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2003-03-29 Home Front

Iraqis targeted W ranch: terror team tried to sneak into Texas through Mexico

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-29 06:49 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Time to get a few Apaches together - not the helicopter, but the Native Americans. Turn them lose, tell them they can keep anything they confiscate, but it can't be from an American citizen. That border will become so unpopular not even a sidewinder would try to cross it.

Time to stop playing by the book - especially a book written by an idiot and published by a moron.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-03-29 19:42:32|| 2003-03-29 19:42:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe they were just trying to speculate on the dip in value of Iraqi "Saddam" Dinars? yeahhhhh riiigghhtt

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-29 19:49:10|| 2003-03-29 19:49:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Hold on. "...change about $100 million in Iraqi dinars into U.S. currency-about $325 million." What I recall from Salam Pax is that it's about 1,200 dinars or more to the dollar. Please redo the math Mr. Writer or get a new editor.

Posted by michael 2003-03-29 19:55:58|| 2003-03-29 19:55:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I guess this explains why Mexico shifted 18,000 troops to the border region a couple of weeks ago.

Posted by B. 2003-03-29 20:12:12|| 2003-03-29 20:12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 What is more... the biggest Iraqi dinar note in circulation (and not much of it) is 10000 dinars. Actually the current exchange rate is about 3000 dinars for 1$ these days. So the largest Iraqi bill is worth 3 dollars.
Ok now try to carry $100million in 3 dollar bills into Mexico (in trucks from Iraq???) and try to find an idiot willing to change dirty toilet paper into real money.
Ok that was a good laugh!!!

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-29 20:13:51|| 2003-03-29 20:13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 As a Texan, rest assured that Texans would have found, shot, and hung any of these bastard Iraqi agents.

Posted by Bill 2003-03-29 22:41:52|| 2003-03-29 22:41:52|| Front Page Top

#7 How many 7-11's does 325 millon go into?

Posted by Brew 2003-03-30 00:49:18|| 2003-03-30 00:49:18|| Front Page Top

#8 I can see it now... "gee, thats a lot of money, but should I really help these guys? -- maybe I don't like Americans too much, but helping Iraqis carry out terrorist acts?"... lol - kinda like wondering whether or not you should put your head under an elephant's butt while he's sitting down!

Posted by Steve 2003-03-30 01:29:19|| 2003-03-30 01:29:19|| Front Page Top

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