Yeah, I'll say they're "differences".
Posted on 05/20/2006 3:52:09 PM PDT by STARWISE
Two Saudi men were arrested Friday after they boarded a school bus and rode to Wharton High School in New Tampa.
Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.
Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, who lives in Apt. 302 in The Point apartments, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20 Monticello Gardens, Apt. 304-A, each were charged with trespassing on school property. Both remained in Orient Road Jail on Friday evening. Bail for each was set at $250.
"Both defendants gave several versions of the reason they took a school bus to a high school," said Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway.
"They said they wanted to go to Wharton to look around, and then they said they wanted to go there to have some fun, and then they said they wanted to enroll in the English classes there," Callaway said.
"We're not sure if this was a situation of them just being new to this country, or if they were confused or what it was," Callaway said. "We were unsure as to exactly what the final reason was, but it did cause great concern for the students on the bus and for us. One of the guys was wearing shorts with a black trench coat."
While on the bus, the men laughed and spoke in Arabic, Callaway said.
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My guess? Authorities want them out. We want the big fish.
The school bus driver should never have allowed them onto the bus in the first place.
It they persisted on boarding the bus, the driver should then have off loaded all of the children on the bus and called the police at that point.
When I worked at the Weapons Station, one of the greatest fears I had was a school bus being hijacked with the children of the the officers and enlisted men who lived on base. At that time POMFLANT was in operation and had nuclear warheads as well as standard ordance. Can you imagine what would have happened?
Yeah, I'll say they're "differences".
Dont be fooled they knew what they were doing. This was a scare tactic.A disguised warning that they could strike anytime. These 2 belong at Gitmo. They dont need a trial its obvious what they were doing to anyone with an ounce of common sense.
Bet it doesn't.
Geez, I just had a talk with my kids about what to do if this every happened on their bus. Of all things to have to discuss with your kids.... Get on the cell phone immediately, get out the window or back door, attack them with books, bags, band instrument cases and make the blows count as if their lives depended upon it - which they do. Don't be mamsy-pamsies and sit there even if they are ordered to be still because they're dead anyway. Do a Flight 93 on them.
I'm thinking that after this experience, there's no way they will not want to see that movie. If it had happened to me, I'd go to see that movie tomorrow.
Why did the school bus driver allow them to board?
All they'll need to do is rush the busses at a bus stop. The drivers won't need to let them on. This ain't good at all.
I agree with everything you said.
I'm afraid if I had been the bus driver, I would not have continued the ride. I would have called the cops and stayed where I was.
It's hard to believe he drove them to the school.
I'm not a tin foil hat type, but this feels like "testing the system" to see what would happen, and if arrested, then they'll just plead "cultural ignorance."
One fact that stands out is that they have to different addresses, two different apartment complexes...
Ding ding ding. Winner. Winner. Winner.
Exactly. Usually school bus drivers know who their usual passengers are.
This is unreal.
We have been very, very lucky. However, the odds are fast becoming not in our favor.
Sounds ridiculous, I know. But this is ticking me off. Every American should be packing as long as these lunatics are allowed to walk our streets.
Hahahahahaha!
Oh, wait. You were serious?
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