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ECH1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:09 PM
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Suicide bombers in Iraq often drive American
WASHINGTON – The FBI’s counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of U.S.-based theft rings after discovering that some of the cars used in deadly bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians, probably were stolen in the United States, according to senior government officials.

Terrorism specialists think Iraqi insurgents prefer American stolen cars because they tend to be larger, blend in better with U.S. convoys and are harder to identify as stolen.

The inquiry began after coalition troops raided a bomb-making factory in Fallujah last November and found a sport utility vehicle registered in Texas that was being prepared for a bombing mission.

Investigators said they are comparing other cases in which cars evidently stolen in the United States wound up in Syria or other countries in the Middle East and into the hands of Iraqi insurgent groups – including al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/5224189p-4746155c.html
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:13 PM
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1. or maybe the cia sends them over
Edited on Mon Oct-03-05 07:13 PM by tk2kewl
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:16 PM
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3. The CIA is on our side.... and they will help us "win" by
any means necessary.... so you could be right...
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confludemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:17 PM
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4. time was when I was naive enough not to believe such a thing n/t
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cantstandbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:15 PM
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2. Hmmm. something about this story sounds fishy.
Are we about to hear about some Americans being captured posing as Iraqis of Al Qaeda like those UK soldiers?
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confludemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:19 PM
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5. that's what i've been wondering ever since that story about the two brits
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:02 PM
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6. Oh really? It's cheaper to steal a car in the USA, ship it overseas,
and use it in a car bombing than to just steal one from a country that is... closer?

And for that matter, how do you get a car with Texas plates into 'heavily guarded' Iraq?
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AtTheEndOfTheDay Donating Member (454 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:18 PM
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7. Funny, I thought they might prefer British cars.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 09:48 AM
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10. LOL.
:thumbsup:
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 09:26 PM
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8. Does this mean that
your license plate could be run under the Patriot act?

After all, if American cars are being stolen for terrorist acts....
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 11:12 PM
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9. 'hmmmmmm'
ok, this is just suspicious.
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