Posted on 08/11/2006 3:01:13 PM PDT by madison10
Has any one made a map, or done any tracking, of cities/towns the cell phones are being purchased? or of where the suspects are being picked up?
Thanks.
meant to add you to this post too.. sorry...
Ohio charges dropped according to Detroit Free Press. Can't post it here though because of Copyright complaints. Just two young Arab boys trying to make some money is the gist. Yep, with 600 cell phones - sure.
Actually, here is a link. I don't think that breaks the copyright rules. If so, please pull - Admin.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060814/NEWS99/60814032
Scratch that again-- not dropped (as the Detroit Free Press said) but possibly delayed until they get the case more airtight --
Just a couple of yutes trying to earn extra college cash traveling from TX to AL to OH to MI. Driving. That's what they should do. Instead of attending class they should just drive, picking up some cell phones along the way. LOTS of cell phones. With no chargers.
You can add Marion, IN to your map. I saw a story on their newspaper's website about the Marietta, OH incident which mentioned that Marion has had four similar incidents this year at their Wal-Mart.
Here is the link. The Indiana info is mentioned in the first line, at the end of the article, and in the "At a Glance" box at the side:
http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060812/NEWS01/608120333/1002
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1676188/posts?page=1337#1337
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=5280480&nav=14RT
"Suspicious Cell Phone Purchase Investigation"
Aug 14, 2006 10:55 PM
Mark Stine KOLD News 13 Reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""What we got was a 9-1-1 report of two middle eastern males in the Sam's Club on Stone South of River," Tucson Police Sergeant Mark Robinson explained.
The report was made because of suspicious activity.
"That bought a large quantity of disposable cell phones."
Tucson Police Sgt. Mark Robinson explains why buying these cell phones could be considered suspicious. "People involved in criminal activity use these types of phones because they're easy to smuggle and they're hard to track."
Last week, two men were arrested in Ohio with more than $10,000 in cash and a dozen cell phones.
According to a Detroit newspaper, police stopped their car after a store clerk reported the men had been acting suspiciously. They face felony terrorism charges.
Police arrested three men in Michigan this weekend after the men purchased 1,000 cell phones.
The FBI says it has no information linking the three men to terrorism."
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stepping back in time...
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=18843
thursday, january 12, 2006
"Large Quantities of Disposable Cell Phones Purchased"
SNIPPET: "A pattern of suspicious purchases, reported by ABC News: Surge in Sale of Disposable Cell Phones May Have Terror Link. (Hat tip: Ed Mahmoud.)"
Ever since 9/11, when I fly anywhere, I pack a couple of very thick ham sandwiches. Don't know if I could do that under the new rules.
if you could do a map with the cell phone purchases and add known terror orgs in US, I wonder what that map would look like. great job on the map by the way.
Very nice. Its great having the specifics right there with the purchase.
Great job on that.....thank you.
I actually had to go to Walmart yesterday. I asked the guy at the cellphone counter if he had encountered any of these large purchases and he said no. He did look at me strangely though. :) I told him I am a citizen investigator. LOL
This is something all of us here at FR could do. Although at this point with all the publicity they may stop buying these in obviously large quantities. But, then again most of them are really stupid so anything is possible.
You can add six more Indiana places (Hartford City, Montpelier, Bluffton, Decatur, Fort Wayne, Muncie) to the story from Marion that I posted last night:
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060815/NEWS06/60815005
Note that these two guys came from Minneapolis. (Remember that one of the missing Egyptian students happened to end up in Minnesota).
Terror suspects raised suspicions at DFW area Wal-Mart
Mesquite: Police told FBI of cellphone buys; group held in Michigan
check this story and see if it can help you with updating the maps of purchases
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/mesquite/stories/081406dnmetterrorphonefolo.204e807.html
| # Of Phones | Potential Target | |||||||||
| Spearfish, SD | Large Quantity | |||||||||
| Hemet, CA | 150 | |||||||||
| Dallas, TX | $60 K worth (up to 3000 phones) | |||||||||
| Brownsville, TX | ? | |||||||||
| Midland, TX | 60 | |||||||||
| Nashville, TN | ? | |||||||||
| Sparta, WI | ? | |||||||||
| Onalaska, WI | ? | |||||||||
| Viroqua, WI | ? | |||||||||
| Caro, MI | 1000 | Macinac Bridge | ||||||||
| Alma, MI | ? | Macinac Bridge | ||||||||
| Ithaca, MI | Foiled before purchased | Macinac Bridge | ||||||||
| Marietta, OH | 600 | “It’s their belief that they send these TracFones overseas, and they use (the chips) against the troops…" | ||||||||
| Grafton, WV | 150 | |||||||||
| Murrysville/Monroeville PA | 15 | |||||||||
| Uniontown, PA | Several | |||||||||
| Aiken, SC | $100s of dollars worth | |||||||||
| Memphis, TN | Unknown Quantity, but noted on TV | |||||||||
| Greenville, SC | ? | |||||||||
| Jackson, AL | ~400 | |||||||||
| Lisbon, CT | 50 | |||||||||
| Antigo, WI | 90 | |||||||||
| Tucson, AZ | ~50 | |||||||||
| Hartford City, Montpelier, Bluffton, Decatur, Fort Wayne and Muncie, IN | Large Quantity | |||||||||
| Marion, IN | 12 | |||||||||
Thanks, Blogger!
Thanks!
If all of us were walking around armed, not only would terrorism cease to be a threat, but crime would go down as well. 9/11 wouldn't have happened if a passenger or flight attendant popped a cap on the hijackers. It might have caused a plane to go down, but they'd not have made it to the WTC.
But you're right...we lost that war a long time ago.
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