Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Russians, Arabs, Drug Cartels and our Southern Border

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On June 3rd Sara Carter and the Washington Times reported, “Al-Qaeda Eyes Anthrax Attack On U.S from Mexico.” The story is based on an Al-Qaeda recruitment video first broadcast back in February on Al Jazeera.

In it, Kuwaiti dissident Abdullah al-Nafisi tells a roomful of people that Al-Qaeda is currently casing the U.S. border with Mexico to see how they could smuggle weapons through border tunnels and into the U.S....

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Meanwhile, in the SRM {State Run Media}...


CBS: Immigration Raid Left Iowa Town’s Economy ‘In Tatters’

On Saturday, CBS’s Anthony Mason blamed tough economic times in a small Iowa town on immigration enforcement:

"...the small town of Postville, Iowa, is still struggling to recover from an immigration raid last year that left its economy in tatters."

In November, Doane issued an almost identical report on the impact of the raid on the Early Show:

"With empty streets and shuttered shops, this small town is facing economic calamity. Mayor Bob Penrod is taking steps this weekend to declare a state of emergency here. But it's not a natural disaster. Rather, one that's manmade...It all started May 12th, when hundreds of federal immigration authorities raided Agriprocessors and arrested 389 workers."

What Doane failed to report in both stories was the numerous labor law violations that Agriprocessors has been accused of by many of the illegal immigrants who once worked at the Postville plant. A July 27, 2008 article in the New York Times detailed those allegations: ...

[Again and again: portraying the law breakers as the victims.]

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