2 Held on Terror Charges in Ohio

The Associated Press ^ | 08/09/2006

[Rumple4]

MARIETTA, Ohio - Two men were charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism after authorities said they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in their car.

Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of Dearborn, Mich., on a traffic violation Tuesday. They found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in the car, said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.

[NavyCanDo]

The Cel Phones? Remember Cel Phones are used frequently in Iraq to set off IED's. I suppose they could also be used in other ways by terrorist. I am very disturbed by the news this week. I'm flying the family to Disneyland the first week of September, and I can tell you our child may have pure joy on his face as we board the plane, but Mom and Dad will be hiding a look of grave concern under our smiles.

[demkicker]

I pray that you are wrong. But whatever their insidious plans are, they need to be thwarted.

[fortunecookie]

Wow. 2 20 year old Arabs with 11 grand, a dozen cell phones, and maps of security checkpoints.

Not to mention passenger lists!

Nothing to see here... move along.

Indeed.

[jan in Colorado]

Check this out ping!

[fortunecookie]

Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20

Must be Mennonites. Nope, sign of motivation here...

And, as we found with the case of the Seattle shooter, must be ethnic hatred, and absolutely nothing to do with the religion of 'peace'...

[Pirate21]

When I saw "12 phones", my immediate thought was, 'Well, they learned from the treasonous exposure of the wire-tapping operations.'

[SmithL]

Osama and Ali?

Who would have guessed?

[angcat]

Just like cockroaches!

[Paved Paradise]

Good job posting this. I heard this first this morning on Ingraham's show -- J.D. Hayworth is hosting today. The scary thing is the purchase of those 600 cell phones that were sent to Dearborn, Michigan.

Oh and what about the missing Egyptians that never made it to Montana (the supposed students).

There is just too much weirdness going on right now. Too much. Nobody seems to be connecting the dots.

[Paved Paradise]

That's the only good thing about their names. Even when the news outlets conveniently leave out their Muslim status, we can make some pretty good assumptions based on their loser names.

[sarasota]

Dearborn, hotbed of terror cells.

[sarasota]

They presumably hand out these untraceable phones to their posse.

[sarasota]

Why are these phones "hard to trace"? I thought all cellphones had a tracer in them???

[sarasota]

That's exactly what I am thinking.

[sarasota]

I hope the "dots" are being connected covertly. I still find it amazing that the US hasn't been hit since 911, so there must be more than meets the eye.

[Sir Gawain]

Sounds like a random isolated event that is in no way connected to terrorism. Next!

[null and void]

It's easy to trace a cell phone. It's hard to watch all cell phones.

The absence of an ownership paper trail makes it harder to know where to look in real time. It also complicates after-the-fact forensics. You can trace the phone to where someone, someone unknown, bought it for cash, and then what?

[null and void]

Norman OK?

[sarasota]

Got it and thanks.

[auto power]

Hummm....Dearborn, Michigan....where they have a LARGE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.....