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05/10/06 |
INVASION USA
Osama's exploits south of border
Al-Qaida in league with Mexican radicals in plot to penetrate U.S., says MI6 report
Posted: May 10, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
Editor's note: The following story is adapted from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND.
By Gordon Thomas
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
LONDON Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, has established the first proof al-Qaida is playing a major role in the new Cold War between North and South America with Osama bin Laden's terror network seeing itself in league with Mexican subversives in infiltrating the U.S. border.
The evidence emerged as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez swash-buckled into London after scoring a win in yet another venomous battle with Washington for influence and economic advantage across the Latin American continent.
Chavez is in London to meet the capital's anti-Bush mayor, Ken Livingstone, and other prominent British opponents of the war in Iraq. His arrival coincides with the downward spiral politically of Prime Minister Tony Blair largely over his continued support for Bush.
Downing Street will monitor the Chavez visit closely not least because he controls the western hemisphere's largest supply of oil reserves. As oil prices soar, Chavez has used the extra profits to reinforce his position with his electorate. He said last week he would seek "indefinite" re-election beyond the constitutional limit of 2014.
Chavez, a 51 year-old paratrooper, descended on London this week and was boosted by the knowledge that his rapidly expanding clout in Southern America could soon see a dramatic shift of power after elections in Peru, Nicaragua and Mexico.
This would result in a standoff between Western oil companies worried about rising oil prices and South American oil producers' new-found enthusiasm for threatening foreign companies with a further hike.
In the words of a MI6 memo, the situation "is a new and dangerous threat to stability that is also being exploited by al-Qaida."
Details of al-Qaeda's penetration into Latin America emerged from documents discovered during recent anti-terrorist operations in Pakistan to try and locate Osama bin Laden.
The documents included evidence that al-Qaida has established links with the Colombian terror group, FARC, and the Shining Path, SL, in Peru. They also reveal al-Qaida's links with thousands of Muslim students in the Dominican Republic.
Another Pakistani document shows the links between al-Qaida and Mexico's Popular Revolutionary Army, EPR. The documents reveal that al-Qaida sees EPR as collaborators in attacks in Mexico on foreign targets "especially those of the United States and Britain." It also says that EPR can play a key role in allowing al-Qaida operatives to enter the United States through the busiest land crossing in the world Tijuana.
Another document reveals that along Peru's border with Chile "a large Arab community is providing substantial sums of money for al-Qaida."
But the closest links al-Qaida has are with Venezuela. Exploiting Chavez's latest tirade against the Bush administration, al-Qaida is firmly entrenched in the country.
Before flying to London, Chavez said: "The axis of evil is Washington and its allies around the world who go about threatening, invading and murdering. We are forming the axis of good."
The godfather of that axis is Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader for 45 years. But in support is Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia who last week promised: "I am going to be a nightmare for Washington."
In coming presidential elections the candidates are Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Peru's Ollanta Humala and Andres Lopez of Mexico. The Mexican populist likes to see himself as a mirror image of Chavez and has labelled the country's outgoing president, Vincente Fox, "a puppy of Bush."
The documents discovered in Pakistan have become of prime concern to MI6 given Britain's substantial holdings in Latin America. These could be seriously damaged by what one MI6 officer called "Chavez and his rogue's gallery of sinister wannabees and corrupt opportunists."
Chavez has so far spectacularly avoided Washington's efforts to curb his ambitions. He has warned Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, "I sting those who rattle me."
It is over threats like that MI6 analysts try to decipher how far Chavez will allow al-Qaida to be his sting master.
Already MI6 say that Venezuela is now one of the main conduits for trafficking drugs to Europe and al-Qaida is a major player.
From Venezuela the drugs are taken by high-speed ocean-going boats to Africa's West Sahara. The cargoes are run ashore north of the town of Dakhia and trucked overland through Morocco into southern Spain. From there they are smuggled into France, Germany and Britain.
Deep inside their headquarters overlooking the River Thames, the MI6 analysts work in a room that is accessed by a swipe card, the codes of which change regularly.
The room houses the Terrorist Attack Assessment Center. Inside its computer-lined walls and state-of-the-art communications, analysts sit at workstations around the clock. TAAC is directly linked to the Pentagon and the CIA. Both have their versions of TAAC.
