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Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Al Qaeda Ties, Conspiracy
Fox News ^ | June 19, 2003

Posted on 06/19/2003 12:59:01 PM PDT by soccermom

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:36:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ALEXANDRIA, Va.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; ashcroft; bomb; bridge; brooklynbridge; derail; doj; guilty; iymanfaris; jihadinamerica; jttf; ksm; mohammedrauf; newyork; plot; railroad; terror; terrorism; train; truck; ultralight
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To: TBall
derail trains? Hmmm... Remember about a year ago it seemed like every other week a train would jump off the track. It was considered tin foil to wonder if there was any terrorist involvement. It was all just the heat bending the track.

What happened then is that FReepers with actual functioning brain cells looked up the statistics and there had been no actual increase in train derailments over the long-term average.

21 posted on 06/19/2003 2:23:36 PM PDT by John H K
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To: John H K
Thse Freepers with functioning brain cells were obviously part of the train-derailment conspiracy.
22 posted on 06/19/2003 2:25:39 PM PDT by Poohbah (I must be all here, because I'm not all there!)
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To: Emma
if you say so.

Actually, you said so.

23 posted on 06/19/2003 2:26:43 PM PDT by Cable225
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To: John H K
Sounds reasonable. I guess the media just got tired of reporting on train derailments?
24 posted on 06/19/2003 2:29:45 PM PDT by TBall
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To: soccermom; Travis McGee; OKCSubmariner; Wallaby; Shermy; Fred Mertz; swarthyguy; Uncle Bill; ...
Ultra lights?

Remember the articles about Salem Bin Laden, the oldest brother of Osama,who crashed into power lines in Texas?

The connection between James Bath and BBCI and Bin Ladens and George Bush?

I remember a couple of years ago asking freepers if Osama was gonna spray me with anthrax while I was watering my tomatoes from his ultra light.

Perhaps I've passed this joker on the highways of Ohio.

Who are his other Ohio jihadists?
25 posted on 06/19/2003 2:30:59 PM PDT by Betty Jo
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To: Cable225
i didn't say it makes it all better. i said the article said the guy wasn't going to 'blow up the brooklyn bridge'. lets leave using that sort of hyperbole to the liberal media.
26 posted on 06/19/2003 2:53:24 PM PDT by Emma
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To: prisoner6sson
Squeeze all the information out of him .... then release him into the general NYC prison population... and make sure he has a big hand-on welcome when he steps off the bus.
27 posted on 06/19/2003 3:27:16 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (C)
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To: Betty Jo
Speaking of remembering...does anyone remember something about, I believe it was, sadam hussein's stepson trying to cross the U.S.-Canadian border into the U.S. right after 911? Does anyone recall that? My facts may be skewed because I remember vaguely. Many folks were saying that the stepson loathed sadam, so no one was worried.
28 posted on 06/19/2003 3:54:48 PM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo
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To: Donna Lee Nardo
You got me on that one!

Have you googled the terms "Sadam" "stepson" "border" ?

Keep us posted on it, please.
29 posted on 06/19/2003 4:13:22 PM PDT by Betty Jo
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To: soccermom
A government statement of fact filed along with the guilty plea said that Faris, also known as Mohammed Rauf, was instructed by a senior Al Qaeda operative to obtain "gas cutters" equipment that would enable him to sever the cables on "a bridge in New York City," believed to have been the Brooklyn Bridge. Faris was told to refer to the cutters as "gas stations" so that eavesdroppers would not get wind of the plot.

Good. I'll tell hubby I can safely pump gas again. :)

30 posted on 06/19/2003 4:29:56 PM PDT by cgk (Rummy on WMD: We haven't found Saddam Hussein yet, but I don't see anyone saying HE didn't exist.)
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To: soccermom
I've noticed that these al-Qaeda whacks always plead guilty or do everything they can to be found guilty in court after they're caught. It must be part of their training. If they're caught, they have a real good future as an al-Qaeda recruiter in prison. Living in an American prison is probably a lot better than returning to their home country anyway.

Convicted terrorists shouldn't live in American prisons. They and the rest of the convicts should have to live in a tent city in Death Valley, CA.

31 posted on 06/19/2003 4:43:44 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Convicted terrorists shouldn't live in American prisons. They and the rest of the convicts should have to live in a tent city in Death Valley, CA

They should be buried up to their necks in the sand and left for high noon and their fellow vermin to feast upon.

32 posted on 06/19/2003 4:57:28 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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To: Pippin
A person just flat out doesn't know, does one? This is horribly scary.

Good job on nabbing this idiot.
33 posted on 06/19/2003 5:01:46 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Pray for America & Israel AND become a monthly donor to Free Republic. Or ELSE!)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Up to their necks yes...but start them with their heads down.
34 posted on 06/19/2003 5:05:54 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (I am a Librarian. I don't know anything....I just know where to look it up.)
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To: Brad's Gramma
I agree.
35 posted on 06/19/2003 5:08:31 PM PDT by Pippin ( Bush in '04)
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To: illstillbe
ping
36 posted on 06/19/2003 5:50:58 PM PDT by kayak (Do not bet against the success of freedom. - GWB 5/9/03)
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To: soccermom

Clearly, the truck driver has more class than the Clintons do.

37 posted on 06/19/2003 5:55:15 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: soccermom
But he is only getting 20 years max.
38 posted on 06/19/2003 5:58:04 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Betty Jo
Thanks for the heads up!
39 posted on 06/19/2003 8:19:37 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Conan the Librarian
Up to their necks yes...but start them with their heads down.</>

That's harsh. But I like it. :O)

40 posted on 06/19/2003 9:42:54 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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