Posted on 11/09/2005 4:49:04 PM PST by kristinn
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) let slip a bombshell disclosure at a news conference today to announce a bill targeting states that allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses.
During the Q&A with reporters, Myrick gave as a reason for proposing the bill the recent capture of three al Qaeda terrorists at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A check of Google News turned up no references to this incident, yet Myrick stated this was a 'given fact.'
No reporter asked her about this revelation, but it was noted at the end of a Charlotte Observer article by Tim Funk.
Two Representatives from North Carolina, Virginia Foxx (R) and Patrick McHenry (R) stood with Myrick at the press conference. Neither commented on her matter of fact statement.
Rep. Myrick's remarks can be heard online at her Congressional Website here. the statement is made at about 8:45 into the press conference.
A call placed to Myrick's office in D.C. was not answered as the office is closed for the evening.
Transcript:
"Our main concern is, who's in our state? I mean this is a critical issue today. I mean they just arrested down on the border, what a couple of weeks ago, three al Qaeda members who came across from Mexico into the United States. I mean that's a given fact. They were holding them in the jail down there."
"Yeah such people crossing the border as tim mcveigh and johnny jihad(john walker lindh).
Oh yeah let's not forget the shoe bomber, richard reeves, who was trying to blow up his foot crossing the Rio Grande."
No matter how hard you try Dane, ignoring the problem will not make it go away.
If AQ wholly intends on bombing the U.S. again, via planes, then why are they ALSO trying to get in through Canada? What's the point if they don't have the bomb-making materials or ability to obtain same once they're in the U.S.
They wouldn't be coming through the northern borders, either, if there wasn't some nefarious reason for trying to come into the U.S. other than via plane.
""JMO, sometimes you conspiracy kooks on FR make the DUmmie diebold kooks look sane."
Re-read my post a few thousand times.... you seemed to have missed the "just joking" part.
Think about it....Do you think there where ALWAYS coming into the US via US only flights?
They weren't. It makes a certain amount of sense to try to vary the ways you get to a certain place.
So would 150 thousand other people.
ROFLMAO!
LOL! Good one, round-eye.
"JimRob."
Silly me, all this time I thought GWB was President.
Who knew......?
If this were true our government would have told us about it. (just kidding, you all know better)
It seems as though you think that their only focus is using planes as a means to either get in or bomb another plane or use it as a missile again.
I am putting aside the planes as the only method/means to achieve their goals. It's very possible they will continue to find a way to bomb our citizens, in this country, regardless of a plane.
Look abroad; they love to bomb hotels. They don't need aircraft, every time, to transport either themselves or the bomb material to achieve their goals.
Probably one of those "secret" jails is where they're being held. Hope so, anyway.
they have to get here somehow....
I wasn't talking about using the planes as weapons...I was talking about just getting to this country.
I am shocked. Anyway, what's for dessert.
Gotta credit my wife here, with the anology of the whole "all 19 were here legally" song and dance:
"Just because you're son already stole our tv, doesn't mean we shouldn't lock the door at night."
Pretty good one.
Weird stuff had been going on around McAllen
yah... they dropped the Plame thing like that faster than you can say covert!
They were holding them in the jail down there."
I hadn't thought about that. Another reason for the media to ignore her statement.
Getting into this country, obviously, would be via plane, car, boat, or foot. They don't need to fly directly to the States from the Middle East. Their flight can take them directly, of course, of to the countries north or south....which then leads to a vehicle, and probably less desirably, foot.
With open borders, as they now exist, if millions can and do come illegally through the southern border, obviously AQ can too.
Though some think they might prefer to come through the northern border, that doesn't mean it's not easier for them to come through the southern border. With their darker coloring, they could easily appear to be Hispanic and allowed through, if they have the proper forged paperwork/visa, identifying themselves as Mexican.
And if you think that's impossible that they would be mistaken as a Mexican, I personally know of dark-skinned Italians who were stopped and questioned because the Border Patrol didn't believe them at first that they were NOT Mexicans....I was with these people: my uncle and cousin.
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