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To: All; backhoe; piasa

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Iyad+Abuhajjaj%22&hl=en&filter=0

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1793825/posts

"Man's vacation takes a detour - A Palestinian raises suspicion on an arriving plane"
St. Petersburg Times ^ | March 2, 2007 | ABBIE VANSICKLE

Posted on 03/02/2007 2:31:15 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TAMPA - Maybe it was his desire to stand and stretch in the airplane.

Maybe it was the gruesome images of torture he watched on his laptop that caught attention.

Something about Iyad Abuhajjaj's behavior on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Tampa on Wednesday afternoon concerned airline officials enough to call police.

Police have not accused Abuhajjaj, 36, of any wrongdoing on the plane, but a search of his name revealed an Okaloosa County warrant for his arrest.

On Thursday, the Palestinian health care worker and actor who lives in California was held without bail in the Hillsborough County jail. Deputies say Abuhajjaj met a Florida woman online in 2002, threatened her and used her AOL account without permission.

In a jail interview, he told a reporter he suspected he was singled out on the plane because of his thick accent, dark hair and olive skin."


32 posted on 03/02/2007 2:51:45 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All; backhoe; piasa

UPDATE...

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=50240

"TIA Police arrest man accused of cyberstalking"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Tampa, Florida - A California man was in a Hillsborough County courtroom this morning, accused of cyberstalking a woman in the Panhandle city of Fort Walton Beach.

Iyad Abuhajjaj, 36, is charged with offenses against computer users.

Tampa International Airport Police arrested Abuhajjaj as he stepped off a Southwest Airlines plane on Wednesday afternoon.

The crew aboard the Southwest plane called ahead to airport police, saying Abuhajjaj was acting suspiciously."


33 posted on 03/02/2007 3:02:05 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Adding on to post #32:
http://www.thestrangecase.com/


49 posted on 03/02/2007 8:18:22 AM PST by Velveeta
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