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Bad timing blamed for group's detainment
The Daily Oklahoman ^ | October 12, 2005 | Randy Ellis and Judy Gibbs Robinson
Posted on 10/13/2005 3:41:16 PM PDT by MizSterious
Bad timing blamed for group's detainment
By Randy Ellis and Judy Gibbs Robinson
The Oklahoman
NORMAN - A University of Oklahoma instructor from Egypt said he
and others of foreign descent were handcuffed at gunpoint and
questioned after the OU bomb blast Oct. 1, but added he is not bitter.
"Not at all. I understand. They explained. But if they keep coming
back -- that's something else," Hossam Barakat said. "Because I'm
not guilty in any way."
Barakat, 37, blames unfortunate timing.
The roommate of the student killed by the explosion just happened to
wander into an apartment where he and four or five others were
visiting.
Also arrested was Pakistani student Fazal M. Cheema, the roommate
of the student who apparently killed himself with a bomb, Joel "Joe"
Henry Hinrichs III. Cheema took a polygraph test and later was
released, The Oklahoman has learned.
The others do not wish to be identified or interviewed, Barakat said.
He described them as either born abroad or Americans of Middle
Eastern descent but said he does not believe they were targeted
because of nationality or religion.
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ABCnews.go.com: "AUTHORITIES ARREST MEN WITH NYC MAPS, VIDEO Five Men Detained in New Jersey, Set to Be Deported" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The men were identified as: Karim Ahmed Abdel Latif Ahmed, 21; his brother Mahoud Ahmed Abdel Latif Ahmed, 19; Ahmed Mohamed Atta, 30; Mohamed Ibrahim Gaber, 34, and Mohamed Palat Anwar Jozain. When Newark authorities converged at the group's location at 246 Ferry St., Karim Ahmed answered the door and agreed to allow police to enter.") (July 26, 2005)