Posted on 11/08/2004 8:56:31 AM PST by quidnunc
There are 59 references to Arizona in the 9/11 Commission Report. But it tells only a fragment of the story when it comes to terrorists in the Grand Canyon State. A joint FBI-CIA analysis titled Arizona: Long Range Nexus for Islamic Extremists remains classified. Its existence was revealed for the first time when the 9/11 Commission released its final report this summer. But the long-standing link between Islamic terrorists and the Arizona desert has been in the public record for years — and it’s centered dead on Tucson, and in particular, the Islamic Center of Tucson (ICT).
For nearly two decades, the most important nexus for international jihad outside of Pakistan and the Middle East has been Arizona.
It’s not clear quite how or why the state has attracted what seems to be more than its fair share of individuals linked to terrorist organizations over the years. Experts have posited that the familiar desert climate; the anonymity provided by life in cities outside New York, California, and D.C.; and the easy access to a wealth of flight-training schools all played a role. But the most ominous explanation came from FBI agent Kenneth Williams, the author of the now infamous “Phoenix Memo.” In his testimony to a congressional committee in 2003, he said, “These people don’t continue to come back to Arizona because they like the sunshine or they like the state. I believe that something was established there, and I think it’s been there for a long time.”
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They walked there. Question answered.
Must be a sub-chapter of the Demokratic Party...
Why it attracts them??
The MEXICAN BORDER, STUPID!!
Too bad we have to register to read the entire article, it might have been interesting.
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Thank you! This is an extremely interesting (well, blood-curdling) article and well worth reading.
nuclear power plant?
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Round these people up and remove the from the country. Now. No due process. They are plotting to do us harm.
Bump.
They're there because, hmmm, let's see... It couldn't be because there's an open border, huh?!? Wide open. Nothing and no one to stop them. And they get free water and a ride if they're parched.
Thanks for the registration.
Good Gawd! What a terrifying article. This needs to be saved somewhere because this group of characters will be coming back to bit us. And bit us hard, they will and the powers that be will do nothing to stop them.
........I-10?
Open borders work both ways, They can get out fast and easy if they are ever being sought. Yet another reason to close the border.
Powell is in Mexico giving the big speech that he/they/them plans on giving 10 million illegals the path to legal residency. They sure didn't waste any time, did they?. We have to hammer some congressmen big time. Nah....this isn't amnesty...not much.
Latest www.cnn.com/lou Lou Dobbs poll
Do you agree with Secretary of State Colin Powell that millions of illegal aliens in the United States should be given legal status?
Yes 10% 335 votes
No 90% 2868 votes
Total: 3203 votes
Powell is in Mexico giving the big speech that he/they/them plans on giving 10 million illegals the path to legal residency. They sure didn't waste any time, did they?. We have to hammer some congressmen big time. Nah....this isn't amnesty...not much.
Latest Lou Dobbs poll
www.cnn.com/lou
Do you agree with Secretary of State Colin Powell that millions of illegal aliens in the United States should be given legal status?
Yes 10% 335 votes
No 90% 2868 votes
Total: 3203 votes
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