Two Israelis Arrested in east Tennessee Transporting Suspicious Materials

Various local news broadcasts ^ | May 9, 2004 | who knows what evil?

[who knows what evil?]

My apologies in advance on this story; I just happened to catch this on several different newscasts a few minutes ago, and I am going by memory as best I can. Unicoi County (Tennessee) sheriffs arrested two Israeli men after a high-speed chase down mountain roads in this east Tennessee locale. While the sheriff was in pursuit, local witnesses noticed that materials were being thrown from the truck as it sped by, well over the posted speed limits. These witnesses were able to locate some of these items; one of which included a jug whose contents became "unusually hot" after the ingredients inside were shaken together. (Goes into the "Hey, y'all...watch this" category, WKWE.) Upon arrest, the police noted that the cab of the truck contained a "Learn How to Fly" brochure, along with passports and Florida licenses that "just didn't seem to add up". The Israelis claimed they were "just in the process of moving some furniture up to Boston". The police also stated that these two Israelis are "not being cooperative in any way." The FBI is investigating the nature of the substance in the jug that was recovered, which has been classified as an "inflammable fuel."

My questions:

1. What ELSE was in this (big yellow) 25-foot Ryder truck?
2. If they were travelling from Florida to Boston, what were they doing on a two-lane back road in the mountains of east Tennessee, several hundred miles WEST of Interstate 95; the most direct route from Florida to Boston?
3. What is the volatile substance in the jug, and why did they wish to avoid getting caught with it? (Why else would they pitch it?)
4. Why are they interested in "Learning How to Fly?"
5. Were they REALLY going to Boston, or were they MORE interested in the nearby Nuclear Fuel Services plant, or, G-d forbid, the huge Eastman Chemical Plant, about thirty miles further up the road?

It will be interesting to see if the national media picks up on this.

[adam_az]

Maybe it makes me a loony in your eyes, but I would most likely rejoice if some enterprising person blew up al Aqsa mosque, and it would be one the happiest acts ever in my life to contribute to help build a third temple.

It looks like the Mosque will collapse all on it's own, though. It is having major structural problems. That works for me, too.

[TheLurkerX]

Naw, if that was the case, I'd be seeing lizards.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I like Tennessee. It is a nice state. And voted against Gore. For that, we should all love them.

Yes. Wish I could say the same for my lunatic fringe state (People's Republic of Kalifornia).

[Cementjungle]

Someone is obviously pulling our legs here... has anyone actually seen or heard any such news story?

Between this and the Hans Blix threads today, I suspect someone is trying to keep us all busy talking about non-existent stories... preventing us from talking about rel stuff.

If anyone can point to any such news item anywhere, then there will be something to discuss.

[TheLurkerX]

I tend to agree. I doubt most would actively attempt to blow it up, but if it happened to go down, I'm not sure many people would cry over it. If it falls down, even better.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

That was my first question. "Israeli" means someone who has citizenship in Israel, and I've heard the different population segments mentions -- x number of Jewish Israelis, x number of Arabs, x number of Christians, all making up the total number of Israelis.

[rogue yam]

Mousad agents?

Mooseandsquirrel Agents!

[Joe Hadenuf]

I've done several searchs, not coming up with anything out of Tennessee..

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Shouldn't that site be named "Jews in Favor of Voluntary Euthenasia"?

[L`enn]

Shmuel Dahan is the name of the Likud Party spokesman.

[who knows what evil?]

Associated Press and WCYB-TV out of Bristol, Tennessee isn't good enough for you guys? The story is legitimate.

[oceanperch]

We all get characterized by some posters for whatever SF gets Cali's called Gay things, my state Oregon is called Terrorist lovers, envirowhackos and gay marriage blah blah.

I say go lite if someone is capping on your state. I am proud to be an Oregonian and figure the guy/gal calling State unappealing names is either trying to be comical or something.

BTW Do they have KKK groups anymore? I read something about a Nationwide KKK camp out in Vegas and seems they only had about 50 committed to the big event.

[Oorang]

Or stolen passports. There were some Russians busted not to long ago with stolen Israeli passports.

Mr Amery said it was part of a major international scam after 800 Israeli passports were stolen from a passport office in Tel Aviv earlier this year.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/040430/2/osii.html

[Alouette]

Everyone seems to assume there are no Israelis in the moving business.

When my grandmother passed away a couple of years ago my mother arranged to ship her piano from California to Michigan and she hired one of these Israeli moving companies because they charged half the rate of other shippers.

I was very unhappy camper with these movers as they travelled across the country twice before delivering the piano at a time that was convenient for me, not them, and they insisted on payment in cash only (no check, no credit card). Which made me suspect they were less than 100% legit.

[deport]

I'd like to read this article from the local rag but can't find it on the web site although it's listed on the front page of the paper......

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Israeli Arabs or Jews or Christians?

[who knows what evil?]

See post #167 for a link to WCYB-TV out of Bristol, Tennessee. I saw the story on their evening broadcast, as well as WJHL-TV, the CBS affiliate.

[rogue yam]

I was reading articles about the red heifer that was born in 97 and later found unclean.

Chelsea?

[m18436572]

No way. That's a photoshop!

[MHGinTN]

"2. If they were travelling from Florida to Boston, what were they doing on a two-lane back road in the mountains of ." A nuclear reprocessing plant is located in Erwin area (Unicoi county, just over the ridge from Johnson City where i live). There was a scandal back in the late sixties involving Israelis getting 'thermos bottles' of a highly radiocative liquid out of the plant. Authorities had better make real sure they're holding Israelis, not some 'other'. We have a fairly large Moslem population here in the area.