HELLO!
Talk about a bright red flag!!!
Thanks for the ping. I need to read more because I am having trouble understanding what their agenda was!
Saudi men arrested for riding on school bus, court date set for next week
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=31615
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Valerie BoeyTampa, Florida - According to investigators when Mana Saleh Almanajam and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran got on the bus at Fletcher and 42nd Street students became suspicious.
J.D. Callaway, Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office
They were speaking in Arabic, they were making funny sounds, it was very unusual. It was alarming for the students on the bus.
A school district spokesperson says bus drivers normally dont allow strangers on a bus.
Steve Hegarty, Hillsborough County School District
The bus driver is a regular bus driver but filling in on someone elses route.
However the bus driver did the right thing by calling authroites. Deputies arrested the men as soon as the bus arrived to Wharton High School.
J.D. Callaway, Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office
One was dressed in a black trench coat it's 80-degrees out, their attire raised questions, their language raised questions, their evasiveness raise questions with the students that raised questions with us.
Investigators say the men kept giving them conflicting information. Even telling them they were from Morocco instead of Saudi Arabia.
J.D. Callaway, Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office
One of their explanations to us was that they wouldn't say they were from Saudi Arabia cause they say if they tell people that, people become alarmed and somewhat fearful.
The FBI, FDLE and immigration authorities searched their apartments, but found nothing suspicious. Alsidrans neighbors say he fit right in.
Michael Sinclair, Alsidrans Neighbor:
I seen him around, not like personally. Hey what's up, he didn't look suspicious to me, average guy.
Deputies determined the Muslim men are not a threat. They say this isnt about racial profiling, its about keeping students safe.
J.D. Callaway, Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office
Anybody whose an adult, gets on a school bus with students is gonna have to answer questions to law enforcement.
Both men were charged with trespassing and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail. Deputies say the men are enrolled at the English Language Institute at the University of South Florida. But they thought they could find easier classes at Wharton High. Its part of their immigration requirements, since they arrived to the U-S six months ago.
Valerie Boey, Tampa Bay's 10
Whether these men were really stuck on stupid or as I believe, probing another of our weak security areas, we cannot let this story die until it is known in every corner of our land. The terrorists think nothing of blowing apart Muslim children - would they think twice about infidels' children?