informant in the northern Mexico city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, and negotiated a $1.5 million payment for the assassination of the Saudi ambassador. As a down payment, officials said Arbabsiar wired two payments of $49,960 on Aug. 1 and Aug. 9 to an FBI undercover bank account after he had returned to Iran. Federal agents said the DEA and the FBI recorded a number of meetings and phone calls between the informant and Arbabsiar, some of them from Iran. Officials said Arbabsiar flew from Iran through Frankfurt, Germany, to Mexico City Sept. 28 for a final planning session, but was refused entry to Mexico and put on a plane to New York, where he was arrested. 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. Officials said Arbabsiar is now cooperating with prosecutors and federal agents in New York, where the case has been transferred. Senior Justice Department officials in Washington are reported to still be closely reviewing the specific language to be used in any charging documents. A spokesperson at the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., said she was unaware of the alleged plot. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-ira...ry?id=14711933 |
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10-11-2011, 06:14 PM
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10-11-2011, 06:17 PM
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Iran officials huh. |
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10-11-2011, 06:22 PM
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10-11-2011, 06:27 PM
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All BS false flags, they are struggling through the free media.. IE internet.
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10-11-2011, 07:05 PM
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with so many ( tipping point ) things happening around the world
whether it's created by TPTB or it just happens i think we're close to TSHTF |
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10-11-2011, 07:18 PM
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10-11-2011, 07:23 PM
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a distraction for this ?
Congressional Investigators to Subpoena Holder in Fast and Furious Probe October 11, 2011 EXCLUSIVE: Congressional investigators probing the failed anti-gunrunning operation Fast and Furious are sending a new subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder more . . . http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...furious-probe/ |
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10-11-2011, 07:29 PM
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a distraction for this ? |
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10-11-2011, 07:43 PM
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we all know israel's aim is to get their obediant lil bitch (america) to attack the enemy of zion (iran) so yes a "terror" attack is likey, but ,by Iran?? hell no.
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10-11-2011, 08:43 PM
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10-11-2011, 08:50 PM
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10-11-2011, 08:51 PM
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who benefits ?
Israel benefits from fractured relations between Mid-East Muslim countries. it's been their modus operandi since 1935, when Israel only existed in the form of 4 Jewish terrorist groups (many of whom subsequently received positions in Israel's government). how does Iran benefit from attacking a SA gov. employee ? |
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10-11-2011, 08:54 PM
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10-11-2011, 09:00 PM
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/and-no...n-verbally-now
Saudi's respond. Shillary chimes in: "The idea that they would attempt to go to a Mexican drug cartel to solicit murder-for-hire to kill the Saudi ambassador, nobody could make that up, right?" /sigh. Food for thought: http://www.newcolonist.com/dim_ages.html |
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10-11-2011, 09:04 PM
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This is on all channel news with big letters and bold print. Hey gvnmt, you've less people to bullshit every day, we who once patiently listened to your lies we now see through your eyes. (Oh but Israel cares that we follow the score, listen how they're conducting the play!)
Yes, an odd coincidence for this kind of news in a time when whole Europe, and why not America, is up against some big, uncomfortable changes in the financial sector coming right up in the next few weeks. (But gvnmt, why don't you try accusing someone of terrorism for some reason sometime, it might just work to conjure a headline story here and today!) |
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10-11-2011, 10:31 PM
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10-11-2011, 11:42 PM
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From another thread........
Salbuchi "Mossad caught in Buenos Aires", press tv interview > Dear Friends, |
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10-12-2011, 09:51 PM
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a distraction for this ? |
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10-13-2011, 04:55 PM
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The judge chimes in:
Is Obama Admin Fabricating Iranian Assassination Plot To Distract From Fast & Furious Investigation? |
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