(New York Times)Thom Shanker - At a meeting with Western Hemisphere defense ministers Tuesday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cited the skill of the groups Hamas and Hizballah - which are on the U.S. government's list of terrorist organizations - in raising money in the region. He warned that smugglers' routes now used to move illegal workers toward the U.S. border could just as easily be used by terrorists.
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