Prosecutor: Mackinac Bridge was target (plan for cell phones)

The Saginaw News ^ | JUSTIN ENGEL08/12/06

[SE Mom]

Tuscola County prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Saturday against three men who they say bought dozens of cell phones Friday in Caro in a globally coordinated plot involving the Mackinac Bridge.

They charged brothers Adham Abdelhamid Othman, 21, and Louai Abdelhamied Othman, 23, along with their cousin, Maruan Awad Muhareb, 18, with identical counts of collecting material to support terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target with intent to committ terrorism.

[dakine]

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[FourPeas]

Very clever. Is internet access used to detonate explosives? No.

It certainly could be.

[WoofDog123]

in this quantity i suspect they are throwaways for one-use communication. the feds almost certainly know this, but so far the NYT hasn't told us.

[TheDon]

Adham Abdelhamid Othman
Louai Abdelhamied Othman
Maruan Awad Muhareb

I knew a good Quaker boy named Adham, are these guys Quakers?

[Deo volente]

I double-bet you that we could have 10x the damage of the 9/11 attacks and Fedgov would bend over backwards to NOT do what you are saying.

I'm going to save my money and not take you up on that bet!

[tiki]

If you were thinking that the government was going to protect you, you are going to be sadly disappointed. They can't be everywhere at all times and they often rely on tips from normal citizens.

[leilani]

Well, can we get a list of numbers. We can all call them and ask "what's up"?

LOL!

[muggs]

Tuscola County prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Saturday against three men who they say bought dozens of cell phones Friday in Caro in a globally coordinated plot involving the Mackinac Bridge.

I'm sure if this is terrorist related the county (state) prosecutor will not prosecute. They will turn it over to the feds.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

prepaid wireless does not get tracked.

Who are you going to trust, FR or FoxSnooze? There is information and disinformation. Exactly how many mass casualty bombings inside the USA have happened as a direct result of cellphone detonations? Hint: many fewer since 1994.

[GarySpFc]

Couldn't they get a small emergency vehicle --say an ambulance-- reinforce the suspension, pack it with explosives, and drive NEXT to the main cable, and then detonate?

You can detonate a trailer full of explosives next to one of the cables, and the bridge will still be standing. Mind you, I'm not saying it cannot be done, but that would take a tactical nuke, or slightly less.

As long as the charge was adequate, it doesn't seem to me totally necessary that the "charges" be *physically attached* to the cable, although obviously that would be best (for their purposes).

You have to cut the cables with the explosion, and that cannot be done without packing them around the main cable, and doing a couple of other things, which I will not reveal. Even then the results are going to be unknown.

[delacoert]

For us less astute...

I'm not sure wher that comment comes from.

Read through the thread Can a good Muslim be a good American?

[Paleo Conservative]

I knew a good Quaker boy named Adham, are these guys Quakers?

Looks like names from Cynthia McKinney's donor list.

[GarySpFc]

I'm not saying the GG cannot be disabled for a time, but bringing it down is another matter.

[hershey]

This sounds like the three who admitted they remove chips from the phones and send them overseas to be used as triggers in IED's against American troops.

[RFC_Gal]

All that will make the bad guys do is switch to programmable cell phones or PDAs with wireless or cell support. This would allow them to validate the activation codes.

Such systems are already used from power cycling equiptment and other legal uses.

[TheDon]

Is there a CAIR press release condemning the arrest and oppression of the "Michigan Three" by the Islamophobic FBI?

[CindyDawg]

Are these things made in China? Why do they need to buy them here?

[zip]

ping

[livius]

That's true. I doubt that they could take it out, but even disabling it would be pretty crippling to SF.

[eleni121]

Could someone please tell me if Muslims who are selling and/or buying cellphones should be reported to the authorities?

I'm serious because I know a couple.