August 23, 2005

Dems crazy enough to downplay danger of violent Central American gang

From "Kilgore sticking to gang concern":

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore yesterday said law-enforcement officers would be foolish to assume that there is no link between the al Qaeda terrorist network and the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha.

"MS-13 is the most violent street gang around, and Homeland Security has said it makes sense to see these gangs as being targeted by al Qaeda," Mr. Kilgore, a former state attorney general, told The Washington Times. "We'd be crazy to put our heads in the sand and just say there could never be a link."

Immediately after that comes the extremely un-funny punchline:

Two Northern Virginia prosecutors yesterday criticized the Republican candidate for similar statements he made last week. The prosecutors dismissed Mr. Kilgore's comments as "pandering" and an attempt to score political points.

"We certainly have not seen any evidence that there is any connection between any gang and al Qaeda," said Alexandria Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Sengel. "It just makes the problem worse for those of us who are trying to deal with it on the front lines."

Mr. Sengel and Arlington Commonwealth's Attorney Richard Trodden made their comments during a press conference call set up by a campaign arm of the Democratic Party of Virginia...

Ka-ching. The Democratic Party is quickly devolving into the "Crazy Dare Party", as in: "I dare you to defend an ultra-violent paramilitary machete-wielding Central American street gang." The WashTimes follows that with a discussion of their previous coverage of a possible link between the two organizations (no, not the Dems and the gang, between AQ and the gang), including comments from former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James Loy.

The post "Herndon VA approves illegal alien hiring hall" also mentioned Kilgore.

Posted to Immigration_terror at August 23, 2005 06:56 PM

Comments

The fact that someone says there is no evidence of a link is not an indication that they have assumed there is no link.

Posted by: Ralph at August 24, 2005 04:51 AM