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Mysterious Middle Eastern Men Sought Haz-Mat Training, Truckers' School Owner Says
Associated Press Breaking News ^ | 9/28/01 | Terry Spencer

Posted on 09/28/2001 10:21:59 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!

MIAMI (AP) - The owner of a truck driving school says three Middle Eastern men came to him the afternoon of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and demanded rushed training for hauling hazardous materials.

Albert Hanley III, the owner of CDL School Inc., said FBI agents visited his Palm Beach County school on Thursday and Friday after he called them to report the men. Federal and state officials have been checking hazardous material haulers, fearing that terrorists could next launch a chemical or biological attack.

Hanley said that hours after hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a Middle Eastern man called his school and said he and two others wanted to obtain hazardous materials training quickly.

The men arrived about 4 p.m. and told an employee they had been truckers in another country and wanted to begin training the next day. They said they needed to be in New York City within three days, Hanley said. Foreign truckers can complete the training in about eight to 10 hours, he said.

When the employee asked which country they were from, they wouldn't say and were reluctant to reveal their birth dates, addresses and other personal information, Hanley said. When told the school would check their driving records, they grabbed their licenses and applications and left, he said.

The school gave the FBI the employee's notes, including the men's names, an address and a phone number, Hanley said. The address and phone number turned out to be bogus, he said. He declined to release the men's names.

The FBI refused to comment.

AP-ES-09-28-01 2225EDT


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1 posted on 09/28/2001 10:21:59 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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Are they reporting this now after the fact or as this article seems, the men waited awhile to report such obvious suspicions that took place (HOURS after on 11 Sept.)

Possibly the recent grounding of cropdusters made them confident in their suspicions.

2 posted on 09/28/2001 10:27:24 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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I'm starting to think we are getting played. Big time.

I'm gonna stop looking at the ants in the kitchen and pay attention to the elephants in the living room.

3 posted on 09/28/2001 10:29:28 PM PDT by nunya bidness
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Exactly, these guys have obviously read Sun Tzu. We will win but it will be a 'hard' win.
4 posted on 09/28/2001 10:38:58 PM PDT by Nitro
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"I'm gonna stop looking at the ants in the kitchen and pay attention to the elephants in the living room."

You better forget all the PC BS and start watching all these mid-eastern types!

5 posted on 09/28/2001 10:38:59 PM PDT by blam
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To: Nitro
Exactly, these guys have obviously read Sun Tzu. We will win but it will be a 'hard' win.

I'm beginning to think this may be nothing more than an attempt on his part to build favor (and an army) in a desolate region and prove he's worthy to come back home and run the oil business.

Meanwhile we're looking for a bearded guy with a turban in a country full of 'em.

6 posted on 09/28/2001 10:43:05 PM PDT by nunya bidness
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You better forget all the PC BS and start watching all these mid-eastern types!

Haven't you heard? They're everywhere. You can't have a trashcan fire now without a HAZMAT team being called out. We are chasing our tail.

7 posted on 09/28/2001 10:44:49 PM PDT by nunya bidness
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You mean OBL is just a Saudi/Afghani incarnation of Rev. Al "Get my good side" Sharpton. You may be right, but.....

whoever made the decision to attack the United States of America,

made the absolutely worst decision in the whole history of decision making!!!

8 posted on 09/28/2001 10:49:19 PM PDT by Nitro
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To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
These men have to be red herrings. The attacks on the 11th were masterful.

These three men are idiots. Or they were told to get themselves out there as soon as the attacks happened. People for the feds to chase. They also could have just been enjoying the fruits of American life, and panic set in that they had not done their job.

It doesn't make sense. I talked to a guy with a hazmat cleanup operation, and he said that 3 tractor trailers filled with different chemicals were stolen several weeks before the attacks. The tractor trailers were eventually found, but they were missing the chemicals.

I think these people were in place and ready to do whatever dastardly deed they are here to do, before the attacks. The people that they are catching now, are just for show. IMHO.

9 posted on 09/28/2001 10:51:59 PM PDT by abner
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Maybe it's as simple as what motivates a man.

If he's the prodigal son then let's take a look.

Do you think he wants to be king of Afghanistan? I don't.

10 posted on 09/28/2001 10:56:28 PM PDT by nunya bidness
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Exactly, trying to make the sheeple think they are really getting the bad guys. I have no faith in the FBI at this point.
11 posted on 09/28/2001 11:01:14 PM PDT by seeker41
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eat shit rag-head
12 posted on 09/28/2001 11:02:28 PM PDT by RIGHT IN SEATTLE
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eat shit rag-head

ps

I'M GOING TO SAVE THE HOG-------FOR FRIENDS!

13 posted on 09/28/2001 11:04:09 PM PDT by RIGHT IN SEATTLE
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I hear ya but keep in mind even on 11 Sept. no one 'really' thought this or anything could happen to us on our soil. It was all a pose to happen Y2K... remember?..

Did you miss the FOX NEWS report that showed documented evidence of a kickback from Albert Gore/Clinton/DNC for relaxing the order completely for highly needed airplane/port security? The DAY after the letter many airlines made 6 figure donations to the DNC.

WHAT did ever happen to the missing laptop high gov computers on Clintons watch. No one cares till buildings plummett.

I suppose we were sold out in so many ways it is boggling to comprehend. It is all about the almighty dollar and kickbacks.

14 posted on 09/28/2001 11:10:06 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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no one 'really' thought this or anything could happen to us on our soil.

Actually, silly me I guess I'm the only one that thought something this big could happen. Wow, that would make me a visionary. Not flaming, just saying that after Crinton/Gore, I knew that anything could happen.

Lets not forget another incident in addition to the ones you mentioned: The Los Alamos "missing" hard drives. I heard tell that they had the codes to arm and disarm nukes. I can't remember where I saw that, but it scared me to death. Sometimes fear makes you forget, sometimes it burns things into your mind.

15 posted on 09/28/2001 11:28:45 PM PDT by abner
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To: nunya bidness
It is a moot point...

Jesse stopped being relevant in the mid 70's.

Like many before him, he sold his sincerety for a payday!!

16 posted on 09/28/2001 11:31:38 PM PDT by Nitro
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But slick Willy bit his lip and huuuuugged all those grieving women... now.

Photo ops even fake like the Clintons and kickbacks of politiks mixed with politikal korrectness and a touch a feminisim makes most disgusted way before 11 Sept.

No one threw out the slime Clinton on his rear in cuffs so we have to pay.

17 posted on 09/28/2001 11:45:01 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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18 posted on 09/28/2001 11:48:03 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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19 posted on 09/29/2001 12:01:15 AM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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Ah..., the Jersey City view, most probably the worst!
20 posted on 09/29/2001 12:19:01 AM PDT by Nitro
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