US sends special forces into north Africa

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 03/15/04 | Giles Tremlett

[olde north church]

not to cast any aspersions but Malta, Sicily, Canary Islands, Azores, Elba and Corsica are all perfect jump off points to enter into a population.

[expatpat]

Anywhere there are significant numbers of Muslims, AQ will be there.

[TomGuy]

True. That is what is worrisome about our own southern US border. Numerous and increasing numbers of muslim/Islamic's are in South America and Mexico. Our border is still wide open. The potential future threat is closer than the average American realizes and our government (both parties) do very little about the almost unregulated flow of illegals coming into this country.

[joesnuffy]

Meanwhile the US Mexico border is still wide open...and our commercial airline and cargo pilots are still unarmed....

[piasa]

Units of around 200 from the US army's 10th Special Forces Group are already installed, or are due to arrive, in Mauritania, Mali, Chad and Niger to train their armies in anti-terrorism tactics and to improve coordination with the US military.

[B4Ranch]

"US special forces troops have arrived in several north African countries over recent months amid Pentagon warnings that the region runs the risk of becoming an al-Qaida recruiting ground and a possible back door into Europe."

Europeans are said to despise America and here we are protecting them?

[piasa]

(snip)Despite Siddiqui's claim that the three visits had no ulterior motive, the qualifications of the men who accompanied Khan, including his chief scientific adviser, the head of security at the top secret Khan Research Laboratories near Islamabad and a former surgeon general of the Pakistan army, would suggest otherwise.
Pakistani dissidents for their part have told how the real reason for Khan's visit Timbuktu was to prospect for uranium. Landlocked Mali lies adjacent to uranium-rich Niger, from where the French government obtains all the uranium it needs for its nuclear programme, and Mali also has untapped resources of the same mineral. (/snip)
- Source : "Khan's Visit to Timbuktu was to Prospect for Uranium"

[Constitutional Patriot]

"Numerous and increasing numbers of muslim/Islamic's are in South America and Mexico."

Another disturbing thought is that many middle-eastern people can pass for Mexicans in appearance.

[piasa]

Hostages in Mali Freed: Report [Ransom paid for 14 European tourists kidnapped in Algeria]

[Constitutional Patriot]

Seriously...I say pull our operators out of these areas and plug them into our southern and northern borders.

First things first.

[piasa]

Sure, let them have all the uranium they want.

[Cindy]

Here's the latest travel warning from the US State Department for EAST Africa:
http://travel.state.gov/eafrica_announce.html

Here is a link to all the current travel warnings from the US State Department:
http://travel.state.gov/warnings_list.html

[Last Dakotan]

Another disturbing thought is that many middle-eastern people can pass for Mexicans in appearance.

Their Spanish is really crappy though...

[Joe Hadenuf]

That is what is worrisome about our own southern US border. Numerous and increasing numbers of muslim/Islamic's are in South America and Mexico. Our border is still wide open.

Yes, but places like Haiti are much more vital to America than our own borders.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Another disturbing thought is that many middle-eastern people can pass for Mexicans in appearance.

Their Spanish is really crappy though

I'm confident you wont care much if they enter through that region, along with the other hords, and kill a few thousand of your neighbors.

[philetus]

Yes, our southern border is still open.

Help close it. Operation Gatekeeper

http://www.petitiononline.com/ul31212/petition.html

[Boot Hill]

"Sure, let them have all the uranium they want."

Commerically viable uranium ore deposits occur in virtually every country on earth.

--Boot Hill

[B4Ranch]

This administration believes the "world" comes before any one country, even ours, or else the borders would be sealed tight.