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2010-01-21 Arabia

36 US citizens in Yemen may pose threat: report

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia

#1 Can we please distinguish between "legally entitled to claim US citizenship" and Real Honest-To-God US citizen? Sounds Starship Trooperish, but it's a worthy distinction nonetheless...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-01-21 00:16|| 2010-01-21 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't have a problem with someone who converted and moved to Yemen to live a fully Muslim life. His children will inherit his American citizenship -- should he choose to pass it on -- but his grandchildren will not unless they are born on American soil. It's the ones that go over to become jihadis who should be that act give up their citizenship.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-21 08:52|| 2010-01-21 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Or by that act. PIMF!!

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-21 08:53|| 2010-01-21 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 This sounds a lot like the Jamaat al-Fuqra prison converts who had that terrorist training compound in NY - Islamburg. They disappeared en mass, until now.

Posted by ed 2010-01-21 10:24|| 2010-01-21 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Jamaat al-Fuqra aka Muslims of America

Posted by ed 2010-01-21 10:26|| 2010-01-21 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Oooh, good catch, ed. It would be nice to know they're over there instead of wandering our countryside.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-21 11:17|| 2010-01-21 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Problem is they will be Yemen for advanced training. And they still have US passports.

Posted by ed 2010-01-21 11:28|| 2010-01-21 11:28|| Front Page Top

#8 If there are only thirtysix, which I doubt, it shouldn't be too hard to get their names, and even to find many of them -- I'm sure foreigners stick out there, if only by their walk and their height. After that it's a matter of putting their names and passport information on the no-fly list, which even the State Department should be able to handle.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-21 13:58|| 2010-01-21 13:58|| Front Page Top

#9 It not just a no fly list. They can return to the US at any time and set up new recruiting, recon, logistics and action cells. Wait a few years then launch mass casualty attacks.

Posted by ed 2010-01-21 15:04|| 2010-01-21 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Yes, but how do they back get to the US without flying, ed? Surely we share our no-fly list with Canada, and the Mexican border is tighter than it used to be.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-21 17:22|| 2010-01-21 17:22|| Front Page Top

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