Terror Warnings

There have been a number of terror alerts issued in the last few days, with levels of specificity not seen in previous warnings. According to the New York Times, this information was obtained after the arrest of a computer engineer in Pakistan who had "helped to operate a secret Qaeda communications system where information was transferred via coded messages."

In light of these warnings, this story from the World Tribune is fairly ominous.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained 53 Arabic-speaking males in Arizona near the Mexican border on June 13, according to a report by a small-town newspaper in Tombstone, Arizona.

The same report detailed a second incident on June 21 in which 24 Arabic-speaking males were seized after a chase of a larger group of border-crossers, most of whom are still at large.

Both incidents involved agents from the Wilcox, Arizona Border Patrol station.

If this many were captured, how many actually managed to get through and what were they carrying? Of course, if we listen to Teddy Kennedy, the only thing we have to fear is 4 more years of Pres. Bush.