Iranian Plot to kill Saudi Ambassador to US Thwarted

[slapout9]

Congratulations to the men and women of the countries and agencies that foiled this incredible plot to assassinate a Saudi Ambassador on US soil.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44861178...news-security/


"We wish to thank the men and women of the United Network for Command and Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) without whose cooperation the production of this television show would not be possible" closing tag line from the original television show about a theoretical World Wide Law Enforcement Agency.


Link to a description of the the Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_from_uncle

[ganulv]

Congratulations to the men and women of the countries and agencies that foiled this incredible plot to assassinate a Saudi Ambassador on US soil.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44861178...news-security/

Whoa! That sounds like a BFD, as Mr. Biden might say.

[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

[Jedburgh]

InSightCrime, 9 April 2014: Terrorism and Crime in the Americas - "It's Business"

...If we were to put a label on any of this activity, it would probably be just that: it's business. These interactions appear to be, more than anything else, a way to achieve short-term monetary goals. Drug trafficking, contraband, weapons trafficking, diamond smuggling and numerous other activities help the terrorist groups reach these goals. Intermediaries like Harb and Joumaa facilitate these deals and perhaps have some ideological affinity to one or more of these organizations. But this does not mean these organizations have developed longstanding or even short-term working relationships. Security analyst Douglas Farah has aptly described them as "one-night stands."...