Two Israelis Arrested in east Tennessee Transporting Suspicious Materials

Various local news broadcasts ^ | May 9, 2004 | who knows what evil?

[who knows what evil?]

My apologies in advance on this story; I just happened to catch this on several different newscasts a few minutes ago, and I am going by memory as best I can. Unicoi County (Tennessee) sheriffs arrested two Israeli men after a high-speed chase down mountain roads in this east Tennessee locale. While the sheriff was in pursuit, local witnesses noticed that materials were being thrown from the truck as it sped by, well over the posted speed limits. These witnesses were able to locate some of these items; one of which included a jug whose contents became "unusually hot" after the ingredients inside were shaken together. (Goes into the "Hey, y'all...watch this" category, WKWE.) Upon arrest, the police noted that the cab of the truck contained a "Learn How to Fly" brochure, along with passports and Florida licenses that "just didn't seem to add up". The Israelis claimed they were "just in the process of moving some furniture up to Boston". The police also stated that these two Israelis are "not being cooperative in any way." The FBI is investigating the nature of the substance in the jug that was recovered, which has been classified as an "inflammable fuel."

My questions:

1. What ELSE was in this (big yellow) 25-foot Ryder truck?
2. If they were travelling from Florida to Boston, what were they doing on a two-lane back road in the mountains of east Tennessee, several hundred miles WEST of Interstate 95; the most direct route from Florida to Boston?
3. What is the volatile substance in the jug, and why did they wish to avoid getting caught with it? (Why else would they pitch it?)
4. Why are they interested in "Learning How to Fly?"
5. Were they REALLY going to Boston, or were they MORE interested in the nearby Nuclear Fuel Services plant, or, G-d forbid, the huge Eastman Chemical Plant, about thirty miles further up the road?

It will be interesting to see if the national media picks up on this.

[familyop]

"At least the Tennesee sheriff had enough on the ball to recognize a potential threat. In NY they'd be afraid to stop them for fear of being accused of profiling or some other PC garbage. (I'm a New Yorker who loves to go south)."

That's a good point. At least the man was clean enough to bother doing the arrest and investigation. His constituents helped him out, and it didn't just cruise through his jurisdiction. Come to think of it, his report was probably accurate, too. There's not a lot of room for conjecture or elaborations in police reports. The local media messed it up, though, IMO, by not offering something like, "The nations of origin and preferred political affiliations of the suspects are not known at this time."

[TheLurkerX]

It was a sad day when the grocery bought it and tore it down for a parking lot. Pantera played there when they were starting out.

[Mark_Twains]

These Rense nuts talk about ' Flying Saucers '- I see everything they write as absurd

Rense's 'Soup du Jour Sh*t' from last week

[veronica]

"Give me Librium or give me Meth!"

That's from the play/movie The Boys In The Band. :)

[veronica]

Rense is such a kook site!

[Tunehead54]

Well there's a reliable site. So what aren't the Israelis responsible for? Anything? Sheesh!

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[Peach]

I spend hours on this forum every day and I don't remember any stories of Israelis turning up in "smelly" situations.

That's not to say there haven't been a few stories over the years, but I don't think there have been very many.

[TheLurkerX]

There definitely isn't anything wrong with a little Smokehouse BBQ. I can't count the number of late night road trips to Lyndsey, Muenster & even OK for beer before Nocona went wet.

[Commie Basher]

It does not surprise me at all that Tennessee police called them "Israelis" to the media. When's their next KKK meeting, BTW? Or do they have to return to their group home after work? ...idiots.

I'd assume there are many, many, many more pro-Israeli Christian fundamentalists than Klansmen in Tennessee.

[TheLurkerX]

It used to be a decent site for weird stories that didn't get national coverage, kind of like FARK. For the longest time now, it's all lunatic fringe, conspiracy nut, doomsday, anti-semitic, anti-Bush crap. You're lucky if you find one story in 20 that is realistic, and then they kookify it. If they had their way, the world would continually be coming to an end from Fluoride, Mad Cow, man-made viruses, UFOs, Israeli intervention and Republicans.

I'm sure if they could work it out somehow, it would involve cybernetic chimps and evil, hermaphroditic circus clowns as well.

I traded them out for FARK.com a long time ago. It seems like most of the radio DJs are checking FARK and Smoking Gun now too.

[familyop]

" I'd assume there are many, many, many more pro-Israeli Christian fundamentalists than Klansmen in Tennessee."

Yeah, in retrospect, I put my foot in it, didn't I. But it will still be interesting to see what comes out of that story in the wash.

[MarMema]

Has the local muezzin given you sleep deprivation with all that screeching from the mosque minaret? Maybe it's having an adverse effect on you..

Actually I live very close to Oak Harbor and remember this story from the local news.

[MarMema]

The site link is irrelevant. I live here and the story was reported on all the local news stations. I just found that link with a google. The story itself is several years old.

[Middle Man]

"When's their next KKK meeting, BTW?"

I wouldn't be so sneering and prejudiced of good ole boys from the Deep South. Many of them are overseas dying in your dirty little war for oil and conquest, while you tap away in front of your home PC, secure in your Rocky Mountain hideaway sipping chablis.

[familyop]

"I wouldn't be so sneering and prejudiced of good ole boys from the Deep South. Many of them are overseas dying in your dirty little war for oil and conquest, while you tap away in front of your home PC, secure in your Rocky Mountain hideaway sipping chablis."

It's not a "dirty little war for oil and conquest," and anyone who deserts from the defense of our Constitution, Flag and citizens is nothing more than a despicable traitor who should hang.

[familyop]

"...secure in your Rocky Mountain hideaway sipping chablis."

I ran eighteen miles with 55 pounds in less than five hours, carrying a buddy who had a stress fracture part of the way. and a few years after that, in my thirties, twelve miles in full gear in about two hours. ...spent more than three months of my life sleeping up to an hour or two per night in holes in the dirt while the wife fooled around on me back home. What did you do for your country? And if you did anything, by what's in your reply, do you regret it?

[don-o]

Six o'clock news on WJHL, Johnson City.

Showed the suspects in court, but did not share exactly what transpired.

Reporter said that no bond will be set, until the substance in the vial is identified.

Suspects deny throwing anything out of the truck.

Say that they took a wrong turn, which is why they were on 23 instead of I-26.

Reporter said that they are in country legally, and they had recently renewed their passports.

Heard earlier in the day that they were not listed on any watch list. To which I wonder, have they really identified these goobers or not? But, the F.B.I. is on the case, so I guess we can hope for the best.

Have been appointed lawyers. (Of course, they are destitute.) I really hope they are 110% sure before they cut these clowns loose. It's just not passing the smell test.

[TheLurkerX]

I was talking about the Rense site. Not MadCow. I'm not familiar with the MadCow site.