The MI6 department regularly updates its director general, John Scarlett. He is the quintessential English spymaster. In his customized suits and hand-stitched cotton shirts, he has a touch of the James Bond about his sartorial elegance.
He is taking a close interest in the documents that indicate how al-Qaida sees Latin America as a continent where it can expand its activities.
MI6 analysts have established that the documents are the work of Ayman al-Zawahiri, a founder member of al-Qaida and accepted by Western intelligence services as its prime strategist next to bin Laden.
Al-Zawahiri studied in Paris and London to become a recognized authority in behavioral psychology. After graduating from Cairo University he traveled widely.
An MI6 file confirms a Mossad profile of the heavily bearded psychiatrist that he is arrogant and takes an obsessive pleasure watching film of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 when he first emerged from the shadows to sit alongside bin Laden.
Both MI6 and Mossad believe al-Zawahiri made several visits to Latin America during the last decade.
As Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin first reported in 2003, Pentagon officials have confirmed human smuggling rings in Latin America are attempting to sneak al-Qaida operatives into the U.S.
Before the U.S.-led coalition attacked Iraq, the U.S. State Department offered congressional testimony that both al-Qaida and the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah were taking firm hold in "America's backyard."
Mark F. Wong, the State Department's acting coordinator for counterterrorism, told the House International Relations Committee about the threat posed by both groups in Latin America.
Yet, then the matter seems to have been dropped perhaps for diplomatic reasons, perhaps for political reasons.
But in 2003, G2 Bulletin reported authorities in Silvio Pettirosi International Airport in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital, reported the arrival of a growing number of visitors carrying European passports, but undoubtedly appearing to be more Middle Eastern than anything else.
Some of these "Europeans" could not even speak the language of their so-called mother land.
There was very little doubt most of these visitors went on to find their way to the triple border region where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. This region, often described as a lawless area, is nicknamed by some intelligence station agents as "The Muslim Triangle meeting zone."
Intelligence experts have been warning since the late 1990s they had noticed a tendency among Islamic terrorists to operate from Paraguay, a landlocked country in the heart of South America, with a territory slightly smaller than California, and with geographic extremes perfect for hiding illegal activities.
G2 Bulletin reported in 2003 the terrorists using Argentina are organized in active cells around the country with safe houses in neighboring Paraguay. An Argentinean document seen by G2B describes part of the drug-smuggling trail, as well as that of weapons and people. These elaborate trails run through a web of border crossings pointing also to the complex cooperation between various "smuggling experts." These belong to jihadi organizations such as al-Qaida, joining forces with local drug lords, developing and oiling their smuggling mechanism all the way to Mexico aiming ultimately to hit the U.S.
The Argentinean intelligence service assessment, privy among others, to European and Middle Eastern agencies, has reached a significant and grave conclusion, according to G2 Bulletin. It claims since 9/11 and the partial success in the war against terrorism, mainly in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Central Asia, the jihadi pendulum is tilting more and more toward South America. The reason terrorist cells in Paraguay, whether active or dormant, can continue to grow and flourish, is because of widespread corruption in South America.
The lawlessness and disorder in Paraguay, enabled operatives of such terrorist groups as al-Qaida, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas to feel safe, even in the heart of Asuncion. These organizations, and probably more, turned Paraguay into a logistical base, as one local journalist told G2 Bulletin: "It's easy. At this stage our country is not engulfed in a civil war or guerrilla campaign and, therefore, security forces are more prone to financial kickbacks."
The terrorists even get some official support in Latin America, according to some sources. As WorldNetDaily reported, a Venezuelan military defector claims Venezuela's Chavez developed ties to terrorist groups such as al-Qaida even providing it with $1 million in cash after Sept. 11, 2001.
Air Force Maj. Juan Diaz Castillo, who was Chavez's pilot, told WorldNetDaily through an interpreter that "the American people should awaken and be aware of the enemy they have just three hours' flight from the United States."
Diaz said he was part of an operation in which Chavez gave $1 million to al-Qaida for relocation costs, shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
London-based intelligence expert Gordon Thomas is the author of "Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad"and a regular contributor to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. This report includes background reports from previous G2 Bulletin dispatches.
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Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 05/11/06 1:13 pm:
Paraclete,
>>>Which bugs was that, I think you tried to swat the wasp and got a mosquito. You haven't crushed al queada and you are not in conrol of Iraq<<<
Oh, really?
