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 |  Subject: Idiotic Congress: Iran Arming Mexico Drug Cartels And Smuggling Drugs Into US  Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:26 am | |
| House panel passes bill claiming Iran is arming Mexico drug cartels, inciting border violence, and smuggling drugs into US using sophisticated Hezbollah narco-tunneling
Of all of the ridiculous contrived distorted pieces of propaganda the US government has fabricated against Iran, this has to be the most disturbing of them all, and there is no doubt it will soon be aired on every corporate media news station in the country.
The US house panel has just passed this bill to monitor Iran’s activities in Latin America because>
Iran is using Hezbollah to supply the Mexican drug cartels with guns and drugs to incite violence on the US/Mexico border and smuggle drugs into the United States using sophisticated Hezbollah narco-tunneling.
Of course, its absurd but here is the full text of HR 3783 that a House Panel just past, which also includes a long list of other absurd accusations and conspiracy theories against Iran.
H.R.3783 — Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012
A BILL To provide for a comprehensive strategy to counter Iran’s growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012′.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has vital political, economic, and security interests in the Western Hemisphere.
(2) Iran is pursuing cooperation with Latin American countries by signing economic and security agreements in order to create a network of diplomatic and economic relationships to lessen the blow of international sanctions and oppose Western attempts to constrict its ambitions.
(3) According to the Department of State, Hezbollah, with Iran as its state sponsor, is considered the `most technically capable terrorist group in the world’ with `thousands of supporters, several thousand members, and a few hundred terrorist operatives’, and officials from Iran’s IRGC’s Qods Force have been working in concert with Hezbollah since the 1990s.
(4) The IRGC’s Qods Force has a long history of supporting Hezbollah’s military, paramilitary, and terrorist activities, providing it with guidance, funding, weapons, intelligence, and logistical support, and in 2007, the Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on the IRGC and its Qods Force for their support of terrorism and proliferation activities.
(5) The IRGC’s Qods Force stations operatives in foreign embassies, charities, and religious and cultural institutions to foster relationships, often building on existing socio-economic ties with the well established Shia Diaspora, and recent years have witnessed an increased presence in Latin America.
(6) According to the Department of Defense, the IRGC and its Qods Force were involved in or behind some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the past two decades, including the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, by generally directing or supporting the groups that actually executed the attacks.
(7) Reports of Iranian intelligence agents being implicated in Hezbollah-linked activities since the early 1990s suggest direct Iranian government support of Hezbollah activities in the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, and in the past decade, Iran has dramatically increased its diplomatic missions to Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil. Iran has built 17 cultural centers in Latin America, and it currently maintains 11 embassies, up from six in 2005.
(8) Iran has used its proxies in Latin America to raise revenues through illicit activities, including drug and arms trafficking, counterfeiting, money laundering, forging travel documents, pirating software and music, and providing haven and assistance to other terrorists transiting the region.
(9) According to the Department of Defense, Iran provides support for Hamas despite ideological differences, and there is concern that Hamas is active in the Western Hemisphere, most notably in Caracas.
(10) Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela expressed their intention to assist Iran in breaking international sanctions signing a statement supporting Iran’s nuclear activities and announcing at a 2010 joint press conference in Tehran their determination to `continue and expand their economic ties to Iran’ with confidence that `Iran can give a crushing response to the threats and sanctions imposed by the West and imperialism’.
(11) Sophisticated narco-tunneling reportedly resembling the types used by Hezbollah in Lebanon have been discovered along the United States-Mexico border, and arrested Mexican gang members entering the United States allegedly with Farsi tattoos have led to concerns about Hezbollah’s ability to cooperate with Mexican drug cartels to utilize smuggling techniques and routes in order to transport drugs and people into the United States.
(12) Since the fall of 2008, at least 111 suspects of a Hezbollah-linked international network of drug traffickers and money launderers have been arrested in Drug Enforcement Administration operations.
(13) In October 2011, the United States charged two men, including Iranian-American Manssor Arbabsiar, a member of the IRGC’s Qods Force, on conspiracy to murder a foreign official using a weapon of mass destruction in an act of terrorism. Arbabsiar traveled to Mexico with the express intent to hire `someone in the narcotics business’ to carry out the assassination of the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in the United States.
(14) The Obama Administration’s 2011 Strategy for Counterterrorism does not adequately address Iran’s growing influence and operations in the Western Hemisphere.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States to use all elements of national power to counter Iran’s growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere.
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT OF A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS IRAN’S GROWING PRESENCE AND ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
(a) In General- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a strategy to address Iran’s growing presence and activity in the Western Hemisphere that–
(1) defines and outlines the presence and activities of Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas in the Western Hemisphere, including information about their leaders, goals, objectives, and areas of influence;
(2) provides an assessment of the terrain, population, ports, foreign firms, airports, borders, media outlets, financial centers, foreign embassies, charities, religious and cultural centers, and income-generating activities in the Western Hemisphere utilized by Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas;
(3) details operations of Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas within the United States, including information on financial networks, trafficking activities, and safe havens;
(4) documents the relationship of Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas with transnational criminal organizations and other terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere;
(5) describes the relationship of Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas with the governments in the Western Hemisphere, including military-to-military relations and diplomatic, economic, and security partnerships;
(6) assesses the Federal law enforcement capabilities, military forces, state and local government institutions, and other critical elements, such as nongovernmental organizations, of the governments in the Western Hemisphere that may organize to counter the threat posed by Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas;
(7) details operations of Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas at the United States-Mexico border and other international borders within the Western Hemisphere, including operations related to drug, human, and arms trafficking, human support networks, financial support, and technological advancements; and
(8) includes–
(A) with respect to the United States-Mexico border, in coordination with the Government of Mexico and the Secretary of Homeland Security, a plan to address resources, technology, and infrastructure to create a secure Southwest Border and prevent operatives from Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, or Hamas from entering the United States;
(B) within Latin American countries, a multi-agency action plan including the development of strong rule-of-law institutions to provide security for the people and businesses of such countries, a counterterrorism and counter-radicalization plan within communities to isolate Iran, the IRGC, its Qods Force, Hezbollah, and Hamas from their sources of financial support, and combat terrorist activity; and
(C) incorporation of all of the elements of national power, including diplomatic, economic, and security elements, designed to counter Iran’s growing presence and hostile activity in the Western Hemisphere.
(b) Development- In developing the strategy under this section, the Secretary of State shall consult with the heads of all appropriate United States departments and agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General.
(c) Form- The strategy under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
Not later than one year after the submission of the strategy required under section 4, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the progress made toward the implementation of the strategy and a description and evaluation toward achieving the policy objective described in section 3.
SEC. 6. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY TO COUNTER IRAN IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available to any office or bureau of the Department of State for counter-terrorism programs are authorized to be made available to carry out this Act.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/03/01/iran-arming-mexico-drug-cartels-and-smuggling-drugs-into-us-89142/
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