Feds Foil Massive Iran-Linked Terror Plot on U.S. Soil
- Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:04pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Federal officials say FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran. ABC News first reported:
“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 case has been called “Operation Red Coalition” and traces back to an Iranian-American from Corpus Christi, Texas, who contacted a DEA informant in May, for help from a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador. The Iranian-American thought he was dealing with a member of the Zetas Mexican drug organization, according to agents.
The assassination was allegedly “directed by elements of the Iranian government” according to CNN.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the plot shortly before 2:15p.m. ET at a press event in Washington with FBI Director Robert Mueller and U.S. attorney in Manhattan Preet Bharara. Holder confirmed that 56-year-old Manssor Arbabsiar is accused of attempting to orchestrate a $1.5 million assassination plot of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. Holder said Arbabsiar is in U.S. custody, and has confessed to the accusation.
You can watch his press conference, where he was joined by the FBI, below:
Arbabsiar, a naturalized U.S. citizen, expressed “utter disregard for collateral damage” in the planned bomb attacks in Washington, according to officials who spoke with ABC News.
Holder confirmed the plot was linked to the Iranian government, specifically the Quds force, and that the conspiracy “constitutes a flagrant violation of U.S. and international law.”
The Quds force is an elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
The Iranian government has denied the accusation, and say that the allegations are being used as a means for the United States to deflect attention from their own economic problems.
Holder said the U.S. would hold Iran accountable, and the foiling of the plot “marks a significant achievement.”
“Through the diligent and coordinated efforts of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies, we were able to disrupt this plot before anyone was harmed. We will continue to investigate this matter vigorously and bring those who have violated any laws to justice.”
CNN reports on the criminal complaint filed Tuesday in the Southern District of New York against the alleged orchestrators of the attack, Manssor Arbabsiar, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran’s Quds Forces:
“Arbabsiar was arrested on Septemnber 29, 2011, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. He will make his initial appearance on Tuesday before in federal court in Manhattan, the Justice Department said. He allegedly confessed to his participation in the murder plot, according to the Justice Department.
Shakuri remains at large.
The men are charged with the following crimes: conspiracy to murder a foreign official; conspiracy to engage in foreign travel and use of interstate and foreign commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire; conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives); and conspiracy to commit an act of international terrorism transcending national boundaries. Arbabsiar is further charged with an additional count of foreign travel and use of interstate and foreign commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.”
FBI Director Robert Mueller says many lives could have been lost in the plot to kill the ambassador with bombs in the U.S. ”We will not let other countries use our soil as their battleground,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Bharara said at the press event.
President Barack Obama was first briefed on the plot in June, said White House spokesman Tommy Vietor.
Full transcript of Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks.
This is a breaking story. The Blaze will update as more information comes to light.
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Comments (471)
1stgenmill
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:26pmFunny how this comes out now….when Holder needs a win to distract from his fast and furious screw up. Glad they got em though.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:34pmBingo!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:34pmExactly!!!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:36pmBut wait a minute here. Didn’t Ron Paul say Iran was a backwards Country, a long way away and no threat to the US? Guess he was wrong… again.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:38pmWas thinking the same thing.
Report Post »William Hemenway
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:41pmMy thoughts exactly. the news conference sounded like an awards show everyone thanking each other and patting themselves on their backs. Glad that no one was hurt.Wouldn’t it serve the president to be at war to get reelected. Who knows time will tell.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:43pmThere he goes with that international law thing again.
Report Post »navydoc2008
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:44pmyou meen I wasn’t the only thinking that?
Report Post »PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:47pmEveryone here is correct and hilarious…may i add that Holder is now finally admitting that the Mexican Cartels have hooked-up with Hezbolla..via Venezuela…Something Connie Mack has been warning about since before the first heads started rolling down there. Everyday i am waking up to a new nightmare…God Save Us. R & R has new meaning…Rapture and Revelation. Believe God.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:49pmrON pAUL MIGHT AS WELL GO HOME NOW !
Report Post »Steve
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:53pmThanks Holder. NOW STEP DOWN
Report Post »Lt_Taz
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:55pmGee, talk about a spade calling a spade, you sure nailed this one. I WOULDN’T trust Holder as far as I could throw
Report Post »ROMANS 10-9
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:56pmAn How!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:56pmif this was any other country I would’nt buy it ! But IRAN has been at war with us sence1979 ?
Report Post »They would be involved in something just like this ! They’ve been killing our soulders in Iraq for 8yrs !
Rational Man
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:57pmThats the first thing I thought of too. Then I wondered about whether the terrorists will go to GITMO or NYC jail. Civil or military court?…….Here we go again!…………
Report Post »flamegonesilver
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:58pm1STGENMILL……you’ve got that right!
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:59pmAgreed. It seems they jumped the gun to the detriment of losing one of the co-conspirators. Not that we can believe anything that comes out of their mouths, but it seemed that they had time left and decided to get him while he was going through a NY airport. Hmmm… and let’s just say all of this is true, do you all believe that this is the only plot that has been planned concerning our boarder? I believe it’s kinda like cockroaches, for every 1 you see, there’s 100 behind the wall. Holder looked ticked off when the last reporter asked about fast and furious. Something stinks to high heaven.
Report Post »cmalaker1
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:59pmOH gosh, so I should LOVE Holder. Ok. Man was I confused about that whole other, what was it, gun running thing that was puishable as treason?? Was that it??? I am confused?!?! This garbage is so evident it is not even funnny. I can’t believe this, but maybe this isn’t real??? Maybe it is the govt placing blame where it is undue. We will have to wait for details, but it is a sad day when I start thinking that it could have been a setup to get Holder off the hook. Well, I say, if it is true, good job Holder, now take your medicine and go to trial … perhpas you two can be cellmates????
