Posted on 11/20/2005 12:42:28 PM PST by wagglebee
An Al Qaida operative who was on the FBI's terrorist watch list was recently captured near the Mexican border, housed in a Texas jail and turned over to federal agents, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, said on Friday.
"A confirmed al Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail," Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. "He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI."
The Texas Republican said he obtained the stunning information about the terrorist's capture "from the sheriffs who were directly involved.
"In fact, one was the sheriff' who incarcerated him in the Brewster County jail [and who]confirmed this as well," he explained. The same sheriff also confirmed "that this guy is on the FBI's al Qaida list," he added.
The al Qaida operative "had been in Mexico, living just about 60 miles east of El Paso," Rep. Culberson said. "He was captured in a little town called El Porvenir, right across from Fort Hancock."
Rep. Culberson said the detainee had been living in Mexico for up to a year, where the terrorist "was taking careful notes on the movement of people, police officers, wildlife etc. "
The Iraqi national "had apparently aggravated a neighbor in Mexico, who turned him into Mexican authorities," he explained. Mexican officials then turned him over to the U.S. officials, who temporarily housed him in the Brewster County jail.
Asked why this news hadn't been reported earlier, Culberson told Hannity: "That's a very good question and one that I intend to get to the bottom of in my subcommittee."
Rep. Culberson sits on the appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the FBI and the Department of Justice. "I guarantee that we're going to get to the bottom of this," he pledged.
He said FBI Director Robert Mueller had previously "confirmed" in testimony before his committee "that there are individuals from countries with known al Qaida connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic immigrants."
"And these are clearly Arab terrorists," Rep. Culberson added, "from countries like Yemen, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. They're crossing the border, pretending to be Hispanic immigrants, and then disappearing."
Rep. Culberson said news of al Qaida's penetration of the U.S.'s southern border has him worried that the next terrorist plot could involve setting off simultaneous truck bombs in major urban centers.
"The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States' military forces" enforcing immigration laws.
If the body count starts to rise from terror bombings in our southern cities it will be the Mexican immigrants, as well as our politicians, who will get the heat from disgruntled Americans.
Innocence won't matter to people who will see those immigrants as "allowing" terrorists to join them in illegally crossing the border.
That anger will quickly spread to the Mexican government where relations will become "chilly" due to Fox's insistence on keeping the border open. And, it will be a nightmare for Bush who has refused, so far, to seal the southern border.
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We need to keep on top of this since just about no one besides Sean H. seems to be reporting it on radio/tv ...
That's a beautiful sight, DTogo.
And the RINOs and Dems keep insisting that no terrorists will ever come over the Mexican border!
Move on, citizen! Nothing to see here!
""The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States' military forces" enforcing immigration laws."
What I want to know is, who is going to protect every single solitary politician jerkoff in Washington DC from a lynch mob when this happens?
I doubt the cops will or the military. They are just as aggravated by this as we are.
Yes it is. I wan't miniguns on the towers too.
Not that we are blameless in not securing our own borders but what was an Iraqi national doing in Mexico? I know this muslim didn't go for the pork tacos! They seem to let anyone in too!
That's right. Where else can you get work as an unemployed truck bomber. The market's tough right now and they just need to feed their families (sarcasm).
I think if you look at the polls, you will find that America IS awake. It's the administration and the WSJ that are behind.
Any direct flights to Club Gitmo... ?
He said FBI Director Robert Mueller had previously "confirmed" in testimony before his committee "that there are individuals from countries with known al Qaida connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic immigrants."
With or without Tancredo, Culberson needs to generate publicity in the MSM. According to Hannity and Colmes, Culberson was also a guest last Friday. Maybe that's why FNC stopped talking about the story after it was first mentioned?
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It's time America wakes up!
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
They're just murdering those that Americans don't want to murder!!
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