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Alleged Terrorist Supporter Arrested at El Paso Bridge
KVIA ^ | 11-09-04 | KVIA

Posted on 11/09/2004 7:48:43 PM PST by FITZ

EL PASO, Tx - An alert officer at the El Paso border crossing contributes to America's war against terrorism. Customs and Border Protection Officials announce the arrest of a man who allegedly planned to help foreign terrorists.

Tens of thousands of vehicles pass through El Paso's borders every day. A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says an officer at the Paso del Norte crossing recalled a description of Mark Robert Walker from a daily briefing.

According to the US Justice Department, Walker was arrested Saturday on a Federal charge of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Authorities say Walker was planning to travel to Somalia to fight for an Islamic group.

They believe he was going to buy and take night vision goggles and bullet-proof vests to a radical terrorists group that has worked with al-Qaeda in the past.

Roger Maier, CBP Spokesman says "there was a lookout on a specific type of vehicle. There were some indicators on that vehicle and the officer was able to key on that and remember that from the information he received earlier and was able to effect the arrest."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas; US: Washington; US: Wyoming; War on Terror
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To: piasa
Q: Who was he allegedly involved with?
A: "According to the complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Greg McDonald in El Paso, Walker admitted that he was intending to travel to Somalia and fight for Ittihad Al Islamiya, a group that has been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. Justice Dept."

Q: What did he do or what was he trying to do?
A: "The complaint also states he was planning to bring bulletproof vests and night vision goggles."

Q: What is he charged with?
A: "Walker was placed into custody at El Paso's port of entry.  He's charged with "knowingly providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspiracies to do so"."

21 posted on 11/09/2004 9:31:47 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: piasa
"The "skinny" pulled from Shermy's article- note that his folks are from Washington State originally."

Another McDermott voter. Not surprising.

22 posted on 11/09/2004 9:32:16 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: Shermy

He wishes he had flown one of the planes into the towers. He hates the U.S. government. What, did he see Michael Moore's movie?


23 posted on 11/09/2004 9:35:25 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: CWOJackson
SEAL THE BORDERS
of Washington State
24 posted on 11/09/2004 9:36:17 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: piasa
Seal ALL borders.

Paul Revere Society
25 posted on 11/09/2004 9:42:11 PM PST by fo0hzy
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To: piasa
...............he had fled from Wyoming Technical College in Laramie, Wyoming, where he was a freshman student."

FLED?? Classes must be really tough.

26 posted on 11/09/2004 9:46:20 PM PST by verifythentrust
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To: CWOJackson

I'll put this in my "1001 Things to Do With a Pell Grant File."

Looks like the moron had $2,100 with him to buy night vision goggles and bulletproof vests- wouldn't buy much:

Man Arrested for Plan to Aid Terrorists

Wednesday November 10, 2004 4:16 AM
By CHRIS ROBERTS
Associated Press Writer via The UK Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4606222,00.html

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A 19-year-old man accused of planning to supply a Somalian terrorist group with night vision goggles and bullet proof vests was arrested crossing into El Paso from Mexico.

Mark R. Walker, of Rochester, N.Y., is charged with providing support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, said Shana Jones, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Texas.

A message seeking comment from the public defender assigned to Walker's case wasn't immediately returned.

``He's not a major terrorist or a threat to us,'' FBI spokeswoman Andrea Simmons told the El Paso Times for its Wednesday editions. ``In the end, he's probably better off in a U.S. prison than fighting jihad in a foreign country.''

Walker was apprehended Saturday morning by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at the Paso del Norte Bridge based on an alert describing him and his car.

Walker told federal officials he planned to buy night vision goggles and bullet proof vests with $2,100 in one-hundred-dollar bills he was carrying, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court.

The complaint says Walker told agents he would give the items to fighters with Ittihad al Islamiya and other groups that want an Islamic government in Somalia.

Ittihad al Islamiya has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.

Walker's roommate at Wyoming Technical Institute in Laramie, Wyo., told police that Walker was using a computer to communicate with terrorist groups on the Internet, according to the complaint.

