Posted on 03/26/2002 11:08:39 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Was the letter signed:
--
All My Virgins,
Yasir
??
The woman suicide bomber's name was Wafa Idris. Is this a relative?
Well, at least the Isrealis have a clue when it comes to turning people away at the border!
How far is Anandale from Norfolk.
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/03/26/national1533EST0702.DTL
(03-26) 12:33 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two men under federal investigation for possible ties to terrorist groups were denied entry to Israel in December after one was carrying a letter that the FBI believes indicated they planned to commit a suicide attack there, according to sworn court papers.
The papers, made public by the FBI Tuesday, accused one of the two men, Mohammed Osman Idris, 24, of Annandale, Va., of lying to a grand jury. He and his traveling companion, identified as Mohammed El-Yacoubi of Fairfax, Va., were stopped by authorities in New York while trying to fly to Jerusalem, the papers said.
©2002 Associated Press
That was my first thought...but who knows. This story's still breaking.
Of course, I'm going to need a little help getting those terror goosebumps down....
Wish they were running our INS. How can they get away with refusing entry into their own country? Are they not afraid of being called racist? Nah! They are doing what our government is supposed to be doing insteading of searching blue eyed blond 80 year olds, they are protecting their borders.
That nails it. They were suicidal. My gosh, of all the airlines. Why not ask if you can borrow a plane from the IDF or Delta Force?
As terrorists, the INS probably put them at the front of the line, along with other illegals.
The papers, made public by the FBI Tuesday, accused one of the two men, Mohammed Osman Idris, 24, of Annandale, Va., of lying to a grand jury. He and his traveling companion, identified as Mohammed El-Yacoubi of Fairfax, Va., were stopped by authorities in New York while trying to fly to Jerusalem, the papers said.
Wait a second. Let me make sure I understand this.
They actually did this thing back in DECEMBER, and the FBI is releasing the papers today.
Do I have that timeline right ?
About 300 miles. I went to Annandale High School.
Mrs Idris said Wafa was not a known activist with any Palestinian militant group, although her three brothers are Fatah members.
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/03/26/national1544EST0705.DTL
(03-26) 12:44 PST (AP) -- In the documents filed in U.S. District Court in suburban Alexandria, Va., the FBI said that El-Yacoubi was carrying a four-page letter, written in Arabic, apparently from his younger brother, Abdalmuhssin El-Yacoubi, a student at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Va.
The pair also was carrying $2,000 in cash, a cellular telephone, a compass, calculator and video camera, the bureau said in its affidavit.
Although U.S. investigators allowed them to board the El Al flight from JFK International Airport in New York, authorities in Israel denied them entry, and they were forced to return to the United States, the papers said.
The affidavit quoted a passage from what it described as a suspicious letter: "When I heard what you are going to carry out, my heart was filled with the feeling of grief and joy because you are the closest human being to my heart."
The letter also said: "It is incumbent upon me to encourage you and help you, because Islam urges Jihad for the sake of Allah," according to the FBI.
"I believe that Abdalmuhssin drafted this extraordinary letter to his brother under these circumstances because, based on his conversations with Mohammed, he believed that his brother was about to engage in terrorist activity that he might not survive," wrote FBI Special Agent John V. Wyman, in the affidavit, submitted in support of a criminal complaint.
©2002 Associated Press
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