Ahmed Bedier, Tampa director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the men likely meant no harm and that because "they were from Saudi Arabia, that escalated the situation."
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.
1 posted on
05/20/2006 3:52:11 PM PDT by
STARWISE
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To: STARWISE
And why exactly are they in this country?
To: STARWISE
3 posted on
05/20/2006 3:53:57 PM PDT by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
To: tiredoflaundry; NautiNurse; Cindy; JustPiper
4 posted on
05/20/2006 3:54:36 PM PDT by
STARWISE
(((They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL autho)
To: STARWISE
I thought CAIR was a front for Hamas.
To: STARWISE
They were just practicing their hurricane evacuation plan....
7 posted on
05/20/2006 3:55:16 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: STARWISE
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!
To: STARWISE
"They didn't differentiate between a school bus and public transportation," he said. Color being one of the evil devices of the infidel.
9 posted on
05/20/2006 3:55:51 PM PDT by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: STARWISE
Wow, this is an odd story. I bet it has the attention of DHS.
To: STARWISE
Just riding the school buses illegals won't ride. (ducks)
13 posted on
05/20/2006 3:56:43 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
To: STARWISE
They knew what they were doing, scaring the kids and the driver.
To: STARWISE
"Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,"
EGADS N GADZOOKS!!!
15 posted on
05/20/2006 3:57:41 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: STARWISE
in tampa, fact is often stranger than fiction. why were they allowed aboard a school bus to begin with? Would a white guy, wearing shorts and trench coat? Should he be?
$250 bail? What a relief.
17 posted on
05/20/2006 3:57:56 PM PDT by
the invisib1e hand
(It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
To: STARWISE
They were probably spies for the ACLU making sure the bus didn't pass too many Churches on the way to school.
18 posted on
05/20/2006 3:58:08 PM PDT by
steveo
(Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
To: STARWISE
Might have been deliberate to show how easy it is for possible 'illegals up to no good' to have access to our children.
Crowded places are blown up in some countries...so far are we lucky?
22 posted on
05/20/2006 4:00:34 PM PDT by
LADY J
To: STARWISE
Authorities searched the apartments of the two men and found nothing of concernBack away... nothing to see. Six months in the country (and probably lied on their visas) and they don't know the difference between a school bus and public transportation. Oh, but then they did know the difference since they knew it was going to the school and they several stories of why they wanted to go there. Anyone bother checking to see if they had attended even one day of English Language school? Nothing to worry about, Atta & Co. were also "students".
23 posted on
05/20/2006 4:00:43 PM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: STARWISE
"Ahmed Bedier, Tampa director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations"
Another lying al Queda sc*mb*g operative. Is that why they gave false testimony, lying about where they were from?
Casing out school security, looking for innocent children to hijack and murder.... until proven otherwise.
24 posted on
05/20/2006 4:00:55 PM PDT by
FormerACLUmember
(No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
To: STARWISE
Doesn't everybody run around in the summer with shorts and a trench coat?
Just a shake down cruise for a real school bus hijacking?
25 posted on
05/20/2006 4:01:05 PM PDT by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: STARWISE
It would have been funny to have seen the bus driver pull out a piece and smoke both of their asses and claim he was afraid for the safety of the children :)
26 posted on
05/20/2006 4:01:21 PM PDT by
Buffettfan
(VIVA LA MIGRA! - LONG LIVE THE MINUTEMEN!)
To: STARWISE
"... said the men likely meant no harm and that because "they were from Saudi Arabia, that escalated the situation."
Good ... watch an adult man of any color try to board a school bus and see what happens.
27 posted on
05/20/2006 4:01:38 PM PDT by
zeaal
(SPREAD TRUTH!)
To: STARWISE
One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat.
Islamic Goth Tennis players.
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