Officials Fear Terrorists Could Try to Enter U.S. Through Mexico

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[Happy2BMe]

Cause for Concern?

Officials Fear Terrorists Could Try to Enter U.S. Through Mexico

By Pierre Thomas


July 30, 2004 — The U.S. government has become increasingly concerned that al Qaeda might try to exploit security gaps at the nation's borders, especially the Mexican border, ABC News has learned.

Concerns about border security were highlighted on July 19, when officials at McAllen-Miller International Airport in southern Texas arrested a woman suspected of having ties to al Qaeda.

Farida Goolam Mohamed, who had an airplane ticket to New York, was stopped when a Border Patrol agent noticed several pages of her South African passport had been removed. Officials also said her clothing was dirty and muddy, suggesting she might have recently crossed the nearby Rio Grande, the river separating Mexico and Texas.

The arrest is one reason why U.S. officials are increasingly concerned al Qaeda may try to smuggle terrorists into the United States from Mexico.

"Al Qaeda has recognized that one of our vulnerabilities is our [in]ability to completely seal and control access through Mexico," said ABC News consultant Jerry Hauer, former director of New York City's Office of Emergency Management.

Border Crossings Are Vulnerable, Experts Say

The 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico is virtually impossible to defend, officials said. And sources tell ABC News there is new intelligence that al Qaeda wants to smuggle terrorists across it.

It's well known that many Central Americans have been illegally coming across the U.S.-Mexican border. Now the U.S. government estimates that a quarter-million illegal aliens — not only from Central America, but also Africa and the Middle East — have been coming across the southern border each year.

Last month, customs officers at Miami's airport arrested an Egyptian national on charges of smuggling people from the Middle East through Central America into Mexico, and then into the United States.

[Happy2BMe]

Well, duh!

[Happy2BMe]

Congressman: Al Qaeda entering southern border and changing names to Mexican surnames

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MIDDLE-EASTERN INVADERS CAUGHT CROSSING FROM MEXICO IN COCHISE COUNTY IN PAST SIX WEEKS

Woman With Possible Terror Ties Arrested (smuggled thru our southern boarder)

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Tue Apr 20, 8:09 AM ET

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You may already know about this one: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. [al-Ma'idah 5:51.11]

But did you know that there are 123 verses in the Quran concerning fighting and killing for the cause of Allah? Here are but a few passages:

-Muslims are encouraged to be wholly occupied (Sura 2:273) with fighting for Allah's cause.

- Allah will give "a far richer recompense to those who fight for him" (Sura 4:96).

- Regarding infidels (unbelievers), they are the Muslim's "inveterate enemies" (Sura 4:101). Muslims are to "arrest them, besiege them and lie in ambush everywhere" (Sura 9:5) for them. They are to "seize them and put them to death wherever you find them, kill them wherever you find them, seek out the enemies of Islam relentlessly" (Sura 4:90). "Fight them until Islam reigns supreme" (Sura 2:193). "Cut off their heads, and cut off the tips of their fingers" (Sura 8:12).

- If a Muslim does not go to war, Allah will kill him (Sura 9:39). He is to be told, "the heat of war is fierce, but more fierce is the heat of Hell-fire" (Sura 9:81).

- A Muslim must "fight for the cause of Allah with the devotion due to him" (Sura 22:78)

- Muslims must make war on the infidels (unbelievers) who live around them (Sura 9:123).

- Muslims are to be "ruthless to unbelievers" (Sura 48:29).

- A Muslim should "enjoy the good things" he has gained by fighting (Sura 8:69).

- A Muslim can kill any person he wishes if it be a "just cause" (Sura 6:152).

- Allah loves those who "fight for his cause" (Sura 61:3).
Anyone who fights against Allah or renounces Islam in favor of another religion shall be "put to death or crucified or have their hands and feet cut off alternative sides" (Sura 5:34).

- Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him. Sahih Al-Bukhari (9:57)

- Slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush. (Koran 9:5)

- Take him and fetter him and expose him to hell fire. (Koran 69:30-37)

- I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips of them. (Koran 8:12)

- They should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides. (Koran 5:33)

- Know that paradise is under the shades of swords. Sahih al-Bukhari Vol 4 p55

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[TomGuy]

'could try to enter' ????

Many of them are already here and more are coming because the borders still are not secured.

[skeeter]

It real hard not to get p*ssed by stories like this.

[Guillermo]

Well, the obvious answer is to propose an amnesty for illegals, thus causing a "rush" into the US, where it will be harder to detect the terrorists, because so many people are flooding in.

Good thing Bush allows Mexico to dictate our border policies.

[TomServo]

C'mon - where's your 'compassion'?

(/snicker)

[gubamyster]

ping

[Guillermo]

Too bad it's racist, intolerant and xenophobic to be against illegal immigration and for border control.

[Happy2BMe]

"The U.S. government has become increasingly concerned that al Qaeda might try to exploit security gaps at the nation's borders, especially the Mexican border, ABC News has learned."

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What ever gave them the idea the Mexican border might be a problem - Onward Muslim Soldier - ping!

[thoughtomator]

This is sooooooo October 2001.

[cardinal4]

Uh, ya think??

[Snowy]

Is this a joke? Are "officials" this behind the eigh-ball?

[anniegetyourgun]

"The 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico is virtually impossible to defend, officials said."

Is this true?

[Poundstone]

It's time to treat the US-Mexican border as a military security zone, the same way we've walled off Falujah in Iraq. We'll need to mobilize the California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas National Guard.

[DoughtyOne]

I have just one thing to say to these officials. LIARS!

It too three fricken years for them to come to this conclusion?

Let's talk about Farida Goolam Mohamed, for a moment. An article two days ago stated that officials think she may have been in our country upwards of 250 times in the last few years.

If they knew this, then they should have nabbed her long before this.

How stupid do these idiots think we are? They know this woman has been in and out of the country 250 times, but they didn't pick her up. And they want us to think they're serious about our borders? LMAO

These guys are a laugh a minute, until the stiff hits the fan. Then Bush, their departments and our fellow citizens are toast.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Did you post this to illustrate just how far behind and out of touch the Big Three network news organizations are? That's almost as scary as the story itself.

[HiJinx]

Hard to tell.

It could be that the way the Press reports about officials is this far behind the eight ball...

[skeeter]

What do the terrorists need with my compassion? Senior Fox provides them with first aid kits & condoms, FAIR provides water stops.

The US taxpayer will see to their every other need between the time they get here & when they blow us up.

[B4Ranch]

They probably read my posts from three years ago and woke up when the facts sunk in.

I'm wondering where all the fanatics are that were criticizing me way back when.

[TomServo]

Maybe you missed the sarcasm in my post. ;-)

[HiJinx]

Good observation...could be that the MSM has never looked at it (illegal immigration) from a WoT standpoint.

JB tells me they've delivered a 3rd WMD to officials in Tucson. It's not that hard, evidently. He can tell you stories about the Press visiting American Border Patrol last year and the utter disbelief of what they saw...

[skeeter]

Mine was tongue & cheek too.

[TomServo]

LOL!! Sorry...

[datura]

What? Did anyone else hear that really loud "Pop" noise? It was the administration's head moving out of its' posterior at a high rate of speed when reality stopped by for a visit.

Seriesly, though, I think this is some of the strategery starting to show. Kerry has basically come out for total amnesty, leaving the president with the entire right side of the field - and he's running with it. It's about damned time. October surprise: Seal the borders. If it turns out that way, I've got some huge "I told you so's" for the Bush bashers. If not, I've got a crow to eat that's just as large.

[upchuck]

Could? Hell they ARE!!! Most likely by the hundreds.

Close the border NOW!!

[skeeter]

Actually I meant every word, but I caught your drift.

The SOBs have been preying upon our sense of basic fairness for far too long. They're strangling us with it.

