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Man was arming for 'war,' FBI says
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^
| 02/02/2007
| Robert Patrick
Posted on 02/02/2007 8:59:28 AM PST by Mount Athos
A St. Charles man obtained fully automatic weapons and tried to buy as many explosives as possible in preparation for what an associate called "war," the FBI says in court documents.
He bought three rifles and a Claymore anti-personnel mine and negotiated for a case of hand grenades, documents obtained by the Post-Dispatch show.
Mousa M. Abuelawi, 22, of Franjoe Court, was arrested Dec. 29 and charged on complaints accusing him of three counts of illegal possession or distribution of a machine gun and conspiracy to violate machine gun statutes.
Abuelawi, a Palestinian immigrant free on $50,000 bond, could not be reached. His brother declined to comment on his behalf. His lawyers, Scott Rosenblum and Gil Sison, did not return calls.
The context of the word "war" was not explained in court filings; the FBI declined to comment.
The man to whom the word was attributed, Thaer Abde Sumad, said in an interview Thursday that the purchases were not intended for terrorism but to make money supplying street gangs in a St. Louis turf war.
Sumad, 23, is not charged, although he is identified in an FBI affidavit as being present for one of the transactions.
He told a reporter he had no role in handling the firearms or explosives. He said he was at a meeting between Abuelawi and a federal informer outside a St. Louis gas station where Sumad works only because he knows both and wanted to say hello.
Sumad suggested that he and Abuelawi attracted special attention because of the sound of their names and their Arab ethnicity.
Abuelawi's lawyers have said he is a Palestinian immigrant.
Sumad is of Palestinian descent but was born in Indiana and raised in St. Louis, he said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; US: Missouri; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumn; enemywithin; jihadinamerica; terrorism; wot
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To: Mount Athos
Abuelawi, a Palestinian immigrant free on $50,000 bond, could not be reached. His brother declined to comment on his behalf. His lawyers, Scott Rosenblum and Gil Sison, did not return calls. Lawyers, Guns and Money - - What a mix.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:00:54 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
To: Mount Athos
Sumad suggested that he and Abuelawi attracted special attention because of the sound of their names and their Arab ethnicity. Good, and apparently that special attention was warranted.
To: Mount Athos
Mousa M. Abuelawi a Palestinian Why are these people living here? Why doesn't his cult mentioned in the headline? I fear I know the answer...
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:02:05 AM PST
by
SolidWood
(Sadr lives. Kill him.)
To: Mount Athos
He was just exercising his 2nd amendment rights. These knee-jerk over-reactions are getting old. What, a Pakistani can't enjoy the freedoms of the second amendment?
/tone of FR as of late.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:02:11 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: Loud Mime
Sounds like profiling to me. (sarcasm)
To: SolidWood
They hate the West. Why are they here ?
To: Mount Athos
"Abuelawi, a Palestinian immigrant free on $50,000 bond, could not be reached."
Could not be reached and will not be found. Why do they let people like this out on bail? Insane.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:06:18 AM PST
by
mad puppy
( 2007 is going to be great)
To: Mount Athos
free on $50,000 bondAre they insane???
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:06:45 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Pelosi, the call was for Comity, not Comedy. But thanks for the laughs. StarKisses, NVA.)
To: Mount Athos
Abuelawi, a Palestinian immigrant free on $50,000 bond WTF, over.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:07:22 AM PST
by
wizecrakker
(Trying to behave)
To: mad puppy
Who paid for his bond is what I want to know.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:08:11 AM PST
by
wastedyears
( "Gun control is hitting your target accurately." - Richard Marcinko)
To: SolidWood
Why are these people living here? Because he was born in Indiana, maybe?
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:10:39 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Mount Athos
"the purchases were not intended for terrorism "
Okay.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:11:48 AM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
To: Mount Athos
were not intended for terrorism but to make money supplying street gangs in a St. Louis turf war. One mans' terrorism is another mans' turf war.
The so called "palistinian's" MO.
Hello Arafat...PLO. Take what you want by intimidation...er... turf war... oh, terrorism.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:11:53 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: Mount Athos
He bought three rifles and a Claymore anti-personnel mine and negotiated for a case of hand grenades, documents obtained by the Post-Dispatch show.
And $5,000 sets him free. The bond amount should have much higher or non existent as there is no purpose for those other than inflicting mass casualties.
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:12:12 AM PST
by
kinoxi
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Why are they here ? Think real hard ... you know the answer to that ... I know you do. ;*/
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:13:12 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
To: Mount Athos
What the hell are Palestinians doing immigrating to our country?
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:13:16 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
To: Mount Athos
The Prez just committed Americans to millions more to give to the Palestinians, while at the same time he's opening the door for thousands more Muslims to immigrate to America!! I honestly believe that it's us that needs to be arming ourselves for a war, because Muslim terrorists are going to bring it to our neighborhoods!!
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:14:21 AM PST
by
NRA2BFree
(DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008! HE IS AN HONEST CONSERVATIVE!!)
To: mad puppy
Could not be reached and will not be found. Why do they let people like this out on bail? Insane.Hopefully, they track this person and see who he leads to.
Hopefully....
To: Lazamataz
How does one go about buying a claymore?
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posted on
02/02/2007 9:16:12 AM PST
by
chesty_puller
(USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71 US Army 75-79 3d Inf Old Guard)
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