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South Florida Students Face Indictment for Carrying Explosives Across State Lines [Indicted]
FNC/AP ^ | 8-31-07

Posted on 08/31/2007 10:31:06 AM PDT by STARWISE

Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for violent reasons.

Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, an engineering graduate student and teaching assistant at the Tampa-based university, faces terrorism charges for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives.

He and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, an engineering student, were stopped for speeding in Goose Creek, S.C., on Aug. 4, where they have been held on state charges.

The two men were stopped with pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base in South Carolina where enemy combatants have been held. They were held on state charges while the FBI continued to investigate whether there was a terrorism link.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Florida; US: South Carolina; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alarian; cair; carbomb; domesticterrorism; explosives; floridaterrorists; goosecreek; islam; islamonazism; jihad; jihadinamerica; juhad; megahed; mohamed; muslimstudents; pipebombs; religionofpeace; rop; sc; tampa; tampacell; terrorism; usf; wot; youssefmegahed
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To: STARWISE

Thank you STARWISE for the ping.

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101 posted on 08/31/2007 1:58:35 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Palladin
In South Carolina, where Mohamed and Megahed have been held in the Berkeley County jail, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd praised state and federal authorities for cooperating in the four-week investigation that initially did not look like a terrorism case.

All can do is shake your head at the bureaucratic idiocy that is in abundance.

102 posted on 08/31/2007 2:07:34 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Sender

Technically WMD are chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) elements. I guess it probably depends on the amount of explosive material they possessed and the potential target(s).


103 posted on 08/31/2007 2:09:31 PM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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To: STARWISE

Put them in a small, windowless room and force them to watch the “Head On” commercial 24/7 until they beg to eliminate themselves.


104 posted on 08/31/2007 2:10:09 PM PDT by bethtopaz (A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you hav)
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To: gondramB
Actually this statute isn't as bad as you think. 18 USC 842 (p):
(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.—
 (1) Definitions.— In this subsection—
  (A) the term “destructive device” has the same meaning as in section 921 (a)(4);
  (B) the term “explosive” has the same meaning as in section 844 (j); and
  (C) the term “weapon of mass destruction” has the same meaning as in section 2332a (c)(2).
 (2) Prohibition.— It shall be unlawful for any person—
  (A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by any means information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction, with the intent that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence; or
  (B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute to any person, by any means, information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction, knowing that such person intends to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence.
This is nothing compared to the gambling information law that the State of Washington passed. It is a class C felony in the State of Washington to transmit or receive gambling information!
105 posted on 08/31/2007 2:11:26 PM PDT by burzum (None shall see me, though my battlecry may give me away -Minsc)
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To: burzum

>>with the intent that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence<<

Thanks for that info - its good to know that the law requires intent.


106 posted on 08/31/2007 2:13:54 PM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words)
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To: STARWISE

Thought the FBI said this was not terrorism related.


107 posted on 08/31/2007 2:14:18 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Taz Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge)
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To: STARWISE

PBUH
(Pig Blood Upon Him)


108 posted on 08/31/2007 2:22:47 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Yeah, sure it wasn’t terrorism related. (sarc)

In the FBI’s world, it isn’t terrorism unless a bomb actually explodes.

I guess these guys were planning to blow up a military base that native born Americans are unwilling to blow up.


109 posted on 08/31/2007 2:33:56 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (My number one goal in life is to leave a bigger carbon footprint than Al Gore.)
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To: STARWISE
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110 posted on 08/31/2007 2:37:21 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: STARWISE

USF is a cess-pool of pure hell and anti-Americanism rum rampant.


111 posted on 08/31/2007 2:37:27 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (No One Gets To Their Heaven Without A Fight)
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To: STARWISE

You realize another terrorist attack is at the end of the planning stages. The supposed terrorist have used christian names when entering the country legally. It’s been said...if and when this attack takes place in a city in the southeast USA...these names will be discovered and the muslim’s will say see it wasn’t islam doing this it was christians.


112 posted on 08/31/2007 2:42:10 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: STARWISE; Dr. Eckleburg
I saw the headline and thought "It's those darned Presbyterians agains!". Imagine my shock when the perps turned out to be members of the Religion Of Peace™.
113 posted on 08/31/2007 3:14:56 PM PDT by George W. Bush ("I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important.")
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To: OSHA

Mennonites


114 posted on 08/31/2007 3:16:25 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard; Shelayne

Perhaps there was much more to this plot than they have revealed so far. Indeed, the computer may tell the tale.


115 posted on 08/31/2007 3:20:03 PM PDT by Sender (A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.)
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To: Moderate right-winger
"I would have thrown them out from helicopters.."

There was an often repeated "story" about a Marine Officer who was charged with that exactly, after one of two "uncooperative" prisoners (he believed to be Red Chinese Officers) "fell" from his chopper while hovering high over the tarmac at Da Nang....

Story is the dude bounced twice...

The remaining prisoner suddenly saw the wisdom in becoming cooperative...

Officer was reported, and spent years in Leavenworth - or so the "story" goes...

Did NOT see with my own eyes -- but heard many times and many versions....

116 posted on 08/31/2007 3:29:20 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: STARWISE

Bring them in the back and Jack Bauer them.


117 posted on 08/31/2007 3:49:01 PM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: STARWISE
Well...I guess technically they are students but one is old enough to have graduated and isn’t the other taking less than enough credits to be in school full time?
118 posted on 08/31/2007 4:07:05 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: STARWISE; MizSterious; Grammy

WOW STARWISE, you are a jewel, thanks so much for all the additional info you have posted.

And thanks so much for the ping, Miz Sterious, you are appreciated also.

We all knew there was more to this. I want to know what their target (targets) were.


119 posted on 08/31/2007 4:08:23 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: jveritas
The islamic terrorists are living among us, please be very vigilant everyone.

Absolutely, 110% correct. These two were headed north. They possibly had contacts along the way. God only knows where these two intended to strike. jveritas, it cannot be said too often, The islamic terrorists are living among us, please be very vigilant everyone.

Think everyone, anything suspicious should be reported.

Did the muslim community give up the Ferry Riders, in Washinton State? NO - the muslim community kept those two a secret unto themselves. These people want to hit US hard. Everyone be on your guard, please.

120 posted on 08/31/2007 4:08:56 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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