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New Mexico: Police Find 11 Starving Children in Compound
BBC World News ^ | Aug. 6, 2018 | BBC Staff

Posted on 08/06/2018 12:04:13 PM PDT by John S Mosby

Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound.

They said the children, aged one to 15, had no shoes, were wearing rags and "looked like Third World refugees".

Five adults were found at the scene, including two heavily armed men.

Police searched the site after receiving a message from a third party that read: "We are starving and need food and water."

It is not clear how the group ended up at the compound in Amalia, near the state's border with Colorado.

Police described the compound as a small underground caravan covered by plastic, with no running water or electricity.

Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe told ABC News the children were hungry, thirsty and filthy.

"I've been a cop for 30 years. I've never seen anything like this. Unbelievable," he said. "They were skinny, their ribs showed, they were in very poor hygiene and very scared." No fresh water was found at the site, and the only food there was a few potatoes and a box of rice, police said.

Two armed men, Siraj Wahhaj and Lucas Morton, were arrested at the scene, and charged with several counts of child abuse. Three women, believed to be the children's mothers, were detained but later released.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: New Mexico; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: border; cell; islam; islamofascism; koranimals; muslim; muslims; terror; wahhaj
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If we, the US, were thinking as the Israelis would be, in finding such a compound-- we'd be thinking- how would you train submission in starving children to become "mules" for terrorist bombing. And, secondly, how was this being financed, and just who are the two "islamofascist" armed child traffickers and what group is running them? This is just one more example of US interior bases. For whom? Hamas?

Finally, one more question-- why on Earth were the supposed mothers of these children released, unless they were put in protective custody to reveal the network and/or their own actions providing the children-- for money? for drugs for... all of the above. This is sick.

1 posted on 08/06/2018 12:04:14 PM PDT by John S Mosby
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“why on Earth were the supposed mothers of these children released”

Maybe they were no match for two armed men?


2 posted on 08/06/2018 12:16:17 PM PDT by Buttons12
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Siraj Wahhaj

Interesting name for someone in the middle of nowhere in Northern New Mexico...

There exists another in New York. The NY version is an assumed name, not given. I'm betting this one is, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Wahhaj

3 posted on 08/06/2018 12:19:23 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: John S Mosby

Be patient. Soon CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) will issue a statement that will answer all of your questions. CAIR will say that these Muslims are “lone wolves” who do not represent true Islam.

Then CAIR will trot out an “expert” who will say that these Muslims were driven to despair by Trump’s policies.


4 posted on 08/06/2018 12:19:35 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Why wasn’t ICE called in? My guess
is the three ladies are not the
children’s mothers.


5 posted on 08/06/2018 12:22:45 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Buttons12

certainly, but there’s more here— hopefully they are in communication with counter terror people, and not just huddling in a trailer park in Amalia, NM.

How the value of children’s lives have been so cheapened. Kind of thing one sees in, maybe Thailand, or China or India.


6 posted on 08/06/2018 12:23:00 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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It’s just a bunch of kooks. We get them out here from time to time. They like the isolation.

The zip code for Amalia has more square miles than inhabitants.


7 posted on 08/06/2018 12:26:41 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Five adults were found at the scene, including two heavily armed men.

Are they employees of the Clinton Foundation?

8 posted on 08/06/2018 12:31:28 PM PDT by bkopto
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"it appeared the women and children "were brainwashed and feel great intimidation from the men that were in control of this facility".

"Police said they had been aware of the compound for some time but had to wait for a search warrant to be issued before entering, as the occupants were "most likely heavily armed and considered extremist of the Muslim belief"."

A mobile home without water or electricity, dug in partially below ground level (for cooling perhaps), with a plastic tarp over it for shade.


9 posted on 08/06/2018 12:42:34 PM PDT by BeauBo
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Those two would have been on the radar the instant they were seen in that area.


10 posted on 08/06/2018 12:44:45 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Suspects Siraj Wahhaj (L) and Lucas Morton. Mr Wahhaj is also suspected of abducting his three-year-old son

11 posted on 08/06/2018 12:45:44 PM PDT by blam
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To: Tijeras_Slim

They probably reeked to high heaven whenever they came to town for food, living in the hot desert without running water to shower.


12 posted on 08/06/2018 12:47:25 PM PDT by BeauBo
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Probably, but its more that there are only 92 households in that zip which covers 200 square miles. 50% are white, 50% hispanic (native).


13 posted on 08/06/2018 12:52:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Leaning Right

Black Muslims?


14 posted on 08/06/2018 1:03:43 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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“They probably reeked to high heaven whenever they came to town for food, living in the hot desert without running water to shower.”

They probably did stink to high heaven due to lack of running water and poor knowledge. You don’t need running water to be clean; a washcloth, a little soap, and 1/2 gallon of water is all the you need.


15 posted on 08/06/2018 1:03:59 PM PDT by WMarshal (Because we're America, Bitches!)
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Police photo of the three women thought to be the mothers of the 11 children
From left to right: Jany Leveille, Hujhrah Wahhaj, Subhannah Wahhaj

Amalia suspects Siraj Wahhaj and Lucas Morton
Suspects Siraj Wahhaj (L) and Lucas Morton. Mr Wahhaj is also suspected of abducting his three-year-old son

Probably a sleeper cell, and most likely are here illegally. Hey at least they weren't taken from their mothers. /sarcasm

16 posted on 08/06/2018 1:13:23 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: John S Mosby

Shoot the adults, and put the kids in foster care.


17 posted on 08/06/2018 1:18:23 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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18 posted on 08/06/2018 1:20:11 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: Parley Baer

That area is fairly remote. The elevation in Amalia itself is 8,146 feet. That place has to get cold in the Winter. Not to much in the area for shopping.


19 posted on 08/06/2018 1:20:40 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

Starting their own little Rocky Mountain Somalia.


20 posted on 08/06/2018 1:23:15 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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