Taliban, Hezbollah Operatives Busted in Federal Drugs, Arms Sting
- Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:14pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
- Print »
- Email »
In what has been described as the “growing nexus” between drug trafficking and terrorism, four men, including Taliban and Hezbollah operatives, were arrested Tuesday in a drugs-for weapons sting operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The alleged terrorists were part of a crime ring reportedly intent on supplying Stinger missiles, AK-47 automatic rifles and U.S. carbines to the Taliban and Hezbollah. According to an ABC report, Manhattan U.S. Attorney said:
“Today’s indictments provide fresh evidence of what many of us have been seeing for some time: the growing nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism, a nexus that threatens to become a clear and present danger to our national security,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.
At least two of the men arrested, Lebanese national Bachar Wehbe and Afghan national Tazar Gul Alizai, are currently on U.S. soil and are reportedly set to appear before a federal court in Manhattan.
Investigators told ABC that Alizai, an alleged Taliban member, was caught selling assault rifles and a sizable amount of heroin to an undercover DEA agent while in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Wehbe, an alleged member of Hezbollah, was nabbed along with two other suspected Hezbollah operatives by undercover DEA agents. The three were allegedly planning to use proceeds from their heroin sales to buy Stinger surface-to-air missiles, AK-47 rifles and M-4 rifles. Wehbe’s suspected Hezbollah comrades, Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu, are apparently in custody in Romania awaiting extradition to the U.S.
According to ABC, the current busts are the third and fourth of its kind recently conducted by the DEA, including the case of international arms broker Victor Bout.
And on the broad scale, these sting operations are reportedly part of the DEA’s larger drug enforcement mission that has made it possible for federal prosecutors to tie in arms dealing cases that might have otherwise escaped U.S. jurisdiction.
Popular Stories
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 586 Comments
‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 414 Comments
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 412 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 375 Comments
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 372 Comments
Faith
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 412 Comments
Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 414 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
- President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 372 Comments
- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 151 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 303 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 412 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (85)
Gypsy123
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:30pmYou know why he is smiling because the muslim brother hood of the USA will get him off watch and see.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:35pmThe day will come when they do something REALLY BIG, worse than 911. And when they do, America had better have THE BALLS to erase these animals, all of them, from the face of the earth……Whatever it takes!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:30amTHATS OUR GOOD OLD ATF–DEA aT iT’s FiNest ! how much would closing those two save us ?
Report Post »CINCH
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 12:31amThe other thing I want everyone to notice is his haircut. Today, many the criminals who are caught or busted have Obama’s haircut. What organization do they really belong to? Could it be one run by Obama? Creepy. Another hidden organization we do not know about? They are coming out of the woodwork. Heads up on this note. Be watchful.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 3:31amNo they won’t.
Report Post »remember folks this is the religion of peace just ask ROSE,
hahahahaha
The Voice of Libertarian Reason
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:45am@ Cinch
You have got to be kidding me! His hair cut! I have the same hair cut, am I a terrorist? Our military’s finest have a similar hair cut, are they all terrorists?
Give me a break. Stop looking to deeply at things and coming up with outlandish asinine comments.
Report Post »TilD34th
Posted on July 27, 2011 at 4:42pmthey shoulda put a bullet in his brain the minute they caught that smug bastard. Of course they’ll say “well we need him for intel”. But we all know what will really happen.
Report Post »thomas242007
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:28pmAHA!! see they say “alleged” members of taliban and hamas. now why were they so quick to state for a fact that brevik was a right wing extremist? heres proof that what i said is true whenever a muslim gets caught up in terrorism, its always a alleged member, if theyre supplying drugs and guns to taliban and hamas overseas then they are terrorist not alleged
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:32pmString ‘em up!
Report Post »Caniac Steve
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 11:16pmIt’s called “Political Correctness” you now as bar it that they offend anyone…but where does it say in the US Constitution that we are protected from ever being offended ? Funny things when i have talked to many people in my community about what they were saying about tolerance & being all inclusive,social,economic & enviromental justice…I hold out a copy of the Constution and Bill of rights an ask themn to show where all that was located and they look at me and turn and leave in a hurry..gee I hope i didn’t offend anybody..hmmm enjoy the rest of your week Thomas242007
Report Post »wethepeoplepress
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:09pmLook at that smug smile on his face. if you want to see and hear how arrogant a muslim can be watch Ali Altafi ( CAIR Director Florida) Answer my questions and then lie to a officer of the law and try to have me arrested on false charges. hahaah, happy I video tape my encounter, I suggest you do the same and ask them about Al Taqiyah, they love it….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwO1dipCGms
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:13pmAnother victory for the fight against terrorism.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:17pmI have to wonder if any of these arms originated with the orders of Mr Obama for the usage against our own troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. I do not put anything past this administration, in any way or shape or form, they are corruption to the point the Taliban are their brothers in the mirror.
Report Post »http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk art)
randy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:42pmFOLLOW the trail to Holder and OBAMA and throw them both in jail!
Report Post »batteredtaxpayer
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:09pmGuess whats on the menu at the jail tonight…pork chops!
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:05pmI’m not sure if said munitions were a part of “fast & furious” but as far as giving weapons to known criminals just to see who pulls the trigger is absolutly insane. Follow the red brick road back to Obama & Holder and have them arrested!
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:04pmIf they are overseas they should have been put down already….buck a bullet…..economic justice.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:34pmI’ll reload it for a quarter.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:01pmOur multiple decades long war on drugs has allowed violent criminal gangs and terrorists to gain money and power. Catching some of the bad guys is good; but, there’s way more where they came from.
