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Middle-Eastern men buying phones in Jackson, MS
Vanity | 2/1/07 | struggle

Posted on 02/01/2007 1:06:07 PM PST by struggle

One of the students mentioned to her friend that there were bunches of Middle-Eastern guys buying phones in the Radio Shack at Metrocenter, Jackson, MS.

About 13 men or so bought the tracphones and her clerk friend also said that many of them came in buying phones in the afternoon as well.

I contacted the FBI in Jackson already.


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To: onyx

They are not totally worthless, they are keeping it BTTT.


81 posted on 02/01/2007 2:03:37 PM PST by WKB (A wasted day is a day in which we have not laughed!)
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To: WKB
Useful IDIOTS!
82 posted on 02/01/2007 2:05:21 PM PST by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: RobRoy
Yes, it is possible to be both

1) Aware of the phone-reselling scheme and
2) Vigilant for real threats

This activity to me does not seem like a real threat, unless the reselling scheme were used as a cover for something else (unlikely).

83 posted on 02/01/2007 2:05:52 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: WKB
I'll trade you 3 backward ass, dirt-poor rednecks with beta versions

If you still don't get the joke, just go back to your banjo and forget it. (Hint the MS part had nothing to do with Mississippi)

84 posted on 02/01/2007 2:06:17 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

I play the mandolin, thank you


85 posted on 02/01/2007 2:07:45 PM PST by WKB (A wasted day is a day in which we have not laughed!)
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To: struggle
You go anywhere else in Mississippi and all the rednecks are going to automatically assume they are terrorists if they buy a crapload of phones or do anything suspicious.

Um, this is a joke, yes? Hello?

86 posted on 02/01/2007 2:11:27 PM PST by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: hipaatwo
Like my grandma always said, better safe than sorry.

In your world we have infinite numbers of agents, and infinte dollars, and federal investigators. In the real world, we don't, and when they are forced to investigate non-crimes it detracts resources from real threats. I'm sorry you believe the government can protect you, but they can't. An enemy within our borders who is determined to kill WILL be succesful, it is just a matter of time... there are infinitely many ways to kill, and our bureaucratic government is too inflexible to respond to this kind of threat. Resources spent on infiltrating existing networks and PROTECTING OUR BORDERS are much more effective than taking liberties and creating a police state. If that happens, they have won... If one wants to be very safe from terrorist attacks, live in any rural area, there is no benefit to an attack there.

87 posted on 02/01/2007 2:15:05 PM PST by LambSlave (If you have to ask permission, it is not a right.)
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To: struggle

Okay. My first thought was F1 students arriving for the new semester, but none of those colleges ring any bells with me as having large populations of F1's.


88 posted on 02/01/2007 2:17:40 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Temporarily Posting from Washington DC)
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To: pabianice
I've wondered why we don't use our aerial EW birds (like the EA-6B or EC-130) to routinely send a huge cell phone pulse to all cell phones in Iraq, thus setting-off any such bombs before they injure Americans.

Now that's some denial of service!
89 posted on 02/01/2007 2:18:26 PM PST by texas_mrs
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To: CobaltBlue

Yes, a joke on Wal-Mart in Mississippi.


90 posted on 02/01/2007 2:18:49 PM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: struggle; All

This is the last place I would expect posters to dog a fellow FReeper for being VIGILANT. God help you if you or yours is killed or wounded in the next terrorist attack.


91 posted on 02/01/2007 2:18:59 PM PST by wolfcreek (Please Lord, May I be, one who sees what's in front of me.)
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To: wolfcreek
God help you if you or yours is killed or wounded in the next terrorist attack.

Like from one of these, maybe?


92 posted on 02/01/2007 2:24:17 PM PST by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: struggle

Good for you for calling the FBI.

Let's hope they take some action.

I was scared silly by that (pulled) thread about Al Quaeda planning a Beslan-type attack on our public schools soon. Even though I don't have any grandchildren in public school, the very thought makes me ill.

It was bad enough what happened in the Amish schoolhouse last October.

Those who watch these things said the attack is being planned for middle schools, because they are the least guarded, and the girls are old enough to be raped.

Sickening!


93 posted on 02/01/2007 2:24:17 PM PST by Palladin (Life without music would be a mistake.--Nietzsche)
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To: Shadowstrike

Well said, Shadowstrike!
I'd rather suspect every Muslim alive, and be wrong- than trust every one of them to be 'fair'-and be wrong.
How many people did the 9-11 murderers see, every day, who didn't suspect them?
Being alive, and Muslim, in this country is reason enough for me to suspect every one of them . I consider every one of them my enemy, and I don't care who likes it, or what they think of me.


94 posted on 02/01/2007 2:25:26 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: Palladin

Poor FBI.

Don't you think they have more important things to do than worry about people buying dirt cheap cellphones in order to resell them at a profit?

This is a very common practice all over the country. Typically, in fact, the men engaged in this practice are from India.


95 posted on 02/01/2007 2:26:09 PM PST by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: struggle

Also know, struggle, that Middle Eastern troublemakers troll this site and try to devalue opinions like yours.

Better to be alert and alive than dismissive and dead!


96 posted on 02/01/2007 2:27:55 PM PST by Palladin (Life without music would be a mistake.--Nietzsche)
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To: ClearBlueSky

"...Being alive, and Muslim, in this country is reason enough for me to suspect every one of them . I consider every one of them my enemy, and I don't care who likes it, or what they think of me."

It is worth repeating. The libs love to make fun of us by calling us names like xenophobic or racist. But I say flattery will get them nowhere.


97 posted on 02/01/2007 2:30:30 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: struggle

Profiling by country of origin or religion is NECESSARY. It may be hard to figure out just how to do it, but it must be done!


98 posted on 02/01/2007 2:30:43 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Jihadists: The new nazis, aided and abetted by the left and their enablers in the media.)
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To: LambSlave
...more effective than taking liberties and creating a police state. If that happens, they have won...

I'd say they're pretty well ahead on that one already.

99 posted on 02/01/2007 2:31:05 PM PST by mgstarr
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To: Palladin

Middle Eastern trolls? Now you're really getting silly.

>>Phone Resellers Avoid Trumped-Up Terrorism Charges, Now Face Trumped-Up Fraud Charges Instead
from the saving-face dept

Some good news came for the three Palestinian-American men arrested in Michigan, basically for having 1,000 prepaid cell phones: they won't be charged with any terrorism-related offenses. The bad news: they've been hit with federal fraud charges instead. The guys' business plan was pretty straightforward: buy subsidized prepaid phones, then get them unlocked so they could work with any compatible provider, then sell them for a higher price. Prosecutors allege the men's actions represent an attempt to defraud prepaid provider Tracfone, phone manufacturer Nokia and the public by trafficking in counterfeit goods. While unlocking phones, particularly for resale, annoys mobile operators, it's not abundantly clear how doing so represents fraud, nor how unlocking the phones makes them counterfeit, and it's not clear at all why doing so is illegal, though Tracfone and other providers apparently make the bizarre claim that it's copyright infringement. In any case, it seems like any potential legal problems here would be of a civil nature, and not worthy of federal fraud and money-laundering charges. Somehow, you get the feeling somebody doesn't want to admit the arrest and subsequent treatment of these guys was nothing other than a big mistake.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060817/1118205.shtml


100 posted on 02/01/2007 2:32:18 PM PST by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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