Iranians Could Be Radicalizing Mexicans; Border Patrol Letting In Aliens With ‘Credible Fear’ Of Cartels
OFF THE WIRE
by Sam Rolley
Reports indicate that an Iranian outreach program is targeting young
adults from countries south of the American border. The program is
responsible for sending hundreds of Latin Americans to the Middle
Eastern nation for “intensive Spanish-language instruction in Iranian
religion and culture,” and is heavily supervised by a man who is wanted
internationally on terrorism charges.
According to U.S. officials, the initiative is part of an Iranian
government sponsored plot to gain influence in the Western Hemisphere by
building an army of supporters in the U.S.’s backyard.
Via The Washington Post:
…The initiative includes not only the recruitment of foreign students
for special study inside Iran, but also direct outreach to Latin
countries through the construction of mosques and cultural centers and,
beginning last year, a new cable-TV network that broadcasts Iranian
programming in Spanish.
Regional experts say such “soft power”
initiatives are mainly political, intended in particular to strengthen
Tehran’s foothold in countries such as Venezuela and Ecuador, which
share similar anti-American views. But in some cases, Iranian officials
have sought to enlist Latin Americans for espionage and even hacking
operations targeting U.S. computer systems, according to U.S. and Latin
American law-enforcement and intelligence officials.
A report
issued in May by an Argentine prosecutor cited evidence of “local
clandestine intelligence networks” organized by Iran in several South
American countries.
Singled out in the report is an Iranian
cleric and government official, Mohsen Rabbani, who runs several
programs in Iran for Latin American students…
…Rabbani has
made no secret of his interest in drawing in young Latin Americans who
admire Iran’s fiery defiance of the West. A report for Congress by IBI
Consultants, a Washington-based research company that advises U.S.
government agencies on Latin American terrorism and drug-trafficking
networks, estimated that more than 1,000 people from the region have
undergone training, mostly under Rabbani’s supervision, in Iran since
2007…
Meanwhile, a Fox affiliate in Pheonix, Ariz., reports
that illegal aliens may be exploiting a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection loophole to get into the Nation. All the aliens have to do,
according to the report, is claim that they have a “credible fear” of
being attacked by Mexican drug cartels.
Nearly 200 people
claimed a “credible fear” of drug cartels in a single day at the Otay
Mesa crossing south of San Diego, according to the report.
Reckon they learned the immigration trick from Iranian training?
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