Report Post »IntegrityFirst08
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:01pm1stGen – I dont see anything politically motivated here with Holder. The Terrorist was arrested on the 29th of SEP. He was cooperating with them. They would be stupid to announce it before following the leads he was giving them.
Monk – Righto buddy, here is what the Paulites would have said if the attacks were carried out.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8S3yws_88I
Discusting.
BMartin1776
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:02pmYea its really convenient that they throw in the Zetas card… some bleeding heart will come out now to justify F&F!
Megan Kelly was asking KT McFarland if this is an act of war even though it was thwarted! I say it is b/c had it gone through taking out 2 embassies on US soil and an assassination it clearly would have been. I believe Emperor Obama will be speaking on this later today. One good thing about this is its show how weak Ron Paul is when it comes to the Iranians. Between this the missile fired off CA coast its safe to say he is done. Paul fans dont even try attacking me Im done on this issue your guy has no chance now.TAPGWhttp://tinyurl.com/yhglscs
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:02pm@1stGen — indeed, coincidental? Not likely, the fact is though, there is a outside chance we are looking at an “Wag the dog’ scenario.
Report Post »Sunny
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:07pmI was fixing to post this very statement!!! Thanks and Ditto!! ~Sunny
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:10pmBS BS BS BS BS…HOW CONVENIENT FOR HOLDER TO HAVE AN ‘EMERGENCY” on the very day at the very hour that inept SOCIALIST COMMIE was going to get a subpoena …..and as JUDGE Napolitano just said on FAUX… timing is strange…and the PENTAGON was not involved at all?? DO those dopes in the WH think we are fooled anymore by their plots and schemes?
Report Post »I‘m not saying that there wasn’t some plot…IN AUGUST….but there are ALWAYS plots thanks to that freak in the WH making us look weak.
GEEZ I just can’t stand it ….can we make it to Nov 2012??? I hope so. This group of demons in our GOVERNMENT have all but wrecked it. SHAME ON THEM!!!
Ken
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:10pmYeah, just like Obummer, Holder thinks that doing something good covers up the bad that he’s done. Sorry dude, but you’re still “on the hook” for FAF!!!
Report Post »BigSky
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:11pmAnd they indicate it‘s an act of war which indicates they will use this politically to their advantage to boost Obama’s poll numbers in time for re-election. Obama will have enough will and heart that he’s had in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan fighting this war, which is “none”. It’s designed for political expedience.
Report Post »mils
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:13pmi was thinking the same thing wheni first heard it on thenews.
we were all wondering what they would come up with to dodge the charges withholder and guns…interesting to say the least..were they saving this ????…making it all up>>>
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:15pmAmazing how because it was the Iranian government trying to assassinate someone using the help of the drug cartels, this is somehow linked to Ron Paul not wanting to occupy and police the world.
Report Post »Great logic guys!
What do you think their motivation is for doing something like this? Why would a country want to cause havoc for another country that is making their economy suffer (through sanctions) and occupying and bombing their neighbors?
Oh wait, I guess that answers the question….
If you think more illegal wars, and more policing, and more spending is the answer, then expect more of the same from future Presidents (liberal or neo-con). Clinton did it, Bush did it, and Obama continues it…
Ron Paul would bring more troops home to protect our borders and strengthen our national security. Bring our troops home! Stop wasting our tax dollars and our precious blood!
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:19pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKfuS6gfxPY
Policing the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohKz9OeiI0g
More veterans and active military contribute to Ron Paul than all the other republican candidates put together. And more than Obama got.
Side Note: 30% of troops no longer believe in the 10+ year war. Low morale.
Report Post »papabear27
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:20pmOkay, I’ll play along with this contrived “media game”! Why didn’t JANET – Department of Home Land Security make this PRESS announcement? Her area of expert operators! Agreed that Eric Holder need some GOOD PRESS to distract is corrupt and illegal operations in the Justice Department.
Never waste a manufactured crisis, even if only HALF Truth is told!
Saudis are NOT our friends. They have NO ARMY with which to protect their wealth! Unless they hire our armed forces, the Muslim Brotherhood will wipe the ALL out! Glenn Beck was RIGHT AGAIN!
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:20pmSure, blame it on Iran…like Iran suddenly has become some kind of enemy of this administration. What a joke. Manufactured just like Fast and Furious.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:28pmAlways watch what the LEFT HAND IS DOING. Holder is a Marxist progressive. He wants to distract the American people from the news about himself and the wrong he has done. DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. KEEP TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE AND PUT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO MAKE HIM STEP DOWN.
He actually hates conservative Americans and I truly believe he put those guns into the wrong hands ON PURPOSE so they WOULD kill Americans. Holder IS EVIL AND JUST AS EVIL AS OBAMA AND HIS OTHER MINIONS.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:29pmThis whole story just doesn’t sound right. Originally came here try to light the fires of liberty in the neo-con mind, but it looks like this whole story is just fabricated. Everything goes together too easily and too conveniently.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:29pmI think it’s so predictable it would be funny
if it were not so true.
I think they will do what ever it takes to bury the fast and furious story
Report Post »just like the CDO fraud by GS got buried.
LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:31pmAlso Saudi’s make up about half of all the suicide bombers, but we don’t invade them… Special interests? LOL. All these wars would be a joke if they weren’t so damn serious. This administration, these wars, these entitlements, and the fed will be the end of us all. The perfect storm is coming to fruition, and I think it’ll be worst than most expect.
