Posted on 10/20/2005 9:32:25 AM PDT by milford421
By EDWARD HEGSTROM Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
"The FBI is investigating allegations that a Prairie View A&M student arrested last week on charges of trying to pass off counterfeit bills may have also had bomb-making materials in his dorm room."
..."Okwudili Franklin Aluka, 30, faces forgery charges and is being held in the Waller County Jail as officials also try to determine whether he is in the country legally."
..."Court papers filed last week by Prairie View campus police allege officers found chemicals in Aluka's apartment "that can be used in the making of explosives" and they called in the FBI to investigate "in the interest of national security."
..."An FBI official confirmed the investigation but said it was too early to say whether the chemicals found were capable of producing bombs."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Some other interesting points:
According to a police complaint, Prairie View University student, Aluka was arrested while attempting to buy a handgun from a pawn shop.
A Waller County activist, Herschel Smith, has accused the University of covering up the incident.
The Secret Service, FBI, State Dept. of Public Safety and Prairie View Police are involved in the investigation.
Interesting. I wonder what kind of name that is--Indonesian, perhaps?
ping
"So far this makes 6 suspected explosives at schools, including one actual bomb at OU."
"Has anyone heard how old the roomy of the OU Suicide Bomber is?"
I've heard nothing about him...I did hear about the heightened security for this weekend's game...
"Indonesian?"
Perhaps African?
I'm really not sure.
A 30 year old student???????
A 30 year old student, who...
-may or may not be in the country legally,
-who has admitted to counterfeiting charges,
-who was attempting to buy a handgun,
-who was in possesion of chemicals that may or may not be used to make explosives...
But hey, why worry?
There are freepers that will tell us it isn't any big deal. College students make explosive devices all the time. Boys will be boys and all that rot.
It's all fun and games until one of their kids get blown apart by one of these nuts.
mideast decent 18 - 35?
What kind of school allows a 30 year old man to live in the dorms? Continuing education is one thing. Bunking up with 18 and 19 year olds is another.
Oh yeah, and he happens to be a criminal, and possibly a terrorist.
These universities are totally out of control.
I would guess that the guy is from Africa, or least that his name is African. Prairie View A&M is a "predominately black" school.
This is just a guess, however.
With a name like that, he's GOT to be Amish...right?
Quite true.
Thanks for the story! This morning I heard our local radio station in College Station give a report on this story, but I couldnt find any info during my google search - I even checked the Chronicle.
Hope to hear a follow up on this story.
Sorta sounds Nigerian to me.
"Sorta sounds Nigerian to me."
I was thinking Liberian, myself, what with the "Franklin" thrown in the middle of two names that sound somewhat African to me. Could be American, too, with a name change to, at least partially, shed the "slave" name.
Franklin???
I know kids who were making pipe bombs and blowing up dog houses when we were in high school back in the 70's.
Hee. I mean, it COULDN'T be that he's a member of the ROP, right? I mean, they're NEVER out to do us dirty! EVERYONE knows those darn Amish are out to get us...
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