The Boston GlobeSMHThe FBI's counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering some vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior US Government officials.
The FBI's deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, Inspector John Lewis, said the investigation did not prove the vehicles were stolen specifically for car bombings in the Middle East, but there was evidence they were smuggled out of the US by organised criminal networks that included terrorists and insurgents.
Cracking the car-theft rings and tracing the cars could help identify insurgent leaders and shut down one of the means used to attack the US-led coalition and the Iraqi Government, the officials said.
The inquiry began after coalition troops raided a Falluja bomb factory last November and found a Texas-registered four-wheel-drive being prepared for a bombing mission. Investigators said there were several other cases where vehicles evidently stolen in the US wound up in Syria or other Middle Eastern countries and ultimately in the hands of Iraqi insurgent groups, including al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Investigators believed 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. Terrorism specialists said they believed Iraqi insurgents preferred American stolen cars because they tended to be larger, blended in more easily with US convoys, and were harder to identify as stolen.
Well, we found a use for all those gas-guzzling Tahoes. Could be that the cars were stolen in Texas and driven to Mexico where they were exported to African and Middle East countries where VIN numbers aren't that important, and some of these cars wound up in hands of Iraqi insurgents.
i agree that this is disturbing, cuz it just shows another tie between the middle east and mexico, which is where i fear osama's next attack will go through.
one thing terrorists have, it's money.
money talks, and there are too many sellouts.
people in this country will sell out for a quick buck,
imagine what people in mexico will do...
!
c'mon W, fix the gotdam borders!
does a ing nuclear bomb have to go off for someone to give a ?!
dubya hasn't and won't do about border security because it would alienate the Mexican-American vote.
Getting votes is much more important than ANYTHING else.
he also wants to create a clear below min wage workforce and increase the gap between the rich and the poor
that just doesn't make sense to me.
he already won re-election.
his time as President is coming to an end.
this has to be about Big Business and Money.
it always is.
and frankly? we WERE ALL IMMIGRANTS at one time or another.
i have NO PROBLEM letting peeps from Mexico come over to be part of a work force.
BUT, THEY MUST BE DO ENTED!
GIVE THEM AN ID!
WITH FINGER PRINTS, ETC, whatever it takes.
no more sneaking across bull .
no more racist assholes with rifles bull .
FIX IT W!
okay Mookie, now I want you to tell me WHY he would want to do that.
educate me please. Thanks.
"he already won re-election."
maybe there will be future elections where the Repubs want M-A votes?
there will ALWAYS be Repub businessman who want to employ undo ented aliens.
Border security is secondary to Repubs, for whom the ONLY VALUE is $$$.
okay boutons, lets not pretend like the Republicans have cornered the market on shady politics based on big business.
that goes down on both sides of the aisle brother.
I'm pretending nothing.
The Repubs are running the WH and Congress, nobody else.
If something does/not happen, it's ON THEIR WATCH and THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
NOTE: the Repubs have done absolutely nothing in 5 years except to stuff their own pockets, and stuff those of the rich and corps.
boutons, you need to get off whatever you are on and get a life. Politicians are all politicians no matter what side of the aisle they are on. Kennedy isn't up there to just swim the Potomac. You name one who doesn't feather their own nest. But you know what, if you vote on a regular basis and write a letter to your representative, bet you get some feed back from the great one in Washington. Why don't you try it?
sac
so Republicans can be richer, whiter and more powerful
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