Posted on 12/02/2009 7:29:27 PM PST by Bad~Rodeo
U.S. Secretly Arrested Iranian Agent Two Years Ago After Sting and Extradited to U.S
An Iranian government agent, who was secretly arrested two years ago and extradited to the U.S. for trying to export high tech American military equipment to Iran, told U.S. undercover agents he was helping his country prepare for a war with the United States that Iran was convinced was coming.
The agent, Amir Hossein Ardebili, was secretly arrested overseas in Central Asia in October 2007 and pleaded guilty to charges that he violated the Arms Export Control Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, smuggling conspiracy and money laundering. The arrest and guilty plea were announced Wednesday by the U.S. attorney for Delaware, David C. Weiss
Ardebili pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2008. The U.S. government says the case shows an expansive effort by Iran to obtain parts to maintain their aging air force and develop more advanced air defense systems.
According to the government's sentencing memo, "Ardebili acquired thousandsof components for the government of Iran valued at approximately $1 million annually. Ardebili was involved in the acquisition of a wide range of components, including military aircraft parts, Kevlar, night vision devices and communications equipment. Most of his acquisitions involved electronics components." p
According to the memorandum, when asked by an undercover ICE agent why he was obtaining such a wide array of technologies, Ardebili said, "If the United States come to war…the
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irans-ardebili-speaks-iran-war-preparations/story?id=9229861
What does it take to convince people that war with
Iran is coming?
I’m not super smart but even I can see how this
is going to play out.
Will that eventually result in war and worse, later - much later even? Sure...
Thank you sir
And I’m afraid that this coming war will be fought on our soil.
Don't know why but sometimes it's hard to keep the “click-able” stuck to the link address.
Don’t worry, President Barry Soetero is there to protect us. Don’t you feel safer now?
Arrested exactly where and by who, accused by who, pled guilty in front of what court???
*ping*
ICE, in the Caucasus over two days in October 2007, and due for sentencing by a federal judge Dec. 14, 2009
We must have a president who will fight back before it can be called a war. I’m not sure a “war” is coming.
I believe Israel has the most to fear when comes to Iran going nuclear. Iran knows that if they strike against us with nukes, they will be wiped off the face of the Earth.
Of course, if we are attacked, would our Manchild n’ Chief counter attack with nukes? I’m not so sure....
The nightmare scenario, especially with our current president, is the thought of a good part of one of our major cities suddenly being destroyed and no one knowing where it came from. Then, a terrorist will begin to make demands, threatening to detonate another one... then what? I’m afraid 0bama would crawl under the Resolute Desk and ‘vote present’. Hell, he’d probably call Dick Cheney and ask what to do. lol
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