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2005-10-06 Home Front: WoT

Stolen US cars being used by Zarqawi in Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-10-06 01:53|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pity these cars were not equipped with OnStar...

Posted by doc 2005-10-06 07:21|| 2005-10-06 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 A little reminder that alot of crimes have an impact far beyond the obvious and readily appreciated.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-10-06 07:56|| 2005-10-06 07:56|| Front Page Top

#3 while others have had their VINs ground down or have been fitted with fake ones.

Let's hope they're using the corresponding number off the engine block to ID these cars.

Posted by Raj 2005-10-06 09:11|| 2005-10-06 09:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Our port security is *that* good, eh?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-10-06 09:22|| 2005-10-06 09:22|| Front Page Top

#5 A little reminder that alot of crimes have an impact far beyond the obvious and readily appreciated.

The consequence of both law enforcement and a judiciary who treat car theft as an insurance issue rather than the inherent criminal act that it is. Car thieves are in and out of jail as though it was a time out in school. Reap what you sow.

Posted by Elmealing Hupealet7382 2005-10-06 10:00|| 2005-10-06 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 this is very intersting, but it can't be helpful to the FBI that we are reading about it.

As for this comment, "where you find terrorists you often find some kind of criminal activity."

That's because Jihad is just an Arab mob. I hope our FBI doesn't go at it the same way they go after our mob at home, because they've done precious little to rid us of mob influence here at home.

Posted by 2b 2005-10-06 10:31|| 2005-10-06 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 For those who may be interested, I do know how to spell interesting, even though I usually leave a letter off it when typing quickly.

Posted by 2b 2005-10-06 10:33|| 2005-10-06 10:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Makes me remember how when my son's motorcycle was stolen when he was in Coronado. The police said, "oh yeah they grab them and run across the border only being a few miles away...."
"Cracking the car theft rings..." More evidence of how important it is to close the border.

Hey 2b, no worries my arthritis makes me hit the wrong keys most of the time ;)

Posted by Jan 2005-10-06 10:49|| 2005-10-06 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Investigators believe the cars were stolen by local car thieves in US cities, then smuggled to waiting ships at ports in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Houston, among other cities.

The vehicles from Seattle tend to end up in more... northerly climes.

Posted by Pappy 2005-10-06 11:10|| 2005-10-06 11:10|| Front Page Top

#10 likewise in So California - the cars pass Go the border, collect $200 and disappear. Bet this is a Jersey/east coast/Fla thang

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-06 11:27|| 2005-10-06 11:27|| Front Page Top

#11 The ones here in Texas go straight across the border, then some of the higher value vehicles get shipped all over the world. China is a favorite destination for luxury cars, BMWs, Mercedes, Lexus, etc. Constuction equipment is also a "hot" export item.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-10-06 11:37|| 2005-10-06 11:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Odds are that these cars have been containerized during their transoceanic shipment. Whoever is financing the containers is the big player in this scheme. Find that kingpin and begin unraveling all the other contacts spreading therefrom. What foreign he|| hole of a jail or shallow grave they disappear into matters not to me.

Posted by Zenster 2005-10-06 13:43|| 2005-10-06 13:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Some are in containers for sure, but I've seen many autos lashed down as deck cargo on tramps in Port Everglades, Miami and come to think of it Port St. Joe.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-06 13:59|| 2005-10-06 13:59|| Front Page Top

#14 In the mid-90's, a huge car ring was busted because someone noticed late night activity at a storage warehouse in Chicago. Specific orders for SUV's were custom delivered to be loaded intact, not stripped, into shipping containers. They went either out Lake Michigan to Norway, and driven off into Russia, or down the Mississippi to NO. Ex-KGB Mafia teamed up with local gangs. We bought the locked steering wheel bar as they were partial to Suburbans, as were Iraqi's fleeing across the desert. A Jordanian cabbie told me the secret of driving through the blizzard we were experiencing was the same as how he crossed the desert--deflate the tires by half! Bet they arrive in Syrian and Turkish ports.

Posted by Danielle 2005-10-06 15:18|| 2005-10-06 15:18|| Front Page Top

#15 "... where you find terrorists you often find some kind of criminal activity."

It's like I said: terrorism is a law enforcement problem. And I had a plan to address it.

/JF'nKerry

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-10-06 17:40|| 2005-10-06 17:40|| Front Page Top

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