[who knows what evil?]

Has anyone else heard anything about this?

[knud99]

I'm certainly curious! Israelis?!

Bump...

[familyop]

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. People won't know who they're really talking about unless they say, even in Tennessean, "Ayrabs."

[Sacajaweau]

They should have just put a tail on them so they'd lead them to the hideout.

[Husker24]

Wasnt there a story about a year ago that some Isrealis were caught in New York for something, and they used the same excuse, "were moving furnature"...Remember there are plenty of Arab Isrealis.

[Shermy]

East Tenn mountains...

"one of which included a jug whose contents became "unusually hot" after the ingredients inside were shaken together. ..."

Moonshine?

[LayoutGuru2]

Hmmm... BTTT...

[the_Watchman]

Possibly most important: Were they Israeli Arabs or Israeli Jews?

"Israeli" could refer to a German Buddhist traveling under a passport from Israel.

[Southack]

Please remember that "Palestinians" have no legal state...so they have to travel on Israeli, Jordanian, Syrian, or Lebanese passports.

[Planet]

Anything is possible, but I'll bet you lunch that these guys turn out NOT to be Israelis.

[McGruff]

Two men arrested after high-speed chase in Tennessee

Associated Press


ERWIN, Tenn. - Two Israeli men who led the Unicoi County sheriff on a high-speed chase in a rented moving truck were placed under arrest and are being investigated by the FBI, local officials said.

Shmuel Dahan and Almaliach Naor, both from Israel, were being held without bond Sunday afternoon at the Unicoi County Jail. The truck, rented from a Ryder office in Mars Hills, N.C., was being held in the county garage pending an FBI investigation, officials said.

Dahan is charged with reckless driving, littering, false identification and evading arrest, while Naor faces charges of false identification and evading arrest, an officer with the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department who would not give his name said Sunday.

An investigation by the FBI is ongoing and more charges are possible, he said. A woman who answered the phone at the FBI's Knoxville office said there was no one available to answer questions about the arrest.

The incident began late Saturday afternoon when Sheriff Kent Harris noticed a rental truck traveling at a high speed along former U.S. Highway 23, a lightly-traveled highway near the North Carolina state line.

"I was really concerned because the driver would not stop after I flashed my headlights for nearly three miles," Harris said. "He was weaving back and forth and I was wondering what a large (rental truck) was doing on the two-lane highway late Saturday afternoon instead of the faster I-26 Interstate."

Harris said he saw the men throw something from the truck while they were being pursued. Officers scouring the area later found a vial containing an unknown substance along the roadway, he said.

Once the men were apprehended, officers also found a "Learn to Fly" brochure in the truck, leading Harris and others to express concern about security at the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin.

"I got a sick feeling when I saw it," Harris said.

Dahan also gave authorities a fake Florida driver's license issues in Plantation, Fla., he said, while Naor produced a fake identification card.

Harris subsequently contacted the FBI, the federal Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms and other local authorities to look into the situation.

"We're not overreacting," Harris said. "We have a responsibility to protect the citizens of Unicoi County and that's what I'm going to do at any cost. I'd rather overreact, if that's what you call it, than be sorry later."

original article

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/8627949.htm?1c

[Alouette]

Any web links for these local news stations?

[per loin]

Musta been a tough "jug" that could be hurled from a speeding truck without breaking.

[FourtySeven]

Interesting.

[VaBthang4]

Why no description of race? Nationality means nothing...it's paperwork presented...what is their race?

[adam_az]

My guess is that it's drug related.

[Grut]

...materials...thrown from the truck...included a jug whose contents became "unusually hot" after the ingredients inside were shaken together.

Seems like the jug would have already been pretty well shaken! A little journalistic license, perhaps. AKA 'making things up'.

[CathyRyan]

I know the area. I bet the sheriff knew about these guys the minute they set foot in the Co. People in that of East TN call the sheriff if they see a stranger's car pass their house. If you are are not a good old boy you need to be on your way to church.

[gitmo]

Take a swig.

[Rebelbase]

I'm suspicious that these were actually Tennessee cops. There is no mention of a dog being shot during the vehicle stop.

[who knows what evil?]

Did you catch this story on the news this evening?