Posted on 01/28/2006 5:45:08 AM PST by Ladycalif
Despite assurances from government officials that the border with Mexico is secure, a Department of Homeland Security document obtained by the Daily Bulletin reveals that law enforcement officials are seeking five Mexican nationals suspected of bringing explosives into the United States.The internal "Intelligence Alert" from the Office of Border Patrol -- issued to law enforcement officials Jan. 12 -- stated that the Mexican nationals were heading to San Francisco to sell the explosives.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailybulletin.com ...
"especially since the architect of our present laws on immigration is Senator Ted Kennedy."
And if he and McCain get their way, we will be in for another round of amnesty.
I have canoed thru Big Bend. I can't imagine a more remote location in North America.
All of your points about the Mexican border are well taken. But my point is that:
1. We automatically assume any terrorist incursion will come over the Mexican border.
2. Yet, the Canadian border is every bit as vulnerable (and perhaps even more approachable) in this respect.
Thus, if it is terrorism we are really concerned about, we need to be equally concerned about both the southern AND northern borders.
If, instead, it is illegal immigration, then only one border is a problem.
Excellent post...thank you.
Lets see, where to disagree.I can't.Nice post.
Did you ever notice that whenever any kind of calamity happens, the first thing on the news is an assurance that it absolutely isn't terrorist related. This always comes even before the full extend of whatever the event is is known...so if and when the real attack comes, we will be assured it was just an accident.
I hope they had their fingers crossed when they threw that lie out there. This one will send you straight to hell.
That is GOOD!
I really like it a lot!
Another difference is that at least in Washington State, when Americans who live along the border report aliens sneaking in, something IS done about it. This is not true of the Mexican border.
Saccharine, those threads.
Sure. Thanks.
I find this stuff to be distressing beyond words -- but words are all I've got. (And, as a writer, I figure that when I get "fire in my belly" I should "use the 'talent' my master gave me," rather than "hide it under a rock.") (And I do think that parable applies, at least tangentially.)
Realistically, I don't know what I accomplish other than get it off my chest. I fear for the world my kid is entering. Or rather, I fear for my kid, entering that kind of world.
Part of me is glad that I'm old enough, and in poor enough health, that I won't be around for when things get completely off-the-charts bad. But part of me wishes I'd be around to help my wife and kid make it through.
And part of me laughs at the rest of me for being so foolish as to assume that things won't happen so bloody fast as to make a mockery of that anticipated timeframe.
And all of me grieves for a nation whose "leaders" have chosen to close the door on everything that so many generations of selfless Americans bled and died to create and preserve.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/30/D8FF5CDG0.html
Mexican Police Arrest Four Illegal Iraqis
Jan 30 1:08 PM US/EasternMEXICO CITY
Mexican federal agents have arrested four Iraqis trying to sneak into the United States without proper documents, the government said Monday.
Wasim Francis Schamoun and Ivan Yalda, both 23, and Refon Chlil Oraha and Thaer Salem Yelda, both 27, were found on a bus in the northern city of Navajoa after police received an anonymous tip, the attorney general's office said in a statement.
The Iraqis were in Mexico illegally, the statement said.
Officials on Monday said they were investigating the background of the four and trying to determine how they got into Mexico. The four have family names that are common among Iraq's minority Christian community.
Many undocumented Iraqi nationals have been captured in Mexico en route to the U.S. border. None has been found to have had any links to terrorism.
FWIW I am not moved by "family names that are common among Iraq's minority Christian community", because nominal "Christians" in that part of the world are involved in "stuff" ranging from the the Baathist party to "Palestinian" terrorism. Not all, not by any means. But some. And "some" is all it takes to obviate any relief-factor at seeing that their names are apparently non-Muslim.
And of course, even this presumes that the "common [...] Christian" names are their real names.
In short, it's one more wake-up call, and we'd be wise to pay attention. Don't let yourself be bullied by any "astroturf" style cheerleaders who would have you believe that there isn't any significant problem. At the end of the day, none of these happytalking shills will be around to answer for anything. They'll be off on the next job, merrily spouting whatever tripe they're tasked with promulgating.
Darn tootin' it doesn't pass the smell test. Five is way too few and they've forgot to mention the chemical and bio weapons that these guys are hauling over.
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