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Congresswoman: Three Al Qaeda Caught in U.S. After Crossing Border with Mexico
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 | Kristinn

Posted on 11/09/2005 4:49:04 PM PST by kristinn

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) let slip a bombshell disclosure at a news conference today to announce a bill targeting states that allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses.

During the Q&A with reporters, Myrick gave as a reason for proposing the bill the recent capture of three al Qaeda terrorists at the U.S.-Mexico border.

A check of Google News turned up no references to this incident, yet Myrick stated this was a 'given fact.'

No reporter asked her about this revelation, but it was noted at the end of a Charlotte Observer article by Tim Funk.

Two Representatives from North Carolina, Virginia Foxx (R) and Patrick McHenry (R) stood with Myrick at the press conference. Neither commented on her matter of fact statement.

Rep. Myrick's remarks can be heard online at her Congressional Website here. the statement is made at about 8:45 into the press conference.

A call placed to Myrick's office in D.C. was not answered as the office is closed for the evening.

Transcript:

"Our main concern is, who's in our state? I mean this is a critical issue today. I mean they just arrested down on the border, what a couple of weeks ago, three al Qaeda members who came across from Mexico into the United States. I mean that's a given fact. They were holding them in the jail down there."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; War on Terror
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To: kristinn

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121 posted on 11/09/2005 5:48:41 PM PST by VOA
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To: burzum

great post.


122 posted on 11/09/2005 5:48:53 PM PST by beansox
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To: kristinn

Of course someone would blow it for the ones that pick fruit and mow lawns. Terrorist killjoys.


123 posted on 11/09/2005 5:49:06 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: burzum

Well said, burzum! And your advice, "Lets not be tunnel sighted and only focus on the last type of attack. We need to be prepared for the next type of attack: think boxing.", is perfect!


124 posted on 11/09/2005 5:49:11 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: nicmarlo; cgk
This is the last paragraph in an article by Tim Funk in the Charlotte Observer:

"This isn't aimed at any one race," Myrick said. Our main concern is: Who's in our state? This is a critical issue today. They just arrested, down on the border, a couple of weeks ago, three al Queda members who came across from Mexico into the United States."

GOP Rep. Sue Myrick, Nov 9, 2005
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125 posted on 11/09/2005 5:51:57 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: burzum; NewJerseyJoe
It simply amazes me on how everybody focuses on Mexico, when the bigger threat is north of the border in Canada.

Canada welcomes jihadis with open arms and gives them generous welfare benfits. The Cnandian govt. and elites are probably 100 times more anti-American than your average Mexican.

And the islmofascists have large muslim populations where they can blend in such cities close to the US border such as Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

BTW, the US/Canada border is 1,000 miles longer and is unfortified.

126 posted on 11/09/2005 5:52:37 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Anselma
There may be a news blackout on this. If I were in charge of DHS, one thing I'd want is to get some of those creeps, hold them, interrogate them, find out what and who else they know, before the unhelpful and adversarial press got word and spread it around for all the terrorists to see.

    That makes much sense actually. The three they caught (if true) may be part of a planned large operation involving several other players who have already slipped into this country. If the news of the capture were to make it to the ears of the other conspirators they might just move up their time table. We need to get these three to talk before that happens.
    The MSM may be doing us all a favor by not reporting this.
127 posted on 11/09/2005 5:52:44 PM PST by derllak
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To: flashbunny

ping


128 posted on 11/09/2005 5:52:54 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: COEXERJ145
You are aware, aren't you, that the nineteen hijackers who murdered 3,000 innocent Americans were here legally.

Don't bring facts to threads like this.

Don't bring propoganda either. Even if it is Republican propoganda. Those 19 terrorists were here before we were attacked and had 3000 people killed. Now we are at war and fighting to save our nation. Should we learn from our mistakes or repeat them? We are not stupid!!

129 posted on 11/09/2005 5:53:13 PM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: kristinn
You all knew this was gonna happen right?

Along with the cheap labor that repub business owners love will come al-quida terrorists to murder your children.

130 posted on 11/09/2005 5:53:36 PM PST by Walkin Man
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To: HiJinx
A Texas U.S. Representative made similar claims last year, or early this year, and I'll be darned if I can remember his name.

John Culberson, I believe.

131 posted on 11/09/2005 5:54:10 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: DumpsterDiver

thanks for your post, DD.


132 posted on 11/09/2005 5:54:26 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Travis McGee

ping


133 posted on 11/09/2005 5:55:54 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: Stellar Dendrite
Didn't take the OBL Quisling Brigade long to show up, did it?


U.S. Constitution Article 4 Section 4:

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"


Invasion: \In*va"sion\, n. [L. invasio: cf. F. invasion. See Invade.] [1913 Webster]

1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.


134 posted on 11/09/2005 5:55:58 PM PST by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: Walkin Man
Along with the cheap labor that repub business owners love will come al-quida terrorists to murder your children.

Yeah such people crossing the border as tim mcveigh and johnny jihad(john walker lindh).

Oh yeah let's not forget the shoe bomber, richard reeves, who was trying to blow up his foot crossing the Rio Grande.

135 posted on 11/09/2005 5:56:45 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: kristinn
OK, so that's 3 out of how many thousands got in without getting caught? President Bush, Teddy Kennedy and John McCain want to give them amnesty, guest worker status, shamnesty, and they've got it on a fast track for approval before Congress takes a recess for the Holidays. They are giving terrorists amnesty! How stupid can they be? They think we'll be over it by the time they are back in session next January!!
136 posted on 11/09/2005 5:58:01 PM PST by NRA2BFree (The DemonRAT Party is AKA: P.O.O.P. (Party of Obstructing Politicians)
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To: burzum

For certain.
But let's not jump on the "see, it's Bush's fault terrorists are entering America because he hasn't secured the borders" bandwagon.
Yup, the borders need help.
Yup, the terrorists come across our boundaries on ground (Canada, Mexico, watercraft, etc).

You can put a Great Wall Of China around us and STILL you will have Al Queda entering America. It is their agenda. It is their agenda that brings them to (ANY) American point of entry. That is my point. And yes, we have been breaking up terrorist cells now for sometime. I can't guarantee it, but my thoughts are there are more in America now than will be passing the Mexican border any time soon.

Seal the borders for the sake of sealing the borders, period. But don't blame Al Queda being here on "open borders" (not saying you specificaly are). They are going to come, period.


137 posted on 11/09/2005 5:59:33 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Dane

THOUSANDS cross the souther border, daily, about which you willing turn a blind eye. This has amounted to MILLIONS....in fact, there's so many illegals who have come in from the southern border, the "authorities" even say it isn't "feasible" to round them up....they don't know the precise number, where they are, who they are, or even where they're all from. But they do know the jails are filled, though, with illegals from the southern border.....and weekly we hear/see stories concerning crimes committed by illegals from the southern border, i.e., rapes and child molestations.

Yet, you insist on the northern border being THE problem to which our attention should be focused.

Logic and prudence dictates ALL THE BORDERS BE CLOSED.


138 posted on 11/09/2005 6:00:05 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: MikeinIraq
"Why send your operatives in the hard way when the easy way is just as wide open?"

Because they can carry the tools of their trade across the border (weapons of mass destruction), they can't check it in their luggage...
139 posted on 11/09/2005 6:00:21 PM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: Travis McGee

Hey isn't it illegal to ride in the back of a pickup? ;)


140 posted on 11/09/2005 6:00:22 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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