[TADSLOS]

Gee, the way this reads, you could hallucinate that this piece was written in 1993...

[TomServo]

The SOBs have been preying upon our sense of basic fairness for far too long. They're strangling us with it.

Yup. And we're on our hands and knees begging them to do it.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"October surprise: Seal the borders"

I'm sorry, playing politics with the borders is stupid. They should have been closed on 9/11!!!

[AF68]

Unfortunately, nothing will be done about the borders until thousands more Americans lay dead in the streets, their homes and their workplaces.

[4Freedom]

"Is this true?"

No!

[HiJinx]

No, the 2,000 mile border is not impossible to seal with the right amount of people, hardware and political will.

We have two out of three available right now.

Guess which is in short supply?

[ETERNAL WARMING]

LOL Took the words right out of my mouth. I guess it will take the loss of another 3000 citizens for our politicians to get serious about our borders. Until then, they'll keep bending over for their cheap labor donors.

[Kozak]

God help both political parties if we have another disaster on the scale of 9/11, and it becomes apparent our porous borders are to blame. Those in charge with be swept away by the wrath of the public. Neither the wails of the need for cheap labor, nor the whines of social justice will cut it anymore.

[RiverDrifter]

The SOBs have been preying upon our sense of basic fairness for far too long.

"Fairness" is not the word I would use.

[Guillermo]

Shoot, and even then it might not happen.

A lot of people proclaimed PC dead after 9-11, but I knew that it would only get much worse, and it has.

[sarcasm]

bttt

[sarcasm]

bttt

[TheLion]

Exactly! They could bring home troops from all over the world,and put one every 50 feet! We would still have plenty of troops.

Why this is not done is beyond belief.

[Tacis]

Well, this doesn't concern too much the thousands of Muslim kerrorists who have already snuck across the border over the past 2 years but it is of concern to the thousands who are resting and training in Cuban camps waiting to make their transition.Of course, Fox and the Mexican army are helping with the "material" by transporting it with the regular dope shipments.

You can almost pick the Republican areas that the kerrorists will attack to help Gigilo Johnny's campaign. Think of a couple of nasty attackes in September and then the Al-Jazeera video of masked guys with guns and a message warning that "Unless Bush steps down and Kansas becomes an independent Islamic state, there will be more." All of this has been streaming across the border for the past 2 years and we have done NOTHING!! SEAL THE FRIGGIN BORDER, NOW!!!!

[txdoda]

LOL.......Too many 'officials' not worried at all about *who* is crossing our borders.

Check out this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182024/posts

[BluH2o]

It real hard not to get p*ssed by stories like this.

Agree ... these terrorist scumbags have been infiltrating our southern border (perhaps from Canada as well) for months ... this is news? Give me a break ...

[citizen]

Nice post. We appreciate your hard work.

[stillafreemind]

Thanks for this post. The borders have been waaay outta control for years. Heck..remember all the bad mouthing on this site when Pat B was saying we needed to close em up tight? Remember the guffawing some of us had to take by saying we thought he was right?

I may not agree with Pat on alot of things..but on immigration and borders..he had it nailed.

I truly believe that if this President OR Kerry would have the guts to close the borders down for a few years..and ARREST AND DETAIN those that are here in terrorist cells..they would be ushered into the White House by a landslide.

Why? Because ALL Americans know deep down that this is the gorilla in the room. Nobody wants to say it..but if it ever gets said..there will be rewarding by votes. This is an issue that would bypass race..gender..party..etc.

Just my O.

[joesnuffy]

No Shiite Sherlock....

[nmh]

"Well, duh!"

You KNOW it!

If I were AQ, I'd come in from Mexico and Canada. It's a no brainer.

[nmh]

Gee do you think creating yet another department will change how STUPID our security people are for not realizing this? Why have another department with MORE stupid people? Maybe it's time to lay off some of the dimmer bulbs working for our security.

[Happy2BMe]

Your 2 cents is worth a MILLION DOLLARS!

[winker]

DOH!!! Ya Think????????

[Happy2BMe]

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