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kate
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 Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject: Al-Jazeera to look at open U.S. border |
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| Quote: | HOMELAND INSECURITY
Al-Jazeera to look at open U.S. border
Arab news network interested in lack of security
June 25, 2005
The Arab TV news network criticized by the new Iraqi government and others for its anti-American bias and willingness to carry the messages of terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, is headed for the U.S.-Mexico border to document how easy it is to enter America illegally.
Al-Jazeera has contacted Minuteman Civil Defense Corps leader Chris Simcox to try to arrange interviews. Simcox, who rejected the request for cooperation with the TV network, says al-Jazeera, seen by millions throughout the Arab world and elsewhere, is producing an hour-long documentary news special on lack of security at the U.S. southern border.
Al-Jazeera reporter Naisser Hssaini mentioned the increase in apprehensions of illegal aliens known as OTMs – other than Mexicans. These foreigners increasingly include Arabs, Muslims and others from the Middle East. The reporter also mentioned his familiarity with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement police of catching and releasing OTMS – particularly those not specifically known to be on any terrorist watch list.
"The group has been denied requests for interviews by Minuteman Civil Defense Corps organizers but they still insist on filming the groups’ activities along with the rest of the media during a July 4th weekend mission near Arivaca, Arizona," said Simcox.
Simcox has contacted the offices of Arizona's two Republican U.S. senators – John McCain and Jon Kyl – to invite them to do interviews with al Jazeera, "so perhaps they can explain to the viewers of this news outlet just how secure America's borders really are."
"The offices of the Arizona members of the United States House of Representatives will also be contacted to alert them to the presence and the intent by the al-Jazeera news crew to film the lack of security along the U.S. border with Mexico," said Simcox. "The office of the Department of Homeland Security will also be notified. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps also wonders just what DHS would tell al-Jazeera about the condition of our border security."
Simcox also mentioned the U.S. Border Patrol has already been notified.
"Would we allow Japanese or German television to film the unsecured border during World War II?" asked Minuteman spokeswoman Connie Hair. "These people broadcast to the enemies of America. It's not a news story, it's recon."
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is the citizen border patrol that virtually stopped illegal crossings from Mexico in a highly trafficked area of Arizona. It is now making plans for similar actions in other areas, other states and along the Canadian border.
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So what could be Al-Jazeera’s motive in all this?
To point out our loose border control and then contrast that with…
Iran or Syria can't be expected to seal their border with Iraq when the US can't do the same with Mexico??
Whatever the motive, hope it backfires and causes even more outrage here for tightening the borders
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PhantomSgt
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It is obvious what Al-Jazeera is doing, using Americas "Freedom of the Press" to openly film the border, probe weaknesses and ultimately report back to their AL Queyda shareholders this information.
There is a reason why they were banned from Iraq. They were complicent by their presence on the scene as terrorist attacks unfolded.
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Rdtf
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Well DUH - Of course they are paying attention.
By the way - I clicked on the link - and saw this listed as a related article:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44919
| Quote: | INVASION USA
ACLU man joins Minutemen, local chapter gets suspended
State officials say group will not tolerate racism, vigilantism in leadership structure
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Posted: June 22, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
The American Civil Liberties Union may fight for those holding unpopular beliefs and taking controversial stands, but the ACLU of New Mexico suspended an entire chapter of the organization because a member of the board of directors is leading the state's Minuteman group.
The state organization suspended its Las Cruces chapter after learning that a member of the group's board, Clifford Alford, was heading the formation of a Minuteman group in New Mexico.
Gary Mitchell, a Ruidoso attorney and president of the ACLU board of directors, said the suspension of the southern chapter was a technical move to make sure the leader of the New Mexico Minutemen, a civilian border patrol group, no longer had authority to act or speak on behalf of the ACLU.
"We will not tolerate racism and vigilantism in the leadership structure of our organization,'' Mitchell told the Albuquerque Journal. "They are repugnant to the principles of civil liberties and the mission of the ACLU.''
Alford has said he's not a hateful vigilante and that he would like to see immigration policy reformed. He has said that if the federal government allowed more immigrant workers to enter the country legally, many problems on the border would be solved. He reportedly scouted the New Mexico-Mexico border two weeks ago for sites to station his 42 volunteers to detect illegal immigrants sneaking into the country. His group plans to offer food, water and medical aid while reporting the illegal immigrants to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Mitchell said the ACLU was not trying to muzzle Alford. It is just a matter of not wanting him representing the ACLU in a leadership position. When Alford refused to resign, the state board decided over the weekend to temporarily suspend the 14-member southern board until new elections are held. Mitchell said the ACLU's rules do not provide a means for removing a single board member, so the entire board had to be suspended.
"We are not going to tolerate anyone depriving anyone of liberty without due process of law, not going to tolerate vigilante groups on the border without speaking out against them and without monitoring," Mitchell said.
Alford said the dust-up is the result of a lack of understanding about how the Border Watch group plans to operate. He said the ACLU didn't ask questions, "just attacked."
The ACLU has mobilized nationally against the Minuteman Project and last April stationed its own volunteers on the border to watch the border monitors watch the illegal aliens – reporting any civil liberties violations to authorities.
The president of the ACLU's Southern District chapter, former State Rep. William Porter, said he didn't know how the local board would respond to being suspended.
"We are not 100 percent happy with it," Porter said.
Porter said he does not support Alford's Border Watch group and would personally like Alford to resign but believes it is up to the local board to seek Alford's removal if that is its decision. |
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Tanya
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Al-Jazeera Eyed Mexican Border
"The terrorist-friendly TV network Al-Jazeera wanted to do an investigative report on how easy it is for illegal aliens to get into the U.S. by sneaking across the Mexican border - but abandoned the project after the Minutemen blew the whistle.
A spokeswoman at the network's Washington office tells the Washington Times that Al-Jazeera had planned to cover a Minuteman rally over the Fourth of July weekend in Phoenix as part of a U.S. border expose."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/6/30/95212.shtml |
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