Posted on 11/09/2004 7:48:43 PM PST by FITZ
EL PASO, Tx - An alert officer at the El Paso border crossing contributes to America's war against terrorism. Customs and Border Protection Officials announce the arrest of a man who allegedly planned to help foreign terrorists.
Tens of thousands of vehicles pass through El Paso's borders every day. A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says an officer at the Paso del Norte crossing recalled a description of Mark Robert Walker from a daily briefing.
According to the US Justice Department, Walker was arrested Saturday on a Federal charge of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Authorities say Walker was planning to travel to Somalia to fight for an Islamic group.
They believe he was going to buy and take night vision goggles and bullet-proof vests to a radical terrorists group that has worked with al-Qaeda in the past.
Roger Maier, CBP Spokesman says "there was a lookout on a specific type of vehicle. There were some indicators on that vehicle and the officer was able to key on that and remember that from the information he received earlier and was able to effect the arrest."
One down, 2,000,000,000 to go.
Good grief.
Sounds like a case of racial profiling. Someone contact the ACLU.
Mark Robert Walker? He goes by THREE NAMES - Conspiracy Theory was right!
Hey, I wonder if he is related to JOHN WALKER LIND, The American Taliban?
Maybe they are married?
I heard that this guy is 19 years old, so I doubt he's a big wig.
Doing his best James Dean.
I thought the same thing, rebel without a clue.
"Walker was also known as "Abdullah," the complaint says."
Hmmm.... another psychotic convert to Islam?
Hi, Fitz. Islam does have a knack for attracting psychos, doesn't it? People frequently get involved in a religion or ideology (such as the 101 flavors of leftism) not because it convinces them intellectually but satisfies them emotionally. Both leftism and Islam attract people with a grudge against society and explains, justifies and channels their resentment.
Looks like Lenny or Squiggy, not sure which.
Q: Where was he from?
A: "News 8 has learned that Walker's parents, who live on Chestnut Hill Drive in Irondequoit (NY), moved there from Washington state during the summer."
Q: Where has he been recently besides Mexico?
A: "The F.B.I. tells News 8 that he had fled from Wyoming Technical College in Laramie, Wyoming, where he was a freshman student."
Hey, I wonder if he is related to JOHN WALKER LIND, The American Taliban?
Watch what you're saying here. According to his attorney, John Walker Lind is just a naive little kid that didn't know what he got himself involved in.
And......he has learned his lesson and should be released from jail, now.
NOT
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