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Originally posted by WyrdeOne
cafeman
Way to tow the party line there buddy! Good job. Now retreat back into your tent of hate, I have something to say.
Christians always have, and always will, represent the VAST majority of people in South and Central America. The cult of Mary is HUGE down there.
Most Mexicans are Catholics. Most South Americans are Catholics. Can you guess what most central Americans are? That's right...
So give the stereotypes a rest okay? Muslim and terrorist are not synonomous.
You've been watching too much televsion.
Originally posted by 27jd
I live in Arizona, I know ALOT of Mexicans, most of them are good people. I have yet to meet ONE Mexican muslim. If there is any real link between MS-13 and Al Queda, it's a monetary one. Coyotes will bring anybody across the border, anybody who pays them. It doesn't matter if you're Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Satanist, etc. Have money will smuggle. As for MS-13 targeting the civilian border patrol, I think they're just displaying the typical bravado that gangbangers always do, I doubt they'd be that stupid. If Mexican nationals start killing American civilians patrolling our side of the border, in these times, it will not go over well for them. The American public will go crazy, and the military would have to get involved and they certainly wouldn't be openly operating in the U.S., like they do now, any longer.
[edit on 31-3-2005 by 27jd]
Originally posted by cafeman
Does the name Jose Padilla mean anything to you!
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
cafeman
Thanks for clarifying, I apologize for biting your head off preemptively.
The radical muslims make up a small percentage of total muslims, just as fringe Christians make up a very small percentage of Christians. Most religious people are hobby religious, not fanatical.
Generally I mistrust any fanatics, Christian, Muslim, otherwise.
The chance that Mexico or South/Central America will breed legions of fanatical muslim suicide bombers is pretty slim in my opinion, due to three factors.
1. They have no ancestral connection/geographical relationship to the prohet Muhammed.
2. The revolution du jour in South/Central America is the cult of the winged serpent, a native revolution focusing on indigenous rights.
3. There are few, if any, fanatical muslim indoctrination centers (schools) in the region, whereas there are literally thousands spread out across the middle east.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
...unfortunately for them they are prohibited from carrying rifles, only sidearms will be allowed. Obviously, no such restrictions have been placed on the soldiers contracted by MS-13. This is a volatile situation, to say the least.......................................................................................................................,1. the fact that they aren't allowed to patrol with rifles 2. the fact that they will have to contend with American protesters in addition to hired killers 3. they are receiving no official back-up from our government 4. they have been instructed to light fires and make noise, to make their presence known - this is a very big mistake, and they would have a much better chance at survival if this action was conducted ambush style.
I hope it doesn't turn out the way it think it will. I'll just leave it at that.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
A handful of illegals were spotted and detained without incident after a call was put in to border patrol.
Fewer than expected people showed up, initial estimates were in the thousands, and actual attendance, on the first few days, appeared to be in the hundreds, perhaps as few as under a hundred.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Is 148 the recent total? That's pretty impressive. Last I heard, only 1 group of 18 had been spotted by minutemen and subsequently detained.
If that number is accurate (a source would be helpful) then thanks for bringing it up. I apologize if I misled anyone, it wasn't intentional.
Reports vary from news sources that are camped out in the desert with the citizen patrol, but at least 120 illegal aliens have been apprehended and deported by the U.S. Border Patrol due to tips from the Minuteman Project. Each volunteer woks an eight-hour shift so the project can run a full 24-hour watch.
Source