U.S. agents deployed to secure Iraq's borders

Washington Times, via World Peace Herald ^ | January 29, 2005 | Jerry Seper

[Marine Inspector]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, along with Border Patrol agents, are on the ground in Iraq to help secure that country's war-torn borders prior to tomorrow's national elections, CBP officials said yesterday.

CBP spokeswoman Kristi M. Clemens said the deployment team will bolster current border security efforts, providing support and additional training for Iraqi border police -- which will continue beyond the elections -- in an effort to keep saboteurs, terrorists and armaments from crossing into or out of the country.

[JustAnotherSavage]

I'm speechless.

[texastoo]

Hit the wrong button. LOL Your welcome.

[FBD]

Time to install a precast concrete border fence.
This is the type of reinforced concrete fence Homeland Security recommends for protecting government facilities, power plants, water reservoirs, etc.
www.concretefence.com/pages/homelandsecurity
If it's good enough for that, it ought to be good enough for our U.S. border!

It's an incredibly fast type of construction, and it can't be cut like a chain link fence.
They pour the footings in cylinders 5 ft apart; a couple days later the precast panels are dropped in between the steel posts. Click on this link, it's animated
http://www.concretefence.com/pages/specs.htm

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Our border with Mexico in AZ...after 9/11. Does that look secure?





Illegals on a stroll, ready to cross our "secure" barbed-wire fence border

AK-47 in drug smuggler's car.


Infrared night pictures of invasion through Coronado National Forest


Illegal immigration invasion near Cocaine Alley - Three Points, Arizona


Backpacks, discarded by narcotics "mules".

Infrared night pictures of invasion

garbage left behind on the trails

[monkeywrench]

"...other "conservative" (yeah right) forums, I know what you think would be "secure borders".

Do you know what we conservatives think about people who continually whine for subsidized labor?

[texastoo]

You are not the only one speechless over this. I wonder what section of the border these agents were pulled from.

It looks like the liberal press may be correct in that Bush can't recruit enough people to fight the war in Iraq.

[jonrick46]

We have tough long borders to protect. When I hear about tunnels being dug and people hiking across under the cover of dense forests, I wonder what kind of technology we could devise to make the job easier. Perhaps people would be better kicking their representatives towards putting some research money together for people detection technology.

For those who think more troops on the borders is going to stop the flow, I ask those who hunted in the forests how many deer they have walked past without seeing them in the dense foliage? Do you think anyone is going to pop up and say "Oh my, I think you found me!"? Many of these border crossers are drug mules and the incentive certainly is not to get caught.

The best way, of course, is to put nasty fines and jail terms on any employer who is employing undocumented workers.

[dirtboy]

The best way, of course, is to put nasty fines and jail terms on any employer who is employing undocumented workers.

Yep. We could cut the flow significantly by removing the demand. And that in turn would make it easier for the Border Patrol to deal with the factors you stated.

[ichabod1]

wouldn't all the border crossers into Iraq just be wanting to do those jobs that Iraqis are too lazy and arrogant to do themselves?

From the perspective of the islamic supremacists? Probably so.

[Marine Inspector]

Thank you.

[mississippi red-neck]

We've got our military operating as policemen trying to make arrests in the cities and our policemen trying to stop invading forces on a battlefield.

What are we trying to do over there crush a ruthless enemy as quickly as possible or just put them under arrest?

[Marine Inspector]

What are we trying to do over there crush a ruthless enemy as quickly as possible or just put them under arrest?

I'm not convinced Bush has a clue what he wants to do over there.

[Congressman Billybob]

Thanks for the suggestion. The only way I thought of to make certain that the White House noticed the comment, was to give it to Rush Limbaugh and hope he liked it well enough to use it. So I sent it to a friend of mine who writes for Rush.

Maybe it'll work. Maybe not. But that's my way of trying to do what you suggest. LOL.

John / Billybob

[FBD]

>"Guest worker permits for Iranian and Syrian terrorists entering Iraq!"<

- ...doing the terrorism that Iraqies aren't willing to do?

8^)

[DTogo]

Exactly! ;)

[JustAnotherSavage]

Well, everyone in my family was wondering why the borders of Iraq weren't secured when we first went in. It might have save a lot of lives.

[texastoo]

Well, everyone in my family was wondering why the borders of Iraq weren't secured when we first went in. It might have save a lot of lives.

Very true. If we would have secured the US borders, it might have saved a lot of lives also.

[jonrick46]

BINGO!

[texastoo]

Here is an eye opener for you.

[mississippi red-neck]

I shouldn't have commented.

I said I wouldn't after the first pull back in Fallujah.

I said then that we didn't have the political will to bring this thing to an end and it was going to end up like the mess between Israel and the PLO.

Just a long drawn out mess of bombings and killings. Nothing has been settled.

It's probably going to end up in a civil war or with another guy like Saddam in place hopefully that we can bribe or coerce to see things our way.

Either that or our troops will be setting over there getting picked off or bombed for the next several years.

If our leaders had forgot about being PC and done it right most of the worst would have been over with by now.

You never, never ,never start a fight that you are not willing to do what it takes to win it. You also never stop to talk in the middle of it unless you are losing it.

Like I said then, for our troops sake and our country's sake I hope and pray I'm wrong.

[mississippi red-neck]

I shouldn't have commented.

I said I wouldn't after the first pull back in Fallujah.

I said then that we didn't have the political will to bring this thing to an end and it was going to end up like the mess between Israel and the PLO.

Just a long drawn out mess of bombings and killings. Nothing has been settled.

It's probably going to end up in a civil war or with another guy like Saddam in place hopefully that we can bribe or coerce to see things our way.

Either that or our troops will be setting over there getting picked off or bombed for the next several years.

If our leaders had forgot about being PC and done it right most of the worst would have been over with by now.

You never, never ,never start a fight that you are not willing to do what it takes to win it. You also never stop to talk in the middle of it unless you are losing it.

Like I said then, for our troops sake and our country's sake I hope and pray I'm wrong.