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| FBI warnings for New Mexico and California |
| 2004-07-30 |
| The FBI has warned law enforcement officials in New Mexico that it has received information about possible terrorist activity in the state. California law enforcement agencies were also warned that that state may also be a target for terrorist activity. Officials say, though, that the warning isn't specific about particular targets or methods of attack. New Mexico Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson says there have been reports of possible al-Qaida elements existing in both states. Olson says he has no specifics and no information on why the warning was issued. But New Mexico's director of homeland security, Brigadier General Annette Sobel, is meeting with border agencies, and working with the department's federal counterparts. Sobel says there isn't any specific target or threat in New Mexico, but improving relations with border agencies, including law enforcement in Mexico, is crucial. But she says they are not increasing the number of law enforcement officers patrolling the New Mexico side of the border with Mexico. Police are again being reminded to report any suspicious activity. "We have to take every bit of information that we get seriously," said Olson, "especially considering what happened with the Pentagon and the World Trade towers. We have to take everything seriously." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #17 Give me 30 armed "Predator" aircraft and the people to operate them, and I can close any border, permanently, totally. Of course, there are going to be some dead "coyotes" here and there, and possibly some other "sheep", but hey, making an omelette requires breaking eggs, right? Let's play the Israeli game of Hellfires (only use something with a basketfull of grapeshot), but fired from "Predator" platforms. You see what you're shooting at, you launch, you send someone out to clean up the mess. After the first half-dozen shots, the world starts screaming through the "World Court" (the next Predator target), but nobody - NOBODY - is willing to cross that border! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-07-30 6:32:06 PM |
| #16 An entranceway, not a target... |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-30 5:35:57 PM |
| #15 //Homer// Mmmmmm.... 3.2 Beer, Mmmmmm.... |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2004-07-30 5:25:26 PM |
| #14 Perhaps they are on a mission from God to blow up Highway 666 going north out of Gallup towards the |
| Posted by: Bodyguard 2004-07-30 5:23:02 PM |
| #13 Please don't hurt Taos! It's important to us! And yes we will pay. Do you do preformance art? |
| Posted by: 57 varieties of liberals everywhere 2004-07-30 12:11:08 PM |
| #12 Too true has it right. What better way for terrorists to get in, now that we're kissing Vincente's butt and backing off on illegal immigration? If I were a terrorist, I would view the southwest's border with Mexico as the ideal entranceway to the US. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-30 10:06:11 AM |
| #11 The Gov. of NM is IIRC a partisan Dem who has announced his support for amnesty of aliens and his dislike of the Bush admin's border control policies. Net result: NM becomes very attractive for Islamacist and other terror groups coming in from Mexico. And don't forget that there are some valuable labs and Air Force bases in that state. |
| Posted by: too true 2004-07-30 9:50:45 AM |
| #10 #5 Ah well, when has air defense artillery ever been important to the army? "But Grimsley had no one readily at hand to execute the mission. He had troops spread from RAIDERS all the way back to An Nasiriyah. He assigned the mission to Capt. Charles Branson and his Alpha Battery 1-3 ADA, the brigade's air defense battery equipped with the LINEBACKER missile system. Grimsley augmented the battery with a combat observation lasing team (COLT) and a section from the brigade reconnaissance troop." "An air defense battery commander leading a Bradley and tank company team in an attack is unprecedented. Just after midnight on March 25th, Capt. Branson's company team reached the service road leading to the [Al Kifl] bridge and immediately started receiving heavy RPG, small-arms, and mortar fire from enemy positions well established in prepared defensive positions on the near side of the bridge. Capt. Branson pulled his forces back...and called in artillery fire to suppress the enemy fire...For the next eight hours, Capt. Branson maintained the momentum of the attack, calling for artillery fires on three separate occasions...[until B/3-7 IN arrived]. Award Citation narrative for Capt. Charles Branson" http://onpoint.leavenworth.army.mil/ch-4.htm |
| Posted by: Kentar 2004-07-30 9:47:33 AM |
| #9 Tucumcari tonight? |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-30 3:35:15 AM |
| #8 Ah well, when has air defense artillery ever been important to the army? only when engaged against an enemy with an air force. hmmmm . . . Iran has one of those, don't they? |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-07-30 3:23:58 AM |
| #7 Nice one AD. "Blow Yes" |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-30 1:27:50 AM |
| #6 Aaaah! New Mexico. Someddy got pissed off at the Quesadilla served him at the Holiday Inn in Tucumcari. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-07-30 1:27:35 AM |
| #5 200th Air Defense Artillery Unit? I'm guessing those guys didn't sign up to walk around in the desert in summertime. Ah well, when has air defense artillery ever been important to the army? |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-07-30 1:05:50 AM |
| #4 Actually, with Tejas and "Arid Zona" finally taking the problem to heart, NM is becoming the default highway of choice for drugs and illegals, especially through Hidalgo County (alias "the bootheel"), some of the most barren terrain in North America. "Hey, hombre, your belt, she's muy grande! Must be twenty, thirty kilos of blow in such a belt! But why those wires?" "Blow. Yes, inshallah, a big, big blow. Texas is east, you say?" |
| Posted by: Another Dan 2004-07-30 12:57:00 AM |
| #3 This article seems to be space filler. We should assume all American states/cities are possible targets. Although these border states including Arizona should be getting an extra eye. |
| Posted by: jn1 2004-07-30 12:44:02 AM |
| #2 The only terrorist activity you might be in close proximity to is an illegal crossing by non-Mexicans. :) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-30 12:21:00 AM |
| #1 Lovely. I'm visiting my parents in three weeks. In Grant County, NM. |
| Posted by: Another Dan 2004-07-30 12:16:47 AM |