U.S. agents nab insurgents

The Washington Times ^ | 12/7/04 | Jerry Seper

[Straight Vermonter]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, working in Jordan and Iraq to train Iraq's newly established Department of Border Enforcement, have been key players in the arrest of 41 terrorists seeking to join al Qaeda insurgents, CBP Commissioner Robert C. Bonner said yesterday.

The terrorists, arrested by CBP border-support teams working with newly trained Iraqi border-enforcement agents, had sought to enter Iraq for what Mr. Bonner called "continuing violence and terrorism" aimed at U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraqi authorities and civilians. Those arrested maintained a weapons route effectively arming the insurgency within Iraq, he said.

"I had a chance to visit our CBP training teams and border-support units to thank and salute them for the dedication they have shown and the sacrifices they have made on a voluntary basis to help rebuild Iraq," Mr. Bonner said in a telephone interview from Amman, Jordan.

"They needed to be told how much their efforts are appreciated by the Iraqi people, the governments of both countries and the American public in helping to support U.S. objectives of building strong and effective governmental institutions in Iraq."

[26lemoncharlie]

Too Bad the US Borders will not be protected! Just walk right in. I would like to kow how our President and Congress, are going to explain how all these Terrorists got into our country without anyone knowing, or how they were able to get that dirty bomb or Deadly Chemical Agent into our country. How many of us will be dead before they start controlling the borders. For those of us that are left alive -- there will be hell to pay!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Very good news!

[upchuck]

Blah, blah, blah, etc.

Perhaps Mr. Bonner can use these same techniques to stop the flood of OTMs (Other Than Mexican) pouring across our southern border.

[American in Israel]

The border route between Jordan and Iraq is the Palestinian smuggling line. The "insurgents" we are catching there are all Palestinians. You know, they guys we just sent a spare $20,000,000 bucks to help pay their utility bills.

In Israel we feed wolves, but if they dare try to eat the sheep outside of its borders, we arrest them. Being a sheep inside the borders I wonder sometimes why is terrorism ok inside Israel, but unkosher outside. Dead Jew, Good Palestinian, Dead Goy, Bad Palestinian...

Situational Ethics at it best.

[AuntB]

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