"Al-Qaida infiltrated U.S. military meal company?"

Relax! They're just here to poison the MREs Americans won't poison:

U.S. officials are probing the possibility the al-Qaida terrorist network sought to infiltrate a Texas company in order to contaminate ready-to-eat meals designated for the military.

A high-ranking al-Qaida operative provided information leading authorities to nearly a dozen illegal immigrants working for the McAllen, Texas-based Wornick Co., the largest supplier of the meals, according to McAllen's The Monitor newspaper.

The firm that places the workers at Wornick has been charged with conspiring to make and use false employment eligibility verification forms.

U.S. Attorney Michael Shelby explained, "Immediately after the liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban in 2002, U.S. forces on the ground received specific information that links McAllen, Texas, by name and the Wornick facility by name to information within al-Qaida's possession..."

Immigration_terror · Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:36 · · Importance: 1

Comments

This shows the treacherous inadequacy of the offense/ negligible defense policy. Defense of national security is defense first and foremost; offense approaches can only be legitimized in the context of a prior commitment to defense. Offense without meaningful defense, is mindless unjustifiable aggression.

Posted by: John S Bolton at Oct 4, 2004 6:56 PM

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