After the roommate confronted Walker in October, he allegedly fled and hadn't been in contact with his family since.

Walker was being held without bond in the El Paso County Detention Facility. He was scheduled for a hearing Friday


27 posted on 11/09/2004 9:46:24 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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To: fo0hzy
Seal ALL borders.

Seal? With what... ziplock? That's a pretty big baggie.

28 posted on 11/09/2004 9:46:59 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: piasa

This is what happens when terrorists hire liberals. I hope they make an example out of this clown. I can't wait to see his parents on TV (I live in King County...Seattle area) crying for their son.


29 posted on 11/09/2004 9:49:40 PM PST by CWOJackson
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To: FITZ
"Alleged terrorist supporter"

He sounds like a terrorist to me. Why the politically correct nomenclature?

30 posted on 11/09/2004 9:52:52 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Ramius
Zot?

Look... it can be done... and it MUST BE DONE. The Chinese did it centuries ago, with that great wall. But we're not the Chinese. Natch.

Otherwise, we will be overrun. It would be the first peaceful invading coup in the history supreme global powers.
31 posted on 11/09/2004 9:53:53 PM PST by fo0hzy
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To: piasa

THANK YOU Piasa.


32 posted on 11/09/2004 10:00:53 PM PST by Cindy
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To: piasa

If this Walker wants to fight for some terrorist group in
Somalia...(I imagine for free)has any Army recruiter contacted
him lately?
Why fight for free and eat 2 square meals of Camel pie and
water when he can fight alongside real men, get paid montly
plus hazardes duty, a nice uniform, 3 square meals, dental,
vision and health benefits and if he makes it a career, a life time pension.
I don't get it...I'm at a lost.

It's like given a choice of driving a windowless rusty banged up and AMC with 300k miles or driving a brand new
Cadillac full power. I don't get it.


33 posted on 11/09/2004 10:03:22 PM PST by gunho (gunho)
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To: fo0hzy

Uh... the Great Wall was a great example of colossal failures of border control. Better find another example.

Look... basically I agree... I thing we should have control over our borders. But I get pretty tired of people that think we can just "seal" 22,000 miles of border overnight. Piece of cake... just post a Marine every three feet on the border. All we need then is 38.7 million Marines.

Gosh... it's way easier than I thought. Nevermind.


34 posted on 11/09/2004 10:07:05 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: fo0hzy

And by the way.... Zot???

Get real, newbie.


35 posted on 11/09/2004 10:07:52 PM PST by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: proust
>>>...rebel without a clue.<<<

ROTFLMAO - absolutely beautiful. Nice shot!

36 posted on 11/09/2004 10:08:17 PM PST by HardStarboard (Surrounded by Kerry/Edwards Signs in Washington State)
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To: proust
>>>...rebel without a clue.<<<

ROTFLMAO - absolutely beautiful. Nice shot!

37 posted on 11/09/2004 10:08:23 PM PST by HardStarboard (Surrounded by Kerry/Edwards Signs in Washington State)
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To: Ramius

...err. Sorry. DAMN THIS NEW SYSTEM/


38 posted on 11/09/2004 10:11:04 PM PST by fo0hzy
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To: Ramius
Look... basically I agree... I thing we should have control over our borders. But I get pretty tired of people that think we can just "seal" 22,000 miles of border overnight. Piece of cake... just post a Marine every three feet on the border. All we need then is 38.7 million Marines.

So lets give up, then. Just let the Mexicans and Canadians and Cubans and Chinese and the God-forsaken ESKIMOS.... just flood in. Yay.

What else, then? What do YOU suggest? Fight to preserve your borders... or not?

Blubber Jelly on that peanut butter sammich?
39 posted on 11/09/2004 10:14:58 PM PST by fo0hzy
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To: piasa
Looks like the moron had $2,100 with him to buy night vision goggles and bulletproof vests- wouldn't buy much
And from whom would he buy them? Sure, you can buy night vision goggles and bulletproof vests in Mexico, but try finding a supplier. "Rebel without a clue" might be a fitting title for this lad.
40 posted on 11/09/2004 10:18:52 PM PST by rpgdfmx
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