Americans lulled into false sense of security-Terrorists using U.S.
system
International Terrorism and Immigration Policy
http://muhammadanism.org/Government/Government_International_Terroris...
In the end, the aim of this campaign is to prevent me, as well as
others, from speaking and writing about the threat of militant
Islamic
fundamentalism on American soil, and thus prevent the public from
being properly informed. The very success of these organizations and
their sup****ters, fronting under the false veneer of being "moderate"
and "mainstream," in creating a chilling climate where free speech on
this issue has been suppressed, has become a factor in allowing
foreign terrorists to operate in the United States below the radar
screen and thus avoid the scrutiny from either the media, public
officials or law enforcement.
Overview of international terrorist problem:
Thanks to the quick response of US Customs Agents to behavior deemed
suspicious at the Canadian border in ****t Angeles on December 14,
1999, Ahmed Ressam was caught trying to smuggle RDX explosives. A
wide-
ranging investigation, unprecedented in its sweep and scope,
succeeded
in identifying and arresting other members of the hitherto unknown
terrorist cell to which Ressam belonged. A plot to bomb and destroy
targets in the United States, although still not publicly identified,
had been narrowly averted.
Today the United States and Canada serve as the home for a wide
spectrum of international terrorist groups as well as indigenous
"home-
grown" groups. Certainly, today's hearing focuses our attention on
the
threat of international terrorism on American soil and the ****ous
nature of US borders. While virtually all foreign terrorist
organizations from throughout the world, including Latin America and
Asia, have set up infrastructures in the United States, the primary
threat of international terrorism on American soil stems from Middle
Eastern terrorist organizations, a fact that FBI and CIA officials
have repeatedly testified to. These organizations have set up
fundraising operations, political headquarters, military recruitment
and sometimes even command and control centers. The entire spectrum
of
Middle Eastern and Islamic terrorist groups now operates on American
soil, including Hamas, Hezbollah, the Algerian Armed Islamic Group,
the Egyptian Al Gamat Al Islamiya, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the
Islamic Liberation Party, the PKK and Al-Qaeda, the organization of
Osama bin Laden.
There are various reasons for the emergence of these groups in the
United States, which include:
*=83nAbility to operate under our political radar screen
*=83nAbility to hide under mainstream religious identification
*=83nLoopholes in immigration procedures
*=83nEase of penetration of borders
*=83nLimitations on FBI and other agencies performing law enforcement
functions, including INS and Customs
*=83nMore sophisticated compartmentalization of terrorist cells around
loosely structured terrorist movements
*=83nExploitation of freedoms of religion and speech
*=83nAbsence of a vigilant media
*=83nExploitation of non-profit fundraising prerogatives and lack of
government scrutiny
*=83nIncreasing cross fertilization and mutual sup****t provided by
members of different Islamic terrorist groups
*=83nEase of availability of student visas from countries harboring or
sup****ting terrorism
*=83nFailures by universities to keep track of foreign students and
their
spouses
*=83nProtection afforded by specially-created educational programs
*=83nEase of visa fraud and the invention of false credentials, from
pass****ts, drivers licenses, credit cards and social security numbers
*=83nBlowback from the anti-Soviet mujihadeen that the US sup****ted in
Afghanistan.
Despite passage of the anti-terrorism bill and a realization by law
enforcement since the World Trade Center bombing that the threat of
Middle Eastern terrorism had become part of the US and Canadian
landscapes, militants and terrorists continue to use both countries
as
a base of operations. As water seeking its own level, terrorists will
gravitate to those areas that give them the greatest freedom to
maneuver. Unless choked off and stopped along the different points of
entry--ranging from the visa granting process overseas to the
hundreds
of unmanned border crossing points between Canada and the United
States--terrorists will continue to come to the United States. The
list of major international terrorists and militants allowed to enter
the United States in recent years or actually granted green cards and
citizen****p is nothing less than staggering.
(CLICK ON LINK FOR LIST AND OTHER INFO)
Loopholes and weaknesses of immigration controls:
Foreign nationals who are terrorist operatives routinely utilize
false
identity do***ents to illegally enter the US and/or remain here once
they have entered.
The use of Canada by terrorists: Details of Hezbollah's modus
operandi:
By way of example, the following terrorist groups acting on behalf
have been and are active in Canada: Hezbollah and other ****ite
Islamic
terrorist organizations; several Sunni Islamic Extremist groups,
including Hamas, with ties to Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Lebanon and
Iran;
the Provisional IRA; the Tamil Tigers; the Kurdistan Worker's Party
(PKK); and all of the world's major Sikh terrorist groups."
Hezbollah in Canada:
Hezbollah has been particularly active in both Canada and the United
States. One of those arrested in Canada was Mohammed Hussein al-
Husseini, arrested in March 1997. In seeking to de****t al-Husseini,
who arrived in Canada
Canadian authorities have been courageously open about the degree to
which their country has become a base of operations for terrorists.
I think this openness should be lauded for it helps provide the
public
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