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Hugo's travel agency
Since September 11, 2001, Americans living along the U.S.-Mexican border have been warning that our porous frontier is a back door for terrorist entry into this country. Local, state and federal law enforcement officers, overwhelmed by the flow of human traffic across the border, have acknowledged the threat and have been widely ignored by the mainstream media and "official" Washington. Last year, in little noticed A new staff report prepared by the House Committee on Homeland Security ought to be required reading for every reporter and official in Washington, D.C. Titled, "A Line in the Sand -- Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border," the just-released report confirms what many have long suspected: Our border is a sieve, not a barrier, for radical Islamic terrorists transiting into the United States. The Investigations Subcommittee charges that from September 11, 2001, to the present, hundreds of illegal aliens from countries "such as Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Pakistan... and Afghanistan" were apprehended crossing into the United States. In June 2006, seven Iraqis were caught in Brownsville, Texas. In August, an Afghan man was caught crossing the Rio Grande into Texas. FBI Director Mueller has testified that a Hezbollah cell had been "dismantled" after discovering that the terror organization was smuggling operatives across the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out terror attacks inside the United States. Individuals from countries with known al Qaeda connections have changed their Islamic surnames and adopted false Hispanic identities to escape detection and blend into American society. Radical Islamic groups that support Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamiya Al Gamat are all active in Latin America. All that is bad enough. But the bombshell -- as reported by Mr. Lajeunesse and confirmed in the congressional report -- is the role played by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. According to the congressional report, "Venezuela is providing support -- including identity documents -- that could prove useful to radical Islamic groups.... The Venezuelan government has issued thousands of cedulas, the equivalent of Social Security cards, to people from places such as Cuba, Colombia, and Middle Eastern nations that host foreign terrorist organizations." These documents can be used to obtain Venezuelan passports and American visas, which in turn allow the holder to elude immigration checks and enter the United States. Much more at link Hat to My brother, who eMailed the link. Posted by: Jackal 2006-10-23 |
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