Still NO Europeans or Canadians Rounded Up in Homeland Secuity Raids
Federal counter-terrorism agents swept down on homes and businesses in
Seattle yesterday, conducting searches and charging 13 men with gun,
immigration and bank-fraud violations. The FBI said it searched 19
Seattle-area homes, businesses and vehicles. Federal agents detained
five other people on immigration charges, said FBI Special Agent Robbie
Burroughs. None of the men targeted in the raids is accused under
terrorism statutes. However, the federal charges unsealed yesterday
allege the ringleader of the bank-fraud case told a paid FBI informant
that his "whole Muslim crew" was involved in stealing money because
"you can't go to war broke." [more]
"I'm disappointed
that Homeland Security has come to the conclusion that this is their
function -- that raiding these plants and deporting these people will
enhance our security nationwide," said Michael Martinez, Kansas
president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "I don't
believe these people were building bombs or trying to undermine their
country." [more]