Then why is al Qaeda writting things like this in their reports to each other:
It has been proven that the Shiites have a power and influence in Baghdad that cannot be taken lightly, particularly when the power of the Ministries of Interior and Defense is given to them, compared with the power of the mujahidin in Baghdad. During a military confrontation, they will be in a better position because they represent the power of the state along with the power of the popular militias. Most of the mujahidin power lies in surprise attacks (hit and run) or setting up explosive charges and booby traps. This is a different matter than a battle with organized forces that possess machinery and suitable communications networks. Thus, what is fixed in the minds of the Shiite and Sunni population is that the Shiites are stronger in Baghdad and closer to controlling it while the mujahidin (who represent the backbone of the Sunni people) are not considered more than a daily annoyance to the Shiite government...
The policy followed by the brothers in Baghdad is a media oriented policy without a clear comprehensive plan to capture an area or an enemy center. Other word, the significance of the strategy of their work is to show in the media that the American and the government do not control the situation and there is resistance against them. This policy dragged us to the type of operations that are attracted to the media, and we go to the streets from time to time for more possible noisy operations which follow the same direction.
This direction has large positive effects; however, being preoccupied with it alone delays more important operations such as taking control of some areas, preserving it and assuming power in Baghdad (for example, taking control of a university, a hospital, or a Sunni religious site). At the same time, the Americans and the Government were able to absorb our painful blows, sustain them, compensate their losses with new replacements, and follow strategic plans which allowed them in the past few years to take control of Baghdad as well as other areas one after the other. That is why every year is worse than the previous year as far as the Mujahidins control and influence over Baghdad....
The mujahidin do not have any stored weapons and ammunition in their possession in Baghdad, particularly rockets, such as C5K Katyosha or bomber or mortars which we realized their importance and shortage in Baghdad....
The current commander of Northern al-Karkh (Abu-Huda) is very concerned because of his deteriorating security situation caused by being pursued by the Americans, since they have his picture and voice print. Therefore, his movement is very restricted and he is unable to do anything here....
Northern al-Karkh groups are estimated at 40 mujahid, so is the Southern Karkh. They could double that number if necessary. Al-Rassafah groups in general is estimated at 30 mujahidin as I was informed by the commander of al-Rassafah. These are very small numbers compared to the tens of thousands of the enemy troops. How can we increase these numbers?
(All of the above was taken from a document discovered by CENTCOM [Coalition Central Command] and released to the public on May 3, 2006)
Seems to me that the bug called "al qaeda" has been crushed, and is down to just simply flailing around without effect. When even the the enemy acknowledges that they are too weak and disorganized to be effective, that is the clearest proof that we are winning.
But if you want to say that the bug is winning, suit yourself. But don't ask why we don't acknowledge it as true when you say it.
Elliot Clarification/Follow-up by paraclete on 05/11/06 2:00 pm:
Elliott al quaeda is like a hive of paper wasps, the only way to destroy them is to take them at night. Why do they say these things; because one nest is finding it difficult but obviously not impossible. You are like your President; too optimistic and too full of bravado, you declare victory before the enemy is defeated. It's even doubtfull you know who the real enemy is. You should see it in another way. if a few rag tag fighters could do this, what could they do if they were organised and properly led. What indeed could the thousands of American troops do if they were organised and properly led. This has the quality of tet all over again
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 05/11/06 2:26 pm:
Clete,
>>>if a few rag tag fighters could do this, what could they do if they were organised and properly led<<<
Could do what? Cause a few explosions? Hell I could do that without even trying. But what have they accomplished? What have they gained? They've lost the support of the Iraqis, including the Sunnis. They've lost their ability to operate openly or in large scale. They have lost area of influence. They have lost logistical support. And they have lost the ability to effect the future of Iraq. Ergo, they have lost the war. They are a body who's head has been cut off, but the twitching hasn't quite stopped yet.
>>>What indeed could the thousands of American troops do if they were organised and properly led. <<<
They already are. That is why they defeated what was supposedly the toughest military in the Middle East in Iraq in a few weeks, and took out the Taliban in Afghanistan in a couple of months, something the entire power of the Soviet military couldn't accomplish.
>>>This has the quality of tet all over again<<<
The NV and VC lost in the Tet Offensive. They lost over 40,000 fighters in the Tet Offensive, and accomplished none of their goals, retreating at every battle line, and taking no land. After Tet, the NLF and PLAF became largely ineffective during the reast of the war, having been completely decimated. You're right, this is exactly like the Tet Offensive.