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:32pmThen, this is an act of war, right? Are we at war with Iran? They met in Mexaco? Are we going to close the border? That they caught these people is good. What are they going to do about it? My guess is nothing but brag. You brag when you solve a problem, not when you find one.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:34pmHere’s another thought on this. Iran to pay $1.5M for the plot. Wasn’t the total amount for releasing the 3 hickers $1.5M. $500K each? I wonder if it’s the same money. Kidnap some people, collect some $ to release them and spend the $ on terrorist activities. Just wondering.
Report Post »its_time_to_arrest_our_government
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:35pmi hope you dont think this excuses you for the murder of the two officers your guns caused and the 100s of mexican citizens your caused to be killed. holder must pay for his crimes!
Report Post »iwojo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:35pmsmells like Canadian Bacon … redirect the attention
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:36pmInteresting timing .. My thoughts exactly.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:46pmThink the important point is, who has already snuck across our border and has intentions of doing us harm. Democrat‘s and some rino’s claim it is just drywallers and guy’s to cut your grass, jobs American‘s don’t want. Willing to bet, there are hundreds if not thousands of Iranians and Hamas terrorists waiting for a chance to hit our country. Seal our borders and indentify every illegal in the country. And bring back firing squads for the ones who would do us harm!
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:01pmyes, ever time anyone gets into too much trouble in the media they kill another terrorist or capture one. All those guns they lost track of were most likely Obama paying back the drug lords for their support in his election.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:02pmIt’s funny how transparent these idiots are in their lies.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:03pmAnyone want to guess how they got into the country. Holder and barry let them in through mexico.
Report Post »bilorites
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:08pmuh huh…. strange how those things happen….NOT
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:09pmGleening through a bunch of posts here and glad to see most got the same idea at the same time, it’s just amazing how they came out with this “good” news about the terror plot right at the right time to divert attention away from fast and furious. Makes one wonder how long they have been sitting on it.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:10pmI’m thinking the whole thing is a bunch of crap, I don’t believe anything this administration says. I think it’s all fabricated to divert the investigation into Holder.
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:17pmIN CASE NO ONE ELSE NOTICED….
Report Post »This type of announcement is usually made by the President. I would guess that they had Holder make the announcement to distract from his treasonous and illegal activities. The gun debacale was supposed to be a reason for more gun laws, but it backfired. This crap goes all the way to the President. The whole sorry bunch should be arrested and tried for their many crimes against the Republic…. you know, give em a fair trial before we hang em…. a little “Old West Justice”.
Head4theHills
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:18pm@Rajabear….not only did Holder look pissed when asked about Fast and Furious, he promptly ended the press conference. WAG THE DOG
Report Post »MBA
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:19pmI was going to say “sure they did”. More fiction from the liars in chief.(s)
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:19pmhook line and sinker.
Report Post »rifradio
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:22pmI suppose you could look at it that way. I don’t see this as a win. His Deputy did most of the talking. As usual he stood in the back holding his hands looking like a deer in the headlights,
Report Post »Ex-Democrat
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:26pmYou’re right. The timing on this is very interesting. Oddly enough, this administration always manages to get these distractions when things start looking the worst them. They have more tricks in their bag than Felix The Cat! I also agree with others here that Paul should be bludgeoned with this development in tonight’s debate and I bet he will. If people here instinctively thought of it, then someone in one of the other candidate’s camps thought of it. It’ll be fun tonight, that’s for sure.
Report Post »IntegrityFirst08
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:33pmWow libertyfading you sound like you want to jump on the appologetic tour with Obama. What cause the sactions in the first place i wonder. You couldnt possible think like that cause you beleive that its Americas fault that we are targeted by these people. Your acknowlegement of their “Motivation” to do what they do to Innocent citizens and not condemning it speaks to the fact that you side with it.
Where do you get your information on the fact that 50 % of all suicide bombers are Saudis? This is a lie or back this up with facts from someone other than yourself.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:35pmThanks Eric, now that you have cleared that up, get your a$$ on the bench and explain why more and more guns are being recovered from Mexican drug cartels.
You are a liar and we could care less how great you think the job you did saving the ambassador. When this all comes out you will be swept into the dustbin of prison.
Report Post »The Anti union union member
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:36pmThe best way to keep us out of a depression would be another war, hope you are all ready to go to war again. itll happen And how believable is this, not very coming from this administration, a lil to convienent
Report Post »jmiller_42
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:39pmI love how many are now blaming Ron Paul even though he predicted this and also would have protected this if he was in charge.
1. He predicted it when he said that our current foreign policy was breeding these types of people. Said they will continue to strike us while we police the world.
2. Would have prevented it because instead of policing the world, he would bring our troops home to protect our borders so these guys would have never made it into the country.
3. Ron Paul would try to legalize drugs at the federal level which would defund these drug cartels and thus leave them powerless as an enemy.
Report Post »KKC003
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:42pmTiming is everything- what a diversion!
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:45pm@EX-DEMOCRAT…….Felix the Cat…..Wow that’s a blast from the past. You must be old like me to even know who Felix is.
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:49pmDid they foil a plot?!?!?!? I guess we will never know because it did not happen….how sad it is that we can’t put any trust in anything anymore…..
Maybe it is a campaign move?? Why not?? I think that is just as plausible…”LOOK AT HOW GOOD THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING!!”
sad sad sad
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:50pmforget about those guns we gave to the bad guys that killed US citizens…….Look at us now!!!!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:54pmWhat a lot fail to remember is Iran recently had 3-4 nuclear scientists assassinated in the streets by men on motorcycles.
