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<H2><B>Border watch group claims to sneak fake WMD into US</B></H2>Associated Press<BR>Jul. 22, 2004 08:44 AM<BR><BR>TUCSON - A border watch group claims it successfully sneaked into the United States carrying a fake weapon of mass destruction.<BR><BR>American Border Patrol spokesman Glenn Spencer told the Arizona Daily Star the test was intended to show how easy it would be for terrorists to sneak deadly weapons across the border.<BR><BR>Mike King, a former Army sniper who was assigned to Fort Huachuca as a National Guardsman after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said he's hoping the demonstration will help convince government leaders that the country's southern border is a national security risk.<BR><BR>"I mean, you have people with backpacks, bottles of water and zero training coming across. I just wanted to show how easy this is for somebody with training to come into this country," said King, who now works as a technical director for the border-watch group.<BR><BR>Two m!
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the group carried a suitcase in a backpack into Arizona west of Naco Monday night.<BR><BR>One American Border Patrol member said the two men crossed a border fence that separates the United States from Mexico, then headed to a house in Sierra Vista without detection.<BR><BR>The Border Patrol had no immediate comment on the claim by the Sierra Vista-based group.<BR><BR>The Mexican government is checking a videotape and may enter a formal complaint with the United States government.<BR><BR>"If the incident can be confirmed," said Miguel Escobar, Mexico's consul in Douglas, "a formal letter of protest will be submitted to the U.S. government."<BR><BR><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
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