Four illegal Arab immigrants arrested in St. Thomas

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 25, 2001 | JIM DAY

[grimalkin]

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (October 26, 2001 9:09 p.m. EDT) - U.S. agents arrested four Jordanians at a hotel in St. Thomas Friday, and a court charged the men with entering the United States illegally.

It was the third action this week by a multi-agency U.S. task force on the territory that has been targeting illegal immigrants from Arab nations.

On Wednesday, a group of eight Syrians were arrested by the task force at another hotel on St. Thomas, the main island in the Caribbean territory.

On Tuesday, as many as 30 federal agents searched and seized evidence at several Arab-owned stores in separate raids. Among the stores raided were three supermarkets partly owned by a Palestinian immigrant Fathi Yusuf, a U.S. citizen, who pleaded guilty last year to hiring three illegal Palestinian immigrants.

Yusuf did not talk to reporters at the time, but two other storeowners said the agents asked questions about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugh Mabe would not say if the detentions or searches were linked to the worldwide criminal investigation triggered by the attacks.

The Jordanians arrested Friday, who said they arrived from French St. Martin, were picked up Friday morning by agents from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and local police, according to court papers.

Some of the men said they arrived in January of last year and some said they arrived in February, according to court papers. They were held without bail for a hearing in U.S. District Court in St. Thomas on Oct. 30.

[jwalsh07]

Take'em out to the shelf and dump'em.

[DoctorMichael]

.......with a little dollop of chum......

[goody2shooz]

After the execution of Haq by the Taliban it has become brilliantly clear that the only way to deal with these crazy people is by nuclear extermination.

Because we have to do them in BEFORE they can do us in.

That's why.

[piasa]

After the execution of Haq by the Taliban it has become brilliantly clear that the only way to deal with these crazy people is by nuclear extermination.

That doesn't make any sense- 'nuclear extermination' would get anti-Taliban guys like Haq, too.

That would be like nuking Taiwan to get invading mainlanders, or nuking Cuba to get Fidel... you'd only get more good guys killed than bad.

[cyberaxe]

.....great.....

.....we were down there in July.....

.....anybody know which hotel?.....

[jwalsh07]

I lived down there for a while nuilding roads and airports. While I was there some black terrorists opened fire in a country club on St Croix. Its where I learned an appreciation for the second amendment.

[cyberaxe]

building roads and airports

.....so now i know who to blame about the roads......

.....lol :^) .....

[jwalsh07]

HAHAHA! No appreciation for those tour buses?

[Leonine]

The better part of my family was there this week.

[Leonine]

Please let me know what you hear, Axe. I'll check self-search.

[philman_36]

Hahahahahaha...they secure the territories and possessions of the United States government first! What about the 50 contingent united States?
Oh I forgot...there are so many targets of opportunity in the Virgin Islands. Resort hotels, cruise ships and vacationers you know. Nothing like refineries, dams, nuclear power plants, large urban centers, electrical generation plants...

[cyberaxe]

.....Mrs. Axe and the girls got just a bit "sea" sick riding around in the jeep.....

.....you guys got something against straight-aways?.....

.....course.....

.....US cars and GB driving rules might've had something to do with it!.....

[philman_36]

...as many as 30 federal agents...
Busy, busy, busy.
Did I mention vacationers? That bay on the north side of the island was very pretty when I was there several years ago.

[philman_36]

Sounds like someone else knows where Hess is at. Wasn't Hugo the one that made such a mess down there?

[cyberaxe]

.....nothing yet on this story.....

.....but as far as the ones earlier this week.....

.....acording to ST. Thomas Source it's the same old.....

.....as freepers say lately.....

.....nothing to see here folks, move along.....

[mathurine]

Never mind China for now, just nuke islam. The rest will sort itself out. After all, aside from the islamic part, the world is a reasonable place which can work things out.

[Ranger]

A wild idea, but would Virgin Islands be a place to land a crop duster? I'm wondering about the one that disappeared last month flying from Bahamas to Florida if memory servies.

[The KG9 Kid]

... Of course, If I was a Palestinian whose Visa had expired and I was in the US Virgin Islands, I probably wouldn't be hurrying back to Hebron either.