Malkin ping!
Posted on 09/17/2005 9:49:59 AM PDT by cgk
I mentioned this story below, but think it deserves a stand-alone post as more disturbing details come in from Memphis, Tenn. Via AP:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A federal magistrate has ordered a University of Memphis student held until trial.
Prosecutors say F-B-I agents found an airline pilot's uniform, a chart of Memphis International Airport and instructional D-V-D's. One was titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act."
Mahmoud Maawad is charged with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
Describing what agents found, Assistant U-S Attorney Steve Parker argued yesterday against releasing Maawad, saying the acts and circumstance of the case are "scary."
Parker said Maawad -- a 29-year-old Egyptian -- has been in the country illegally since 1999 and had used a phony Social Security number to enroll in schools and open a bank account.
The Memphis Flyer has a breaking news report:
Was Mahmoud Maawad a University of Memphis student and pilot-wannabe with a passion for flying small planes or an Arab terrorist looking to duplicate the suicide missions of 9/11?Federal prosecutors in Memphis aren’t saying, but on Thursday they asked a U.S. magistrate to hold Maawad, 29, whose email logon is “pilot747,” without bond until trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Thomas Anderson agreed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Parker, and Maaward becomes the second Memphis resident of Arab descent to be held without bond because of investigations by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. In April, Rafat Mawlawi
was jailed in a separate investigation in which prosecutors have linked him to Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaida. He is awaiting trial on October 3rd.
More:
Maawad was busted again this week after federal agents searched his apartment and computer on September 9th and examined his Internet purchases of flight instructions and pilot paraphernalia. Since June, Maawad ordered $3,300 of merchandise over the Internet from Speedy’s Pilot Shop in San Diego, including a private pilot course, flight simulator software, a flight gear bag, several DVDs, a $239 Navy leather flight jacket, a $19.95 DVD on “How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act,” and instructional programs on “airplane talk.” His email address was pilot747_200@hotmail.com.After purchasing approximately $2,500 worth of merchandise, Maawad’s debit card was rejected by Speedy’s for lack of funds and his last three orders were not filled. Agents are in the process of examining his computer hard drive.
Dang! Nice ,, uhh,, badge .
Ready for frisking, Special Agent Malkin. . :-}
How about deporting the pilot wannabe? Would that be all right with the Politically Correct Commission, the Muslim's Official Bailout Council and the Dumbocrats? First put a chip under his skin so we can keep an eye on him.
If he's guilty, deport him, but make sure he is in a wheelchair first. I have never heard of a paralyzed terrorist, have you?
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Lessee. Ishatma Maawad's brother?
ping!
I wonder if he came under suspicion only because the vendor noticed his name when the debit card payments started failing and then took a harder look at the purchases, or if he came to the FBI's attention in some other way. And how many others like him have been out there for the last 6 years...
No mention here of what led the FBI to search his apartment and computer. Whether it was because of a snitch or just because he's Arab, it's nice to hear a success story now and then.
"Maawad -- a 29-year-old Egyptian"
Student?
Online translators leave a bit to be desired:
Three lines in Arabic becomes this:
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See, I had just been WAITING to use that pic for the ping list, as I knew it would be so... popular. :)
U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Thomas Anderson agreed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Parker, and Maaward becomes the second Memphis resident of Arab descent to be held without bond
Well, as I live and breathe, a judge with some guts who doesn't release the guy with a pat on the head and wishes for a big group hug.
From all the toys he bought, he looks more like a guy with a runaway hobby than a skulking terrorist. An edress of "pilot747" isn't exactly low profile!
Frankly, I guess that is on a need-to-know basis, and, considering the anti-American eyes of the CAIR, ACLU etc. being on this, we don't need to know. :)
Stamp this guy and all deported illegals with a big-a** tattoo on the forehead.
How could any sane person fly in a plane with a Muslim pilot?
Yep, won't see this story in MSM!
hrmn.
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