Even with the successes of Operation Epic Fury, Iran could still accomplish something no enemy of the United States has done since the War of 1812: Striking directly at American citizens in the mainland United States. On Sunday, one report presents the worrisome prospect of Iranian sleeper cells, right here in the United States, right now, who may well just be awaiting orders to strike.
American counterterrorism agencies, including the FBI, are reportedly already monitoring possible Iranian-sponsored sleeper cells.
American counterterrorism agencies are quietly monitoring suspected sleeper cells on U.S. soil in the wake of joint U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran, stepping up surveillance amid heightened fears of possible retaliation from Iran-linked operatives or sympathizers.
Federal and local law enforcement have also boosted on-the-ground security in major U.S. cities as part of a precautionary posture, even though no specific, credible threats have been publicly identified.
The move comes on the heels of a Saturday morning operation, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, that resulted in the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials in a coordinated U.S.–Israeli military campaign.
Not that killing the members of one of the most vicious, murderous regimes of modern history isn’t still worth doing, but this possibility, of having sleeper cells right here in our own homeland, well, that’s nothing new.
“If ever there’s going to be a Hezbollah cell or a Hamas cell act in the United States in a violent way, it’s now,” Chris Swecker, a former assistant FBI director, told Fox News.
“Both organizations are Iranian-backed all the way. Both organizations have had a presence in the United States since the 1980s,” he added.
Swecker said U.S. authorities have long been aware of domestic networks and sympathizers.
“We know that they have cells here. We also know that there are lone sympathizers, many of whom have come out in these protest groups,” he added.
We may well have seen just one such lone sympathizer in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.
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Horrifying as the notion is, this goblin, who has now thankfully assumed room temperature thanks to a lightning-fast response by the Austin police, it seems certain that it won’t be the last such incident, and as I have been pointing out for years, many of these cells won’t be gullible low-IQ dupes, but trained professionals.
The question becomes this: If we know that Iran-backed terror groups have cells here, why have those cells not been swept up? Are we waiting for them to move?
He also warned that border security vulnerabilities may have compounded the risk.
“We just come off four years of open borders, and I have said before that that was an open door for terrorists to terrorist cells and terror sympathizers to infiltrate. Many were already here, but it’s impossible that they would not infiltrate into these particular groups and sort of act as catalysts, as enablers.”
Against that backdrop, the FBI is moving to reinforce its domestic security posture.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Saturday that counterterrorism and intelligence teams are now on high alert amid ongoing U.S. actions involving Iran.
Note that statement: We have just come off four years of open borders. If there are any terror cells here, if there are any Americans injured or, fates forfend, killed by these goblins, those events must be laid squarely at the feet of the Biden administration and Democrats in general, who shout continually for open borders, defunding our immigration authorities, and allowing in anyone from anywhere in the world, without question or qualification.
This is one of the key issues of our time in the United States, and the current dust-up in Iran is now revealing just how feckless and stupid the Democrats are being on this issue. Remember this in November.
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