FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande

ABC ^ | July 17, 2007 3:11 PM | Brian Ross

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Brian Ross Reports:

The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.

An FBI intelligence report distributed by the Washington, D.C. Joint Terrorism Task Force, obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com, says the illegal ring has been bringing Iraqis across the border illegally for more than a year.

Border Patrol officials in the area said they were unaware of the specifics of the FBI's report, and federal prosecutors in New Mexico told ABCNews.com they had no current cases involving the illegal smuggling of Iraqis.

The FBI report, issued last week, says the smuggling organization "used to smuggle Mexicans, but decided to smuggle Iraqi or other Middle Eastern individuals because it was more lucrative." Each individual would be charged a fee of $20,000 to $25,000, according to the report.

The people to be smuggled would "gather at a house on the Mexican side of the border" and then cross the Rio Grande into the U.S., the report says.

[nicmarlo]

No, we’re safe, really. They said so.

Besides, it’s only Iraqis coming through illegally, for the past year.

They heard about the lettuce.

[Iwo Jima]

I thought he was a conspiracy theorist.

What exactly does that mean? What is a "conspiracy theorist" and why should their views be discounted?

Do you deny that there is such a thing as a conspiracy? Should the thousands of people in prison based on conspiracy charges be released?

People commonly conspire to do bad things. The evildoers have shamed you into thinking that anyone who describes such a conspiracy is nutso.

If you fall for that, you're the nutso.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

LOL;0)

[potlatch]

Kennedy musta been drivin..

[potlatch]

Bump nic!

[Borax Queen]

The borders have not been secured (and will never be completely secured) for one reason, and one reason alone: NAU

Yes, but citizens must have biometric ID, national ID, retinal scans, micro-chips, proper papers please, [it's not safe, it's not safe, terrorists, identity theft, fear, fear, fear!]. And let's not forget we get to foot the bill...

[potlatch]

Lets see now, how is all of this going to work out? Raghead mosques all across the United States;

[Borax Queen]

The oligarchy is CHOMPING at the bit for the next attack so they can clamp down hard. How is this not enabling the terrorists when [DUH] any one of us who lives down here knows this has been going on for years????

/POSTAL

[processing please hold]

Thanks for the ping.

I don't believe it. Our borders are shut down tighter than a brick Sh!t house./sarc

[potlatch]

Gut Feelings;

[AmericanInTokyo]

When, not if, we are attacked internally for foreign forces that slipped into the country, they will have the AUDACITY to try to spin it this way:

"See! We are as a continent, North America, under attack. THEREFORE precisely we need to join this communnity for joint defense to the terrorist outside world, and hence we need to merge US, Canada and Mexico in this joint effort as a united team." /sarc

[devolve]

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LOL!

Good post potlatch!

Bagdad on the Rio Grande?

[nicmarlo]

Can you wrap that up and send it to D.C.??????

[nicmarlo]

no guts!!! lol

[dforest]

Well, you are right. One more attack and they will take control and it will all be for making us safer, hah, to believe them at this point in time, we would have to be brain dead.

Honestly, I have trouble trusting the truth to come out of anyone associated with DC anymore.

These people will need to resort to force, they are too stupid to believe they could do it otherwise.

[nicmarlo]

When they get to D.C., I swear, they must all undergo lobotomies, or something.

[nicmarlo]

I don't believe it. Our borders are shut down tighter than a brick Sh!t house./sarc

hehehehe! I know...this must just be an April Fools....

har har

[potlatch]

I was replying to the comments Czar made.

[nicmarlo]

Lets see now, how is all of this going to work out? Raghead mosques all across the United States

Czar's got such a way with words....hehehe

[Borax Queen]

One more attack and they will take control and it will all be for making us safer, hah, to believe them at this point in time, we would have to be brain dead.

Yup.