FBI and INS Raid Dozens of Jewelry Stores in Search for Terrorist Financiers

AP via APO ^ | 7/8/02 | Christopher Newton

[Mo1]

Look what's in the news again

[Free the USA]

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[Husker24]

None of these people are going to be dumb enough to admit that they support Al Qeada, whats the FBI thinking. Also doesnt the FBI need probable cause and a search warrent to do all of this.

[Grampa Dave]

Sounds like we were on the right trail when we got into this.

Golly gee, it appears the Money Laundering and terrorist ATM Kiosks are going out of business.

[Dog]

Why is this back in the news again??

[Dog]

Remember the warning about terrorist and malls awhile back??

Somewhere in Gitmo or in a prison in Afghanistan someone has talked of Intrigue Jewelers...bet on it.

Feds didn't pick this chain out of the phone book..

[Shermy]

Ping.

[Mo1]

Tariq Hussain, 27, a recently discharged U.S. Army mechanic whose Intrigue Jewelers kiosk in suburban Pittsburgh was searched on June 26

Was this guy mentioned before???

[Dog]

I want to say yeah .....but would have to double check..

[summer]

Federal investigators are conducting raids nationwide on jewelry stores owned by Pakistanis and others from the Middle East, hoping to break up fronts for terrorist groups or their financial backers, U.S. officials say.

I think they should also be looking into restaurants being used as fronts for terrorists. In Belgium, the Blue Nile restaurant, an Egyptian eatery, is where the terrorists hid bomb-making materials and supplies in their plot to blow up the US Embassy in Paris. They found this stuff in the basement. I'm sure the US has plenty of restaurant basements that haven't been seen by any health inspectors in some time now...

[AmusedBystander]

Related article here.

[Jean S]

Thanks for the link. I knew I'd seen the story before. It appears that there's been more activity lately.

[Miss Marple]

Oh, I think we should send a message to local health inspectors. Perhaps the FDA could send a message.

[doug from upland]

We have to keep their feet to the fire to do what is necessary.

[MaeWest]

The shops that open up for a couple of months to sell calenders are also odd. They are run by Middle Easterners who don't seem to care if they sell anything. They also wouldn't care if someone shoplifted half their inventory as they hang out in the back room and don't even look up at customers.

[Mixer]

Glad to see them going after the right people. Now if only the airports would pull them out of line instead of 95 year old white women.

[Mixer]

Tariq Hussain, 27, a recently discharged U.S. Army mechanic whose Intrigue Jewelers kiosk in suburban Pittsburgh was searched on June 26, said FBI agents questioned him for several hours and wanted to know if he had connections to the al-Qaida terrorist network or its leader, Osama bin Laden

....to which he responded yes and they let him go.

[Grampa Dave]

FYI and looking forward to your insight and comments re these characters.

[Marine Inspector]

Also doesnt the FBI need probable cause and a search warrent to do all of this.

The U.S. official said the authority to conduct the raids was under seal and declined to cite the statute that makes the raids legal.

Looks like they have probable cause. Also doesnt the FBI need probable cause and a search warrent to do all of this.

The U.S. official said the authority to conduct the raids was under seal and declined to cite the statute that makes the raids legal.

Looks like they have probable cause.