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To: M 91 u2 K
"WRONG! The 9/11 hijackers overstayed their Visas and were illegal."

The anti-Hispanic posters never let facts interfere with their prejudices.

From the 9/11 Commission Report p.16:
"Entering the United States as tourists was important to the hijackers, since immigration regulations automatically guaranteed tourists six months of stay. Thus the 14 muscle hijackers who entered the United States in the spring and early summer of 2001 were able to remain in the country legally through September 11.

The six-month tourist stays also assured the hijackers of sufficient time to make such preparations for their operation as obtaining the identifications some of them used to board the planes on September 11.

Fourteen of 15 operatives and all of the pilots acquired one or multiple forms of U.S. state-issued identification. Only Satam al Suqami did not, possibly because he was the only hijacker who knew he was out of immigration status: his length of stay end date of May 20, 2000, was clearly inserted in his passport."

50 posted on 12/06/2004 6:10:32 PM PST by bayourod (Bush said. "Let's see if I can say it as plainly as I can: I am for the intelligence bill.")
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To: bayourod
The anti-Hispanic posters never let facts interfere with their prejudices.

I made a needed correction to your comment:

The anti-Hispanic illegal alien lawbreaker posters never let facts interfere with their prejudices.

And, yes, you are correct. I am prejudiced against Hispanic illegal alien lawbreakers, just as I'm prejudiced against illegal alien lawbreakers from every other country.

52 posted on 12/06/2004 6:22:38 PM PST by usadave
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To: bayourod
You reference 9-11 commission report page 16. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1295734/posts?page=50#50 By this, I assume that you are referring to the $10 report (a point that rankles me, as we paid for the commission and now we pay for the report! but i digress) published by W.W. Norton. To my understanding, this is the standard report edition.

Here is where the problem begins. Page 16 of this edition is a discussion of the FAA/NORAD mission and structure. The immigration status of the hijackers is not mentioned.

Please clarify what edition you are using. If it is the edition sold in bookstores and available in libraries, please explain the discrepancy in your cite.
55 posted on 12/06/2004 6:55:51 PM PST by radicalamericannationalist (The Senate is our new goal: 60 in '06.)
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