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Boston terror threat probed (2 Iraqis and 4 Chinese smuggled over Mexican border)
Boston Herald ^ | 1/19/05 | Boston herald

Posted on 01/19/2005 4:05:21 PM PST by Mark Felton

Federal and state authorities are investigating a nuclear terrorist threat against Boston after a man calling from Mexico told California police that he smuggled two Iraqis and four Chinese over the border, the Boston Herald has learned.

``They got a call from across the border in Mexico to the California Highway Patrol and he said he brought two Iraqis and four Chinese (individuals) across the border and according to him, they stated soon to follow behind them would be some sort of material,'' said a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.

``He refers to some sort of nuclear material that will follow them through New York up into Boston.''

According to the source, the caller has not identified himself and did not show up for a meeting with federal investigators in California but he did leave pictures of four Chinese men and some names at a ``drop'' site at the Mexico-California border.

``They were dropped by the source at a location. He literally threw them over a fence from Mexico to the U.S. side,'' said the source. ``There are pictures of the four Chinese and some names but just how accurate they are remains a question''

Massachusetts law enforcement officials were notified of the threat at 5:30 a.m. today through the FBI and Boston Police Joint Terrorist Task Force.

The threat was serious enough that Mayor Menino ordered the Fire Commissioner and the state's Homeland Security Chief into his office at City Hall, where they met with officials from the CIA, FBI, and Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a high-ranking city official told the Herald.

``They are desperately trying to piece it together,'' said the offial, who added that if the threat is real it is ``very scary.''

A company that trains explosive-sniffing dogs said it was alerted that the canines would be searching for a ``dirty bomb,'' a New York City law enforcement official said yesterday.

The Massachusetts investigator said much of the man's information sounds far-fetched and investigators have some doubts about the caller's validity because he has not identified himself.

``A lot of it doesn't make sense and some of it does,'' said the source. ``It's totally uncorroborated. This all began several days ago as a series of phone calls and they don't know who the caller is. There are some parts of it that just don't make sense and other little pieces of it that fall into place. The information is these people that came into the country are going to New York into Boston and the (nuclear) material will follow them.''

The source said there is speculation the caller may have been ripped off by illegal immigrants he helped over the border and is now trying to exact revenge.

``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)?''

The source said the information will soon ``come out over police channels and BOLOs (be on the lookout).''

The source added the FBI office in San Diego is leading the investigation. ``The FBI in San Diego is the originating office so they are driving the investigation. The FBI in Boston is in a tough position because they are waiting for information''

The caller has not given investigators any means to contact him.

``They tried to set up a meet with him but he didn't show up.''


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; chineseimmigrants; coyote; coyotes; dirtybomb; humansmugglers; immigrantlist; jihadinamerica; mexico; radicalleftists; smugglers; smuggling; wmd
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1 posted on 01/19/2005 4:05:22 PM PST by Mark Felton
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To: Mark Felton

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


2 posted on 01/19/2005 4:10:28 PM PST by Fog Nozzle
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To: Mark Felton

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


3 posted on 01/19/2005 4:11:44 PM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: Mark Felton

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


4 posted on 01/19/2005 4:11:51 PM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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``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.

5 posted on 01/19/2005 4:12:37 PM PST by Terriergal ("arise...kill...eat." Acts 10:13)
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To: Fog Nozzle

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


6 posted on 01/19/2005 4:14:37 PM PST by Stepan12
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Now why would they want to explode it in Boston, the center of liberalism. Seems very ungrateful!


7 posted on 01/19/2005 4:15:22 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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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!


8 posted on 01/19/2005 4:17:09 PM PST by livius
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Wouldn't that be fratricide too?


9 posted on 01/19/2005 4:18:39 PM PST by Rocky Mountain High
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To: The_Media_never_lie

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

VRWC. Simple.


10 posted on 01/19/2005 4:19:12 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: livius

Just one minute here!!!!

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


11 posted on 01/19/2005 4:22:29 PM PST by Mears
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To: genefromjersey
Sounds like a hoax by someone on the south side of the border.

Or a fringer from within the borders.

12 posted on 01/19/2005 4:24:24 PM PST by PRND21
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Boston terror threat probed (2 Iraqis and 4 Chinese smuggled over Mexican border)

GO FIGURE!


13 posted on 01/19/2005 4:29:24 PM PST by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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To: Mark Felton

We caught 10 in South Texas last Spring!

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


14 posted on 01/19/2005 4:30:14 PM PST by SwinneySwitch (America, bless God.)
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What ever happened to the couple of pounds of plutonium (or was it uranium?) stolen from a warehouse in Oakland a few years ago?


15 posted on 01/19/2005 4:32:27 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican (...........IN GOD WE TRUST..........everything else is just target practice............)
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To: livius

that was my thought.


16 posted on 01/19/2005 4:32:37 PM PST by Terriergal ("arise...kill...eat." Acts 10:13)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

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?


17 posted on 01/19/2005 4:34:01 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican (...........IN GOD WE TRUST..........everything else is just target practice............)
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To: Mark Felton
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?
19 posted on 01/19/2005 4:37:38 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Mark Felton
I hope this isn't some secure-border activist's stunt.
20 posted on 01/19/2005 4:39:29 PM PST by mrsmith
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