Two Middle East men arrested outside Pentagon - Fake drivers’ licenses spur troopers to call in FBI

MSNBC.com ^ | February 12, 2002

[Rain-maker]

Tow truck? Rather odd, anyone care to speculate what muslims with fake ID's would do with a tow truck?

Steal an armored van for bomb delivery?

[GUIDO]

Sounds fishy to me. How stupid could they be. don't answer. I hear that we are also on alert tomarrow. Haven't heard it on the news or anything but I work for an airline and heard it at work today.

[ImphClinton]

BTTT

[Shermy]

Cover business. They're big into transportation services.

[Ronin]

Bump

[_Jim]

Was it a tow truck or one of those "suck-up" trucks?

More likely they were going to repossess a vehicle - or were 'shopping' for one ...

[Shermy]

Yet another "ping."

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ping to ya

[Shermy]

The late night denizen here might not know about the threads regading the lady who sold Tennessee drivers licenses to Arab males, was charged, then a few days later found dead in a very suspicious auto accident: in one of the cars one of the Arabs bought for her. Here's one:

Feds fear license examiner is dead - Memphis Woman's co-defendants tied to 9/11, judge told

[JD86]

and your explanation for the multiple IDs?

[Bobby777]

only 1/2 dozen different identities on several state licenses that are fake? ... hmmm ... probably nothing ... nothing to see here ... move along ... they just be on a tourist visa ... yeah, that's the ticket ...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Here.

[xm177e2]

He searched the truck and found numerous false identification cards, Caldwell said, including a half dozen drivers’ licenses from several states “with different identities on them.” Once the trooper saw the fake IDs, he called in the FBI.

"You don't understand, officer, I'm not a terrorist, I can explain. You see, ever since I was little, my hobby has been collecting false identification papers. When I was just a little boy in Cairo, I used to make my own passports out of construction paper, my mother thought they were so cute, she hung them on the refrigerator. When I was in high school, I learned how to slip my picture into real drivers' licenses that had been stolen--it's very difficult, you know. It's a demanding hobby, but very rewarding, uh... hey! look behind you, it's Osama bin Laden!!" (runs away as fast as he can)

[ThreePantherEightyDuce]

Could they have been planning to use TOW missiles perhaps?