This is scary...
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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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They can't board schoolbuses with thinking bus drivers.
Here's a link to one of the Eunice Stone threads on FR. Just take a look at some of the comments...:-(
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/930375/posts
Schoolbus PING!
Well now it's up the the INS to scare the hell out of them.
put some marijuana packets in their personal effects, bust them, throw them in jail, and then send them to Gitmo after aggressive interrogation. This was a reconnaissance move by terrorists, and nothing else but.
Why in God's name are we will allowing Saudi's in? I thought the DOS changed their open visa policy.
First responders stage bus hijacking
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060520/NEWS01/60520001
School bus hijacking training exercise expected to draw crowd
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4926325&nav=4QcS
About 200 people -- including 15 middle and high school students -- will participate in the mock mass casualty incident at the Tioga County fairgrounds in Owego, 20 miles west of Binghamton.
Officials with the Owego-Apalachin (ap-uh-LAY'-kin) school district say most of what happens tomorrow will be "completely up to the hijacker" -- a law enforcement officer who won't be working from a script.
A simple probe.
Of course it would be easier to just assault the school.
Last week here in Dalas a yound male walks into Lake Highlands High School and leaves muffins in the teachers lounge. Turned out they were laced with a toxic substance and 18 people/staff made a trip to the hospital. Still looking for the guy that did this.
put some marijuana packets in their personal effects, bust them, throw them in jail, and then send them to Gitmo after aggressive interrogation. This was a reconnaissance move by terrorists, and nothing else but.
I remember it and we all know exactly what happened. This lady deserves an medal and those sons of mohammed should be gone from this country forever.
Wasn't James Woods, the actor, on a test flight before 911 with mohammed atta (may pigs be upon him)? He relayed his suspicions to authorities.
If I had kids I would worry about the last few days of school. Kids are out here next Wednesday.
The news said that the FBI is looking into this now.
For the same reason all the other Middle Eastern students are here in this counrty. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
The are Al Qaeda sleepers. Interesting that no one has bailed them out yet for $250...
We are just misunderstanding our eternal friends the Saudis.
Sarcasm off!
I have a question- how would Saudi "hillbillys" manage to get VISAS to come here to go to college, and manage to get by for 6 months before this stunt? You may think this is innocent, and they lie to save face?
Give me a break.
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