South Florida Students Face Indictment for Carrying Explosives Across State Lines [Indicted]

FNC/AP ^ | 8-31-07

[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.

[STARWISE]

Mohamed is facing 20 years .. thank the Lord these terrorists were apprehended.

Sami al-Arian .. the gift that keeps on giving.

[thefactor]

just transporting explosives that americans won’t transport.

[STARWISE]

Goose Creek ~~PING!

[Political Junkie Too]

But... but... they told us they were just fireworks for celebration.

-PJ

[NonValueAdded]

[In a tinny kind of PA system voice]: "Irv, cleanup still needed in aisle USF over in the Tampa section."

[OSHA]

Lutherans?

[Doctor Raoul]

These punks have ties to that USF prof Bill “I’m a punk” O’Really exposed. Every once and a while BOR gets it right.

[NonValueAdded]

Who knew the Amish were so clever with their disguises?

[txhurl]

Mohamed was charged with distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, which is a terrorism statute, a Justice Department official said. The crime faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Why they were hiding the laptop and why other computers were siezed.

[Rutles4Ever]

It’s amazing how many of these idiots are caught due to traffic infractions and the like. Really amazing.

[STARWISE]

Goose Creek ~~ PING!

[tje]

Mohamed? Who’d have thought?

[DoughtyOne]

My guess is that those pipe bombs were for celebrating on some national holiday, like perhaps Mohammad's birthday or some such.

Just let them go...

Okay... back to the real world.

They were held on state charges while the FBI continued to investigate whether there was a terrorism link.

Pipe bombs = perhaps not a terrorist component???????

Are there seriously any unanswered question here other than who these men were associated with, and should we be incarcerating others in addition to these men for the rest of their lives?

[Moderate right-winger]

Throw them to Guantanamo andnever let them see the light of day...EVER!!

[Lee'sGhost]

What the hell! What did the investigation reveal? What were they going to do with the stuff? Why isn’t the media asking?

This is really pissing me off.

[Sloth]

Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed... Youssef Samir Megahed

Gosh, and after reading that headline, here I was expecting names like 'Olaf Bjornsen' or 'Stanislaw Krygowski'.

[DirtyPigpen]

What is up with the turd eating grins on these bastards faces?

[upchuck]

South Carolina Ping

Add me to the list. / Remove me from the list.

[Blue Turtle]

They wanted “feet basins” installed at the local airport...the pipes were for the plumbing.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The scary part is, some FReepers actually believed that.