Report Post »Truly stopping them requires taking the profit out of the equation. Doing that, requires drug legalization and regulation. Once the drugs start selling for pennies on the dollar, they can’t be used to by mass quantities of weapons anymore.
The profit center for terror nations is oil. If we start pumping out out of the ground more here at home, we can cut the legs out from under OPEC.
If we started drilling today, we would see prices drop, on anticipation, almost immediately, and drop again for real on completion 3-5 years from that. The sooner we start the sooner we can boost our economy and put a dent in the money pipeline of the middle east.
Nothing can happen without conservatives in power.
Vote in the primaries, vote in the generals, vote for candidates who say what they mean and mean what they say, and pick the ones who truly want to shrink the size and power of our federal government.
That basically means no more democrats for awhile. The DNC has been so totally corrupted that it’s unlikely any real conservative would have a chance in that party; and,we’ve had enough of the fakes.
RedneckJim
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:39pmWhy not issue real terrorist hunting permits? Charge a hundred bucks each, with no termination date, and there would probably be 40 million of us who would buy one just for the heck of it!.
Of course that could cause some problems within itself since our current government considers all us gun-totin’, Bible-believin’ conservative taxpayers to be potential terrorists, and the leftists can’t afford $100 for a permit ’cause they‘s spendin’ all they money on drugs, big-screens, cell phones and 20″ rims. I guess the government would have to raise taxes on the rest of us in order to pay for the permits for the dope-heads.
Now THAT sounds like a plan ANY Dimocrat can believe in!
Report Post »RedinLouisville
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:58pmSee that smug smile on his face in that picture at the top, he knows Eric Holders got his back and this is just a temporary set back.
Report Post »ezeewhiz
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:51pmYou can bet that this case will be tied to Fast & Furious in a positive way.
Report Post »101
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:50pmOK, where does Eric Holder fit in?
Report Post »hurricanerigger
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:08pmTo protect his rights like he did with the Guantanamo Detainess and bury the case under a rock like he did the Black Panther Party!
Report Post »101
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:10pmOh that‘s right he doesn’t because they stopped the illegal transport of the weapons (this time)!
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:49pmThis guy looks like a real criminal smart a$$. I hope we can feed him to the dogs for a while! BHO will probably pardon him, because he is a Muslim also. Just another rag-head that would use the weapons on our people if he got the chance!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:02pmDon’t be so hard on our President – he has enough problems on his plate to create more for himself. Do you really believe that he would pardon a criminal just because he is a Muslim? Do you really believe Obama is a Muslim? Personally not very smart thinking on your part!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-1cO
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:10pmWalk, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck it must be a duck.
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:48pmWe can only pray that these terrorists pay! I hope they get the fryer! We can only hope it leads back to our lovely President who loves this country!
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:48pmi want all of these people out of my country , go back to your cave
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:47pmLock them up and throw away the key and that’s still too good for them. They’ll get 3 square meals and better health care than I could afford as an honest, hard working citizen.
Report Post »Still, they don’t deserve to see the light of day.
Also, I agree someone should get life for the Fast and Furious incident. If Holder didn’t know, he’s no good at his job and if he did, he deserves life in prison.
Son_of_Liberty
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:43pm“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first” – Thomas Jefferson
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:49pm… and Jefferson was correct. We are seeing the government behave increasingly like criminals every day.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:56pmYes. You speak truth.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:40pmGood……….now go get Holder…and Obama.
Report Post »RationalMan
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:58pmI agree…
Now if every US citizens makes an arrest on Holder and Obama, I wonder what will happen???
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:38pm.
Report Post »Bachar Wehbe, Barack Hussein Obama, Tazar Gul Alizai the names all sound the same……
Secessionista
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:35pmOnly the federal government can exchange drugs and weapons for one another. It’s in the constitution somewhere… Oh yeah, in the commerce clause.
Report Post »west1890
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:23pmor the “good and plenty” clause.. or somewhere…. just ask one of the idiot Democrats in Congress
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:33pmSorry, no make up for fast and furious.I want to see eric holder in a jump suit and tell the prisoners we are cowards.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:30pmHOORAY DEA!!!! Guys, hang in there! (No pun intended)! GOD IS NOT MOCKED. These awful, subhumans will one day answer to HIM. I’m not talking about the criminals. I’m talking about the slimeball judges and lawyers that work to defend and to free the criminals.
We pray for the good guys. GOD’s gonna venge on the bad ones. Good to be on GOD’s team!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:27pmHezbollah would never react without the approval from Iran & Syria 2 of the worst regimes in the world .
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:26pminstall tracking devices in the guns and send a bomb when it gets to it’s destination…problem solved.
Report Post »Parkeralan
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:21pmThis will not stand, only Eric Holder can do these kinds of deals!
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:24pmCheckmate.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:28pmYou got that right….. if they want guns call I-800 BHOBAMA
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:31pmYep I’m sure the justice department will find a reason not to proceed with the prosecution. Holder is a flippin’ joke, I think Rep Darrell Issa is gonna bust his a$$ for fast and furious.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:58pmIf Holder doesn’t handle this well he needs to be taken down.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:19pmWere these weapons originally part of the Fast & the Furious scandal?
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:22pmOh this ought to end well in the courts of NYC!
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:30pmWhat all of us need to prepare for are the terrorists that were sold guns from the drug cartels in Mexico in the Fast and Furious deal and use on us probably in the near future. They’ve already known that terrorists come to Mexico and then come up here as the illegals do. Keep watching Issa’s investigation…..pointing to Eric Holder as responsible….and maybe a miracle will happen and they can pin it on Obama too. They‘re trying to keep it covered up but I think it’s falling apart & they have enough proof from other whistleblowers.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:16pmThe hanging tree is thataway…
Report Post »