Now it is leaked Saudi and Israel have been working together for sometime, assassinations maybe, to take the wind out of Iran.
Today the plot foiled was an attack on Saudi and Israel…
Connect the dots…….
Iran wants us, not Israel or Saudi, to attack them. If Iran was targeting Saudi why not attack them directly at home? Same with Israel. Iran wants the US to attack them so Saudi is ignored and the whole ME backs Iran against US…….
If we are smart we will play our cards right and Saudi and Israel will eliminate Iran like they should. We attack and we unite the Caliphate….
Chess, not checkers……
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:57pmThis is horrible; a government plot to kill a foreign leader. I‘m glad our government doesn’t do such things…
Report Post »Faith in God
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:00pmthis is the tie in for the gun running…to get in good with the Zetas to stop terrorism…and make gun companies look bad.
hold his yahoo to the board and nail it!
Report Post »robert
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:12pmI just read yesterday where M-15/M-16 in Britain declared there are 2000 home-grown Muslims in their country right now planning terrorists attacks, and an expert in the field added that 2000 was a conservative estimate.
These terrorists that were foiled here before they could blow up the US and Saudi embassies are only part of a LARGE network of jihadists. They reportedly have 35 training camps in the US, plus there are many mosques that have imams who further incite hundreds…if not thousands….of radical potential terrorists in an effort to build a larger force of killers on American soil.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/02/35-jihad-training-compounds-on-american-soil.html
Many Somalis were relocated to Minnesota by the US government as refugees and they have returned to Somalia for jihadist training and are expected to return to add to the Muslim terrorist network here. The FBI can’t touch them, because they’ve done nothing illegal……YET.
Haitian and Jamaican gangs run a lucrative drug trade here and both are considered some of the most vicious killers in the US.
All of these assinine importations of criminals begs the question as to just why the federal government is doing this, because the end result is that this nation is being destabalized with third world thugs that should never have been allowed entry in the first place.
The feds foolishly declare that “diversity is our strength,” knowing full well they’re lying through their teeth, wh
Report Post »morest39
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:13pmYou’ve nailed it!! The Clinton’s were famou for it i.e. Bimbo eruptions
Report Post »dorightfearnothing
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:19pmExactly….. He is such a punk.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:30pmExpanding on your “screw-up” characterization;
Two Agents shot dead — Hundreds of Mexicans shot dead.
This is Eric Holder, Accomplice to Murder, not screw-up.
As Beck has said again and again, when their butts are in the fire they will dazzle you with the OTHER hand!
DON’T FALL FOR THEIR FRAUD.
Report Post »Tronix
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:30pmSurely they have more things like this one kept in secret. They just keep them until some thug (WH and friends) needs desperately the boost. But maybe, right now there are so many thugs in need that they are running out of plots to cover their a$$es….
Report Post »We are Americans
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:41pmTwo ways to look at it
Report Post »The fix is in and were already screwed
since the FBI is involved
If the FBI and CIA and military perpetuate
all these lies to our nation then we are
done as a nation. Your not gonna be able
to fight that type of fire power.
Or, we have enemies who want to
attack us.
nosycophant
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:43pmBullS.
Report Post »Mauireman
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:47pmHow stupid do they think we are? They just don’t want to talk about the 30-40,000 dead Mexicans, many killed by guns sent to Mexico by this guy! I think this is a death sentence case!
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 5:59pm@Integrityfirst08
Her you go: 50% of all suicde bombers are Saudi’s. If you want more, just search for it on google and I‘m sure you’ll find all the sources you need.
http://www.parapundit.com/archives/002863.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/15/world/fg-saudi15
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/30/world/main565782.shtml
Also 15 out of 19 suicide bombers on 9/11 were Saudi’s
Report Post »Ron Paul has been pointing fingers at the Saudi’s for years, because he looks at the evidence and their motivations for attacking us.
I do not apologize for being an American, because I know what I believe to the core. I have principles and an ideology that makes me who I am; it makes me strong
jzs
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:07pmYep, Obama keeps on catching and killing the bad guys. And the right keeps on saying he’s soft on terrorism. Louis Carroll, step aside. Even in your wildest opium dreams you couldn’t come up with anything as bizarre as the Tea Party logic. They make the Mad Hatter look like Aristotle.
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:16pmYeap! This wag the dos crap is so predictable.
Report Post »Nova2395
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:23pmyou hit the nail on the head with that one!!!!
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:26pmthanks holder your cell awaits, maybe you and timmy can be bunk mates
Report Post »stopspendingourmoney
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:44pmYou anti Paul people believe this horse sh_t ? your dumber than I thought.
Ron Paul 2012 restore America.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:46pmOf course Iran is getting bolder in actions against the USA. Obama has shown nothing but weakness and Iran smells blood.
Report Post »Delete the Elite
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:49pmPropaganda. Kind of like when this happened.
http://washingtonindependent.com/55751/tom-ridge-i-was-pressured-to-raise-the-terror-alert-to-help-bush
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:50pmNope, I don’t believe it.
The Feds lie too much, and Obama wants to start a war with Iran, he thinks that’ll save his presidency.
No.
No more wars.
Report Post »PKama
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 6:52pmAll this mean only one thing..DISTRACTION FROM FAST AND FURIOUS !!!!!!!!!! Holder and Obama has let Iran get away with a lot worse than this. Only now they care since the investigations into the Fast and Furious debacle. DISTRACTION !!!! DISTRACTION !!!! DISTRACTION !!!! And it‘s all Bush’s fault..hahahaha. God help us..God save our beloved USA from these socialists.
