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Raid In Amherst Nets Terror Suspects
WBEN 930 AM ^
| August 22, 2006 06:41
| WBEN Newsroom
Posted on 08/22/2006 7:59:08 AM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem
Amherst, NY (WBEN) - Federal agents raided a home in Amherst, and arrested three people they say are linked to an overseas terror cell.
The FBI raided a home on Shetland Drive over the weekend, and the three unidentified suspects were charged with raising and laundering money for the Tamil Tigers terror group in Sri Lanka. WBEN's Tom Puckett has more in the audio link above, including assurances from police that the local community was apparently not a target.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: amherst; amherstcell; arms; ceylon; crime; newyork; srilanka; tamiltigers; terrorists; wot
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hmmm... I found this following up on some hidden quotes in this other thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687992/posts
"Tuesday, hours after officials in the U.S. said they had arrested suspected rebel arms procurers in a surface-to-air missile sting"
"U.S. officials said overnight more than a dozen people were arrested on suspicion of procuring surface-to-air missiles and raising funds for the Tigers."
"Several people who had agreed to pay more than $900,000 for hundreds of AK-47 rifles and 50 to 100 Russian-made surface-to-air missiles were nabbed in a New York sting, according to U.S. court documents."
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
assurances from police that the local community was apparently not a target.Well, that a load off my mind.
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:11:47 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
Certainly isn't getting much attention
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:12:41 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
In NY State? Where's Hillary and Schumer? I guess they only want homeland security funds for NY City.
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:15:02 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: nuconvert
Why are they clogging up the news with this insignificant crap when they should be covering what John Mark Karr had for breakfast!
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:16:30 AM PDT
by
Prokopton
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
I found only one other result on a news search (google, NY Raid keywords), but "The page you requested is currently unavailable."
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?s=8945
WIVB, NY - 13 hours ago
(Williamsville, NY, August 21, 2006 ... Two other people were taken into custody during the raid on Sunday, but so far, there's no word on if they've been charged
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:25:46 AM PDT
by
callthemlikeyouseethem
(GWB: 12 Aug 06: "...I ask for your patience, cooperation, and vigilance in the coming days.")
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:35:49 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Worried about attacks from Iran or Korea? Daschle wanted to scuttle our missile defense program)
To: nuconvert
Certainly isn't getting much attentionHmmmm----maybe the Lamestream media don't want to call attention to the possibility that these guys were caught through the President's making it possible to listen in on their phone calls, etc. Can't have that, can we?
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:53:30 AM PDT
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment Rights--buy another gun today!)
To: Prokopton
"they should be covering what John Mark Karr had for breakfast!"
Fruit Loops?
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:02:01 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
that the local community was apparently not a targetSounds reasonable actually, seeing as it's the Tamils.
To: nuconvert
"Certainly isn't getting much attention"
Bet it's getting loads of attention in Sri Lanka.
Unless people are directly threatened like they are from Muslim terrorists, you will find they don't really care so much.
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posted on
08/22/2006 9:44:30 AM PDT
by
monday
To: nuconvert
Fruit Loops? That was yesterday.
Today, it was Lucky Charms.
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posted on
08/22/2006 12:23:20 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
Updates say that some Canadians were also arrested (Toronto Sun). Reuters Alert Net also has updates saying authorities made arrests in Sri Lanka "within hours" of US arrests.
To: LurkedLongEnough
CAIR says its all another cultural misunderstanding.
To: Straight Vermonter; Dog; Coop; Cap Huff; Boot Hill; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Wiz; AdmSmith
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:51:47 PM PDT
by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
To: Prokopton
I've always wondered why certain stories take on a life of their own.
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:53:40 PM PDT
by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
To: Prokopton
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:55:16 PM PDT
by
no dems
("25 homicides a day committed by Illegals" / Cong. Ted Poe Houston Hearings 8/16/06)
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
I certainly hope they did not violate these people's rights with an illegal search and seizure. If so, I'm going to be soooooooooooooo mad.
(Sarc.)
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:56:18 PM PDT
by
no dems
("25 homicides a day committed by Illegals" / Cong. Ted Poe Houston Hearings 8/16/06)
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