Posted on 05/20/2006 3:52:09 PM PDT by STARWISE
Two Saudi men were arrested Friday after they boarded a school bus and rode to Wharton High School in New Tampa.
Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.
Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, who lives in Apt. 302 in The Point apartments, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20 Monticello Gardens, Apt. 304-A, each were charged with trespassing on school property. Both remained in Orient Road Jail on Friday evening. Bail for each was set at $250.
"Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school," said Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway.
"They said they wanted to go to Wharton to look around, and then they said they wanted to go there to have some fun, and then they said they wanted to enroll in the English classes there," Callaway said.
"We're not sure if this was a situation of them just being new to this country, or if they were confused or what it was," Callaway said. "We were unsure as to exactly what the final reason was, but it did cause great concern for the students on the bus and for us. One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat."
While on the bus, the men laughed and spoke in Arabic, Callaway said.
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He blamed the incident on cultural differences.
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Almanajam and Alsidran at first told deputies they were from Morocco, but later admitted being from Saudi Arabia, deputies said. They said they were enrolled at the English Language Institute at the University of South Florida.
Both arrived in the United States about six months ago and have student visas that require them to be enrolled at the English Language Institute, Callaway said.
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You can take Sami out of the country, but you can't remove the poison he planted.
And why exactly are they in this country?
UNFRICKINGREAL
PING!
exchange students? (I'm keeeeding)
I thought CAIR was a front for Hamas.
They were just practicing their hurricane evacuation plan....
Confused, my eye! If they were merely confused, why do they have to tell a lie a minute? Get these skunks out of our country!
Color being one of the evil devices of the infidel.
Wow, this is an odd story. I bet it has the attention of DHS.
Why didnt the bus driver close the doors and drive away is the real question.
CAIR and Hamas do not have an exclusive relationship. CAIR funnels money and political support to virtually all islamic terrorist organizations on a proportiional basis.
Just riding the school buses illegals won't ride. (ducks)
They knew what they were doing, scaring the kids and the driver.
Or...if they got on the bus, why didn't the driver tell them to get off the bus before he/she moved again!!!????
$250 bail? What a relief.
Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, who lives in Apt. 302 in The Point apartments, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20 Monticello Gardens, Apt. 304-A, each were charged with trespassing on school property. Both remained in Orient Road Jail on Friday evening. Bail for each was set at $250.
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I'm sure they're already out ... and is someone "watching" them??
They were practicing something.
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