HOMELAND INSECURITY
Lawmaker: Terror war
spilling across border
Concern rising following arrest of al-Qaida suspect in Mexico

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Posted: November 16, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Jon Dougherty
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A U.S. lawmaker says elements of the war on terror are now spilling across the nation's southwestern border, and that colleagues he's spoken to who have seen the problem first-hand, as he has, say they felt safer "during trips to Iraq than they would have in a pickup truck on our southern border."

Rep. John A. Culberson, R-Texas, also says there has been an increase in apprehensions of so-called "special interest aliens," or SIAs – aliens from countries where al-Qaida is known to be in operation – along the U.S.-Mexico border, and that American law enforcement and intelligence agencies are aware of it.

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