Posted on 08/10/2004 11:50:03 PM PDT by kattracks
August 11, 2004 -- A Pakistani who lives in Queens is being held in Charlotte, N.C., after videotaping skyscrapers in six major U.S. cities and making mysterious money transfers totaling $120,000, prosecutors said yesterday. Kamran Shaikh, 35, a father of three who lives in Elmhurst, also videotaped mass-transit systems in four of the cities and a dam in Texas, prosecutors said.Shaikh, who has lived in the United States for 13 years and has used the alias Kamran Akhtar, is being held without bail on immigration charges.
He was busted in Charlotte on July 20 after Police Officer Anthony Maglione spotted him videotaping the 60-story Bank of America building — the signature building on the Charlotte skyline — and a 42-story building that used to be leased by the Wachovia bank.
When he approached Shaikh, the Pakistani became evasive, Maglione said.
"When I slowed down to get a close look at him, he started acting nervous. He turned away from me," the officer said.
"His statements were all over the place, from taking these videos for his brother to visiting around town," the officer added.
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Well they say there are no coincidences in life.
I wonder how recently he was in Austin making these videos. I have photos of Mansfield Dam, and on the day I was there (May 11, this year) I did notice other people taking pictures - it is an impressive sight. Also I noticed several darker foreign-looking men videotaping the dam, and I thought twice about that but didn't get close enough to tell if they were speaking English or not, and I did not take a picture of them. Now I think I should have done that, because if it was this guy, we may have been able to find out who his accomplices are. I feel like I failed in Homeland Security.
Screw the P-C-ness already. This cop should get a medal and a raise, and they can lock this terrorist up and throw away the key. next.
Well we all failed in homeland security because this guy came in from Mexico back in 1991. Wow.
I wonder how many times he has been back and forth from the USA to other countries since 1991.
We cannot assume that just because a foreigner has been living in America for a long time he has become a patriot and would never betray us.
There should be a new requirement for large buildings -- all of them have the phrase "Islam Sucks!" laid right in the brickwork. ;')
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Actually, I think it's more like letting 5 million rattlesnakes in your house if my statistics are correct.
"You should understand that we as Muslims firmly believe that the person who doesn't believe in Allah as he is required to, is a disbeliever who would be doomed to Hell eternally. Thus one of the primary responsibilities of the Muslim ruler is to spread Islam throughout the world, thus saving people from eternal damnation."
Hehehe....kinda funny...you can substitute the word Muslim for the word Christian in this sentence and Allah for God and ya got two peas in the same pod.
"My God is better (bigger / stronger / more compassionate) than YOUR god....bla, bla, bla...."
Strikingly similarities to some posters on FR.
Downright scarey actually.
You've bought into that "IslamoFascist" myth - as if there's a difference between "IslamoFascists" and ordinary muslims:
there's not.
See Post #15.
The sleeper awakes. Wonder how many more there are that have entered in the past 13 years and that are entering every day?
If that's truly what you think, then your thinking is faulty. Christians don't wage "jihad" against non-Christians.
Seems to me you've been burned by some Christians, and so have a chip on your shoulder against the religion's founder....
Hmm...wasn't this THE definition of "the Crusades"? Just change Islamazi to Christianity! I guess this was ANOTHER I dea that the mad pedophile stole form western culture!
If the Kuffaar allow us to spread Islam peacefully, then we would not wage Jihad against them.
Translation..."Surrender, wear a collar and be a GOOD slave Dhimmi, or we will KILL you to save your soul!"
Ask me again WHY I abhor Islamazis, and want them ALL eradicated as a threat to ALL humanity!
They are either at your feet, or at your throat! I prefer UNDER my feet!
What gets me is that they always use that excuse that "the spread of Islam is being stopped" to wage Jihad, but if you look at the facts, just where exactly is Islam being stopped? There are mosques in every corner of the world, all over the USA, even in Israel there are mosques. They are all over Europe, Islam is everywhere. The fact is that they just lying sacks of sh*t who constantly use that excuse to hide their real motives which is to rid the world of everyone who isn`t Islamic. Their ideal world is a world where everyone is Muslim and are slaves under Islamic law and you won`t find one Muslim who will deny that, and if they do deny it then they are lying because their religion specifically states that is the ultimate goal of Islam. Enslave and humiliate the women, and enslave the men through fear.
I remember this guy. Of course his family claimed he was merely visiting them in Austin and he wasn't a treat - whatever. Seems he's an engineer which, imo, the powers that be may want to look into any connection to the Dallas city engineer (the man with the plans... of all public transportation and building blueprints) who was picked up in recent months for his suspected terrorist activities.
I know of other unreported instances where Mid-Easterners have been questioned (and freakin' released) when photographing related, um, things in Texas. Security guards have been hired and public access has since been restricted but it only takes one slip up. Unfortunately, we are learning to be more aware and have emergency plans.
Does anyone remember the post a few months ago (this last summer?) where a FReeper reported seeing ME people scouting out sections of freeway in, IIRC, Houston? Any follow up?
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