Alert Issued After Security Incident On Camp Pendleton

[foreverproud]

I'm always checking Camp Pendleton news ...

http://www.10news.com/news/27377448/detail.html


Bit frightening ... and I really don't understand why they were released :(

[Ed Palmer]

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Dry Run or Wrong Turn? 3 Mid-East Men Try to Enter Calif. Marine Base
the Blaze ^ | 3-31-11 | Jonathon M. Seidl

Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:21:18 AM by Mozilla

Was it just a wrong turn, or something more sinister?


Marine base Camp Pendleton — one of the largest military bases in the country — is reportedly on high alert after three Middle Eastern men tried to enter the base last weekend on multiple occasions in multiple vehicles. And while the men initially claimed they didn’t know each other and simply took a wrong turn, new information from a local gas station about “hateful comments” and “terrorist threats” casts doubt on their story:


http://clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/8178/2340295?wpid=9528


KGTV explains some of the shocking details:

According to a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alert issued to high-ranking Camp Pendleton officials, someone reported hearing hateful comments and terrorist threats from three men at a gas station in Oceanside Saturday.

Investigators at Camp Pendleton said the men asked the attendant for directions on how to get to Camp Pendleton before they left the gas station.

According to the alert, shortly after midnight Sunday, a rented silver Toyota Corolla driven by Naeem attempted to enter Camp Pendleton through the main gate. As it was being searched, Petrossian and Avanosian drove up in a black Mercedes, but were told to wait. Instead, they continued past the gate and onto the base. Following a short pursuit, the Mercedes was stopped and searched.

No weapons or contraband were found in the Mercedes, but base security noticed the air bag in the steering wheel of the Mercedes had been pulled out and re-attached with duct tape and had wires hanging free, the alert said.

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After questioning, all three men said they were headed to the same destination — Glendale. They were photographed and released. But that wasn’t the end of it. Later Sunday morning Naeem returned and again tried to enter the base, saying he was trying to get to the interstate. He was given a letter of debarment and escorted to the freeway, KGTV reports. A local security expert who does undercover work and asked only to be called “John,” told KGTV the incident sounds like a dry run.

Surveillance video screen shot on the blaze.com from the news report:



“Number one: they went on base twice. Their stories didn’t stick, kinda wishy washy. Number two: the vehicle, the condition of the vehicle,” John said. “They could have been probing the security, not just cameras, sensors, individual security from MPs. Three: [they] could have wanted to know what background checks would have produced.” KGTV says it has learned that since the incident, high-ranking Camp Pendleton officials have notified other bases as well as law enforcement about a possible threat.

[foreverproud]

Thanks Ed for posting the photos and video.

I definitely think it was a dry run. Do you think they could have let them go in order to tail them?

[WXSgt]

theres more to the story than whats posted. but I for one def think it was a dry run from what i know of it

[hbharrison]

I agree on the dry run part that is what it would appear to me. Just pray the security keeps a very watchful eye out for this kind of cr*p. Don't need some jackwad group blowing stuff up on or around the base.

[Tun Tavern]

I agree with the others. It sounds like a dry run to me.

I don't understand why they were let go. They drove on base, against orders, and attempted to flee.
Could they not be detained for this alone?

[hbharrison]

I agree with the others. It sounds like a dry run to me.

I don't understand why they were let go. They drove on base, against orders, and attempted to flee.
Could they not be detained for this alone?

That is the only part that has me stumped why did they let them go???

[foreverproud]

On Thursday, Camp Pendleton base officials issued a statement, saying in part: "After further investigation, it was determined that the individuals involved were not a threat to MCB Camp Pendleton or any other military installation in the area. MCB Camp Pendleton officials are not investigating these incidents further."

I am so uncomfortable with the response given. My son did not mention the incident when I talked to him Friday, however.

Here's the link to full article from San Diego News.....
http://www.10news.com/news/27404990/detail.html

[hbharrison]

It sounds like it should have been turned over to the FBI and let them take on the investigation, just smells bad like a dry run.

[doc h fmf]

I AGREE WITH YOU BUTCH LOOK AT THE BARRACKS BOMBING IN BEIRUT AND 911 if proper procedures were done none of these tragedies would have happend there is some thing that is going to happen they better start doing something now

SEMPER FI MY BROTHER

stephen doc hansen fmf

[WXSgt]

and my wife wonders why i want to own a personal firearm on base lol