[KC_Conspirator]

- Immigration authorities arrested 10 people in the San Diego area Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind crackdown on Middle Eastern students suspected of violating the terms of their visas by not being in school.

I am pretty sure this is not "first-of-its-kind", but I attibute that to lazy and inaccurate AP reproting that I am so used to. I believe that in the 80's a Libyan terrorist cell was cracked while it was masquerading as a campus group. There was a contract out on Ollie North's life (as well as his family). However, the story about the 60k home security system is a net myth.

[N00dleN0gg1n]

What's news in the INS actually doing its job and sweeping up illiegal aliens just for being illegal aliens.

[willyone]

According to some Iraqi Christians I know there has been a population shuffle of Arabs in the San Diego area. Most of the Christian Iraqis no longer run the various stores. Mostly Muslims now. They were surprised by the changeover. As told to me.

[Abn1508]

However, the story about the 60k home security system is a net myth.

Clarification alert: I don't recall the price-tag, but he _did_ have a security system installed, quite a pricey one at the time. It included high, barb-wire topped fences, a video system at the gate, powered gates...

This was all before any of that was considered in any way "standard" and it cost nearly his yearly pay.

I know that it was the fact because I remember watching the committee hearings and thought his comeback on it was priceless. The "net rumor" is that he said he was protecting his family against Osama Bin Laden. But he actually said "Abu Nidal." I watched it live on C-SPAN.