Posted on 10/05/2005 5:38:59 PM PDT by Ray66
"WASHINGTON -- The FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering that some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior government officials.
Inspector John E. Lewis, deputy assistant director of the FBI for counterterrorism, told the Globe that the investigation hasn't yielded any evidence that the vehicles were stolen specifically for car bombings. But there is evidence, he said, that the cars were smuggled from the United States as part of a widespread criminal network that includes terrorists and insurgents."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Interesting; but I can't imagine this is cost-effective.
Oh it's not about being cost affective that's a give, as it's more of a slap in the face and "hey see what I can do."
Maybe we should TRAIN dogs to mark the tires instead of scolding them for it. Hey, I know, let's make the seats out of pigskin!
I am sure that I read a similar story ages ago... but when the "GLOB" is down to readership in Cambridge and Lexington only..they gotta find sumthin' to write about
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