"They show no respect..." - yep, jihad.
http://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2005/050513.asp
"Border Security"
By Paul M. Weyrich
May 13, 2005
COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "We must control our country’s borders. Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Admiral James M. Loy appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in February to counsel the Committee about improving immigration control at our nation’s borders. He delivered a message that was not given wide media coverage but one that many Americans already knew. Admiral Loy said:
Recent information from ongoing investigations, detentions, and emerging threat streams strongly suggests that al-Qaeda has considered using the Southwest Border to infiltrate the United States. Several al-Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pave their way into the country through Mexico and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons.
Admiral Loy warned that the U.S.-Canadian Border has vast and difficult terrain that could provide good passageways for terrorists to sneak into our country and wreak havoc."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403504/posts
"L.A. Violence Crosses the Line [trans-border Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang]"
Los Angeles Times ^ | May 15, 2005 | Chris Kraul, Robert J. Lopez and Rich Connell
Posted on 05/15/2005 6:03:04 AM PDT by John Jorsett
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The gruesome murders were each more than 1,000 miles apart, an arc of bloodshed that spanned much of the North American continent.
On a rutty street near a crowded slum in Honduras, gunmen sprayed automatic weapons fire at a bus filled with Christmastime shoppers. Twenty-eight people, including six children, were killed.
In the woods near Dallas, an innocent 21-year-old man was shot in the head, his remains eaten by animals. His pants were pulled down, and police suspect that he may have been sodomized.
And near the banks of a quiet river in Virginia, a 17-year-old informant was hacked to death. She was four months pregnant and stabbed 16 times in the chest and neck.
The killings were similar not only in their brutality but also in their lineage: Authorities say all three incidents are tied to a single Los Angeles branch of Mara Salvatrucha, a street gang formed 20 years ago in the immigrant neighborhoods west of the downtown skyline.
Today, the gang's extreme violence, vast reach and increasing sophistication have made it a top priority at the highest levels of law enforcement and political leadership from Washington to San Salvador."