Posted on 09/18/2005 9:46:04 PM PDT by CrawlingKicked
Student Arrested After Pilot Uniform Found
The Associated Press Friday, September 16, 2005; 11:39 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A university student from Egypt was ordered held without bond after prosecutors said they found a pilot's uniform, chart of Memphis International Airport and a DVD titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act" in his apartment.
The FBI is investigating whether Mahmoud Maawad, 29, had any connection to terrorists. He is awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number.
Maawad, who is in the United States illegally, told the judge during a hearing Thursday that he is studying science and economics at the University of Memphis.
"My school is everything. I stay in this country for seven years; I stay for the school," he said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Parker said Thursday that the airport-related items were found during a Sept. 9 search.
"The specific facts and circumstances are scary," Parker said.
U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Thomas Anderson ruled that Maawad be held without bond.
"It is hard for the court to understand why he has a large concentration of those (aviation) items, and nothing else to indicate Mr. Maawad plans to stay in the community," Anderson said.
Maawad had ordered $3,000 in aviation materials, including DVDs titled "Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings," "Airplane Talk," "Mental Math for Pilots" and "Mastering GPS Flying," FBI agent Thad Gulczynski testified.
The company reported Maawad to authorities when he didn't pay for $2,500 of merchandise it had delivered, Gulczynski said. © 2005 The Associated Press
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Great. So if this clown had paid his bills they would have kept their moth shut? Thanks for helping guys.
moth = mouth
Yup. Why would anyone want to single out an Egyptian muslim, here illegally, ordering pilot paraphenalia? That would be PROFILING, and we'd rather die than hurt a muslim's feelings...
//channelling Norm Mineta
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A couple of older threads for your reading enjoyment
There is a DVD that tells you "How to act and look like an airline captain" -- this can't be real. It must be sold by the CIA to root out potential [stupid] hijackers.
My thoughts exactly. This guy has to be one of the dumbest b*st*rds to come down the pike OR he was sent here to test the system, (or both).
I scanned down to look before I posted; I guess I scanned too fast.
No problem. One was yesterday and the other the day before.
Maybe he was hoping to get the job at Sporty's Academy for Chief Instructor?
Next time before posting, please use the Search button.
Maybe he was going to go as a pilot to a Halloween party. I mean, who are we to judge?
"a DVD that tells you "How to act and look like an airline captain""........
Can we get a couple of hundred sent to US Air?
I'd settle for sending him to Gitmo, where the stooopid ACLU can't get to him to offer free assistance.
PC is just grand isn't it? (sarcasm off)
I've come to believe it's downright deadly.
You are right sir. I like your tag line too.
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