Jihadi Du Jour: US Border: Less Than A Line In The Sand

You'll find Hugo Chavez towards the end of the newly released Congressional Report on border (in)security. Click here for "A Line In The Sand," PDF warning..

Oliver North writes:

"...the bombshell -- as reported by Lajeunesse and confirmed in the congressional report -- is the role being played by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. It's well known that the oil-rich Marxist in Caracas has been busy spreading his anti-American "Bolivarian Revolution" throughout our southern hemisphere. But this investigation now concludes that Chavez's nefarious deeds go well beyond a weapons-buying spree and efforts to manipulate elections in Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua.

According to the congressional report, "Venezuela is providing support --including identity documents -- that could prove useful to radical Islamic groups The Venezuelan government has issued thousands of cedulas, the equivalent of Social Security cards, to people from places such as Cuba, Colombia and Middle Eastern nations that host foreign terrorist organizations." These documents can be used to obtain Venezuelan passports and American visas, which in turn allow the holder to elude immigration checks and enter the United States ..."

Indeed.

Gustav Colonel of Venezuela Today wrote about Hezbollah training camps, and subsequent forced conversion of the native population to Islam, back on Sept. 2nd. As a matter of fact, here's a link to the internet website set up by Hezbollah in Venezuela.

Here are some not very comforting numbers: According to the Border Patrol cited in the new congressional report, OTM's (other than Mexican) illegal immigrants crossing the border since 2001 has increased from 30,147 in 2001 to 108, 025 in 2006. These are not all humble, honest illegal immigrants who are dying to mow your lawn for cheap. DHS has reported a 41% increase in "Special Interest Aliens" along the southern Texas border alone.

Nor are those numbers just a cheap workforce -- it's an army, or at least it could be.

Add these facts to the puzzle: 1) Some OTM's come via Venezuela, or are at least facilitated by Chavez. 2) Chavez has been spending his oil money to acquire weapons, and has recently made a deal with Putin to set up an AK-47 factory in Venezuela (although that is probably of more concern to his neighbors, and those inside his country that disagree with him politically). 3) Chavez' new best bud, Ahmadinejad is developing nuclear technology, and since the Iranians already run a couple of refineries for Chavez, it's not out of the question that there will be a deal to share nuclear technology.

Meanwhile, the circus continues at the UN. John Bolton, and Mexico, have called upon Chavez to withdraw. I doubt that he will until after the Venezuelan elections are over in December.

Finally, check out this article from the Persian Journal. It's a little loopy, but I can't help but agree with Scott Sullivan's conclusion that the US state department is working against US foreign policy interests.

Folks working against US domestic security interests include US politicians of all stripes, who continue to tap-dance around the border issue, in hopes of capturing the holy grail full of Hispanic votes.

Adapted from RedHotCuppaPolitics

Labels: Hugo Chavez, Terrorism