Hey people! We all know how the right wing loony toons have been using the terror/fear card to convince Americans of all the “terrorists” crossing the southern border and using that as an excuse to promote their nativist agenda. Some have made a reputation trying to get you to believe it is a Family Security Matter, when in reality, it appears nothing more than nativist BS.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has arrested 12 people on terrorism charges in the years since the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S., but an official said none were linked to Muslim extremist groups like al-Qaida nor were any planning to strike in the United States.
Officials from both nations say there hasn’t been any sign of the southern U.S. border becoming an entry point for terrorists, as had been feared after the suicide jetliner hijackings that struck New York and Washington.
The Mexican government revealed the 12 arrests to The Associated Press this week in response to a public information request seeking details of any terrorism arrests in the last seven years. The request was made in February.
Many Americans feared Islamic terrorists from al-Qaida might try to slip into the United States by linking up with the criminal gangs and drug cartels that control large swaths of Mexico and smuggle drugs and migrants across the border.
Months after the 2001 attack, President Bush pushed Mexico to increase security. “We need to use our technology to make sure that we weed out those who we don’t want in our country, the terrorists, the `coyotes,’ the smugglers, those that prey on innocent life,” he said.
Asked whether Mexico’s 12 terrorism arrests were linked to plots against the United States, an official at the Mexican Attorney General’s office said none “had anything to do with that.”
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she wasn’t authorized to be quoted by name, said those detained had links to Basque militants in Spain or were involved in radical domestic activities in Mexico.
Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said Friday the U.S. continually works with Mexico to ensure terrorists don’t turn to Mexico and so far there is no evidence that has happened.
“There’s no indication that there’s been a direct al-Qaida presence in Mexico,” he said. “But there certainly have been individuals that present security concerns.”
Read the rest of this revealing storyThat’s right folks! No Al-Quaida operatives infiltrating the southern border on a nightly basis. (no mention of the Canadian border where a large middle eastern population resides) No reason to send your hard earned money to the right wingnuts who beg and plead for money to fight this scourge!
And come to think about it, hasn’t that been our position all along?
Armchair Patriots rejoice! the matters of your family security isn’t the southern border! Unfortunately, this will not stop the wingnuts from seeing a terrorist in the face of every latino on this planet
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