800 billion spent in Iraq- here is what is in Texas-
February 2006: Three separate raids were conducted on three residences in Laredo, Texas were conducted on January 12, 27 and February 2, 2006, netting two-(2) ready-made improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and enough materials to make an estimated 43 more. To date, six people have been arrested, although their identities have not been publicly released pending additional and related investigations.

Julie Myers, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, described the stacks of weapons seized in the three raids as "very impressive,"? including six kits to assemble machine guns, at least twenty assembled firearms, magazines, silencers, thousands of rounds of ammunition, as well as quantities of cocaine, marijuana, and the fast growing drug methamphetamine.

According to Myers, there is no connection between the devices and weapons found and Middle Eastern terrorists. According to Myers, the advanced weapons appear to be related to two Mexican gangs fighting for control of what's called 'The Plaza,' the lucrative drug and immigrant smuggling routes into the southwestern United States.