Whatever Happened With The Al-Qaeda Linked Iraqis in Peru?
When I first started here at JYB I was going to try to keep focus on news stories that had been forgotten or ignored but left some major unresolved questions. I haven't kept up with that plan very well but for some reason today I was thinking about this story from September of 2007:
LIMA, Peru — Ten Iraqi citizens with forged passports and documents are in a Peruvian prison after an apparent bid to enter the United States on a flight to Los Angeles, officials here say.Anybody heard anything about these guys? That was like, WOW! for two days and then nothing since. I'd kind of like to know who they were and why they were coming here.An 11th Iraqi man thought to be part of the group is at large.
One of the men arrested is thought to have links to al Qaeda, said Peruvian National Police Col. Roberto Lujan, who is leading the investigation.