Terror Suspect Sought In Tampa***TAMPA FREEPERS ALERT**

Tampa Tribune ^ | 3/25/03 | KEITH MORELLI

[tomswiftjr]

Palm Trees! Makes 'em feel at home.

[Woahhs]

What the heck is up with all these losers ending up in Florida??

These guys be-bop around the world. Given a choice, where would you expect them to go...Wisconsin?

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Flay him, (and his mammie)

PS: NO STARBUCKS!

[Joe Hadenuf]

What the heck is up with all these losers ending up in Florida??

It does seem to attract the terrorist, doesn't it?

[Centurion2000]

What the heck is up with all these losers ending up in Florida??

The terrorists figured that this was THE state in the union with the lowest level of observation after seeing the election.

After all ... if they can't even count chads how are they going to catch terror 'masterminds'

[GOPJ]

Do you have a theory about why these guys are attracted to Florida?

[GOPJ]

Do you have a theory about why these guys are attracted to Florida?

[Beck_isright]

"What the heck is up with all these losers ending up in Florida??"

We happen to have the Janet Reno "WELCOME TO AMERICA YOU ENEMIES OF FREEDOM" US Customs Clearing Center in Dade County. However, I get the hunch it's being shut down over the screams of the Palm Beach County anti-American voters.

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[VeniVidiVici]

Tons of rental cars match this description in the Orlando area.

Gee, I hope somebody thinks enough to run a check of all red Grand Ams rented recently around here.

[awgie2]

I live in Tampa just a few blocks from the Subway sandwich shop. MacDill AFB is located about 3 miles south of me at the end of a peninsula.

Since 9-11 I have pondered the fact that I am near ground zero of a very attractive terrorist target.

May God protect all of us and our president from these demons.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

These guys be-bop around the world. Given a choice, where would you expect them to go...Wisconsin?

And just WHAT is wrong with Wisconsin?? : )

Signed,
DOAIJV a/k/a Lombardi Brat

P.S. Seriously - this is one scary story.

[STARWISE]

Hear hear!! And God Bless us .. if I didn't believe that we leave this earth at a time not of our own choosing, it would
drive me too nutz. Prayers and peace to you and us all.

[ConservativeLawyer]

I hope if they think there's a chance of an imminent attack they'd cancel GW's trip to Centcom.

If the president stays on MacDill, he will be perfectly safe. The Security Police aren't going to just let anyone on the base.

[Woahhs]

And just WHAT is wrong with Wisconsin?? : )

Lack of proper mosquitos! ;)

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is there a nearby toll booth he could blow through?

[tubebender]

What the heck is up with all these losers ending up in Florida??

They all want RUSH'S autograph???

[cookcounty]

The Jordanian air marshall that went missing in Chicago over the weekend was picked up by the FBI in Florida this morning,,,,,but I think it was Miami....possibly related.

[tubebender]

After the man left in a red, newer model Pontiac Grand Am, heading east on Sevilla Street,

Looks like a Rental Car to me...

[STARWISE]

Jordanian Air Marshal Found
By Mike Robinson, Associated Press
Chicago, IL
Monday, March 24, 2003 10:04 PM

A Royal Jordanian Airways air marshal who disappeared from the Chicago area on Saturday has been located in Florida and may be seeking asylum in this country, the FBI's Chicago office said Monday.

Ali Alimora, 30, was being questioned at the FBI's Jacksonville, Fla., office, Chicago FBI spokesman Ross Rice said.

Rice said Alimora was not arrested and there was no suggestion that he had committed any crime or was affiliated with any terrorist organization.

Rice did say the air marshal did not have a visa that would permit him to remain in the United States.

Alimora and three other air marshals arrived in Chicago on Thursday aboard a Royal Jordanian Airways flight.

They were scheduled to fly to Jordan aboard a flight leaving O'Hare International Airport on Saturday night. But Alimora phoned airline security officials before the flight and said he intended to stay in the United States. The airline notified the FBI.

Rice said federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents involved in an unrelated narcotics investigation spotted Alimora aboard a Florida-bound train on Monday, based on a description circulated by the FBI.

DEA agents notified the FBI which met Alimora when he arrived in Jacksonville, Rice said. He said that the air marshal "may be seeking asylum," based on an initial conversation Alimora had with agents.

If Alimora maintains a request for asylum within the United States, he could be turned over to the Immigration Customs Enforcement Bureau which investigates such cases, Rice said.

He said he did not yet know why Alimora might be seeking asylum.

[isom35]

It would aid my analysis if I knew what kind of sandwich he ordered.