Report Post »IntegrityFirst08
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:08pmLibertyfading – You wrote: “What do you think their motivation is for doing something like this? Why would a country want to cause havoc for another country that is making their economy suffer (through sanctions) and occupying and bombing their neighbors?”
Like i said you should go on the apology tour if you think we brought this action on ourselves. If Iran had the capability to kill us off, and we didnt have the ability to defend ourselves, we wouldnt be talking right now. To even try and justify why Iran would conspire to kill our citizens or diplomats is sickening. Your rhetoic seems to want to justify their plot by reasoning with them as if they are some kind of Victim from the United States.
Your citations of suicide bombing was correct if you were strictly talking about IRAQ. But your broad statement of “ALL SUICIDE BOMBERS” leads your comment to be half truths. Where as suicide bombers come from all areas of the world, and effect more countries than just Iraq.
Report Post »Mike B
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:10pmBatta bing
Report Post »One of the strong
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 7:43pmEggzactly, they had this deal going for months, but it was a good time for him to take action on it now…whatever Holder, you don’t fool anyone.
Report Post »WhosGotYourBackNow
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:11pmPlease Tell me that your are not buying this B.S. ? 1st. Holder is in deep S#*+ for giving these same drug dealers the type of weapons that could pull this crime off and we are to believe murderers would rather go tell the police instead of collecting $1.5 million for doing what they do? 2nd if Iran wanted someone dead they would do a better job at Vetting a true criminal than we did Vetting Obama and get a true candidate for the task. 3rd do you Really think Iran as a country would sub contract an Assasination? To some Mexican cartel knowing they are working with our CIA our DEA and ATF to smuggle drugs and Weapons while laundering Money. Please it is all to convienant including them using the Term the- Fed-Feds- to put the name”-Fed“ in good light as everyone is waking up to the FED ”Federal Reserve”.being corrupt and a private orginization and calls to end the FED. Just like it isn’t a coinsedance that Herman Cain worked for the Fed and won the Tea Party Straw Poll in order to deceive you. Wake Up! bzzzzz RonPaul is the Tea Party and the Tea Party is against the Federal Reseve , Herman Cain is for the Federal Reserve so not a Tea Partier nor the candidate for the true Tea Party before it was hijacked by Republicans. RonPaul 2012
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:17pmShould this story be believed or was this story just used to divert public attention away from the “Fast and Furious” Mexican Drug Cartel weapons delivery by Holder and Obama. Holder refused to answer questions and this always means guilt.
Report Post »preservefreedom
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:36pmThinkin the same thing
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:36pm1STGENMILL Remember the movie WAG THE DOG?
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 9:25pm@Okie:
Great analysis. Probably spot-on.
Report Post »LIBERTYFADING
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 10:48pm@Integrityfirst08
You’re really good at dodging facts and twisting truth. Although I should have been more specific, common sense would tell you that I was talking about Iraq, knowing that it BORDERS Saudi Arabia. You totally avoided the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi, and we STILL invaded Afghanistan. How does this make any sense if Bush’s reason for the war was because of 9/11? We don’t need to apologize, we just need to get the hell out of there and bring our boys home.
We have been bombing Iraq for 20 years (look it up). We have no business there. You’re so afraid of Iran having one nuke, which there is no evidence of, when the Soviet Union had 30,000 nukes and threatened to use them. Those nukes are now floating around. Pakistan has 70-90 nukes. Israel has 300+ nukes. Iran also has no air-force.
Like I said, we need to mind our own business because we have been in the business of war way too long.
I don’t understand why you and others continue to dismiss the motive behind these acts of terrorism. Political correctness and questioning American actions when dealing with terrorism has become the new “N” word, and is not allowing us to have a real discussion or debate on what these wars are really about.
You don’t trust the government with any social or economic programs, yet you’re 100% willing to trust it in acts of war. You will continue to get what you want: Illegal wars that never end.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 11:30pmAgreed. It‘s a bait and switch to make it seem as though he’s actually doing something useful. It’s the same tired waste of airspace every progressive uses. When they’ve lost the argument, change the story/conversation. In days gone past before people started to wake up and actually take their civic duty to elect men of principle (which is a great word that meant something distinct at the time of America’s founding) seriously they could pull that wool over peoples eyes. No longer! The people are awake, and WE WILL set things to right.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 12:18amI would bet the farm that this is mostly BS. Holder trying to save his A$$
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 12:23amTHE-MONK he did……… but he is part of the blame America first Lib movement.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 1:26am@Integrity
Who are you voting for?
Anyone hating on Ron Paul for claiming assassination of Citizens is illegal, well, hope you don’t vote for Cain because Cain agrees with him….Straight from the flavor of the week’s mouth….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQw1xkAEow
Have a great night!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 6:57am“Hey everybody, listen up, I have an idea on how we can fool the stupid American people and distract them with BS. Lets say that we caught the Iranians planning to do a terrorist attack on the USA. That‘l fool ’em! Ha ha ha ha ( and others in the room chime in and laugh as well)”-Eric Holder at the White House, circa 2011.
Report Post »aint it grand
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 7:04amExactly. They said they’d be transparent; this must be what they meant. But speaking of transparency, when will Barry and Holder come out of the closet?
