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

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

[Demian]

BROOKLYN

[Jaidyn]

How would we know who didn't show up for work since their co-workers are dead and their time clocks are melted?

[b4its2late]

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

How'd he get back there? By boat? I hope they checked him out too.....

And the mother learned well from the liberals... the kid has psycholigical problems...

[Hatteras]

"Also, that a teacher, after hearing a student say such a thing, would not say ANYTHING to anyone."

Unfortunately, 99% of America could never conceive of the horrific event of September 11th. People who believed that these ideas were preposterous beforehand are now, in hindsight, slapping their heads in remorse and self-guilt. If you put yourself in this teacher's shoes back on September 4th, your choice would be to drag in the principal, the police, a counselor and possibly the FBI because a 15 year-old child suggested something that would never happen in the minds of millions or you could dismiss the "wild rantings" of a teenager.

Of course, hindsight makes this decision much easier to make now. You are lying to yourself if you suggest in the same situation, you would have known better.

[NativeNewYorker]

I get my daily bagel from a Bangladeshi.

And I vividly recall the day Pakistan detonated their first nuke. My cabbie pulled up next to a taxi driven by a friend, and they laughed and shouted and congratulated themselves over the news.

[WRhine]

A veteran city police detective familiar with the case said investigators have been learning that many people in New York's Arab-American community had heard rumors about the Sept. 11 attacks before they occurred.

If true, this speaks volumes about the sentiments and morality of the Arab-American community in this country. None of them had the conscience to inform the authorities of the rumors that a massive terrorist attack was about to come down?

[StriperSniper]

Yes, I know , I have been there and talked to some of the workers saying that there is little more than stains and clothes left deep down in the pile. My point is that some have already tried to scam saying that they lost someone there when they didn't. It would make a convenient way for someone who may have been involved or 'in the know' to 'dissapear'. Mostly for the reason there will be no way to prove it with the scant remains.

[PLK]

the agents tried to question their father, who chastised them for harassing his children, they said.

Ya, and the Taliban doesn't "harass" any of their citizens. It ticks me off that these people are so aware of their "rights" in America and use them to their advantage when it serves their purpose, yet laugh at us for them. Makes me sick.

[honway]

Did you see a picture of the Arabic calendar distributed in the Netherlands in May? For the month of September the picture was an airliner crashing into Manhattan.

[nycgal]

How would we know who didn't show up for work since their co-workers are dead and their time clocks are melted?

Their co-workers may have been among the tens of thousands that escaped and then told the authorities of their absent middle eastern office mates, don't you think?

[RightWhale]

looks like the whole Arab world knew about it in advance

Most of them probably didn't believe it either.

[Protagoras]

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

I disagree. They should be arrested for being here illegally, detained for as long as it takes to investigate them and then deported. All on our schedule, not theirs.

[Howlin]

I heard that same story somewhere. And the one I heard said they made phone calls celebrating and confirming hits; and they took pictures.

[mostlyundecided]

And the mother learned well from the liberals... the kid has psycholigical problems...

reminded me of Saturday Nite Live coneheads "if they ask questions, just tell them we're from France..."

[PLK]

Unfortunately, 99% of America could never conceive of the horrific event of September 11th

You are right. The Nelson DeMille book, The Lion's Game, was about a Mid Eastern terrorist who gasses to death a plane load of passengers, puts the plane on auto-pilot, and protects himself with a gas mask or something. He then manages to get off the plane and hunt down all the U.S. jet pilots of the Libyan bombing raid. Anyway, I remember while reading that book being horrified at the magnitude of the terrorist act: a WHOLE plane load of people. No one has ever imagined the scenario of September 11th.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Detain, then deport the whole family.

[thefactor]

I refer you to my post #10.

[NativeNewYorker]

31 - Agree. You refined my ill-stated thought.

[MississippiMan]

Did you see a picture of the Arabic calendar distributed in the Netherlands in May? For the month of September the picture was an airliner crashing into Manhattan.

Yup, I've seen it. It infuriated me. As does this report.

MM

[afraidfortherepublic]

Many many illegal Pakistanis and Bengladeshis in the NY area

Round up, detain, question, and deport them! Immediately.

[freefly]

With all of this was so well known "on the street", why was there NO investigating going on by the FBI/CIA?
What were they DOING that was more important than investigating links to their #1 terrorist?
(Or were they investigating and it was bungled or ignored?)
I ask this only because they are currently getting MUCH wider powers to "fight terrorism"
when it sounds as though they already had all they needed, but just didn't bother to use it.