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GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT

A few more details UPDATE...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/dynamite.plane/index.html

"FBI: Dynamite found in luggage
Pennsylvania student not involved in terrorism, U.S. officials say"
Friday, August 25, 2006; Posted: 10:23 p.m. EDT (02:23 GMT)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNN) -- A college student was detained Friday after customs agents found what they suspected was dynamite in his checked luggage, but authorities said he was not involved in terrorism.

Authorities identified the man as Howard McFarland Fish, 21, a U.S. citizen from Connecticut. He was flying on Continental Airlines Flight 52 from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Houston, Texas, which landed at 6 a.m. Friday, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Associated Press reported the man attended LaFayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In Buenos Aires, Marcelo Sain, head of Argentina's Airport Security Police, told local television that authorities found "a Coca-Cola bottle with mud, and inside it was a tube with ammonium nitrate, a little bit of dynamite and a detonator," according to Reuters.

In Houston, KTRK-13 quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the man had a blasting cap, a homemade fuse and a quarter-pound of ammonium nitrate, in addition to the dynamite.

Mark Mancuso, spokesman for the Houston Airport System, said he could not confirm the allegations but that "some additional items of contraband may have been found."

Two law enforcement sources told CNN that the additional items may have been bomb-making materials. The ICE statement said only that he had "prohibited explosive items."

The man was going through a "typical inspection" at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when the suspicious item was found, Mancuso said."

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http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/060825dc.htm

August 25, 2006

Explosives found in airline passenger's baggage

At approximately 6:30 a.m. CT today, Howard McFarland Fish, 21, a U.S. Citizen from Connecticut arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Continental Airlines Flight 52 from Buenos Aires, Argentina. While going through the customs process a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 singled out Fish's luggage for inspection. CBP officers inspected the bag and discovered prohibited explosive items. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force responded and determined that it was not an act of terrorism and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took Fish into custody. ICE is currently consulting with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas in Houston regarding possible criminal charges.

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http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel06/terroristsupport082406.htm

United States Attorney
Southern District of New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006 CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

"U.S. ARRESTS PROVIDER OF HIZBALLAH TV IN NEW YORK AREA"

PRESS RELEWASE SNIPPET: "NEW YORK - Javed Iqbal, a.k.a. "John Iqbal," 42, of Staten Island, N.Y., has been arrested and charged with conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director in Charge Mark Mershon of the New York Office of the FBI announced today. Specifically, the complaint alleges that through a company called HDTV Ltd. located in Brooklyn, Iqbal and others provided customers in the New York area with satellite broadcasts of al Manar, which is a television station owned and/or operated by Hizballah.

The Department of Treasury named al Manar as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity in March 2006, thereby making it a crime to, among other things, engage in business transactions with al Manar. In conjunction with the arrest, agents executed search warrants at both HDTV's Brooklyn office and Iqbal's Staten Island residence where, it is alleged, Iqbal maintained several satellite dishes."