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2004-04-11 Arabia

Over 50,000 Infiltrators Arrested in a Month

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Posted by Fred 2004-04-11 12:27|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Kingdom is battling a wave of militant violence linked to Al-Qaeda and believes that it is fueled by arms smuggled across its mountain and desert borders.

Think the Royal family's solid gold bathroom fittings and private jets have anything to do with this?

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-11 5:05:56 PM|| 2004-04-11 5:05:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 50,000 men trying to sneak in to Arabia? That proves they're nuts.

Anybody with any sense at all would be trying to sneak out.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-11 7:57:12 PM|| 2004-04-11 7:57:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 What raised my eyebrows was the "one month" part.

The INS estimates 1/2 million illegals entering the US per year. That's about 41,500 per month. They're saying even more are entering Saudi. Either something is screwy with the figure, or there's a full-scale invasion underway.

Posted by Old Grouch 2004-04-11 8:32:50 PM|| 2004-04-11 8:32:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 These would be almost all illegal migrant workers and I expect many of them are in transit to the emirates.

Posted by Phil B 2004-04-11 8:41:24 PM|| 2004-04-11 8:41:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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