Iraqi Man Arrested in Rural MO w/ U-Haul plus 2 stolen cars and $25,000 money wire receipt

St. Louis KMOV 10 o'clock news ^ | 3/31/06 | kmov TV news in St. Louis

[stlnative]

Tonight I was watching the news from St. Louis. The had a story on about how an Iraqi was arrested in rural Missouri today. He was on a gravel road and had 2 stolen cars and a U-haul with him. He was acting odd and someone happened to notice him and called police. They also found on him a money wire receipt for $25,000 that he sent to Iraq. He claimed he was from Dearborn, MI and he kept changing his story of why he was in Missouri. He was also a soldier in the Iraq war.

His name is Nazar Malla (I got two hits on him when I googled his name, one includes a picture of him that matches up with the guy they showed on the news tonight. The picture was taken in Dearborn, MI during the Iraq election)

The area they caught him in is very rural and there are no Arabs living in this area so he of course would stick out big time. They busted him near Irondale, MO.

The FBI now has him in custody.

[atruelady]

It may lead to a cell.

The 9/11 terrorists moved about in
benign areas of the country in addition
to places where no one would take notice of
them.

This guy was in the heartland. Somethings up.

I bet he gets on hell of an interrogation and I hope they
put out cigars on his body to find out what he is up to.

Everyone is pretty much in agreement that another attack
is forthcoming only because of the lax attitude and porous borders.

Too busy searching 80-year old women in wheelchairs at the airport and whether or not you have fruit or vegetables going across state lines.

We are getting complacent.

[stlnative]

That's him... I'll post the pictures tomorrow they had of him on the news, plus the rural road they caught him on.

(This was a big enough of a story for KMOV St. Louis news to send cameras out just to take video of an empty rural road. That was all they showed though.)

[abigailsmybaby]

I looked Irondale up on a map. I'm assuming he was passing through. Kind of a remote route he chose. I would truly love to know where he was going and what he planned to do when he got there.

[endthematrix]

Ping!

[stlnative]

The TV stations website is at http://www.kmov.com
I will keep checking it to see if they do a written report on this story.

I wanted to post this story in the event it turns into something more in the future.

[doug from upland]

A good question.

[tubebender]

Over here and check out post 15...

[Mike Darancette]

Under Kennedy/McCain he would be eligible for a green card in several years. He was doing work Americans won't do stealing cars and sending money to Iraq.

[P-40]

A good question.

I wonder where that guy is today...

[blam]

"This guy was in the heartland. Somethings up."

"Everyone is pretty much in agreement that another attack is forthcoming only because of the lax attitude and porous borders. "

"We are getting complacent."

I agree with you on all counts. I hope this leads to something bigger and more revealing.

I'm expecting something to happen that will include many small out-of-the-way places.

[doug from upland]

The last I remember, I think Jayna told me he was in the Boston area and was getting all kinds of deliveries of boxes. She was concerned and saw that the law enforcement knew he might be up to something. Jayna is going to be totally vindicated, I hope sooner rather than later.

[P-40]

I think Jayna told me he was in the Boston area and was getting all kinds of deliveries of boxes.

Her book ends without really saying what happened to the guy, if I remember correctly. I figured she did it that way for legal reasons. I meant to email her back and compliment her on the book. I still remember her from school...and it is strange how life works out.

[urluquai]

I think this is fake story. Theres nothing on kmov.com
about it and the link goes to none.com. Whats up here?

[LachlanMinnesota]

I have family member who saw two Arabs similarly driving an unmarked rental truck in the middle of nowhere, and they stopped to ask how to get to Minneapolis. They had no map, were from Sioux Falls, SD, and were shocked to hear how far Minneapolis was away from where they were.

If they were working, would their employer not have given them directions? or their friends or family if not working?

Since it sounded like they flew into Sioux Falls, with plans to rent a truck to get to Minneapolis, at least 4½ hours away, this incident was reported to the local PD.

They were not interested in following up.

Someone treasure this codger that nothing smells in the State of Denmark.

[LachlanMinnesota]

"treasure" = "reassure"

[hipaatwo]

here, you need to log in and be a member, it's on the left hand side towards the bottom of the page under local news, it's a video of the report.

http://www.kmov.com/

FBI investiates former Iraqi soldier with stolen cars View VIDEO

[stlnative]

Why don't you email Kmov and ask them. The story is not in print form yet and I clearly stated this in my first post. It will most likely be in the St. Louis newspaper tomorrow and once I find it in written form on the internet I will post the link.

[stlnative]

thank you!

[hipaatwo]

Also found this:

Inactive Voters List
The persons named below are currently on the
Inactive Voters List
of the Board of Election Commissioners
for the City of St. Louis.


Malla, Nazar A 3140 Magnolia Ave

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:bLf8Nk3ywA4J:stlcin.missouri.org/bdelection/inactivelist/votersearchoutput.cfm%3FCurrentPage%3D9%26letter1%3DM+Nazar+Malla&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4&client=firefox-a

[stlnative]

see post 36