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Posted on 08/09/2007 6:57:23 AM PDT by STARWISE
FBI agents are reviewing surveillance video from a Wal-Mart store in connection with the arrest in South Carolina of two University of South Florida students, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said.
Agents also have seized a computer from the family home of one of the students, said a local advocate in contact with the family.
Youssef Megahed, 21, and Ahmed Mohamed, 24, both of whom are enrolled at the university, were charged Monday under South Carolina statutes with possession of an incendiary or explosive device. Both were being held in a Berkeley County jail Wednesday. Mohamed's bail was set at $500,000 and Megahed's at $300,000.
Prosecutors in South Carolina said the men were carrying a pipe bomb and pipe-bomb paraphernalia when they were pulled over for speeding there Saturday about seven miles from the Goose Creek Naval Weapons Station.
Mohamed said in court they were carrying fireworks. Megahed's family told the Tampa office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations that Megahed is restoring a car and had tools and oil canisters in the trunk.
Forensic tests from the FBI are pending to determine what the trunk's contents were. The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office detonated what it thought was suspicious.
Sharon Weber, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman, confirmed today that the FBI has picked up surveillance footage from "one of our stores" but declined to elaborate, citing the open investigation.
Ahmed Bedier, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said FBI agents seized a computer from the Tampa home of Megahed's family. The family includes Megahed's parents, brother and sister, who through Bedier declined an interview. The family wants to speak to Megahed before talking to reporters, Bedier said.
The FBI declined to comment.
USF.... your one-stop terror-loving center of Florida! From Sami al-Arian to these two mooks.
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Awh...you're right...what was I thinking?
Could you post a link to that? I missed that one. Thanks.
Well, I thought I’d check on facebook since you suggested it. I found Youssef Megahed but he is in the Tunisia network...amazing thing is, it doesn’t look like the same guy in the pictures...so maybe there are two Youssef Megaheds.
Didn’t CAIR state that they were just going to a celebration of Mohammed’s birthday? Gotta have some pipe bombs for that I believe.
LOL! oh..I'll bet they do!
check out post number 8, they found the link for me, here it is
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/08/Hillsborough/FBI_seizes_computers_.shtml
Thanks.
Wal-Mart sells a lot of fertilizer. Fertilizer (amonium nitrate) + fuel oil = BANG!
Sounds like a joke name, like Naughtius Maximus or ...
Do you find anything funny about my friend's name...?
According to a friend they were in the WalMart less than a mile from where they were stopped.
According to a friend they were in the WalMart less than a mile from where they were stopped.
Picking up oil to restore their car? Oil must be cheaper in SC!
The FBI never said it wasn’t terrorist related.
They claimed “fireworks” and now CAIR is trying to claim “had tools and oil canisters in the trunk.” Sounds suspicious enough to me to ask for any/all warrants needed.
Those cunning camel jockeys, just like them to have a face change. Thanks for the help. I have dial up and a busy day or I’d do it myself.
I never heard about a fleeing roommate! That’s plot-thickener!
Something is clearly in the air.
1) Washington is antsy about a terrorist event in the next 6 weeks; Trent Lott even tells the media that it is best to stay “out of Washington” until Sept. 12. But official concerns certainly go past the anniversary date.
2) News reports relate that Arabs crossing the Mexican border illegally are adopting Hispanic surnames - at least temporarily. Myself, I’ve personally seen a tall Arabic looking 18-21 year old cross the border - without ANY papers whatsoever, not a single document of any kind - at an air-conditioned border station (in Progresso, south of McAllen and Harlingen) allowed to cross because his “father,” a short-stubby very Mexican looking fellow, vouched that he was the kid’s father. The guard never asked the kid to speak a word of Spanish. Just said, next time bring papers.
Thanks for the heads up. Should you find a connection, send it along, by all means.
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