'Scary' U of M student jailed, Possible terrorism ties under investigation

commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN ^ | September 16, 2005 | Chris Conley

[ladyjane]

The Prudent elected officials would stop allowing students into the country that are between 18 and 40 and of middle eastern descent

NYU and BU and a few other universities would go bankrupt.

[amadeus]

There's a gas station/convenience store in North Memphis that I use because their gas prices are always lower than anyone in the city. The staff is about 8 ME guys, 20-40yo, and they have recently rotated in a number of new guys. Every time I'm in there, I can't help but wonder...
I have NEVER seen a woman of ME decent there with them.I keep telling myself that their culture requires them to work, with their women at home.
Sometimes I think I shouldnt buy from them, but then I think I'm just being racist.
What would you other Freepers do?
BTW, Memphis has been LOADED with stories of ME men being arrested for ID fraud, one of which ended with their black female coconspiritor with the licensing bureau dead in a one car accident. Another story is of a man caught in a bogus marriage scam for citizenship, and pics of him firing an RPG were found in his home.
Yeah, nothing going on here in Memphis!!

[television is just wrong]

That is because they get an inflated amount of tuition for taking in these foreign students. These foreign students are taking spots away from American students who are actually turned away for an education because these guys pay more and take up space of just one student.

[WV Mountain Mama]

I would not define them as idiots. Atta murdered nearly 3,000 people and brought down the trade centers. He did not almost miss his flight. He had the timing down perfectly because he had lots of dry runs. He knew how much time he needed to get to his flights while spending as little time as possible in the airport. He also knew that the man in Maine withheld his boarding pass for his Boston connection, when it should have been given to him. They sent up lots of red flags, sure, but idiots, no. People who need to be wiped off the face of the planet? Yes.

[DJ MacWoW]

extract information from him now, by any means necessary.

Paging Jack Bauer? Sounds good to me!

[Leatherneck_MT]

It's not a matter of being Racist. When was the last time that a 19 year old Blonde Swedish bombshell blew herself up in a crowded market place?

You were right to wonder, but you should be more than that. Highly suspicious.

[Rutles4Ever]

good points

[Cheburashka]

I find interesting that the Shelby County Sheriff cut him loose after arresting him on any charge.

Nothing has been learned since 9/11.

[sticker]

"My school is everything," said Maawad, a clean-shaven man built like a weightlifter. "I stay in this country for seven years; I stay for the school."

Yeah right, it's freaking Tiger High not like it is a real college

[Cheburashka]

Are you going to boycott every company that sells Microsoft Flight Simulator? Including Microsoft itself?

Good luck with this. Let me know how it works out.

[Amalie]

Thanks for the post. Everyone who reads this thread - this story is a BIGGIE. It tells us two very important things. One is that these guys are here already and in deep cover - this one since '99. If he hadn't been stupid enough to avoid paying his bills, he might have gone undetected. Regarding his last name and product shipment, there is nothing to say that he used his real name to make purchases.

The second thing is that there may indeed be a plan to redo the 9/11 scenario on a grander scale. Nothing would make Al Q/bin Laden happier than showing that they did it not once but twice and could not be stopped. We read about 11 car bombs going off in Iraq two days ago; America needs to be aware that this could still happen here...

At any rate, this man is now an illegal enemy combatant, here on false premises and giving an impression by his actions that he wants to do us harm. From that standpoint, he should be 'coerced' by all mean possible to tell what he knows. My fear is that he is one of dozens who is not in regular contact with others cell members and is simply awaiting a message to go; he may not have much to say. Regardless, no means should be spared in getting him to talk before the war comes back to our soil.

[sandydipper]

In this country illegally since 1999 --- sure says a lot about Homeland Security - Huh??

[Cheburashka]

Look up the word "know" in the dictionary.

The look up the word "suspect".

See any difference?

[wildbill]

Maawad, you lucky boy, you just won the grand prize--an unlimited stay at a resort on a beautiful Carribbean island.

[Juan Medén]

Yeah, that.

[Psycho_Bunny]

29-year-old University of Memphis

I'm sorry if I offend any older FReepers who are continuing their educations later in life but, in general, I think anyone who's 29 and still in college is probably so out of touch with the real world they should be investigated as a matter of course.

[Muzzle_em]

OK, FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, etc.
Let's NOT F this one up!

[reelfoot]

After letting a camel walk on this guy's face a few times, they should put him in the back of a cargo jet and send him back to Krapistan for all time.

[Tax Government]

I hasten to recall how Mohammad Atta, in his defining moment, came within minutes of missing his flight... And then there's Moussaoui attempt to learn how to fly planes but not land them...

These things suggest that Atta & Moussaoui were conflicted, and undermined themselves through avoidable errors.