Posted on 06/16/2004 6:30:01 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
(New York-WABC, June 16, 2004) — The FBI has arrested an American citizen living in Queens said to be a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda.
ABC News reports investigators have tied the man to a terrorist cell set to carry out a series of bombings and assassinations in London.
The man, a naturalized citizen from Pakistan, was secretly taken into custody in April.
He is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan and is said to be cooperating offering investigators significant information about Al Qaeda's plans.
He is being held as a material witness and his family is now under federal protection.
The man has told investigators that Al Qaeda is planning more attacks in the United States. He has also revealed a scheme to smuggle terrorists across the Mexican border.
The suspect's assertions were part of the intelligence that led to recent warnings about a summer threat from Al Qaeda.
Another man being held today is kidnapped American Paul Johnson.
A video on an Arabic website shows Johnson blindfolded. His abductors claim to be with a group called "Al Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula." They say they'll kill Johnson unless Saudi authorities free Al Qaeda prisoners by Friday.
Johnson was taken hostage last Saturday. He has worked in the kingdom since 1992 for defense contractor Lockheed Martin. His son is now trying direct appeals to the kidnappers.
Paul Johnson III, Son: "Whoever's responsible for this, I would trade in a heartbeat for my father. He doesn't deserve this and I plead with y'all to please let my father go."
Johnson's abduction is part of a growing campaign to kill and kidnap Americans, pushing them out of the Saudi Arabia. The royal family vows to pursue anti-western militants more aggressively than ever before.
It's all in your head, if you think you were alone in saying it and were disregarded. Everybody's been saying it for years, including the Bush administration and the other terrorists we've captured.
Not exactly a revelation.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
yeah, yeah, yeah...i agree-still, there's much OBVIOUS FLOODING of illegals, AND LACK OF DEPORTATION ACTIONS, ETC....WHY CAN'T WE HAVE INTERNMENT CAMPS WHILE THESE NON -CITIZENS' CASES ARE ADJUDICATED?!
Needs repeating again and again and again.
What, just one guy was arrested? That's a start but what about the thousand others?
Wow, you sure seem to have an attitute. Good luck with all that.
HUH? pls elaborate.
I'm fine. I took my cue from the hysterical tone--out of all proportion, IMO--of the posts on this thread.
Another often overlooked fact is the US is being sued because we haven't provided illegals enough watering stations.
Did anybody here WHERE in Queens this rat lived?
Right now we have a race among politicians to see who can be more accomodating to "undocumented Mexican nationals" in an attempt to capture the elusive Hispanic vote. As soon as a terrorist sneaks (walks) across the border and commits some atrocity, we'll have a race among the same politicians to see who can come up with the most secure way of policing the border.
Oddly enough, I can't find any other source for this story other than this local WABC report.
You'll get no argument from me - I spent some time in El Paso a while back and definitely agree that more can and should be done to stem the tide - while keeping in mind that more is being done than I know about.
See ya.
That can't be as our "friend" Vinnie the Fox only sends hard working undoced demonrat voters across. Add this to one of Doris's Somalis planning to blow malls in Ohio and you can see why Rove's pro illegal politics are hurting GW.
Two years and eight months after 9/11 The Department of Homeland Security is saying:
"Essentially, we are completely overwhelmed by the numbers. They're just running over us."
The Feds are trying to do the best that they can.
Unfortunately, they are overwhelmed.
There is not enough manpower to track the thousands of "cell members" operating as we speak.
Squash one cockroach, and thousands more pop up.
This was a good catch.
The question remains however, where are the rest of these guys, and how soon will they hit us???
Yeah, you gotta weigh the benefits vs. the costs. We can afford to lose a city or two.
</sarcasm>
Stuff this guys had in "Old Crusty" and watch him squeal!
See how the author draws some sort of karma link and relativism to us holding a terrorist and a terrorist kidnapping a civilian?
What an idiot.
The IRS is interested in the illegals now, so their days are numbered.
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