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June 8, 2006

Zarqawi Should Have Come to USA

Here's where al-Zarqawi went wrong: he hid out in Iraq, instead of coming to America as an illegal alien, where melting into the underground along with tens of thousands of illegals known to be from terror-supporting states would have been child's play.

According to a chilling report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General that was released on Friday so as to attract minimal attention, 45,008 illegal aliens from countries on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terror or countries that willfully harbor terrorists were caught between 2001 and 2005 — and then released into the general public, even though their identities could not be confirmed.

Of course, we're only talking about the small minority who were caught. DHS doesn't know how many of these were ever deported since it doesn't keep track, but the report estimates that 85% of them would abscond even if deportation orders were issued.

The terrorists among them can easily assume new identities after they are released. After conferring with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) reports that

a number of individuals from countries with al Qaeda connections are changing their identities. They're changing their Islamic surnames for Hispanic surnames, adopting false Hispanic identities… and hiding among the flood of illegals coming over our border and disappearing into the country.

Displaying a remarkable knack for understatement, the DHS report states that "the high release rate could undermine the public's confidence in the department's ability to secure our northern and southern borders."

It is most definitely time to knock together some of the coconuts that serve government bureaucrats for skulls. The Senate — home of the Shamnesty bill — might be a good place to start come election day.

Posted by Van Helsing at June 8, 2006 4:35 PM