Posted on 08/08/2006 11:24:51 AM PDT by mojito
The FBI has issued an urgent nationwide alert for 11 Egyptian students who entered the United States last week but failed to show up for their courses at Montana State University.
An FBI advisory says there are, at present, no known connections to any terrorist group but that the students are to be "approached with caution" and taken into custody. They "are here illegally and wanted for questioning," the advisory says.
The advisory comes just over a month before the five-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.
"This is of very serious concern and is being closely tracked," said Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
The FBI says the Egyptians arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on July 29 and disappeared. The advisory says the alert is nationwide but that there is specific concern the Egyptians may be on the Eastern Seaboard.
According to the advisory the 11 missing Egyptians are:
1. Ibrahim, El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed; DOB OF 4/29/1986.
2. El Dessouki, Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed; DOB OF 02/21/1985.
3. El Bahnasawi, Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali; DOB OF 04/02/1986.
4. Abd Alla, Mohamed Ragab Mohamed; DOB OF 02/15/1984.
5. El Laket, Ahmed Refaat Saad El Moghazi; DOB OF 09/01/1986.
6. El Ela, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou; DOB OF 02/02/1985.
7. El Moghazy, Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed; DOB OF 08/08/1986.
8. Abdou, Ebrahim Mabrouk Moustafa; DOB OF 02/25/1984.
9. El Gafary, Moustafa Wagdy Moustafa; DOB OF 07/01/1988.
10.Maray, Mohamed Saleh Ahmed; DOB OF 09/12/1985.
11.El Shenawy, Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad; DOB OF 08/12/1988.
Maybe. That depend on the size of the craters.
Rush says,
"If you do catch one of these Egyptians, tell the FBI you were looking for dangerous, grandmother-types, like they do at the airports!"
Er, no. That means they're 20 somethings.
Old for grad school? I graduated when I was 40.
Hey, that's the ages I came up with this morning BEFORE I had my second cup of coffee. ;)
IIRC, some of the 9/11 terrorists went to Vegas for a final fling. The FBI may want to start there.
A lot of Mohammed's in that list. LOL
Where are their pictures? Honest to Pete - how in the world does the FBI even manage to FUNCTION?
Uh..no, unless I've forgotten my simple math, no 8. is 22 years old. And one of them is 17. How old are grad students where you come from?
Uh..no, unless I've forgotten my simple math, no 8. is 22 years old. And one of them is 17. How old are grad students where you come from?
Someone must have whispered in Kolko's ear that we don't ALL have STUPID written on our foreheads. But what good are the mishmash names....we need PICTURES and we know they have them!
You know, I've had Fox News on all morning and unless I missed it, I haven't seen a "Fox News Alert" regarding these missing Egyptians. And, why is the FBI saying that these students should be approached with caution? Do they think that in their relief at being found they will throw their sobbing selves into our arms and possibly knock us down?
LOL!
Yeah, who guts a new van?
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