Posted on 07/23/2004 9:50:30 AM PDT by txdoda
Woman With Possible Terror Ties Arrested
Federal agents believe a South African woman they have in custody may have ties to terrorists.
Farida Goolam Mahomed Ahmed was taken into custody Monday when she tried to board a plane at McAllen Miller International Airport. The Federal Bureau of Investigation would not release any information Thursday, but NEWSCHANNEL 5 obtained court papers filed by an FBI Special Agent assigned to the bureau's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
The documents show that Border Patrol Agents stopped Ahmed at the airport while conducting an inspection. When asked for her status in the United States, Ahmed presented a South African passport with no entry or exit stamps and some pages torn away. She was also carrying a bag of wet, muddy clothes with her travel documents.
Investigators found travel itineraries showing that Ahmed flew from South Africa to London, via the United Arab Emirates on July 8. Six days later, Ahmed flew from London to Mexico City. After initially claiming her VISA was left in New York, Ahmed later admitted that she was smuggled into the United States through the Texas border.
Ahmed is facing three charges of violating United States Code, including making false statements, mutilating her passport, and entering the country illegally.
A good number of the terrorists in the Russian movie theater hostage/murder/crisis were women.
One other small detail txdoda. The channel 5 call sign is "KRGV".
And let's not forget that our guys found PREGNANT WOMEN disguises in Iraq. So men or women could be dressing up like they are pregnant, thereby hiding suicide belts, etc. Who is going to frisk a pregnant woman at airport security?
Unfortunately, terrorists have more ready cash than garden variety illegals. Skerry.
The same thing occurred to me. I don't think ANYONE from middle eastern countries should even be allowed to enter America in this time of increased security risk.
What more do we need to convince folks we need to shut this border DOWN
Good to see you Janetgreen!
"Shame on the politicians who aren't outraged as well!"
Yes, and all the contacting them on earth seems to do no good. I just received a questionaire with the results from Cong. Wally Herger (No. Calif) with this question:
1. Certain segments of the economy, including our rural agriculture, face problems in finding available labor due to a general shortage of workers. Given his information, would you support expanding the guest worker program to allow more legal aliens into the United States:
Yes 34% No 52% Not sure 14%
"Border Patrol Agents stopped Ahmed at the airport while conducting an inspection."
In case this hasn't been mentioned...Thank you Border Patrol.
Is this happening in El Paso?
Yep, if you recall the DHS info for a condition RED, they can close down roads and transportation as well as public and government facilities, stop banking/trading activity, pretty much shut the whole country down.
To our elected officials:
All the National Security measures, plans, goals and funding and intel agency re-shuffling is USELESS as long as our borders remain wide open for ANYONE or ANYTHING to cross. Is this some kind of evil-conspiracy by both parties to absolutly DESTROY America???
CLOSE the borders, deport illegals...put a moratorium on new visa issues. Close the borders---did I mention close the borders?
What's it going to take, huh?????
Is this the Border Patrol bragging about finally catching an illegal alien?
I told the clerk that he was in a unique position to spot accents and if there was anyone passing themselves off as Mexican that didn't speak like a Mexican then he should report it to HS. He hadn't heard anything about terrorists trying to cross over.
Bump.
I have zero problems with Mexicans coming here in good faith to look for work. However I have BIG problems with the totally open border. I can't see any way to prevent walk-ins without building an Israeli-style wall. Then the "legitimate illegals" would just have to come through the official crossing points with Allah detectors.
A Muslim Wetback Alert
Could you please correct the spelling of 'border' in my thread title ?? and also the TV call letters are KRGV in the link.
Thank-you
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