FBI detains Tech student, won't say why (Pakistan Born Immigrant)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 04/20/06 | Bill Torpy & Mike Morris

[Qaz_W]

Yet another Pakistani immigrant detained for being involved in terrorism.

Sad to see that exposure to the American way of life is not sufficient to obliterate a propensity towards Islamic terrorism in the case of those migrating from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

[SengirV]

The parents are always the last to know.

[gov_bean_ counter]

authorities suspect a videotape he made of a building may have been related to terrorism

May have been talking on the phone too.

[Marius3188]

who had become increasingly religious in his Islamic faith

A common theme...

[Jim_Curtis]

wow you can't even videotape a building anymore.

Are you sure that's all he was doing?

[umgud]

Syed Haris Ahmed, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering major who had become increasingly religious less moderate in his Islamic faith, was arrested by the FBI March 23...............

There, I fixed it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

They probbaly determined that he was a potential republicn voter in 2004.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

They probably determined that he was a potential Republican voter in 2004.

Battery powered remote keyboard running amok alert retry:

They probably determined that he was a potential Republican voter in 2004.

[jazusamo]

Not much info but you can bet there's more than a video of a building if his attorney isn't saying anything.

[gondramB]

"Not much info but you can bet there's more than a video of a building if his attorney isn't saying anything."

I sure hope so. I wonder if he went the mosque my plumber was talking about yesterday. That would be seriously ironic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1617260/posts

[tkathy]

"Becoming more religious" evidentally means "becoming more murderous and hate filled".

[opinionator]

Are you sure that's all he was doing?

You're right! We can not be sure what he was up to. Then again, we can not really be sure what you are up to. You might be another Timothy McVeigh. Do you own a video camera?

[jazusamo]

Thanks, that is quite an interesting read. I would be very reluctant to upset your plumber.

There have been many Americans convert to religious groups that aren't all what they've been led to believe. Jim Jones, David Koresh and Bhagwan Sri Rashneesh to name 3 groups.

I think it's possible that the radical side of the Muslim religion might not be much different, just much larger.

[gondramB]

>>Thanks, that is quite an interesting read. I would be very reluctant to upset your plumber. <<

If he is correct that the people in this mosque all believe those things then would it be any wonder if some of them were willing become even more radical?

I'm seriously unhappy to have these kinds of attitudes in my town... and I'm a died in the wool free-speecher.

[Hoodat]

That's surprising. Most of your islamic radicals are CHEs.

I knew a student here that was Palestinian. In a speech class, he blurted out that the Jews were behind the WTC attack. He really believed it. Another student who was also Palestinian (and Christian) told him he was full of it.

This same guy threatened a Jordanian girl who had converted to Christianity by telling her she would be killed if she went back to Jordan. Come to think of it, he was an ME as well.

[RunningWolf]

wow you can't even videotape a building anymore

I took that as sarcasm

At the same time I can see how a innocent but thinking inquisitive imaginative person could well get into trouble nowdays by inference as to what he might read study analyze etc. And that inference could extend toward taking images etc of various things like bridges and buildings or even conversing/speculating to/about certain subjects.

'The need to know' may well extend into everyday civilian activities.

Why should I worry? I am one of those people!

Well, we are at war, got to remember that. I wonder just how much of the TSA obtuseness is designed into their SOP?

Wolf