Nine More Illegal Immigrants Found In Ohio County (WV)
Twenty-six in custody in two days.
WHEELING -- Nine more illegal immigrants, six men and three women, were taken to jail in Ohio County Tuesday. That brings the number of illegals arrested in this area to 26 in just two days
Ohio County Chief Deputy Pat Butler said the illegals were walking near the Dallas Pike Exxon when they were arrested.(snip)
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Iran detains two suspected al-Qaeda men
Wednesday Feb 7
Iran has detained two suspected al-Qaeda operatives who illegally crossed the border from Iraq, state television reports. The two entered Iran through the western Ilam Province, state TV said, but did not provide additional information.
The United States accuses Iran of harbouring fugitives belonging to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network. But Iran insists it has made a significant contribution to the war on terror by arresting agents from the group.
Iran in the past has said it was holding "a large number of small and big-time elements of al-Qaeda." Iran says it has handed over more than 500 suspected al-Qaeda operatives, most of them Saudis, to their home countries.
American counterterrorism officials have said a handful of senior al-Qaeda operatives who fled to Iran after the war in Afghanistan in 2001 may have developed a working relationship with a secretive military unit linked to Iran's religious hard-liners. Iran has rejected the claims.