INS Detains Student allegedly acting suspicious near natural-gas plant

Joplin Globe ^ | 10-13-01 | Jeff Lehr

[Excuse_Me]

Let's see, Middle Eastern, Muslim, student, expired visa, truck driving training, haz mat cert, casing a natural gas facility, ahhhh. Let me see, anything suspicious here?

They interviewed his previous landlord's wife, who commented that he was very messy. Her husband had complained bitterly about the three days it took him to clean the white powder off of everything in the apartment. That was just before he got sick and died, she said. A search of his current residence turned up nothing suspicious, however, merely boxcutters, confetti, J&J Baby powder, 757 training manuals, plans of the state capitol in Jeff City, materials on how to build your own nuclear bomb, and tiny stars of David stapled to pictures of J-Lo. Nothing incriminating like signed orders from Bin-Laden, so they have to let him go...

[Slipjack]

Ron Fletcher - First he needs to be introduced to the Rump Rangers by a 1,200 Pound Bore, made to eat Pork and bedded down with them for a week then soaked pig's blood before being Deported!!!!!!!

[F16Fighter]

The first thing I do when I go to study in a foreign country is get a truck drivers license to carry hazardous materials...

LOL -- And the second thing you as a "student" in a foreign country should do is drive out to some farm in the middle of nowhere and insist the owner instruct you in flying a crop duster though you've never once met.

[Oldtory]

I am a Canadian- why don't you US freepers follow up on some of these guys with your congressman or the INS to see what happens - if they were in Canada- at least until now they would have been released and given welfare , a lawyer and free medical benefits. We are doing what we can to cure this in Canada- with our liberal government it is hard- maybe we need hit squads- do like they do in China- you don't appear legit---bang.

[ScholarWarrior]

I vote for the new version of "survivor".

[glf]

Meadows said Abdrafigin had been in the United States three to four years and had entered on a one-year visa that had long expired.

IF MY LISCENCE HAD BEEN EXPIRED FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS I WOULD BE IN JAIL. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE??

[glf]

Eight years of Benedict Clinton was an absolute f@@king disaster!! I used to think that the U.S. was strong enough to weather eight years with a traitor as President. Now, sadly, I am not so sure.

[nagdt]

DETAIN, DEPORT, DETAIN, DEPORT!

[atafak]

All non-citizen Islamics must be deported now. They can be told that they may be allowed to return after we have determined that Islamic fundamentalism is no longer a source of terrorists.

[glf]

Amen Chinathreat, Amen !!

[WRhine]

We can't deport these guys....they'll just come back under a new name....evidently getting false papers is easy to do. So what do we do with 'em?

We just don't let Middle Easterners back in until the war on terrorism is over. Also, incidents like this have to go on their visa records whether it involved illegal activity or merely suspicious activity. I am not sure what it is going to take to fully wake up our government to the realization that if they are going to permanently lower the risk of terrorism and hence "PROTECT" our "CITIZENS" they have to do some serious deportation of Middle Eastern visitors. These budding terrorists are all over the place probing around for soft spots for new terrorist attacks. Enough is enough.

[ladyjane]

Hells bells, that's just a little too close to home (Within 150 or so.

What about DC and NYC?

[holly]

Most of the gas plants I have worked in do not have fences. However you would have to understand how the processes work in order to do a good job of blowing one up. The same is true with refineries and chemical plants. A refinery could level a town if you knew how to do it. Then there are hundreds of thousands of miles of pipelines, many through metropolitan areas.

Have a good evening.