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Cartels Help Terrorists get to U.S. ISIS Militant Omar Khabir Among Them
2016-04-27
[Judicial Watch] Mexican drug traffickers help Islamic terrorists stationed in Mexico cross into the United States to explore targets for future attacks, according to information forwarded to Judicial Watch by a high-ranking Homeland Security official in a border state. Among the jihadists that travel back and forth through the porous southern border is a Kuwaiti named Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir, an ISIS operative who lives in the Mexican state of Chihuahua not far from El Paso, Texas. Khabir trained hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen and has lived in Mexico for more than a year, according to information provided by JW's government source.

Now Khabir trains thousands of men--mostly Syrians and Yemenis--to fight in an ISIS base situated in the Mexico-U.S. border region near Ciudad Juárez, the intelligence gathered by JW's source reveals. Staking out U.S. targets is not difficult and Khabir actually brags in an Italian newspaper article published last week that the border region is so open that he "could get in with a handful of men, and kill thousands of people in Texas or in Arizona in the space of a few hours."
He could, no doubt, kill a few. But they go armed down there, and don't take kindly to killers.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Claudia Ruiz, Mexico's top diplomat, says in the article that she doesn’t understand why the Obama administration and the U.S. media are "culpably neglecting this phenomenon," adding that "this new wave of fundamentalism could have nasty surprises in store for the United States."
Oughtn't Mexico do something about this scorpion's nest in its midst? Since they know about it and talk about it so openly -- and apparently are quite confident the scorpions will never attack them...
This disturbing development appears on the Open Source Enterprise, the government database that collects and analyzes valuable material from worldwide print, broadcast and online media sources for the U.S. intelligence community. Only registered federal, state and local government employees can view information and analysis in the vast database and unauthorized access can lead to criminal charges. Updated data gathered on Khabir reveals he's 52 years old and was ordered to leave Kuwait about a decade ago over his extremist positions. Khabir is currently on ISIS's (also known as ISIL) payroll and operates a cell in an area of Mexico known as Anapra, according to the recently obtained information.

A year ago Judicial Watch reported on an ISIS camp in this exact area, just a few miles from El Paso. JW's April 14, 2015 report identified Anapra as the location of the ISIS base, details that were provided to JW by sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector. Anapra is situated just west of Ciudad Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. At the time JW reported that another ISIS cell was established to the west of Ciudad JuĂĄrez, in Puerto Palomas to target the New Mexico towns of Columbus and Deming. Sources told JW that, during the course of a joint operation, Mexican Army and federal law enforcement officials discovered documents in Arabic and Urdu, as well as "plans" of Fort Bliss ‐ the sprawling military installation that houses the US Army's 1st Armored Division. Muslim prayer rugs were recovered with the documents during the operation.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  But we dont need a military grade barrier on the border because that's racist.

As for killing thousands, he better be planning on a big bomb, because if he tries it by shooting people, he is in for a surprise. Except for Austin and parts of Houston, there are more sheepdogs and shepherd than sheep. Wolves dont last long in that environment.
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Pholutle7017   2016-04-27 22:51  

#4  Do I know Pancho Villa?
Si, yes, I had lunch with heem after big battle Juarez.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-04-27 22:13  

#3  Quick, deploy George Lopez to Syria to teach them there ISJVs some humor.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-04-27 12:50  

#2  Ouch, Besoeker. Fair, but ouch.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-04-27 09:20  

#1  Perhaps 'moderate' cartels could be contacted by the DoJ, offered money, prison releases, assault weapons, then asked to assist with the identification of terrorist networks ?

More must be done. Where is Eric Holder when we need him ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-04-27 01:28  

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