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 10:28am‘In January, Israel’s military spy agency chief Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi said the current sanctions are not working. Israel has been at the forefront of the ongoing effort to use military force against Iran under the pretext of preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons.‘ Why don’t we just get out of Israel’s way and let them do the dirty work?…/.“If this sanctions-based strategy doesn’t compel Iran to the negotiating table in a meaningful way, the United States and its allies will need to look at the other options, which include military force, containment, and fostering political change in Iran,” Meghan L. O’Sullivan of the CFR said in an interview/……Why don‘t we bring our troops home and have them keep the thugs on the other side of the border instead of systematically sending them all over the Middle East to ’foster political “change?”‘
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:12amCan anyone tell me why Iran would hook up with the Mexican drug mobs to kill a Saudi envoy in the US? Why wouldn’t they do it themselves? And then of ALL the drug cartel members he just HAPPENS to pick the DEA agent? Sheesh.. talk about backwards.. they have NO luck at all. Does anyone else smell a rat?
Report Post »lassew
Posted on October 12, 2011 at 4:56pmYep…hopefully it leads to lots more coming to light. We need to get rid of the trash–lock em up and throw away the key!
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 12:10amFunny also how this comes out now….when Iran is sending a ship to American’s coast. Tensions increase….war on the horizon. Marshall law and state of emergency declared based on war threat by Iran. Elections of 2012 are not held secondary to war threat. Too much coincidence… so do you think obama admin is working with Iran thru Chavez to make this ‘threat’ a reality to prevent elections from being held and to help establish obama as a dicatator….just askin’.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 1:27am@cmalaker1
Report Post »Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:59pm
OH gosh, so I should LOVE Holder. Ok. Man was I confused about that whole other, what was it, gun running thing that was puishable as treason?? Was that it??? I am confused?!?! This garbage is so evident it is not even funnny. I can’t believe this, but maybe this isn’t real??? Maybe it is the govt placing blame where it is undue. We will have to wait for details, but it is a sad day when I start thinking that it could have been a setup to get Holder off the hook. Well, I say, if it is true, good job Holder, now take your medicine and go to trial … perhpas you two can be cellmates????
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Love it! Maybe Hillary will negotiate to free both of them, they could swap an Iranian Terrorist threatening Arabs & Israelis for an American Terrorist who facilitated the killing of Mexican’s & Americans. and while they’re busy handling the uproar, everybody’ll be to busy to care if bo Y hillary were behind the whole mess. (Probably both of them.)
Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:25pmHolder want to get our attention off him. He is a putz.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:29pmRight on!
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:29pmyes and CNN and ABC will gladly help. Congress needs to charge Holder now. call your rep.
Report Post »realjohn
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:41pmSo we get Irans fingerprints?
Will we send a few RQ-7B Shadows? (drones)
Hell no!! Holder will say it is Israel’ fault.
The press quizzed him on gun runner
Report Post »at the anniuncement. No Comment!!
GeorgieJo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:45pmNEVER let a GOOD CRISIS go to WASTE
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:23pm@cloudsofwar
Report Post »I have been trying, for months, to get people to send an email or call theirCongressman, Speaker Boehner, and Rep. Issa. I’m not sure if anyone is, but I have sent many.
Delta D-5-3
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 10:42pmBut WAIT…….Didn‘t RON PAUL state that Iran wasn’t a threat to the US???? This is EXACTLY why Paul should NOT be president!!!!! When will you Ron Paul lovers see how dangerous another Jimmy Carter would be right now to our national security???? My god, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!
Report Post »The Realist
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:25pm“Feds Foil Massive Iran-Linked Terror Plot on U.S. Soil”
Alternate headline: Obama devises a shield and distraction for the criminal and racist Eric “My People” Holder who is about to be prosecuted. “See! He’s doing his job!“ ”We can’t impeach Holder now!”
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:34pmMy thoughts exactly. This guy was contacting the Mexican Drug Cartel ( Hezbolah Drug Cartel) the ones Obama and Holder are doing business with and protecting, and suing Arizona over? And what about this guy? He gets arrested and starts spilling his guts without evern being waterboarded? lol
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:04pmYeah, u may be right , Impeach Obama, & then Holder goes 2.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:24pmHolder’s trying for a little positive press and of course distraction!
Report Post »Y2kHoax61
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:23pmSo what is the EXACT date that Holder became aware of this plot & when was the guy arrested? Did he drag his feet or did he pull the trigger before the full breadth and size of this plot and it’s players could be identified. Could he have made the announcement earlier? Gee, sounds just like the same kind of questions Holder has already demonstrated his inability to tell the truth and his propensity to ignore the rule of law. Unless of course, it is convenient for him or this administration.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:23pmOkay considering the incredible displays of arrogance and hubris of the current administration, along with their ongoing policies of lies, distortion and fabrications…
A. The plot is legit, and Mr Obama will do nothing to Iran…except apologize for interupting the plot.
Report Post »B. The plot is disinformation via the cartels to cause chaos in the nation.
C. The plot is a “Wag the dog” style fabrication for Mr Obama to look good and for political points.
commonsenseguy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:30pmsmoke and mirrors.
Report Post »IronSights
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:38pmD. All the above
Report Post »realjohn
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:43pmGod bless you Cat!! Nail on head!!
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:44pmE) Timetable for martial law needs to be accelerated. The orchestrated protests aren’t getting big and/or violent fast enough. Beginning of Phase 2. A few failed “terrorist” plots. Then a few successful ones. Just enough to panic the population. Obama declares martial law. One aspect of that is giving control of the country to the military. Obama is commander in chief. Situation too dangerous for 2012 elections. All under the guise of “keeping us safe”.
Honestly, at this point nothing would surprise me.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:46pmF) Several foiled attacks to make Obama look good and increase his chances of winning in 2012
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:30pmI’m thinking that if they had enough to arrest a few weeks ago, and they knew about the plot in May, why didn’t they do this before the UN meeting last month and either ban amadinejad from the US…or lock him up when he was in NY? Why not go right to the top?
