Terrorists captured in Iraq claimed that their organizations were planning attacks on “soft targets” in the United States, according to Don Bordenkircher, a former National Director for Operations-Corrections Program in Iraq. In Iraq, Bordenkircher oversaw all the U.S. advisors working in the jails and prisons of central and northern portions of the country.

“I was clearly told by at least 10 prisoners, each from a different prison facility, that they had cells already planted in the United States, Canada and South America, for the purpose of strikes in America,” Bordenkircher explained. “They are embedded in the suburbs (not big cities) and only await instructions to begin strikes.”

As Bordenkircher explains in a book he is currently working on, these cells plan on using guerilla-type tactics in the United States, and are shifting away from the most predictable targets.

“They do not have monumental targets, rather, they will hit schools, shopping centers, water, gas, electricity and power systems, casinos and other areas of decadence in the U.S.,” he explained.

The prisoners, claiming to be from Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, were of Syrian, Saudi, Somalian, Chechen, and Iranian origin.

“They were pleased to tell me my home, family and life in the US was in jeopardy,” he said. The interpreter he used, who wore a ski mask to protect his identity, “was visibly shaken after the interviews had taken place.”

Ryan Mauro