Police: Student spoke of attacks before Sept. 11...

The Journal News ^ | 10-11-01 | JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO

[Demian]

BROOKLYN

[thefactor]

Hard to believe that a 15-yo knew about this and it managed not to get out to anyone else who may have alerted authorities. Also, that a teacher, after hearing a student say such a thing, would not say ANYTHING to anyone.

[NativeNewYorker]

And how did they let his dad leave the country?

[okie_tech]

Every last one of these Muslims should be deported immediately where they should be playing catch with 2000lb bombs. This is a war against Islam but we didn't declare it THEY DID!

[MississippiMan]

If this is true, looks like the whole Arab world knew about it in advance.

[Nouge]

Hard to believe that a 15-yo knew about this and it managed not to get out to anyone else who may have alerted authorities Well I doubt anyone took it seriously, would you have?

[NativeNewYorker]

If they're here illegally, there is no reason whatsoever to let them stay now.

[StriperSniper]

Middle Eastern employees who may not have shown up for work at the World Trade Center that morning.

A nice way to 'dissapear'. As much as the ones who didn't go to work should be investigated, the ones who are 'missing' also should. There should be surveillance on those associated with (family and friends) any 'missing' foreign nationals from any suspect country. I don't want to see any innocents harrased, but an eye kept out for anyone who is supposed to be dead, what better cover.

[holyscroller]

How come the mother and sons are still here? Ship them home NOW!!!

[thefactor]

Depends. If a 15 yo started boasting about it and didn't say anything specific, I probably would have sloughed it off. I was saying that if the rumors were widespread enough that he had heard about it, then it would seem likely that others had heard about it too, and maybe someone who cared would have heard and said something. If his family was warned or directly involved, then it was a real tight circle and they can keep their mouths shut. Except for this kid evidently.

[japaneseghost]

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com |
Sept. 19, 2001, 9:26PM

Boy in Dallas suburb predicts start of WW III day before attacks
By R.G. RATCLIFFE Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle

Boy in Dallas suburb predicts start of WW III day before attacks

The day before terrorists attacked New York and Washington, a fifth-grader in a Dallas suburb told his teacher World War III would begin the next day, school officials have told the FBI.

The boy was absent from school the day of the attacks, Sept. 11, and the following day, but has been at school since then, said Rhonda Lucich, a director of elementary education for the Garland Independent School District.

Lucich said the boy approached his teacher on the afternoon of Sept. 10 and casually told her:

"Tomorrow, World War III will begin. It will begin in the United States, and the United States will lose."

Lucich said the child's statements were passed along to the FBI. She said she did not know whether the agency had acted on the tip. An FBI spokesman could not be reached for comment.

Lucich said school officials are concerned, but not alarmed.

"It is one of those things I sincerely want to believe was coincidental," Lucich said.

Lucich declined to name the elementary school involved. She said she was told about the boy's comment by his teacher and the school's principal two days after the Sept. 11 attacks.

She said the boy is multiracial but that she does not believe his ethnicity includes a Middle Eastern background.

U.S. officials believe Middle Eastern terrorists linked to Saudi Arabian exile Osama bin Laden are responsible for last week's attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.

Garland is a northern suburb of Dallas. Two charities in the neighboring suburb of Richardson have been investigated in the past for possible ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations.

The Global Relief Foundation Inc. and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, both based in Richardson, have been investigated on allegations they raised money for Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization. Both organizations have denied such activity. Foundation for Relief and Development, both based in Richardson, have been investigated on allegations they raised money for Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization. Both organizations have denied such activity.

This article is: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1055222

[wideawake]

No!!!

Islam is a peaceful religion!!!

In fact the very word "Islam" means "Peace, Joy and Hugging Cute Little Puppies and Kittens" in Arabic!!!

The word jihad doesn't mean "holy war" it means "Free Ice Cream"!!!

And American Muslims were more shocked and saddened by anybody!!! All those Muslims dancing and laughing in the streets of Paterson, Brooklyn and Chicago were just celebrating their birthdays, which all happened to fall on September 11th.

[dead]

As much as the ones who didn't go to work should be investigated, the ones who are 'missing' also should.

There will be thousands of people still “missing” after the cleanup is complete. Their bodies were reduced to wet sand.

[dennisw]

Many many illegal Pakistanis and Bengladeshis in the NY area. In the whole nation too. At least 100,000- 200,000 of them.

[DinkyDau]

School officials closed the school on Sept. 12, but FBI agents and city police combed the building the following day. They searched the backpacks and lockers of various students with Middle Eastern backgrounds, and spent several hours interviewing them in a locked room.

Where's Sharpton on this? Where's the ACLU? This is blatant racial profiling! Not to mention a direct assault on their dignity and self-esteem!!

[denydenydeny]

Police sources said that, after the interviews, the boy's father left for Pakistan.

[L.N. Smithee]

The student pointed out a third-story window of New Utrecht High School toward the Trade Center and said, "Do you see those two buildings? They won't be standing there next week," according to three police sources and a city official familiar with the investigation. They said the comment came in the midst of a heated political discussion the student was having with his teacher in an English class for Arab-American students.

On Late Show with David Letterman, Dan Rather mentioned a story that he insisted he wouldn't be able to prove but that he would relate nonetheless: Members of a Muslim community in either N.Y. or N.J. all gathered on an apartment building's rooftop the morning of the attack and awaited the promised atrocities. The story goes they were heard to be cheering as they watched the jets make their impact.

FWIW: New Utrecht High is the alma mater of Gabriel Kaplan, and had 15 minutes of fame starring as "James Buchanan High" in the opening to "Welcome Back Kotter."

[MizSterious]

FYI--hope I didn't forget anyone!

[vin-one]

I wonder could these people who knew be charged as accessories.
These people knew and did nothing, they let thousands of people die needlessly.
I am pissed, ship their sorry @ss to jail.

[Bill Rice]

"A nice way to 'dissapear'."

That was the first thought through my mind when they started talking about how many "peace-loving" islamics perished in the collapse. How do we know if they were REALLY there that day or not?