Here is a first-hand, detailed account of the terror attack on the Jewish Community Center:
SNIP: He told Klein she was his hostage and that he didn't care whether he killed her and her unborn baby...
SNIP: Haq grabbed the phone and told the dispatcher to connect him to CNN, according to court papers. He complained about Jews, Israel and the U.S. role in the Middle East and the war in Iraq. He said Muslims "are very upset at you [the U.S.] sending bombs to Israel and very upset that you [U.S.] stay in Iraq," court papers say....
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003183883_webhero08.html?syndication=rss
Flight 985. Add 'em up.
Yes, I know it's silly, but it just kinda jumped out at me.
Thanks for the copy of the advisory in post 463.
Originally a group of 20 students.
(Thinking out loud....enough for an entire "cell")
3 denied visas - why?
Snippets:
.Whereas, the Society for Social Studies of Science welcomes further non-U.S. members, including scholars and students of Arab-Muslim and Chinese descent and from the Indian subcontinent;
.Whereas, Congressional passage of the Patriot Act of 2001 and Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 have led the State Department to erect barriers to the free flow of scholars and students, including unnecessary increases in 214(b) refusals (requiring applicants to prove they intend to return to their home country;
.First, new procedures for visa applications began to evolve. In November 2001, the State Department announced that visa applications from 26 Arab/Muslim nations would undergo special FBI security checks, requiring up to 20 days, before receiving approval. These countries included Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Dijbouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
.The Border Security Act required that applicants from countries defined as state sponsors of terrorism (North Korea, Cuba, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, and Libya) had to complete an additional application form and appear for an interview with a consular officer.
.Delays and denials are typically explained as 214(b) refusals, which means that applicants have not successfully proven that they intend to return to their home country. This section of the Immigration and Nationality Act states, Every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for admission.
.Third, the Justice Department is implementing a required registration system for all male, noncitizens over the age of 16 from the 26 countries listed above. All must report to an INS office to be photographed, fingerprinted, and interviewed. Any who fail to report face expulsion.
My question: where are the photographs of the 11 missing Egyptians so that American citizens may be enabled to identify them?