Iranian Plot to kill Saudi Ambassador to US Thwarted

[AdamG]

Interesting Cartel twist on the Iranian plot -

The Justice Department says one of the men – Manssor Arbabsiar, a naturalized U.S. citizen holding an Iranian passport – arranged to hire for the assassination someone in Mexico who he thought was an associate of a drug trafficking cartel. The person in Mexico actually was a DEA confidential source who was posing as a cartel associate, the Justice Department says.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/11...nvolving-iran/

I'll just leave this 2001 bit from the Memory Hole here -

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican federal police arrested a people smuggler who sneaked illegal immigrants, including Iraqis and Iranians, into the United States, the attorney-general's office said on Wednesday.

http://www.hacer.org/current/Mex066.php

...........aaaaaaaaaaaand this tidbit