Thread: Al-Qaida Operative Nabbed Near Mexican Border

Al-Qaida Operative Nabbed Near Mexican Border

An al-Qaida operative who was on the FBI's terrorist watch list was recently captured near the Mexican border, housed in a Texas jail and turned over to federal agents, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, said on Friday.

"A confirmed al-Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail," Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. "He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI."

The Texas Republican said he obtained the stunning information about the terrorist's capture "from the sheriffs who were directly involved.

"In fact, one was the sheriff who incarcerated him in the Brewster County jail [and who] confirmed this as well," he explained. The same sheriff also confirmed "that this guy is on the FBI's al-Qaida list," he added.

The al-Qaida operative "had been in Mexico, living just about 60 miles east of El Paso," Rep. Culberson said. "He was captured in a little town called El Porvenir, right across from Fort Hancock."

Rep. Culberson said the detainee had been living in Mexico for up to a year, where the terrorist "was taking careful notes on the movement of people, police officers, wildlife, etc."

The Iraqi national "had apparently aggravated a neighbor in Mexico, who turned him in to Mexican authorities," he explained. Mexican officials then turned him over to the U.S. officials, who temporarily housed him in the Brewster County jail.

Asked why this news hadn't been reported earlier, Culberson told Hannity, "That's a very good question and one that I intend to get to the bottom of in my subcommittee."

Rep. Culberson sits on the appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the FBI and the Department of Justice. "I guarantee that we're going to get to the bottom of this," he pledged.

He said FBI Director Robert Mueller had previously "confirmed" in testimony before his committee "that there are individuals from countries with known al-Qaida connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic immigrants."

"And these are clearly Arab terrorists," Rep. Culberson added, "from countries like Yemen, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. They're crossing the border, pretending to be Hispanic immigrants, and then disappearing."

Rep. Culberson said news of al-Qaida's penetration of the U.S.'s southern border has him worried that the next terrorist plot could involve setting off simultaneous truck bombs in major urban centers.

"The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States military forces" enforcing immigration laws.




http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005 ... 1654.shtml

THE CONSERVATIVE VOICE

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/art ... l?id=10079

November 18

By Sher Zieve

Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Radio program, Friday, Texas Congressional Rep. John Culberson said that Al-Qaeda has entered the US within the last 6 weeks. Culberson advised that an Iraqi national al-Qaeda member was apprehended at a Mexico-US border town and is currently being held by US authorities.

Culberson further said that terrorist training camps are being conducted in Mexican border areas (including close to Brownsville, TX), in territories under the control of Mexican narco-terrorists. Culberson also stated that Mexican troops are firing at the US Border Patrol on a regular basis and that gunfire ensued Thursday night.

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ALIPAC ACTIVISTS, please start posting and e-mailing this everywhere especially to the media!

W

Maybe Sue Myrick did know what she was talking about after all. Osama himself could come across either border and nobody would know. The really sad thing is the President of the United States won't do anything to protect US citizens for fear of offending his buddy Fox or his big business cronies.

This is going to Myrick and the guy Tim Funk from the Charlotte Observer that tried to put the burn on her last week.

W

You...You mean having millions of anonymous Third Worlders with fake documents coming across our border yearly might lead to problems? I never thought of that!

What's a little suitcase nuke compared to filling those MacDonalds drive-through positions?

"The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States military forces" enforcing immigration laws.

I am certain that Bush would not react this way. He wants that border open at any cost.

Here's an audio interview John Culberson gave on the Rick Roberts Show involving Al Qaeda and the border. I posted this in the discussion area but don't know if it got noticed by anyone.


http://www.760kfmb.com/asx/2005/11/congressman2.asx

http://www.760kfmb.com/asx/2005/11/congressman.asx

I am not surpriced and dont doubt either that these allegations are true .It is no dicovery to no one that we have open borders and that it could be an easy way to attack USA .

"The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States military forces" enforcing immigration laws.

Yeah I believe you