I've been watching the Cent Am gang info generally, which is increasingly worrying, terrorist activities or not. They get inducted into a criminal operation in S California, get socialized out of civilization in prison, get dumped back in Central Am with no prospect for gainful employment, and segue seamlessly back into the criminal operation, having now learned how to do business on both sides of the border. If we set out to create a threat we'd be hard pressed to do a better job. Another set of bad characters I've been concerned about, but they haven't been as visible in the US lately, is the Jamaicans. Of course they've got the big connections with Britain and Europe and, via those routes, the Afghanistan etc drug trade. (See Richard Reid) I assume the counter-terrorism people are watching the pattern of disaffected groups linked to cross-border criminal activity, especially where there's a likelihood of some influence by Islamist radicals via cultural or criminal linkages -- Chechnya, Central America, Colombia/Peru/Bolivia, Caribbean, parts of West Africa, Nigeria, and of course the East Africa connections we've already seen in previous incidents. Some of these groups will focus on North America; others will work more closely to their home ground, disrupting the interests of the US, Europeans, and gov'ts of states with large Muslim populations. But we've got plenty of "policing" activity to pay attention (including the training, logistics and paramilitary efforts of our private contractors in various areas like Colombia and West Africa) regardless of what happens with our military in Iraq. Well if Kerry wins, at least Rand Beers knows the Western Hemisphere drug wars inside out. I know that Centcom has a counter-terror technical cooperation operation in Djibouti. Do you have a handle on where besides Colombia Southern command has significant counter-terror/counter-drugs/counter-insurgency initiatives underway?