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Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert


A book celebrating suicide bombers has been found in the Arizona desert just north of the U.S.- Mexican border, authorities tell Fox News.

The book, "In Memory of Our Martyrs," was spotted Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent out of the Casa Grande substation who was patrolling a route known for smuggling illegal immigrants and drugs.

Published in Iran, it consists of short biographies of Islamic suicide bombers and other Islamic militants who died carrying out attacks.

According to internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection documents, "The book also includes letters from suicide attackers to their families, as well as some of their last wills and testaments." Each biographical page contains "the terrorist's name, date of death, and how they died."

Agents also say that the book appears to have been exposed to weather in the desert "for at least several days or weeks."

Authorities told Fox News that there were no people in the area at the time the book was found, and no arrests have been made in connection with it.

"At this time, DHS does not have any credible information on terrorist groups operating along the Southwest border," a Department of Homeland Security official said in a statement. "We work closely with our partners in the law enforcement and intelligence communities and as a matter of due diligence and law enforcement best practice, report anything found, no matter how significant or insignificant it may seem."

Statements from U.S. officials, including FBI director Robert Mueller, have raised serious concerns in recent years over "OTMs" -- or illegal immigrants other than Mexicans -- who have crossed the southwest border at alarming rates.

Mueller testified before the House Appropriations Committee in March 2005 that "there are individuals from countries with known Al Qaeda connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic."

Just last year, the Department of Homeland Security had in custody thousands of detainees from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. U.S. Border Patrol statistics indicate that there were 108,025 OTMs detained in 2006, compared to 165,178 in 2005 and 44,614 in 2004.

Authorities would not release a picture of the book to Fox News, or reveal how long they believe it was lying in the desert. Immigration officials have previously discovered items along the U.S.-Mexico border from Middle Eastern origin, including Iranian currency in Zapata, Texas, and a jacket found in Jim Hogg County, Texas, that was covered in patches including an Arabic military badge that illustrates an airplane flying into a tower.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/27/iranian-book-celebrating-suicide-bombers-arizona-desert/#ixzz1Cb5dFeAn

"The problem is, if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform." -Obama speaking to Sen. John Kyl

I think people are already being arrested for reading books in the US judging by the tea party movement.

Securing the boarder by the methods advocated by most (building a wall and increasing surveillance) is not practical. It would be costly and, more importantly, ineffective.

A better way to tackle the problem would be to instate a domestic work program and register those who come over to work as domestic workers who can cross at legal crossings. That will help sort those who are a danger to the country from those who probably aren't. Thorough background checks can be done.

Domestic work programs and such would not reduce illegal immigration. You need to understand these people want to live in the US not just work in it while their families stay in mexico.

Walls don't work and Surveillance is but a fraction of what it should be. Only way to secure the border is to deploy a couple of infantry divisions across the entire stretch. If mexico feels threatened they are welcome to deploy their own across their side of the border... end result is the same: armed military presence patrolling the terrain constantly.

Congress should simply close those silly overseas bases in Europe and bring that personel and hardware over to the southern end of the border states.

Domestic work programs and such would not reduce illegal immigration. You need to understand these people want to live in the US not just work in it while their families stay in mexico.

Walls don't work and Surveillance is but a fraction of what it should be. Only way to secure the border is to deploy a couple of infantry divisions across the entire stretch. If mexico feels threatened they are welcome to deploy their own across their side of the border... end result is the same: armed military presence patrolling the terrain constantly.

Congress should simply close those silly overseas bases in Europe and bring that personel and hardware over to the southern end of the border states.

If you are working in the US, it's usually only practical to live here as well, unless you live very close to the boarder and can commute. Most of those from border towns with passes tend to do that. It is actually more favorable for a lot of them because it's cheaper to live in Mexico.

Anyway, I don't see a problem with documented migrant workers living here.

To secure the border using military would still be ineffective and cost prohibitive.

Another thing that can be done to reduce illegal immigration would be to push for economic reforms within Mexico itself. There's no reason for Mexico to have the level of poverty that it does other than poor labor regulations and corruption.

Specify please. Provide a reference to case, giving the particulars.

ruveyn

Securing the boarder by the methods advocated by most (building a wall and increasing surveillance) is not practical. It would be costly and, more importantly, ineffective.

A better way to tackle the problem would be to instate a domestic work program and register those who come over to work as domestic workers who can cross at legal crossings. That will help sort those who are a danger to the country from those who probably aren't. Thorough background checks can be done.

Because those with good intentions would have a legal way to cross, and those with bad intentions trying to cross through these portals have a higher chance of being caught, anyone found crossing illegally can more soundly be assumed to have bad intentions, and be shot on the spot with the blessings of the Mexican government and Mexican people.

I think people are already being arrested for reading books in the US judging by the tea party movement.

I second that please.

Most of it's adherents are rather slow-witted with confused and paranoid political positions.

In the case of the above responses ,i'll give you a pass due to AS.