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Iraqis targeted W ranch: terror team tried to sneak into Texas through Mexico
2003-03-29
An Iraqi terror team armed with millions of dollars tried to get smuggled into the U.S. through Mexico to Crawford, Tex. — the site of President Bush's ranch, a law enforcement source said yesterday. The alarming attempt to infiltrate the country occurred this month. It is not known what the Iraqis planned to do in Crawford, but Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein tried to assassinate Bush's father, the former President George Bush, in 1993.
Duh, they wanted his autograph? They wanted to go drinking with Jenna and Barb? "It is not known". Good grief.
The unidentified Iraqis wanted to hire coyotes smugglers to sneak them into the U.S. because they "wanted to get to the Crawford ranch," according to the well-placed law enforcement source. They also asked a Mexican doctor and a lawyer named Claudio to change about $100 million in Iraqi dinars into U.S. currency — about $325 million.
That's a lot of cash, even for a doctor and a lawyer! I'd be looking into those two.
Secret Service officials would not comment yesterday about the possible threat or the suspects' whereabouts. The current President has not forgotten the attempt to kill his father. A red-faced Bush recently reminded a visitor of the 1993 plot by Saddam, and said, "The SOB tried to kill my dad."
Wasn't that in October? Maybe September? Guess it depends on your definition of recently...
Iraq's attempt to infiltrate the U.S. came to light as U.S. officials announced they had thwarted Iraqi-sponsored terrorism in two foreign countries, as well as plots directed at U.S. targets. "There are two countries where operations have been compromised, and we have information on plots in other countries," State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said.
I think that's a reference to the aborted diplo attacks in Jordan and Yemen.
Department officials declined to say whether the Mexico report had any connection to those Iraqi terrorist plots.
Walks like a duck ....
Posted by:Steve White

#8  I can see it now... "gee, thats a lot of money, but should I really help these guys? -- maybe I don't like Americans too much, but helping Iraqis carry out terrorist acts?"... lol - kinda like wondering whether or not you should put your head under an elephant's butt while he's sitting down!
Posted by: Steve   2003-03-30 01:29:19  

#7  How many 7-11's does 325 millon go into?
Posted by: Brew   2003-03-30 00:49:18  

#6  As a Texan, rest assured that Texans would have found, shot, and hung any of these bastard Iraqi agents.

Posted by: Bill   2003-03-29 22:41:52  

#5  What is more... the biggest Iraqi dinar note in circulation (and not much of it) is 10000 dinars. Actually the current exchange rate is about 3000 dinars for 1$ these days. So the largest Iraqi bill is worth 3 dollars.
Ok now try to carry $100million in 3 dollar bills into Mexico (in trucks from Iraq???) and try to find an idiot willing to change dirty toilet paper into real money.
Ok that was a good laugh!!!
Posted by: True German Ally   2003-03-29 20:13:51  

#4  I guess this explains why Mexico shifted 18,000 troops to the border region a couple of weeks ago.
Posted by: B.   2003-03-29 20:12:12  

#3  Hold on. "...change about $100 million in Iraqi dinars into U.S. currency-about $325 million." What I recall from Salam Pax is that it's about 1,200 dinars or more to the dollar. Please redo the math Mr. Writer or get a new editor.
Posted by: michael   2003-03-29 19:55:58  

#2  Maybe they were just trying to speculate on the dip in value of Iraqi "Saddam" Dinars? yeahhhhh riiigghhtt
Posted by: Frank G   2003-03-29 19:49:10  

#1  Time to get a few Apaches together - not the helicopter, but the Native Americans. Turn them lose, tell them they can keep anything they confiscate, but it can't be from an American citizen. That border will become so unpopular not even a sidewinder would try to cross it.

Time to stop playing by the book - especially a book written by an idiot and published by a moron.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-03-29 19:42:32  

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