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Navy_Navy_Navy
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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video |
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Good catch!
What else is cooking out there? 
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=978963&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video
July 26, 2005 — Five Egyptian men with maps of the New York City subway system and video of New York landmarks have been arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, N.J., ABC News has learned.
FBI and law enforcement officials told ABC News the five men — four illegal immigrants and one law enforcement fugitive — were arrested Sunday night following a tip to the Newark Police Department. In addition to the subway maps and video, the men had train schedules and $8,000 in $20 and $50 bills.
The men were identified as: Karim Ahmed Abdel Latif Ahmed, 21; his brother Mahoud Ahmed Abdel Latif Ahmed, 19; Ahmed Mohamed Atta, 30; Mohamed Ibrahim Gaber, 34, and Mohamed Palat Anwar Jozain. When Newark authorities converged at the group's location at 246 Ferry St., Karim Ahmed answered the door and agreed to allow police to enter. Officers said they noticed the maps, and video cameras and Karim and his brother agreed to a search.
Karim said he had the maps because he had a new job as a street vendor. Initially, Karim said no one else was in the apartment, but police came upon the three other men upon further search.
FBI officials said the men have no known link to a terror network but noted that none of them could adequately explain the items they had in their possession, the large amount of money or their reasons for being in the United States. Mohamed Ibrahim Gaber has been a fugitive since he jumped ship from an Egyptian flagged freighter in September 2000.
The men, all of whom claimed to be unemployed civil or chemical engineers, are set to be deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Deported ????
Why aren't they being given one-way tickets to Gitmo ?
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Well, so far they don't have any "hard" evidence against them - circumstantial stuff that certainly looks bad. But, they weren't actively firing on law enforcement at the time of their interception, and had committed no crime - except the illegal entry. 
But still - how the hell do we know they're not going to turn around and re-enter - or simply train some replacements?
Glad they were caught. Wonder who tipped off the police?
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BuffaloJack
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These creeps are civil and chemical engineers. Just the people to decide where to do the most damage and how to do it.
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, exactly.
It demonstrates the extent to which the hands of law enforcement are tied in this country, doesn't it?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Navy_Navy_Navy wrote: | Yep, exactly.
It demonstrates the extent to which the hands of law enforcement are tied in this country, doesn't it? |
It's probably The Patriot Act that is allowing them to do this much. |
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Looks like they fit the Ethnic Profile to a "T". Egypt is the birthplace of modern terrorism in the form of the "Muslim Brotherhood", a cult like group. Usama Bin Laden and most of his high ranking Al Qui' ada members cut their teeth with these bad actors.
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Rdtf
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here is another one:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/metropolitan/3281940
July 25, 2005, 11:29PM
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UPS parcel of cash leads to immigrants' arrests
The FBI is looking into why $29,000 was hidden in package
By CINDY HORSWELL
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
The FBI and immigration authorities are working to unravel a mystery which they say involves two immigrants from India caught staying in the Houston area without legal documentation, possessing firearms and trying to use UPS to transport $29,000 in cash that they feigned was clothing to South Carolina.
FBI spokesman Al Tribble in Houston said Monday he could not reveal the names of the two immigrants who have been taken into custody until charges are filed, possibly today.
"The investigation is on-going in conjunction with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)," said Tribble.
Agents are still looking into the source of the cash and how it was intended to be used.
"This money could be meant for anything from terrorism to extortion to fraud or drugs. There's something bigger behind the scenes," said Tribble.
The investigation began after a UPS clerk in the small rural city of Mont Belvieu, east of Houston in Chambers County, thought a customer was behaving suspiciously.
"Usually, the most excitement that we see around here is when a cow gets out on the road," said Shalia Hampton, who runs the store on Eagle Drive.
Hampton's suspicions were aroused by a customer last Tuesday who paid $80 to ship a package overnight. It was supposed to contain only "clothing" and was sent to someone staying at the French Quarter Inn in Charleston, S.C.
The customer, wearing an earpiece connected to a cell phone, appeared to be receiving instructions about the package from the device, she said. The package was uninsured.
Minutes after the customer left, the UPS office received numerous inquiries by telephone from someone with a strong accent. The caller wanted to know when the package was "going out" and how to track it.
This package was shipped, and then the same customer appeared the next day with a similar package that he said was clothing, said Hampton. Not long after the customer left, the caller from out of the area began to make inquiries again, Hampton said.
"By this time, my clerk felt that package did not just contain clothing," she said, and alerted headquarters who directed a UPS driver to inspect the box's contents.
The driver found a layer of inexpensive clothing that was covering three smaller boxes filled with stacks of $100 bills wrapped in carbon paper.
"UPS policy does not allow the shipment of any cash," she said. Since the contents of the package had been misrepresented, the office alerted Mont Belvieu police and they brought in the FBI, she said.
UPS, at law enforcement request, did not return the package and cash to the customer. A specially trained dog was brought to the office and sniffed the money and "went crazy," indicating the cash might have been in contact with drugs or explosives, authorities said.
The customer had given UPS one name but had a different name attached to his phone number, Hampton said.
Hampton said the customer lived in the Anahuac area and had tried to mail other packages by UPS from the Wilcox Drug store. "I know some things, but I can't talk about it now," said Dave Wilcox, who oversees operations there.
Mont Belvieu's Police Chief J.D. Whitman said his office turned the case over to the FBI. The UPS customer's home has since been searched, and he and another immigrant have been taken into custody.
The FBI also has been questioning officials at the hotel where the package was sent.
Bernard Vischer, spokesman for the hotel, acknowledged spending "a lot of time" talking to the FBI about the case, but declined to speak on the record.
Tribble said the government does not have a problem with someone shipping cash as long as it's not misrepresented. He said a transaction receipt is required to document the shipment of large quantities of cash. |
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Ohio Voter
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video |
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I am glad that the Ennie-Meenie-Miney-Mo system is working. [NOT] 
| Navy_Navy_Navy wrote: | Good catch!
What else is cooking out there?
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=978963&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video
July 26, 2005 — Five Egyptian men with maps of the New York City subway system and video of New York landmarks have been arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, N.J., ABC News has learned.
FBI and law enforcement officials told ABC News the five men — four illegal immigrants and one law enforcement fugitive — were arrested Sunday night following a tip to the Newark Police Department. In addition to the subway maps and video, the men had train schedules and $8,000 in $20 and $50 bills. <snip>
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