[Marine Inspector]

Ping.

[Cicero]

Either a left-wing nut case or a foreign terrorist who couldn't resist bringing his jacket into the country with him.

From the looks of it, I would guess it's the latter. It's good that for once they released actual pictures.

[martin_fierro]

Huh? Wha? Terrorists crossing our open borders?

Wake me when something interesting happens. ZZzzZzzzzZZZzZZ

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[sweetiepiezer]

bttt

[freeperfromnj]

BTTT

[hoosiermama]

The thread that was Posted WITH PICTURES was pulled.

[Kerfuffle]

Troutfishing terrorists... I think Homeland Security is reaching on this one.

[dfwright]

Ok. Let's try again. Texas Ping!

[silverleaf]

Maybe analysts will be able to figure out which buildings are depicted and deter the next attack. "Midnite" suggests a nighttime operation is planned.

Grrrr. I'd like to see the snake who shed this skin lying on a Texas Highway - roadkill.

[solo gringo]

There is something fishy about this story.I live within 30 miles of Hebbronville,Texas and there is no hiway 285 anywhere near.

[Happy2BMe]

Nothing to see here folks . . move right along.

[drt1]

This is getting ridiculous. Someone leaves a stupid jacket with some hideous markings lying somewhere and the News Media is all over it and some are running around like the sky is falling. Remember the hubbub over the supposed Terrorists on a mission to Boston.

This whole thing is taking on the trappings of Mass Hysteria and I for one wish the Media would put a damper on it and the authorities quietly go about doing their job without the glare of the spotlight of frenzied reporting whipping the masses up.

[MeekOneGOP]

Terrorist's clothing discovered in Texas?

Excerpt:

The discovery in Texas of a jacket featuring an Arabic military badge and an airplane headed toward a tower with the words "Midnight Mission" is fueling fears of a possible connection to terrorism.

According to a Department of Homeland Security morning brief marked "For official use only," a report from Customs and Border Protection noted that on Dec. 23, Border Patrol agents stationed in Hebbronville, Texas, found a jacket with an Arabic patch in a lay-up area on Highway 285.

The jacket is said to have a total of three patches, two sewn on the back, and one on the inside.

The two patches on the back were an Arabic military badge and one with the letters "Daiwa," while the patch on the inside read "Midnight Mission."

This "Midnight Mission" patch features a logo depicting "an airplane flying over a building and headed towards a tower," according to the brief.

The military patch with the Arabic writing shows the image of a lion's head, with wings and a parachute emanating from the animal.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
No, you don't HAVE to be a Texan to get on this list!

[Arrowhead1952]

Terrorist alert ping......

[daybreakcoming]

As curious as the jacket itself it - I find it just as curious that this jacket was found abandoned, that a terrorist would even bring such an identifiable item in country. Of course, they are emboldened more and more every day by our enemy within.

[solo gringo]

There is a hiway 285 from falfuris,Tx but it is under falfuris,Sector unless they have reassigned the area.

[SerpentDove]

Once more for old time's sake:

If it is ever discovered that a terrorist crossed the Mexican border executed a terrorist strike, all the king's horses and Karl Rove himself will won't be able to keep George W. Bush from being reviled by the American people.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

I am interested to know what exactly is printed on these patches...I will be asking someone about this soon...

[ValerieUSA]

It just looks so bogus.

[Deguello]

Arab on the B.A.S.S. Tour?