It simply amazes me on how everybody focuses on Mexico, when the bigger threat is north of the border in Canada.
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Ditto.
Some [immigrant from Muslim coutries] families even own land on both sides of the border between British Columbia and Washington state. Not to mention First Nation lands that straddle the border.
Because Canada is not in the news and because Canadians are not Central American looking, Americans do not seem to be aware of the serious threat that the huge border poses. Even though the confirmed plot that was foiled by an alert Customs official was the capture of a Muslim coming from Canada.
August 23, 2002
Notes from the Pentagon
Al Qaeda South
U.S. intelligence agencies have identified a group of Middle Eastern men in South America who are suspected of having ties to Islamic terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden.
The group is said to be part of the network of al Qaeda terrorists believed to be operating in about 60 nations around the world.
One U.S. intelligence official said there are indications that al Qaeda is working in Latin America in preparation for a future terrorist attack. Little is known about al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorist activities in the region.
One of the men under suspicion in Brazil is Egyptian national Mohammed Ali Soliman, who was arrested in April. The Egyptian government believes Mr. Soliman is an al Qaeda member and has asked for his extradition to Egypt.
A second terror suspect is El Said Hassan Ali Mohammed Mokhles, who was arrested in Paraguay.
U.S. intelligence officials said both men are linked to Egyptian members of al Qaeda and were involved in the 1997 terrorist attack on tourists in Luxor, Egypt.
The men are also suspected of having links to terrorist attacks in Argentina against the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994.
U.S. intelligence agencies have identified at least 22 Islamic terrorists who are believed to be operating in the so-called tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Information about the activities of al Qaeda in South America was obtained by U.S. intelligence following operations in Afghanistan.(snip)
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