[STARWISE]

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.

[IonInsights]

And why exactly are they in this country?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

UNFRICKINGREAL

[STARWISE]

PING!

[popdonnelly]

I thought CAIR was a front for Hamas.

[Joe 6-pack]

They were just practicing their hurricane evacuation plan....

[LibWhacker]

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!

[thegreatbeast]

"They didn't differentiate between a school bus and public transportation," he said.

Color being one of the evil devices of the infidel.

[devane617]

Wow, this is an odd story. I bet it has the attention of DHS.

[NormsRevenge]

Just riding the school buses illegals won't ride. (ducks)

[Dustbunny]

They knew what they were doing, scaring the kids and the driver.

[cripplecreek]

"Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school,"

EGADS N GADZOOKS!!!

[the invisib1e hand]

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.

[steveo]

They were probably spies for the ACLU making sure the bus didn't pass too many Churches on the way to school.

[LADY J]

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?

[mtbopfuyn]

Authorities searched the apartments of the two men and found nothing of concern

Back 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".

[FormerACLUmember]

"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.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

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?

[Buffettfan]

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 :)

[zeaal]

"... 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.

[ThomasThomas]

One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat.

Islamic Goth Tennis players.