Woman Arrested Boarding Flight To Syria With $24,000 Hidden In Clothes (Al Qaeda mule fleeing USA?)

Associated Press ^ | 10/10/04 | Associated Press

[jimbo123]

Amneh Ahmad Abbas, 49, a Syrian citizen who lives in New Orleans, was charged Monday with trying to evade currency reporting requirements...Abbas was detained Friday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport as she attempted to board a Northwest Airlines flight. Her ultimate destination was Syria.

[jimbo123]

Article date 8/10/04

[TomGuy]

Sounds like a case of inadvertent SandyBergeritis. No harm, no foul.

[eno_]

Normally I am very opposed to currency siezures. But, in this case, we have a clear prohibition on moving money into Syria.

[Mister Baredog]

Sounds like a case of inadvertent SandyBergeritis. No harm, no foul.

ROTFLMAO

[blackdog]

A tip to would be smugglers...........Forget stuffing it in your socks. Our crack crime solvers are all over that one.

[jimbo123]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4919562.html

Abbas' arrest at the airport comes just over a month after the arrest at the airport of Ali Mohammed Abboud Almosaleh, who has since been indicted on three counts of lying to authorities.

Almosaleh, who was arrested July 7 while stepping off of a flight from Amsterdam, is accused of lying to airport officials about his Mideast travels. He also is accused of lying about a video disc he was carrying that contained calls for resistance against the United States.

Officials have declined to say whether his arrest is related to terrorism.

[blackdog]

Remember last year when Don Johnson was caught at the German Border with 50 BILLION in bearer bonds? After a bunch of diplomatic craziness, they let him go with no questions.

[Happygal]

The United States requires people entering or leaving the country with amounts of $10,000 or more to report it to customs authorities.

I didn't realise that.
Not that I'd ever be carrying that amount of cash on me, ANYWHERE.
I just didn't realise that there was such a low restriction on the amount of cash you can bring with you into the US.
I presume the US customs authorities don't mind visitors to the US spending more than $10,000 when on vacation, as long as it's on credit card? ;-)

[M Kehoe]

Why do so many Northwest flights out of MSP have Syrians on them?

Not racially profiling or anything...

5.56mm

[DJ Frisat]

"...who has since been indicted on three counts of lying to authorities."

Apparently he didn't know that you have to be a Democrat to successfully employ this technique.

[glock rocks]

I think it was 8 billion. Didn't he tell the authorities he was on his way to buy a car?

[AF68]

How many more Islamofascists with permanent US resident status are operating openly here while the next 9/11 plan is being perfected? I wouldn't be surprised if there are thousands.

[jimbo123]

Al Qaeda is using female mules to send their money overseas prior to the upcoming attack, just like they did in the weeks prior to 9/11.

[blackdog]

I dunno, Al Gore was just robbed of $30,000 while vacationing in Italy? Did Al Gore declare $30,000 in currency when leaving on his private jet, on loan from Coca Cola or Phillip Morris?

Oh yeah, we're talking about that rules for thee and not for me thingie..........

[Mister Baredog]

Remember last year when Don Johnson was caught at the German Border with 50 BILLION in bearer bonds? After a bunch of diplomatic craziness, they let him go with no questions.

I just heard he filed for bankruptcy, what a big spender? His Aspen grocery sued him for $6000 bill, must have been for one day! LOL

[goodnesswins]

Last night on the Tony Snow show I was listening to....Michelle Malkin said "thousands."

[blackdog]

Why would they flee with cash? The safest place for terrorists is right here in Anytown, USA. A healthy cash on hand balance is part of our terrorism readiness plan. Just last weekend I was told on CNN by experts that we should have plenty of cash on hand in case of a terrorist event and it's effect on the banking industry.

When terrorists strike, we blow crap up elsewhere, where the lunatics came from. We certainly don't do anything to anyone here. As a matter of fact, the ACLU will petition to protect you if you are profiled unfairly.

[TASMANIANRED]

I'm donating cranial panties. We need the rest of her ring.

[TASMANIANRED]

Al didn't have it in his sock. He had it in a secret moldy compartment.