Exporting Jihad to Colombia's FARC
Don't let this one pass you by. A Syrian (alleged) arms dealer was arrested selling RPGs, machine guns, and surface-to-air missiles (capable of knocking down our Plan Colombia helicopers) to Colombia's FARC, the Marxist terrorist coke-trafficking rebels that have been f'ing up that country for decades.
That's news on its own. But check this action:
It said Mr. Kassar also promised to provide the FARC with ton-quantities of C4 explosives, as well as expert trainers from Lebanon to teach the FARC how to effectively use improvised explosive devices, commonly known as IEDs."Expert trainers from Lebanon"?
Whatever could they mean?
Bravo to the DEA for making this arrest, and bravo to the Washington Times for covering it. But don't leave us hanging, Times reporter Jerry Seper. Tell us more.
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Wait, let me tell you more. Here's the Guardian on Monzer Al-Kassar, the accused arms dealer who is also wanted in Iraq for supplying their insurgency with the tools of their trade:
A US Senate report called him a 'drug trafficker, terrorist, and arms trafficker'. A United Nations report called him an 'international embargo buster'. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, has referred to him, on the floor of the US Senate, as a 'notorious terrorist'.Much more at the link; but please put on your Guardian BS filter as you peruse it.Kassar has been accused of involvement in the Achille Lauro cruise liner hijacking by the Palestinian Liberation Front; law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world have files on him. If one fifth of the allegations about him are true, he is a James Bond villain come to life, albeit with a lame toy poodle rather than a fluffy white cat.
He is now accused of being a key player in the Iraq insurgency.
I'm seriously fired up about this. This is awesome. This is Big News.