[piasa]

fyi

[Shermy]

More on this story here:

US offers Iraqi asylum - Man said to be former immigration officer

[Dbdaily]

Buddy at work is from Belize. He pointed this story out to me on the web.

[MindBender26]

From Havana. Very interesting.....

[dirtboy]

Sources have confirmed to News 5 that the Belize visas used by the Iraqis have been identified as forgeries. Investigations continue and reports from Jamaica indicate that the Jamaican visas held by the Iraqis are also forgeries. It is believed that these Iraqis, like many of their countrymen, are attempting to leave Iraq before a U.S. attack. Unconfirmed reports from Jamaican law enforcement officials indicate that the ten Iraqis were not involved in terror activities.

Cripes, with the winter we've had here in the Northeast, I would be willing to forge a visa to go to Belize.

[Seeking the truth]

What's the big deal?

Every wedding I've ever gone to, I've had several fake/forgest ID's or passports.

Haven't you?

[Cindy]

***MILITARES DEMOCRATICOS.com: "BIO-WEAPONS LAB IN VENEZUELA FOR SADDAM AND CASTRO" (December 19, 2002)

MILITARES DEMOCRATICOS.com: "BRAZILIAN PLOTTER BUYS TIME FOR CHAVEZ, HAS LINKS TO TERRORISTS AND SADDAM" by Johan Freitas, in Caracas (December 28, 2003)

An Informative Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding this article on www.MilitaresDemocraticos.com by Johan Freitas, in Caracas, with Luis Garcia, in Miami: "9-11: CHAVEZ FINANCED AL QAEDA, DETAILS OF $1M DONATION EMERGE" (123102)

[x-navy seal]

Actually, this is very interesting. A couple of months ago it was posted that Iraq may try to infect citizens with contageous diseases (with out them knowing it) then allow them to leave the country in hopes of spreading the infection.

[expatpat]

When I travel on a forged passport, I never try to use it in the country of 'origin', i.e., Belize, in this case.

[SamAdams76]

Oh great...now I can't get that "Montego Bay" song out of my head.

[texasbluebell]

So now Fox reporting that 6 Iraqis tried to get into the US via Tijuana.

[Travis McGee]

Geographical interest bump.

[aCDNinUSA]

Here is the Toronto Sun Story

Thursday, February 13, 2003
Canuck pair in island arrest booted

By Ian Robertson

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Two Canadian passport holders detained by Jamaican police as suspects in an alleged smuggling ring of illegal aliens from the Middle East should be home by tomorrow night, sources told The Toronto Sun.

A deal was struck last night for the security chief of Air Canada to fly here either today or tomorrow to escort the two men back to Ontario, said a source close to the investigation.

The men will not face charges when they return, but officials hope they will provide information for the probe.

Commissioner Francis Forbes, of the Jamaican Constabulary Force, said the investigation is preliminary.

But a source close to the probe said 20 FBI agents arrived in Jamaica Monday, one day after officials at Sangster International Airport detained 10 adults and two children on an Air Jamaica flight from Havana, Cuba. The group insisted they were on a stopover en route to Belize.

ARAB HELP

But Jamaican authorities said they carried temporary visas of questionable origin.

Forbes said Arab interpreters are helping with the interrogation of what he called "high-risk" people, who are being held by police in Montego Bay.

A source said nine suspects were born in Iraq, including Mazin Odish, 26, and Ali Hussein Dalloul, 30, originally from the United Arab Emirates. Both carried Canadian passports issued in Windsor.

The source said RCMP and Canadian immigration officers contacted Jamaican police after the Canadian High Commission here was notified of the two men with Canadian passports being detained.

[Future Useless Eater]

• Iraq - - - - -> easy access to Cuba
• Cuba - - - - -> easy access to Jamaica
• Jamaica - - --> easy access to Belize
• Belize - - - -> easy access to Mexico
• Mexico - - - -> easy access to U.S.

If these guys AREN'T terrorists, then why is it so important to come here? And to visit with Fidel along the way! Sheesh! When will we ever close the borders to this human garbage?

[Cindy]

NATIONAL POST.com: "POLICE SUSPECT CANADIANS IN IRAQI SMUGGLING" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two Canadians suspected of trying to smuggle eight Iraqis into the United States were deported to Toronto on Friday after being held in Jamaica for four days. A Jamaican official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Ali Hussein Dalloul, 29, and Mazin Odish, 26, both of Windsor, Ont., may have been trying to smuggle the Iraqis into Canada or the United States via Cuba, Jamaica and Belize, using false travel documents. No one has been charged with a crime.") (February 17, 2003)

***An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an CHANNEL5BELIZE.com article: "10 IRAQIS DETAINED IN JAMAICA WERE HEADED TO BELIZE" (CHANNEL5BELIZE.com ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Jamaican police are remaining tight-lipped about the status of ten Iraqis who are being held in Montego Bay. The men arrived in the resort town on Sunday and were in transit on route to Belize. They flew into Jamaica on a flight from Cuba before becoming stranded after their flight to Belize from Jamaica was cancelled.") (February 13, 2003)

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