Boston terror threat probed (2 Iraqis and 4 Chinese smuggled over Mexican border)

Boston Herald ^ | 1/19/05 | Boston herald

[Fog Nozzle]

First the Pit Bulls and now the Boston Terriers. What is it with our canine friends? Oh. Never mind.

[genefromjersey]

Very confusing story so far. Sounds like a hoax by someone on the south side of the border.

[genefromjersey]

Very confusing story so far. Sounds like a hoax by someone on the south side of the border.

[Terriergal]

``It's very weird. Even if (the Iraqis and Chinese) were going to do something why would they be blabbing to the yahoo smuggling them across the border? You have to wonder if they screwed him on a deal but you have to treat it seriously and the issue is how do you put it out to the public and not get everybody (in a panic)?''

That was my thought. My first thought is that it was NOT Boston, since that's what's all over the news.

[Stepan12]

Gee.... I thought Usama bin Laden said that states that don't vote for Pres. Bush would not be terrorized. I wonder what happened. /sarcasm

[The_Media_never_lie]

Now why would they want to explode it in Boston, the center of liberalism. Seems very ungrateful!

[livius]

They may well have been speaking English among themselves, because that was the only language the Chinese and the Iraqis would probably have in common. And they may have assumed that the coyote, who is probably not a fine upstanding citizen working on his doctorate, spoke only Spanish and understood no more than a few fragmentary words of English.

This is a mistake people often make. It sounds as if the smuggler did understand them and is trying to do the right thing. However, I'd be surprised if they were headed for Boston, unless they think it's a heck of a lot more important than it is. Talk about wasting a perfectly good dirty bomb!

[Rocky Mountain High]

Wouldn't that be fratricide too?

[Indy Pendance]

"Now why would they want to explode it in Boston, the center of liberalism."

VRWC. Simple.

[Mears]

Just one minute here!!!!

Lots of good Freepers here in Boston fighting the good fight!

[PRND21]

Sounds like a hoax by someone on the south side of the border.

Or a fringer from within the borders.

[unixfox]

Boston terror threat probed (2 Iraqis and 4 Chinese smuggled over Mexican border)

GO FIGURE!

[SwinneySwitch]

We caught 10 in South Texas last Spring!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1112488/posts

[RedBloodedAmerican]

What ever happened to the couple of pounds of plutonium (or was it uranium?) stolen from a warehouse in Oakland a few years ago?

[Terriergal]

that was my thought.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I think to outsiders, some of these early cities that had a hand in forming our society are viewed as being represntative of "freedom", maybe?

[nmh]

A distraction?

Have folks concentrate their terror efforts in Boston instead of D.C. for the inauguration? Also Boston is Kerry area - is it a laugh by terrorists to have the threat there rather than D.C. where the target might really be?

[mrsmith]

I hope this isn't some secure-border activist's stunt.