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Terrorists Obtain S. Africa Passports - Tue Jul 27,11:18 PM ET- Associated Press

Now if only South Africa could get two jews trying to buy two South African passports then this could become an international incident and the story wouldn't be relegated to the dusty back pages....JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe have obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government agency that issues the documents.
South African officials say crime syndicates selling the country's identity documents and passports for as little as $77 have operated inside Home Affairs for years.
The illicit acquisition of the passports, which allow travel through many African countries and Britain without visas, sent shock waves through South Africa after one top police official said "boxes and boxes" of the documents were discovered in London.