Unbelievable: Houston TV uncovers federal indictment that indicates 'hundreds of terr
Unbelievable: Houston TV uncovers federal indictment that indicates 'hundreds of terrorists' may have recently infiltrated the U.S. from Mexico
Austin's KVUE-TV recently received word that the Department of Homeland Security had issued a bulletin to local police and sheriff's deputies concerning a terrorist who could be entering the U.S. through Mexico.
In the process of investigating the story, KVUE discovered 'a smuggling corridor' that specializes in the transportation of terrorists and other dangerous individuals into the U.S. A federal indictment filed two weeks ago indicates that hundreds of individuals affiliated with terror groups have likely infiltrated the U.S. from points south.
The alert focuses on Mohamed Ali, a suspected member of the terrorist group Al Shabaab. It indicates he may be traveling to the U.S. through Mexico. Al Shabaab is a terrorist group based in Somalia with links to the Somali attacks dramatized in the movie “Blackhawk Down.” A few months ago, the group announced its allegiance to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.
"[Al Shabaab operatives] are certainly a real threat to U.S. security and an increasing threat to U.S. security," said Rice University Baker Institute Fellow Joan Neuhaus Schaan. Schaan is an expert on Homeland Security and terrorism, and her research is reviewed by the U.S. government, military and civil authorities... She said Al-Shabaab trains extremists and wants to turn Somalia into the next Afghanistan.
"Similar to the set up in Afghanistan in 2001 when Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden had a strong relationship with the Taliban that allowed them free reign in Afghanistan,” Neuhas Schaan said.
The route from Somalia to Texas is shorter than Americans would like to think. It goes through Mexico. Two weeks ago, a federal indictment was filed in San Antonio against a Somali citizen. It alleges Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane led a "large-scale smuggling enterprise," moving east Africans into the U.S., including members of a terrorist group called AIAI.
"It was hundreds of individuals," Neuhaus Schaan said, in reference to the indictment...
So let's not do anything hasty like sealing the border or anything.
But, remember folks, even in the event that you happen to get shot or blown up in a terrorist attack, you can take comfort in the fact that we didn't profile or ask anyone for their papers.
Share31 posted at 12:55 pm on May 25, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
The Right Scoop caught this two-part report from Atlanta’s ABC affiliate WSB-TV from earlier in the month, which detailed why Arizonans want immigration law enforced — and why all of us should be screaming for better border enforcement. The issue isn’t just the violence wrought by Mexican drug cartels, although that should be enough. As the 9/11 Commission predicted six years ago, the failure to secure our southern border has allowed people from all over the world to enter the US illegally, including some from countries that regularly produce terrorists intent on attacking America:
Here’s some great news:
Law enforcement officials believe one of the world’s most wanted terrorists may have traveled into the U.S. in 2004 by coming through the mountains on the Mexico border. Federal agents confirmed Adnan Shurkajumah spent time in Atlanta just prior to Sep. 11th, and left on a bus. He is a Saudi Arabian pilot and bomb expert with a $5 million bounty on his head. In 2004, Shurkajumah was one of seven Al-Qaida members agents were looking for after they were spotted in Central America and believed headed to the United States through Mexico . Federal agents now say Shurkajumah seems to have disappeared.
But don’t worry, because our elected officials are on top of this threat. Er, on second thought … worry:
The U.S. government no longer releases a list of what they call “captured O.T.M.s”, which stands for “other than Mexicans”. Channel 2 Action News obtained it from a congressional staffer.
We showed it to Georgia Congressman Paul Broun, who is on the Homeland Security Committee. He said hadn’t seen it before.
“It’s shocking to see the number of people from Middle Eastern countries coming in on that list,” he said. “I tell you this is something our committee members really need to see. I’d like to have a copy of that list to take with me back to Washington so I can share it.”
Border security and immigration enforcement isn’t about denying opportunity to people seeking to lift themselves out of poverty by attempting to find the American Dream. It’s about the safety and security of all those seeking success as Americans. It’s long past time that Congress started taking the threat seriously, and that the executive branch started enforcing the laws already in place. If they’re not willing to do it, then we need to find people who are, and Arizona is just a little ahead of that curve.
05-19-2010, 05:41 PM
Unbelievable: Houston TV uncovers federal indictment that indicates 'hundreds of terr
In the process of investigating the story, KVUE discovered 'a smuggling corridor' that specializes in the transportation of terrorists and other dangerous individuals into the U.S. A federal indictment filed two weeks ago indicates that hundreds of individuals affiliated with terror groups have likely infiltrated the U.S. from points south.
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