For Ben Anderson, finding prayer rugs and other such items means nothing.
"The illegals with prayer rugs pay $1,500-$2,000 to get across," he says. "These aren't the terrorists. The terrorists, al-Qaeda and others, pay between $30,000 and $50,000, and you'll never know they were here. It's very hard to catch someone of that caliber.
"Your first hint will be some big explosion, then the lights will go on in people's heads. Aha, they came up through here. Cochise country is the Arab-terrorist corridor."
Anderson spent 30 years in the Army, retiring as a colonel. In Vietnam, he commanded two rifle companies with the American division, winning numerous medals, including two purple hearts and two silver stars. He has three master's degrees, has worked in Egypt and at the Pentagon, and has taught at West Point.
Anderson publishes an online political newsletter called the Anderson Report. He bases his certainty that al-Qaeda is infiltrating Arizona on anonymous sources in Washington and elsewhere around the world.
"The entire illegal immigration issue is a fraud on the public, a national disgrace and the most dangerous threat to America. It undermines every aspect of society. Health care is just one. It undermines voting, the economy, law enforcement, prisons, education.
Anderson says that Middle Eastern terrorists infiltrating America from the south usually start out in Cairo, then go to Madrid or London, and from there directly to Mexico City, or the Tri-Border Area in South America. (The Tri-Border area encompasses portions of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, with Asuncion, Paraguay located roughly in its center.) He says this shadowy region is home to training camps for al-Qaeda and other terror groups.
Notice that the three Tri-Border area countries were among those taken off the federal government's dangerous-country list.
"On a geo-political intelligence level, this is absolutely insane," says Anderson. "I mean, really, really stupid."
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Dave Stoddard says that at least four smuggling trails--used to move both illegals and narcotics--go right through Sierra Vista's Fort Huachuca. The fort is headquarters for the military's intelligence training. So while our forces fight overseas, often securing other country's borders, the home base where many of them train is wide open.
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A series of roads and trails snake back from the border on the west side of State Route 191. They rise into the hills, going south to north across Davis Road and High Lonesome Road, through Gleeson and north toward Pearce/Sunsites. The residents along the route call it "Arab Road."
