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Could? number two, if, indeed, it s the iranian revolutionary guard and the quds force in particular, if that is the case, we re not talking about a branch of government going loose. we re not even talking about ahmadinejad. this organization, this agency and there s a consensus on that for those who are with iran and those who are against iran takes their instructions from the supreme leader, from the office of the supreme leader, eye ayatollah. so this is a central decision by the iranian regime to strike against the national security of the united states and also to trigger conflicts in the middle east. because when they would bomb, they were planning on bombing embassies, one is the saudis and the other one are the israelis, you know, they re talking about triggering a conflict in the middle east. and the third dimension if i may say, this doesn t come alone. when they planned such a strike, strategic strike inside the city, you know, inside washington, d.c., it means that they ....
Protects diplomats from being harmed. in addition to holding these individuals and conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. abar-siar and shakari are charged with plotted to murd an official, use weapons of mass destruction and commit international terrorism, among other charges. abab-siar has been in custody since september 29th, 2011, sakori, based in iran, remains at large. according to the complaint earlier this spring, abab-siar met with a confidential envelopant from the drug enforcement administration posing as an associate of a violent international drug trafficking cartel. the meeting which took place in may and in mexico was the first of a series that would result in international conspiracy by elements of the iranian government to pay the informant ....
$1.5 million to murder the ambassador on united states soil, according to documents we filed today in court. according to the complaint, those discussions led abab-siar with shakuri s approval to facilitate the wiring of approximately $100,000 into a bank account in the united states as a downpayment for the attempted assassination. the complaint also states that in the days since the defendant s arrest, he has confessed to his participation in the alleged plot, as well as provided other valuable information about elements of the iranian bottom s role in it. the disruption of this alleged plot marks a significant achievement by our law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as well as close cooperation of our partners in the mexican government. i want to commend the outstanding work of the agencies involved in this investigation, including the fbi and director mueller, who is here with us today, as well as the drug enforcement administration, and michelle lenhart. ....
Apprehended, he remains at large. joining me now is kt mcfar lane, let me ask you what i asked neil prior to the break. this seems extremely bold even for iran. yeah. i mean, this takes it to a whole new level of iranian aggressiveness. there s good news and bad news in this. the good news is that the fbi and the u.s. intelligence services acted decisively and very capably to shut this thing down, but the bad news and the news that will sort of, you know, residual importance is that iran has now moved into a new era with this. iran has historically acted through others, through hezbollah in syria, but now iran in the last several months has become much more aggressive in its own region, and now as we see internationally. iran sense warships through the suez canal off the coast of israel, iran continues with its nuclear weapons program. but if iran is now willing to ....
International, of the iranian revolutionary guard. he would not go so far as to say the iranian government itself one would assume he means ahmadinejad was behind this or blissed it. but eric holder saying that the white house, the state department and the treasury will be making their plans known in the next few hours on what should be done with respect to iran in the wake of this news, this terror plot that s been thwarted and saying that we, the united states, will be getting in touch with other allies to alert them of the role of the iranian government behind this plot that would have shed massive amounts of blood on u.s. soil. and it would not, you could hear in the attorney general s comments, have just been the saudi ambassador. it was made clear to this man that untold numbers of civilians here in the united states would be killed. they had no problem with that. he and his co-conspirator who was an iranian, part of the quds force and has yet to be ap ....