Oregon Man Arrested in Spain Bombings Probe

Fox News ^ | Thursday, May 06, 2004 | Fox News Staff

[Grampa Dave]

WASHINGTON  — FBI agents arrested a Portland, Ore., man Thursday as part of the investigation into the deadly train bombings in Spain, federal officials said.

Brandon Bieri Mayfield, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody on a material witness warrant, said a senior law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The arrest, first reported in Newsweek, is the first known in the United States with connections to the March 11 bombings in Madrid.

The FBI also searched his home, which he shares with his wife, the official said.

[swarthyguy]

Gradually, every day, more and more flock to AQ.

Hear that story of how Saudi trained imams are still pervasive all thru the prison system. Steve Emerson was on TV.

We're nuts.

[rwfromkansas]

One county away...

Yikes.

[Grampa Dave]

His wife was born in Egypt.

Of course his fingerprints were on that bag. He packed it full of food for the poor Islamos in his mosque and gave it to them. Ashcroft and the Evil Bush took it to Spain.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for this report and your great comments throughout.

Would it be interesting if the tapes were from this Mosque?

[Eva]

I think that the Oregon voters should demand that Portland demand the resignation of Mayor Katz and clean house of the terrorists. As a matter of fact, I think that the rest of us should join the chorus, demanding her resignation.

[Grampa Dave]

Take a few minutes to read what Valerie has posted.

[Grampa Dave]

The dead Syrians and that link is really interesting. Looks like Shiite happens in N Korea, too.


Phil can post the similiar accidents that happened in Syria before we invaded Iraq.

[Grampa Dave]

Is part of Kansas infested with a lot of the old time Progressives and their spawn.

Progressives are the original left wing home grown hate America group of Americans.

[MeekOneGOP]

So what mosque did this tape come from.

I dunno.

Was the sermon of hate special for the Mass Murder in Madrid, or was it just the usual hate the Jews, Christians, Americans and any ally of America?

.... or D. All of the above?

[LynnHam]

I finding it to be swiss also but I'm wondering if he was born with THAT middle name or it was a later or revised name

don't all of them take brand new names when they convert? Unless he was born a muslim.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Halstead is basically a suburb of North Wichita.

Link to a nice map here:

Halstead, Kansas

[blackie]

Hang 'em High!

[blackie]

Very interesting ~ thanks Dave.

[Happy2BMe]

From what I understand, Washington state is fast becoming a mecca for jihad cells in the northwest.

Couldn't happen to a finer area of the left coast.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Spain makes it official:

Spain Links American to Madrid Bombings (Oregon Lawyer )

[blackie]

Hang 'em High!

[dueler88]

I ride the Portland Light Rail, MAX, through the long tunnel every day to work. Since it is light rail, it's not as large and heavy as a commuter train that most Americans and Europeans might think of. The train lengths are always shorter than the 200 ft. Portland city block because they run above-ground through the downtown core. I'd say the maximum capacity (standing room only) of a given train is maybe 200 people (just guessing here).
So, to think of possible scary scenarios . . .
Because it runs on the street, it is close to the many people that walk through pedestrian-friendly downtown Portland. Lots of potential casualties there, especially in the more public gathering spaces. The 5:15 trains are always packed.
The tunnel would obviously give maximum constrained effect to any terror attack, but the below-ground stations aren't used very often, so I can't see it being a likely scenario.
While these scenarios do cross my mind on occasion, I don't really feel threatened by that as I ride. But I do try my best to unobtrusively keep my eyes open for suspicious behavior. The only time I ever got the willies is when some kid let of a stink bomb on the train last summer - not the stink itself, but what the stink might be.
I agree, to a certain extent, with Atos, in that Portland is a relative safe haven for terrorists for its over-the-top Liberal sensibilities. So it wouldn't be to a terrorist's advantage to act in a manner that would cause the authorities to crack down on their security. A pessimistic view, perhaps, but probably as realistic as any other.

[MeekOneGOP]

From what I understand, Washington state is fast becoming a mecca for jihad cells in the northwest.

Here is their representation there ...

Uh...did I say something wrong?...

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Doh !

Send Senator "Taliban Patty" Murray (D-Wa)
an e-mail asking her to resign her Senate position

Taliban Patty
A short audio excerpt of her comments

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/811813/posts?page=13#13

Murray to Press - "Patty Tired!"
AP - December 2002 - Dateline Seattle Zoo

An irate Patty Murray swung angrily from her tire here today, denouncing her critics' negative reviews of her remarks praising Osama bin Laden.

"Patty tired!" Day signed as the hirsute congressthing shrieked in rage and flung her feces at rapidly retreating critics. Murray, through her interpreter added "Apple not love tired Patty!"

Zoo officials were at a loss of explain her behavior.

[Mr.Atos]

Concur, Dueler! Although thinking more about the LRT itself, I had not considered collateral impacts of coordinated devices such as those in Madrid. As you suggested, there really just isn't the density associated with the LRT to gain a positive result (from the butcher's perspective) versus the negative effect of a local attitude shift. And judging by the opinions on the bus this morning, Mayfield has raised questions at the same time that local ELF terrorists are provoking concern.

The greater threat would be the Seattle Monorail as it passes the Needle going into EMP... many tourists, high visibility and media-appeal. Coordinated as in Madrid, one trian would be at EMP as the other is boarding at Westlake Mall in the financial district (A tremendous number of people there on weekends). Elevated as it is, the results would be unimaginable.

[Mr.Atos]

Two words for my former joke of a Senator. Hey Patty... "Good-Bye!"

Nethercutt for Congress