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14 Syrians Arrive for U.S. Flight School (must read!)
NewsMax | Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 10/18/2001 5:05:48 PM PDT by truther

14 Syrians Arrive for U.S. Flight School

Here's one for Ripley's Believe It or Not:
Fourteen men from Syria - a state sponsor of terrorism - entered the United States this week on student visas to attend a flight school in Fort Worth, Texas, an Immigration and Naturalization Service official admitted today.

The men were "checked out" by the State Department before they obtained the M-1 visas for vocational education, and none of them was on "a watch list," said Tomas Zuniga, an INS spokesman in Dallas. "Everything was on the up and up."

A State Department official said there was no prohibition against issuing visas to flight-school students from the Middle East as long as they meet all visa requirements, United Press International reported today.

The FBI was notified about the Syrians because the men arrived in two groups, which concerned INS officials at the Dallas airport.

"Seven came on Sunday, and seven came in on Monday, so we thought it was a little suspicious, and we notified the FBI and they are aware of these 14," he said. "They did not show up on anybody's want list, so they were appropriately admitted."

To quote a certain peacenik folk song: "When will they ever learn?"


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1 posted on 10/18/2001 5:05:48 PM PDT by truther
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To: truther
This is unbelievable, What could INS be thinking. Who at INS can we FReep?
2 posted on 10/18/2001 5:08:51 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: truther
Why on earth would we train citizens of a rogue nation to fly? I thought we were at war with terrorism and were going to use all of our means to fight it--including our immigration laws!
3 posted on 10/18/2001 5:10:20 PM PDT by Sunburnt in Seattle
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To: truther
And we won't even allow Syrian aircraft to fly in this country. This is crazy.
4 posted on 10/18/2001 5:10:58 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: truther
The INS should send them back to Syria for Magic Carpet Flight School
5 posted on 10/18/2001 5:12:19 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: truther
tag'em and bag'em - we should not allow this now - tell'em in 20 years, call us.
6 posted on 10/18/2001 5:14:25 PM PDT by magoo_70115
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To: MJY1288
Send email to your congressmen.
7 posted on 10/18/2001 5:14:31 PM PDT by Fred25
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To: dakine
Have you checked who's sitting next to you lately?
8 posted on 10/18/2001 5:14:43 PM PDT by riley1992
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To: Fred25
Would you like the entire email list for our senator's?
9 posted on 10/18/2001 5:16:02 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: Fred25
I am emailing every single one of them
10 posted on 10/18/2001 5:16:48 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: truther
This is total B.S.!!!!

All foreigners' visas should be CANCELLED, no if's and's or but's!!!!

I don't care where they're from, this is WAR!

Our government is STUPID!!

11 posted on 10/18/2001 5:17:21 PM PDT by Looking4Truth
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To: MJY1288
The INS should send them back to Syria for Magic Carpet Flight School

Send the INS to Syria.

12 posted on 10/18/2001 5:17:45 PM PDT by xorch
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To: MJY1288
LINK TO ORIGINAL STORY
13 posted on 10/18/2001 5:22:27 PM PDT by Fred25
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To: truther
No, they couldn't have phoney credentials. No, they couldn't be on a watch list. Certainly Syria would only send the most upright, outstanding citizens. They are all paragons of the highjacked (whoops, no, I mis-typed) pure Islam not the highjacked airline crashing Islam.
14 posted on 10/18/2001 5:23:56 PM PDT by rebdov
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To: MJY1288
Would you like the entire email list for our senator's?

Can you post a link to it here?

