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Terrorist's clothing discovered in Texas?
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | January 27, 2005 | WorldNetDaily.com

Posted on 01/27/2005 6:03:10 AM PST by Marine Inspector

The discovery in Texas of a jacket featuring an Arabic military badge and an airplane headed toward a tower with the words "Midnight Mission" is fueling fears of a possible connection to terrorism.

According to a Department of Homeland Security morning brief marked "For official use only," a report from Customs and Border Protection noted that on Dec. 23, Border Patrol agents stationed in Hebbronville, Texas, found a jacket with an Arabic patch in a lay-up area on Highway 285.

The jacket is said to have a total of three patches, two sewn on the back, and one on the inside.

The two patches on the back were an Arabic military badge and one with the letters "Daiwa," while the patch on the inside read "Midnight Mission."

This "Midnight Mission" patch features a logo depicting "an airplane flying over a building and headed towards a tower," according to the brief.

The military patch with the Arabic writing shows the image of a lion's head, with wings and a parachute emanating from the animal.

The report notes, "DHS translators concluded that the patch read, 'Defense Center,' 'Ministry of Defense,' or 'Defense Headquarters.' The bottom of the patch read 'Martyr,' 'Way to Eternal Life' or 'Way to Immortality.'"

The brief also states, "The 'Daiwa' patch stands for a corporate company which sells sport fishing products with corporate offices in eight countries including Japan, the U.S., Australia, France, Germany, Taiwan, Thailand, and the UK."

The report notes the document "may contain initial and preliminary reporting which may or may not be accurate or be supported by corroborative information. The [Homeland Security Operations Center] is actively evaluating the reporting to establish its accuracy and to determine if it represents a possible link to terrorism."

No one from Border Patrol or Homeland Security was available for comment on the jacket and patches by press time.

The morning briefs produced by DHS are a daily roundup of suspicious activities covering a wide scope of events. Other typical entries logged include the arrests of individuals tied to terrorism, bomb threats at sensitive targets such as oil refineries, and this month's train collision and chemical leak in Graniteville, S.C.

The discovery of the jacket comes at a time when defense of U.S. borders and domestic security top the concerns of Americans, according to a recent poll.

Just yesterday, both President Bush and Congress addressed the need for reforming immigration laws and protecting the border.

Bush continued his push to grant illegal aliens guest-worker status, while a leading member of his own party, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., has introduced a get-tough crackdown dealing with driver's licenses, political asylum, deportation and border security.

Meanwhile, James Gilchrist, a retired California businessman is beginning the "Minuteman Project," with 240 volunteers ready for a month of aerial and ground surveillance on the Arizona-Mexico border.

"This border issue is about all 50 states, not just Arizona or Texas," Gilchrist told the Washington Times. "It's about our Constitution and how it applies to all of us."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alien; aliens; dhs; illegal; immigrantlist; immigration; texas; wot
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To: Deguello
Arab on the B.A.S.S. Tour?

It's possible.

41 posted on 01/27/2005 7:22:07 AM PST by Marine Inspector (Customs & Border Protection Officer)
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To: Marine Inspector

Hang 'em High!


42 posted on 01/27/2005 7:43:11 AM PST by blackie
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To: blackie; Marine Inspector

Even if this evidence is rendered meaningless, thousands of illegals make it across the border each day! Terrorists know this. They won't use the air this time because everybody is watching for it. They will jump the border and then get together and bomb something. The border is a joke!!


43 posted on 01/27/2005 7:54:00 AM PST by international american (Tagline not convinced.............................)
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To: Marine Inspector

You see this?


44 posted on 01/27/2005 8:03:31 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (People are defined by their ACTIONS. Watch what muslims DO, not what they say.)
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To: Marine Inspector

Disregard last post, wanted to ping someone else. Sorry.


45 posted on 01/27/2005 8:03:59 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (People are defined by their ACTIONS. Watch what muslims DO, not what they say.)
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To: TexasCowboy

You see this?


46 posted on 01/27/2005 8:04:17 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (People are defined by their ACTIONS. Watch what muslims DO, not what they say.)
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To: Marine Inspector
image of a lion's head, with wings and a parachute emanating from the animal.

I was under the impression that terrorists didn't bother with parachutes.

A patch designed by Osama who thought it was a laugh riot that most of the 9/11 terrorists didn't know their fate when they boarded the planes no doubt.

47 posted on 01/27/2005 8:06:43 AM PST by BigWaveBetty (~~Secretary of Keepin' It Real)
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To: appalachian_dweller

Yes.


48 posted on 01/27/2005 8:07:29 AM PST by Marine Inspector (Customs & Border Protection Officer)
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To: appalachian_dweller

OK, no problem.

LOL


49 posted on 01/27/2005 8:08:54 AM PST by Marine Inspector (Customs & Border Protection Officer)
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To: international american

Roger that ~ Bump!


50 posted on 01/27/2005 8:17:46 AM PST by blackie
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...

ping


51 posted on 01/27/2005 8:50:03 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: Marine Inspector

Our troops should be protecting our borders, not dying in Iraq.


52 posted on 01/27/2005 8:51:59 AM PST by Dante3
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To: dfwright

Thanks for the dictionary. I bookmarked it for further reference (altho it's pretty entertaining reading!)
sundero (just a novice Freeper)


53 posted on 01/27/2005 8:59:20 AM PST by brytlea
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To: appalachian_dweller
"You see this?"

Yes, I got pinged to it earlier, but the thread had been pulled for some reason.

Some casual observations:
The country around Hebbronville is some of the most desolate in South Texas, but I know there's a lot of illegal traffic through there.
There's a Border Patrol check station just outside of Hebbronville going toward Rio Grande City.

That appears to be a fairly nice jacket. I can't imagine an illegal leaving that by accident.

I don't really attach any significance to the patches.
Heck, there are liberals now who support the "freedom fighters" in Iraq who would sew those patches on their clothes.

54 posted on 01/27/2005 9:16:17 AM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: Marine Inspector

They're just wearing jackets no one else will.......


55 posted on 01/27/2005 9:18:53 AM PST by JustAnotherSavage ("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
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To: TexasCowboy; All

This could be something our own security has engineered. The former owner may have been dispatched SBS style but the jacket displayed thru the news media is a way of saying to others...."we're on to you..and we're coming to get you next!"

By the way what is the latest in "tin foil hat" fashions....LOL?


56 posted on 01/27/2005 10:04:59 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: JustAnotherSavage

Hah hah! Got the sarcasm and the joke!


57 posted on 01/27/2005 10:05:44 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: mdmathis6

Latino gangs are rampant all over the US. This jacket looks more like that ilk to me. Remember, Islam is growing all over Mexico, Central America and the gangs have pushed their way into the cities and national parks of the USA.(lots of threads on that on FR) Also remember that in Mexico city during our soccer game a couple years ago, the crowd shouted, "OSAMA" at our players.


58 posted on 01/27/2005 10:19:17 AM PST by JustAnotherSavage ("We are all sinners. But jerks revel in their sins." PJ O'Rourke)
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To: Dante3

Well, we've got troops and miltary bases in something like 60 countries right now, including Japan, Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, etc.

We could use some of those troops to assist our border patrol officers.
We've got to finish the job in Iraq...THEN get the heck out.

But for the life of me, I can't understand why we still have troops in Japan and Germany, etc, etc. when we have thousands of people illegaly crossing our border every day


59 posted on 01/27/2005 10:25:12 AM PST by FBD ("A nation without borders is not a nation." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Marine Inspector
Homeland Security has encountered a few of these recently.


60 posted on 01/27/2005 10:29:52 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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