Report Post »But I think Snow is probably right and he will do nothing to Iran other than apologize to them for screwing up their plot in order to save Holder’s butt.
How many more things does this administration have in their back pocket to use as needed…?
Fed up in Bama
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:10pmDo ya’wl remember that Ahmadinejad had dinner in NYC with the Black Panthers/Farrakhan last September during the UN meetings?
Report Post »I’ve been waiting for something to happen ever since.
What is coming is not going to be good.
Pray for our Country.
Penn
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:22pmAre these the same guys who lost track of the “straw men” buyers in the Fast and Furious debacle?
Report Post »I don’t trust the Obama cabal as far as I could toss the first Moochell.
momprayn
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:21pmYes, Rush just said that he thinks it’s clear to him that this is just a distraction b/c of the news that he’s going to be subpeoenaed today/few days for his part in the terrible Fast and Furious scheme & hopefully be exposed for the treasonous criminal he is (& I hope with the rest of ones in the DOJ, etc.).
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:42pmCall your Congressman and tell them to charge Holder Now for lying under oath.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:18pmAnd Barry wants 2 talk to them, they will kill him, what a idiot we have in charge.
Report Post »Secular Conservative
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:17pmWatch the other hand….W A T C H T H E O T H E R H A N D!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:25pmIF this plot is the real thing, then I do see Mr Obama doing three courses of action:
a. Nothing at all (most likely) save for cracking down on US Citizens more.
Report Post »b. Strike out at Iran to become a “war President.”
c. Strike out at the cartels to be seen as a “strong President.”
http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk art)
Amy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:25pmScary that my first thought was exactly this. Followed by – which of my constitutional rights is next to come under assault by the government in their fight on terror…
Report Post »Justathinkin
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:31pmI’m thinking we are already far too aware of what is going on at this point. Though, you are correct, we need to watch these creeps as closely as we can…
Holder is just trying to shift the focus away from his perjury and the Loser in Chief’s love for kick backs. This will not go over as easily as the LSM would like to think it will.
Report Post »flashlight
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:32pmSnow, you just listed what George and Dick did.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:34pm@snow, i will agree with two of the reactions, but the cartels, no way, if he goes after them,he will have to put a stop to the illegals crossing the boarder, because most all of them are carrying drugs for the cartel,so i say he want even say anything about the cartels,he thinks he will lose the mexican vote.{ la raza }
Report Post »TXVET48
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:06pmBHO will not become the War President, Cat. Will not react against his brothers. Americans will be the target to deflect the fact that he is way over his head.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:06pm@CommonSenseGuy — normally I would agree with the part of why not to go after the Cartels; yet consider this much when Noriega was involved in Panama, we went in under Bush Sr. to take him out for the murder of a US Solider, yet in the end, it was apperantly over his connections with the cartels and such he had involvment in that got him taken away for a long stay in the crossbar hotels.
Mind you, Noriega needed getting got, but the fact is this set a clear precident for involvment. Also, consider the matters of “fast and furious” with arms given to the cartels; never put anything past this POTUS for political purposes and control purposes.
Report Post »skitrees
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:13pm@flashlight
Really?! That’s the best you have to offer? You paraphrase “I know you are, but what am I?” as your best argument? – it isn’t 2009 any more – the conversation has moved WAY past the childish arguments/logic.
Report Post »RestoringDemocracy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:17pmSure it was. Right after remote controlled planes were caught flying around the Pentagon with Osama Bin Laden’s DNA samples in them. Give it up already. America is tired of fictional news stories.
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Forever Vigilant
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:17pmWny announce now, does this seem a “distraction” from the issues at home.
Report Post »barbofmv
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:17pmThey just said this sounds like hollywood script…wonder id michael moore wrote it
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:14pm@NC: I vote for D. He’s a moron. How much more proof do we need that Iran is not one of our friends!!??
Report Post »Banter
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:13pmDistraction for Holder with fast and furious blowing up in his smug, arrogant face.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:19pmDistraction was my first read as well.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:33pmme too. love his end quote“this is a significant achievement”. nice try, but your still going down
Report Post »TheBloodOfTyrants
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:42pmThe distraction here is your avatar of Palin. I mean, really? Christ.
Report Post »Banter
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:54pmYea, really! and I’ll even add Palin 2020 just for you.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:12pmI think Holder is on the same diet that Barry is on , skinny punk trouble maker.
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:12pmBig picture: Saudi was about to help Israel take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Yup an Muslim country working with Israel to take down Iran another Muslim country….
An attack here would create chaos so the Saudi/Israel plan could not go proceed. This will lead us to war with Iran or Saudi taking out Iran…
Get ready….
Report Post »txrailroader
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:03pmYes, because I have always thought that the people that are running our country right now wants us in a World War. So that Obama can call himself a war time pres.and save us all.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:05pm“An attack here would create chaos so the Saudi/Israel plan could not go proceed.”
Report Post »I think that a successful attack here would serve as a handy provocation for a Saudi/Israeli strike against Iran, not a deterrent. After all, it was their diplomats who were targeted.
Okie from Muskogee
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:53pm@Llyod Drako
Possibly correct but do you feel they wanted it to be known it was Iran causing the attacks? I do not otherwise why go to the cartels….
Saudi has been working with Israel for a while on how to take out powerful Iran. Saudi wants them taken down. If you know anything of Saudi you know this. Saudi is king and Iran is its disgruntled brother.
So in my view an attack here on an ambassador and embassies of both would lead to confusion especially if conducted by a cartel. It would drag us into their war if found it was Iran.
I also believe Iran wants us to attack them. They are almost pleading we do so if you look at it. Why?
