a mfollowup on those pesky terrorists in florida..oh wait....

[Guest guest]

funny how when they got pulled over it was all over every news station and tv

show...haven't heard diddily since....

 

also funny, notice how they called em " muslim americans " or " arab americans " er

when they talked about them they would mention " 3 men, one from pakistan, one

palestianian and one from jordan " ..and, gee, one of em was born in Detriot,

another was naturalized, and the 3rd had a valid visa...

when tim mcveigh got arrested i don't remember news reports calling him a

" christian american " or an " irish/scottish american "

subtle as a brick

 

 

 

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/21/State/No_terror__no_bombs__.shtml

 

No terror, no bombs -- they even paid tolls

©Associated Press

© St. Petersburg Times, published September 21, 2002

 

 

Three Arab-Americans originally suspected of being terrorists are now cleared

of everything, even a $126 toll offense. NAPLES -- A videotape clears three

men who were detained as terrorism suspects of failing to pay a highway toll

shortly before they were stopped by a sheriff's deputy.

 

Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter said he voided a $126 citation after a

video showed the drivers of the two vehicles stopping to pay the toll.

 

A tollbooth attendant first told authorities that one driver, Kambiz Butt,

25, ran the gate, but she changed her account after seeing the video.

 

The tollkeeper was nervous about seeing the car mentioned in a police

bulletin about a suspected terrorism plot. The video shows her trying to flag

down someone to alert them to the car, Hunter said.

 

The threat was a false alarm.

 

Butt and Ayman Gheith, 27, both of the Chicago area, and Omar Choudhary, 23,

of Independence, Mo., were medical students on their way to a South Miami

hospital for training. They were pulled over Sept. 12 on Alligator Alley, the

part of Interstate 75 that is the main east-west route across South Florida.

After bomb-sniffing dogs alerted for explosives, the men were detained 18 hours

for questioning and their vehicles were searched. Nothing was found, the men

denied wrongdoing and they were released.

 

Florida authorities were alerted after a Georgia restaurant patron said she

thought she heard the men joking about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and

indicating that another terrorist event was looming on Sept. 13.

 

The detention of the students, all U.S. citizens of Arab descent, has been

criticized by Arab-American groups. After the episode, much of which played

out on national television news, Larkin Community Hospital decided they were no

longer welcome to train there. A hospital official cited a flood of hostile

e-mails in saying the men's presence would cause safety concerns.

[Guest guest]

well what do you expect, the whole world not to freak out because

some " arab looking " person was held up on a highway

don't you think we should baracade our doors?

get the children from the fields and put them in the cellar?

hide the women behind the men with the shotguns?

What? that's too old worlde for ya?

 

tis fer me - sick of this

 

but, i do think those guys said something, not an actual threat, but

something cause she was staring at them

 

and, one guy lives in Worth, IL - 5 minutes from me

poor guy is now a National celebrity in the worst way possible

all 3 lost their chances at that medical school and probably any other

 

so who's fault is it really?

3 guys who decided to play a practical joke gone bad?

or one women's hysteria?

 

yeah I know, no yer point

you have a good point

I just needed a bounce off rant

 

nikki

 

, EBbrewpunx@c... wrote:

> funny how when they got pulled over it was all over every news

station and tv show...haven't heard diddily since....

>

> also funny, notice how they called em " muslim americans " or " arab

americans " er when they talked about them they would mention " 3 men,

one from pakistan, one palestianian and one from jordan " ..and, gee,

one of em was born in Detriot, another was naturalized, and the 3rd

had a valid visa...

> when tim mcveigh got arrested i don't remember news reports calling

him a " christian american " or an " irish/scottish american "

> subtle as a brick

>

>