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Iraqis targeted W ranch - Terror team tried to sneak into Texas through Mexico
New York Daily News ^
| 3/29/03
| JAMES GORDON MEEK
Posted on 03/29/2003 1:43:11 AM PST by kattracks
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To: DoughtyOne
Maybe if some Iraquis tried to come thru the AZ border and threatened to take out John McCain, Sen. Jon Kyl or our 'RAT she/he governor, the AZ border might get tightened up a bit.
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61
posted on
03/29/2003 6:47:26 AM PST
by
Geezerette
(... but young at heart!)
To: Flyer
Yep, we have to be lucky 100% of the time. They only have to get lucky once.
62
posted on
03/29/2003 6:52:57 AM PST
by
Samwise
(prayers for our troops)
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Iraqis look like Mexicans.....
63
posted on
03/29/2003 6:56:38 AM PST
by
antivenom
(Liberals MULTIPLY by DIVIDING...)
To: Beck_isright; DoughtyOne
"During that show, it was revealed that this had been going on since the mid-90's..."Anyone here from Corpus Christi, TX? We were there around the time of Gulf War I, and I clearly remember the alerts given to beware of Middle Easterners being smuggled in with the illegal Mexicans (and Central and South Americans). This is not a new hole in our security: it's been there all along, and is possibly getting worse.
64
posted on
03/29/2003 6:58:59 AM PST
by
MizSterious
("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
To: glock rocks
Yeah, you can dream and I'll stand right beside you in the same mental state.
65
posted on
03/29/2003 7:00:07 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom.)
To: kattracks
To:
president@whitehouse.gov
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Protecting our Borders (including the way to Crawford)
Dear Mr. President:
My prayers are with you and all, during this time of war. Please see the following news report:
WASHINGTON - An Iraqi terror team armed with millions of dollars tried to get smuggled into the U.S. through Mexico to Crawford, Tex. - the site of President Bush's ranch, a law enforcement source said yesterday. The alarming attempt to infiltrate the country occurred this month, the source said.
Mr. President, you are a pro-American, compassionate conservative and on so many issues. But why do you persist in keeping America from protecting its borders?
Citizen's regards,
Arlen Williams
(address)
66
posted on
03/29/2003 7:00:31 AM PST
by
unspun
("Well I'm proud to be a FReeper, where at least I know I'm an American; and I won't forget....")
To: antivenom
Iraqis look like Mexicans..... They don't talk like Mexicans. And Crawford is a small town. Everybody knows everybody.
I don't know. That seems like a half-baked, hair-brained scheme. Even if they paid someone off to do the job for them, the people they paid off would have to have rocks in their head to attack a Presidental compound. I just can't see this scheme as plausible.
To: bert
Before the war started the exchange rate was approximately 2,000 Iraqi dinars to the dollar (making the stated value of the smuggling operation around $50,000). Since the war started it has lost about half its value, now requiring 3,000 Iraqi dinars to buy a US dollar (total value of their funny money now around $33,333).
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
They should've sent the ragheads into Texas via The King Ranch.
They would've never been seen again.
People in Texas know the legend of The King Ranch.
69
posted on
03/29/2003 7:09:40 AM PST
by
battlegearboat
(Better Bunkering Through Ballistics Magazine, Spring '03 issue)
To: wastoute
"Now maybe Bush will begin to be concerned about our borders."Ditto
70
posted on
03/29/2003 7:11:14 AM PST
by
F16Fighter
(Democrats -- The Party of Stalin and Chiraq)
To: 4Freedom
Doesn't need Guard. Hell, Fort Hood is parctically in his backyard (or back forty if yer a local.)
71
posted on
03/29/2003 7:11:27 AM PST
by
t4texas
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
Three Iraqis in Crawford, Texas wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb or anything. They wouldn't have gotten very far. All they have to do is appear to be Mexican narcotiocs smugglers, and not only will noone bother them, they'll be protected by the local police.
-archy-/-
72
posted on
03/29/2003 7:12:24 AM PST
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: unspun
bump
73
posted on
03/29/2003 7:12:53 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
To: MeeknMing
"What's the odds that's NOT an accident? . . ."That was the SECOND thing that ran through my mind...the third was "What would Clinton have done if the assassination SUCCEEDED?...NOTHING?"
74
posted on
03/29/2003 7:13:56 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(UN Resolutions = VERY expensive, very SCRATCHY toilet paper.)
To: MeeknMing
I'm sure those in America who hate GW more than the real evils in America are really upset about this failed attempt to kill our president.
75
posted on
03/29/2003 7:15:05 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: Riley
You are correct about the ineptitude: Carrying 50# of just about worthless paper, versus, say, 5# of gold or diamonds, says this is a second-tier op.
Still, this is the second attempt on GWB published in the press. How many did we never hear about? And we have mostly uncontrolled border still... why?
76
posted on
03/29/2003 7:21:32 AM PST
by
eno_
To: wastoute
"Look at the bright side, now maybe Bush will begin to be concerned about our borders." Hopefully, but he might also consider the fact that they were caught is evidence that our borders are sufficiently protected.
77
posted on
03/29/2003 7:30:59 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
They may have been posing as Spanish-speaking men; heard that many islamists come through Mexico and learned the language to pose as Hispanics. Here in Houston I myself have heard two arabs speak Spanish - it was sinister.
78
posted on
03/29/2003 7:34:05 AM PST
by
Hila
To: t4texas
Maybe Bush will finally order the military to the borders, even if it's only to the borders of his ranch. ;^)
79
posted on
03/29/2003 7:36:08 AM PST
by
4Freedom
(America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
To: BullDog108
What is backwards? $325 Million US = 100 Million Dinars Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 0.3109 (fixed official rate since 1982); black market rate - Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 2,000 (December 2001), 1,910 (December 1999), 1,815 (December 1998), 1,530 (December 1997), 910 (December 1996); note - subject to wide fluctuations
80
posted on
03/29/2003 7:42:53 AM PST
by
evad
("We'll put a boot in yer ass...it's the American way"..Toby)
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