Report Post »Now a plotted attack against Saudi and Israel here… Lots to sort thru for truth… Thanks for the post
whiskeybomb
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 4:29pmOkie, you are correct. The reason they want us to attack is because now we have lost the support of the UN and Nato. They no longer back our way of life and Iran knows it. If we attack another country now like we did in 2003 against Iraq the world will turn on us and Iran knows they will be given the backing of the UN against us.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:25pmOkie:
Report Post »I’d guess this Arbabsiar, having lived in America for some time, had absorbed the popular view of Mexican drug cartels. He likely thought they were the most heavily armed, purely mercenary, bada__ mofos in the entire western hemisphere if not in whole world. He imagined he could trust them to murder Saudis and Israelis as well as their Mexican rivals, all the while remaining discreet and entirely uncompromised by American intelligence. He sold his Iranian backers on this idea. Idiot. He had probably seen “Machete” or “Breaking Bad” one too many times. I agree, though, that Iran probably would welcome an American attack of some sort, for propaganda purposes. Thanks also!
Y2kHoax61
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:12pmSo how many high level attempted terror plots/attacks on American soil have happened under Obama’s watch compared to the Bush years??? Perhaps that should be pointed out and explored by the press?
Report Post »Banter
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:18pmUnderwear bomber
Ft Hood shooter
Times Square bomber
These were all successful attacks! (The fact that the underwear bomber and Times Square bomber were incompetent is irrelevant, they lit the fuse)
Report Post »DMSNC
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:11pmMy bet: It’s all bluster – they come out with these WAY too fast these days. To be effective, these things have to be covered quietly so they can find the entire network – not just some chumps. Fake.
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:10pmCan we trust Holder to tell us the truth about THIS?????????
Report Post »txrailroader
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:56pmNO, just like any thing else that comes out of D.C. now days………..
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:10pmDang, Megyn just asked that question regarding timing. lol
Report Post »robbiehawk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:10pmDoes this announcement sound too convenient? Another terror plot? There’s always going to be terror plots, but now that attorney general might be in trouble, we need another diversion. Just like the 9/11/11 scare that turned out to be nothing.
Report Post »Fusion Center Commander
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:13pmExactly bro, they must be really getting desperate. Now trying to use FALSE FLAG ATTACK to drum up war for FOR IRAN WAR. Give us a break. This the best they can come up with. Nice try clowns..we see through it. lol
Report Post »NC
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:10pmAnd Obama will _________?
a) turn it over to the United Nations
b) re-freeze the Iranian assets already frozen in U.S.banks
c) start smoking cigarettes again
d) none of the above
NC
Report Post »Forever Vigilant
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:15pmBlame on the tea party and start a occupy protest
Report Post »kangaroo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:39pmIs that a trick question? I bet he is playin golf right now, or at least heading to the bathroom in the club house to hide from the media.
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 3:05pme) a, b, and c, plus blame Bush and call you a racist for asking.
Report Post »f) Golf
Michigan Vacation
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:09pmIran – how typical.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:09pmIf they have definitive proof that the Iranian government was behind it, isn’t that a declaration of war?
Report Post »Banter
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:21pmNot in this “Jerry Seinfeld bizzaro-world” comedy (read tragedy) we currently live in.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:22pmToot Toot Ding Ding!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:28pm@gonzo, they should have immediately sent the B1″s over and never looked back, this going to get ugly, they are crazy over there and are hell bent on destroying america and israel and will do whatever it take to accomplish it. you can bet obama will want to have a beer summit with ,ademajad { how ever you pronounce it } the crazy man.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:48pmtHEIR WORKING ON IT !
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:46amWell well… now it’s starting to come out.. TODAY there is a different take. “Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer says that an FBI insider told him the dubious terror plot to assassinate a Saudi ambassador which has been blamed on Iran was likely manufactured by the Obama administration, because no information about the plot even exists within FBI channels.” Reeeeally?? Who would have thought that the Elite force of Iran would get a used car salesman (that’s who they arrested) to do such a sensitive, potentially war provoking act? Yet people just lapped up the purple kool-aid once again. They DEPEND on the knee jerk reactions of the sheeple. Ask, who benefits? Just how does Iran benefit from kicking the giant (US) in the shin? WHY would they want to kill a Saudi on US soil? To start a war so we can bomb the cr@p out of them? Camooooooon
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 7:50amhere’s more of the interview… “Asked by Napolitano if Arbabsiar was the victim of another FBI sting, Shaffer responded, “I think that’s part of it.”
Report Post »“The FBI’s had a record lately and I did talk to one of my inside guys and he is saying he thinks the same thing, you know why, because he can’t find any real information and he’s got a clearance – so that tells him that there’s something going on that’s extraordinary by the fact that he’s an inside investigator, knows what’s going on and yet, I’m gonna quote here, ‘There’s nothing on this within the DOJ beyond what they’ve talked about publicly’ – which means to him that there’s something very wrong with it,” said Shaffer.”
KangarooJack
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:09pmSomething tells me {call it my gut} that this should be heard & heeded. The timing of this is weird.
Report Post »dsm
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:16pmI agree. What would be the best time to stage an attack like this? When there is choas occurring in the US. I believe that there is significance in the fact that last week an Iranian warship ws on its way to the East coast. They are waiting for us to be at a weak and choatic time, and then they are going to say NOW is the time and all hell is going to break lose. Glenn also talked about this over a year ago,.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:20pmAgreed. Weird timing if it was a true terror plot & weird timing if it’s just an Obama directed distraction. Somethings up one way or another.
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:30pmYeah, wat was the clue ?
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