15 posted on 10/18/2001 5:27:13 PM PDT by Fred25
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To: Fred25
senator_murray@murray.senate.govsenator_reid@reid.senate.govsenator_specter@specter.senate.govsenator_stevens@stevens.senate.govsenator_thompson@thompson.senate.govsenator_torricelli@torricelli.senate.govsenatorlott@lott.senate.govtim@johnson.senate.govtom_daschle@daschle.senate.govtom_harkin@harkin.senate.govvermont@jeffords.senate.gov</a>
senator@landrieu.senate.govsenator@levin.senate.govsenator@mcconnell.senate.govsenator@mikulski.senate.govsenator@nickles.senate.govsenator@rockefeller.senate.govsenator@santorum.senate.govsenator@sarbanes.senate.govsenator@sessions.senate.govsenator@shelby.senate.govsenator@thurmond.senate.govsenator@warner.senate.govsenator@wyden.senate.govsenator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.govsenator_byrd@byrd.senate.govsenator_chafee@chafee.senate.govsenator_coverdell@coverdell.senate.govsenator_dewine@dewine.senate.govsenator_domenici@domenici.senate.govsenator_frist@frist.senate.govsenator_gorton@gorton.senate.govsenator_hatch@hatch.senate.govsenator_kohl@kohl.senate.govsenator_leahy@leahy.senate.govsenator_lieberman@lieberman.senate.govsenator_lugar@lugar.senate.govsenator_max_cleland@cleland.senate.gov
olympia@snowe.senate.govopinion@smith.senate.govpat_roberts@roberts.senate.govsam_brownback@brownback.senate.govsen_dodd@dodd.senate.govsenator.hutchinson@hutchinson.senate.govsenatorlott@lott.senate.govsenator@akaka.senate.govsenator@bennett.senate.govsenator@biden.senate.govsenator@boxer.senate.govsenator@breaux.senate.govsenator@bryan.senate.govsenator@cochran.senate.govsenator@collins.senate.govsenator@conrad.senate.govsenator@dorgan.senate.govsenator@dpm.senate.govsenator@enzi.senate.govsenator@feingold.senate.govsenator@feinstein.senate.govsenator@hutchison.senate.govsenator@inouye.senate.govsenator@kennedy.senate.gov

chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.govchuck_hagel@hagel.senate.govcomments@roth.senate.govconnie@mack.senate.govconrad_burns@burns.senate.govcraig@thomas.senate.govdick@durbin.senate.govemail@murkowski.senate.govfrank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.govinfo@kyl.senate.govjesse_helms@helms.senate.govjim_inhofe@inhofe.senate.govjohn_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.govjohn_kerry@kerry.senate.govkit_bond@bond.senate.govlarry_craig@craig.senate.govmail_grams@grams.senate.govmailbox@gregg.senate.govmailbox@rpc.senate.govmax@baucus.senate.govmcollins@rnchq.orgmichigan@abraham.senate.gov

16 posted on 10/18/2001 5:33:44 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: Fred25
Here is the rest

chuck_grassley@grassley.senate.govchuck_hagel@hagel.senate.govcomments@roth.senate.govconnie@mack.senate.govconrad_burns@burns.senate.govcraig@thomas.senate.govdick@durbin.senate.govemail@murkowski.senate.govfrank_lautenberg@lautenberg.senate.govinfo@kyl.senate.govjesse_helms@helms.senate.govjim_inhofe@inhofe.senate.govjohn_ashcroft@ashcroft.senate.govjohn_kerry@kerry.senate.govkit_bond@bond.senate.govlarry_craig@craig.senate.govmail_grams@grams.senate.govmailbox@gregg.senate.govmailbox@rpc.senate.govmax@baucus.senate.govmcollins@rnchq.orgmichigan@abraham.senate.gov

17 posted on 10/18/2001 5:34:20 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: MJY1288
OOPS, I duplicated some
18 posted on 10/18/2001 5:36:26 PM PDT by MJY1288
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To: truther
Doesn't give one confidence in our government.
19 posted on 10/18/2001 5:36:31 PM PDT by Lexington Green
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To: MJY1288
Ashcroft is no longer a senator. E-mail Jean Carnahan if you think it will do any good.
20 posted on 10/18/2001 5:38:36 PM PDT by Bahbah
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