Regaring the illegal aliens serving in the military, what every happened to this policy?
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Posted on 02/24/2004 3:19:05 AM PST by Revel
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.
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KABUL: A local official in eastern Afghanistan says he has received credible reports that Osama bin Laden escaped the recent Pakistani operation to catch him.
Speaking to the BBC, a district governor said he passed the details to Afghan intelligence staff. It comes amid reports of stepped-up American military operations aimed at capturing al-Qaeda’s leader. Osama is believed to be hiding in the mountainous border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Haji Abdullah, the governor of Pachir-Agam district in Nangarhar province, said he heard the report about al-Qaeda’s leader three days ago. He said he had met a former member of the Taliban who had received a fax referring to "the Sheikh", the term often used for Osama Bin Laden by his supporters.
The fax reportedly said the Sheikh was alive and well and that he had escaped a recent attempt by Pakistani forces to catch him on their side of the border. However, the governor rejected recent reports that American forces are focusing on the Tora Bora hills, which overlook his compound, in their search for Osama.
There is no sign of any US activity in these rugged hills and peaks. But local residents and officials in the nearby district of Chaprihar said there had been a build-up of American forces in the area earlier this week and that some had stayed for several days.
Me too. One of my main regrets is that I have been so foolish and dirt poor during my younger years. I wish I could have been more fiscally responsible so I could have travelled more.
It is good that you are the son of a legal immigrant, that is what built this country in the beginning, to me they are the backbone of America.
You are correct. My dad is a very hard-working, straight-shooting, honest man, the archetype of a great American. The funny thing is that he came to America at age 12, but he now speaks perfect American English. He assimlated into our culture perfectly. He's my greatest role model for how I should act as a man.
I can even understand the illegal immigrant, as a mother, I would hope that I would have attempted to flee Mexico or Cuba and bring my family to America.
I certainly can't blame these people for the desire to get into our country. We've let our borders become so porous that most of them must figure it is actually less risky to come here illegaly than to take a chance on legal immigration. We need a way to let the contributing people in and keep the scum and criminals out.
It is even the type of person who would follow the communist path that scares me.
Agreed. The mindset of a Communist is something I don't think I'll ever grasp. Who in their right mind would support turning over complete control of their lives to the gooberment?
If I could get out, I would be tempted to go around posting the communist manifesto on all the local bulletin boards.
Granny, you got me thinking! :)
I've got a plan...I might need some help from some of our great freepers. >;)
Think something like this...
All too true, my friend. Most of the work for America's invasion has already been completed. Maybe we'll get the coup-de-grace, maybe we'll just fade away like a sweet dream in the light of dawn.
Wow, is James Earl Jones a conservative? He sounds a lot like John Rhys-Davies.
As for Whoopie, she can kiss my brown eye (to borrow a phrase from my younger years, LOL). I heard she has an Arab Muslim character on her show that makes insulting jokes about 9/11.
Regaring the illegal aliens serving in the military, what every happened to this policy?
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Can you imagine the US Gov't putting out something like this today regarding the "War on Terror"?
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