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Four Immigrants Caught Sneaking Into U.K. in Giant Christmas Tree (From Iran)
Daily Mail ^
Posted on 11/25/2008 7:52:54 AM PST by Scythian
Four illegal immigrants sneaked into the country hidden in a 32ft artificial Christmas tree, it was claimed.
They were discovered inside a lorry at a council depot in Northampton.
The aluminium and nylon tree - and two other smaller ones - were destined for the town centre's Christmas display.
But staff at the depot opened the vehicle to discover the men, and immediately dialled 999.
A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police confirmed that four men - two from Iraq, two from Iran - were arrested and are being questioned by officers from the UK Border Agency.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: christmastree; immigrants; iran; iraq; terrorists
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:52:54 AM PST
by
Scythian
To: Scythian
There are times that I miss the old Cold War paranoia —
Why ‘immigrants’, and not ‘agents’??
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:55:49 AM PST
by
Uncle Ike
(Sometimes I sets and thinks, and sometimes I jus' sets.........)
To: Scythian
Why does the squirrel in Christmas Vacation come to mind?
To: Scythian
So instead of a Trojan Horse we have a Persian Pine?
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:58:27 AM PST
by
mouse_35
To: Scythian
The Trojan Tree....why’d I never think of that?
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:58:43 AM PST
by
ElectricStrawberry
(1/27th Infantry Wolfhounds...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
To: Scythian
Yesterday it was muslims in a truck full of pork products.
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:58:47 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Scythian
That’s 2 incidents within the past few days (first was islamists sneaking in via a truck full of pigs!) I wonder how many have been successful?!?
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:59:21 AM PST
by
mreerm
To: Scythian
If its like the US, they will get free education, a nice place to live and monthly check. The Brits will add some tights and a hand bag as well.
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posted on
11/25/2008 7:59:50 AM PST
by
svcw
(Great selection of Christmas gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
To: Scythian
And what are the chances that all four of them only “wanted to breathe the sweet air of freedom”?
To: Scythian
The tip off should have been that it was a Christmas tree from radical Muslim Iran.
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posted on
11/25/2008 8:03:27 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: mouse_35
Yes, it’s not just Greeks bearing gifts that you have to watch.
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posted on
11/25/2008 8:04:36 AM PST
by
Steamburg
( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
To: Gay State Conservative
If they were ethnic Arabs in Iran there’s a chance they wanted out but Britain seems a long way to go.
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posted on
11/25/2008 8:04:53 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Scythian
Geeez. And thought Hillary’s condom tree was gonna keep the record for “Worst Christmas decorations EVER”.
To: Scythian
Stupid Persians. It was a horse. You’re supposed to hide inside a horse, not a tree.
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posted on
11/25/2008 8:15:21 AM PST
by
ryan71
To: Steamburg
Yes, it’s not just Greeks bearing gifts that you have to watch.
Beware of Geeks bearing glyphs.
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posted on
11/25/2008 8:57:25 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Cindy; Velveeta
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posted on
11/25/2008 11:45:37 AM PST
by
RDTF
(BO smells and eventually people do what's necessary to avoid it)
To: RDTF
“We are...ehhh...ornaments! That’s it! We are ornaments! Tinkle, tinkle!”
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posted on
11/25/2008 11:46:47 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
To: RDTF
Well, will wonder ever cease?
Thanks for the ping RDTF.
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posted on
11/25/2008 1:29:10 PM PST
by
Cindy
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