Elliot Clarification/Follow-up by paraclete on 05/11/06 10:35 pm:
Elliott
You draw the wrong comparison because you don't want to see it. Tet wasn't a victory for america, it was a defeat, while america appeared to win the battle they lost the war and had to leave, realising that no matter how long they stayed there they could never win the hearts and minds of the people. What Tet proved in Vietman was that the americans were vulnerable particularly to an offensive on all fronts. Your gains were because the enemy was poorly led and you had massive air support but when he gets you on the ground without your air cover fighting his sort of war progess slows to snails pace. In Iraq you cannot identify the enemy, that is the problem, the same problem that existed in Vietnam.
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 05/12/06 1:14 pm:
>>>Tet wasn't a victory for america, it was a defeat<<<
Just like a liberal to snatch defeate from the jaws of victory.
>>>while america appeared to win the battle they lost the war and had to leave,<<<
Well, that is certainly the spin that liberals like to take on the Vietnam war. The reality is that it is the liberals who kept American troops from fully engaging the enemy, both through their defamation of the troops on the home front and their insistance on not using force above the 20th parallel. It was the liberal insistance on pulling out of Vietnam that caused the withdrawal that has been termed an American defeat.
And now you want us to repeat the mistakes of the past. You again want a total pullout that WOULD signal a defeat for the USA... and you wish to again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Pulling out when we are winning every battle has been proven historically to be a bad move.
>>>realising that no matter how long they stayed there they could never win the hearts and minds of the people<<<
Actually, that is another point where you are wrong. Not only are we winning the minds and hearts war among those who were formerly ambivilant about us, the terrorists are actively loosing support from those who were actively supporting them. Furthermore, a February 28, 2006 poll by the BBC showed that 49% of Iraqis felt that the US should stay until the government is stable enough to handle its own security affairs. That number is up from 40% according to an ABC poll in December 2005.
And 71% of Iraqis are optimistic about their own lives, saying their lives are good. Strangely, only 44% say that things are good for their country. Why would there be such a disparity of numbers? If 71% of people say that their own lives are good, why would only 44% say that things are good for the country? The answer that I come up with is that the Iraqis who have been polled are being influenced by the media. They know that their own situations have improved, but thanks to media talk about how terrible things are, they believe that they are the exception, and that the country is worse off than before the war. And so while they beleive that their own lives are better off, they believe that the country as a whole is worse off. In other words, this a case of the media influencing the news and influencing public opinion in a way that belies the facts. That is known in the media world as "yellow journalism": making the news instead of reporting it.
But the point is that we ARE winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqis. I don't expect that every Iraqi, especially every Sunni, will become enamoured with the USA. But I do expect that over time, they will stop actively opposing us, and start working with us. And given the fact that the terrorists are losing support from the Sunnis, and that the new government represents Sunni views along with Shia views, and given the fact that the number of tips to coalition forces against the terrorists coming from Sunnis has increased dramatically, I would say that my expectation is coming to fruition.
>>>What Tet proved in Vietman was that the americans were vulnerable particularly to an offensive on all fronts. <<<
Actually, it proved exactly the opposite. It proved that despite the secresy surounding the attack, the surprise with which it occured, and the lack of preparedness by US forces in Vietnam, we were able to beat off the worste the enemy could throw at us, and put the NLF and PLAF out of the rest of the war. It proved that no matter what the enemy threw at us, they couldn't win the war. It took the liberals at home to defeat us in Vietnam. And the same is true of Iraq. The terrorists are little more than a nuisance to our operations in Iraq. They are dangerous to individuals, but they cannot derail the progress being made in Iraq, merely slow it. Their best efforts are little more than a sting, whereas they acknowledge that they are losing ground.
I don't expect that we will ever be able to eliminate every single terrorist in Iraq. I don't even expect that we will be able to eliminate every terrorist in the United States, just as we cannot eliminate every criminal in the United States. But we can make their movements so difficult that they cannot accomplish anything meaningful, and the cost of what little do manage to accomplish so high that it becomes prohibitive to do so. That is how you win a war against terrorists and guerrilas. And that is the strategy we are using in Iraq. Retreat is NOT a viable strategy for winning ANY war, much less one against terrorists.
Elliot
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