Posted on 08/12/2006 12:08:10 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
"All of them should have to wear tracking devices on their ankles until they depart."
NO. All of them should be kept in custody until they are able to be sent home.
What's this? Sounds like USAID needs to give a close look at what Egypt is doing with OUR dollars and why there are no jobs. Isn't that what USAID is all about - promoting economic reform and help to every freaking country in the world? Since fiscal year 1992, USAID's Cash Transfer Program has provided about $1.8 billion in economic assistance to the Egyptian government for completing reform-related activities, such as privatizing state-owned companies. Oh never mind, we're talking about Egypt and one of our biggest US bureaucracies.
This was to have been an 'exchange program'. What about the other half of this program, where are they, and did they prepay.
10. MARAY, MOHAMED SALEH AHMED; DOB OF 09/12/1985, PASSPORT 862634
11. EL SHENAWY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM FOUAAD; DOB OF 08/12/1988, PASSPORT 862534
RE-CAPPING DETAINEES FOR YOUR BINGO CARDS:
1. IBRAHIM, EL SAYED AHMED ELSAYED; DOB OF 4/29/1986, PASSPORT 954757
Dundalk, MD
2. EL DESSOUKI, ESLAM IBRAHIM MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/21/1985, PASSPORT 1002756
Minneapolis, MN
3. EL BAHNASAWI, ALAA ABD EL FATTAH ALI; DOB OF 04/02/1986, PASSPORT 934679
Dundalk, MD
4. ABD ALLA, MOHAMED RAGAB MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/15/1984, PASSPORT 860972
Manville, NJ
5. EL LAKET, AHMED REFAAT SAAD EL MOGHAZI; DOB OF 09/01/1986, PASSPORT 943306
Des Moines, IA
6. EL ELA, AHMED MOHAMED MOHAMED ABOU; DOB OF 02/02/1985, PASSPORT 595081
O'Hare Intl Airport, Chicago, IL
7. EL MOGHAZY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM ELSAYED; DOB OF 08/08/1986, PASSPORT 861073
Des Moines, IA
8. ABDOU, EBRAHIM MABROUK MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 02/25/1984, PASSPORT 828682
Manville, NJ
9. EL GAFARY, MOUSTAFA WAGDY MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 07/01/1988, PASSPORT 861673
Des Moines, IA
Iowa; Des Moines, IOWA?
Sheesh, they sure did scatter once they were here. I'm pretty sure that Dundalk, MD does have a lage Muslim population to blend in with, Hon. They must have known where they were going to meet someone.
Things change.
Sorry I just used one of the earlier photos that isn't updated with the right guys marked out. I'd have to re-do it and put it on a server somewhere and it's just too much trouble right now, lol.
I'm thinking of doing a reference thread with links to all the UK Bomb Plot threads here at FR, because it's been so hard to keep up with. I have them all gathered, but not sure it would be appropos for a thread by itself.
Notice that the two who are missing have nearly the same passport number, except for one digit? That's a little hinky. Wonder if they're related to each other.
America seems to have forgotten the Egyptian airline pilot who was deadheading back to Egypt prior to 9/11. He siezed control of the craft and plunged it into the oceal while shouting Allah Akbar or Kum By Ya or some such. And we continue to make excuses for various vermin.
Kick the pointy headed educators in the ass for taking the easy cash. I imagine they keep records on how much tuition and fees they get from people who never show up from overseas! This is utter BS that they would turn a blind eye to this established pipeline for melting into the population. The parents apparently were familiar with the scam and were more than willing to fire and forget their own children.
Utter BS that people in foreign countries can so easily buy their way into the USA. The wanted photos do not put me in mind of college kids.
Put pressure on the greedy LIBERAL educators.
I couldn't agree more.
Public Universities don't make any money. Where do you people come up with this nonsense? I think allowing foreign students to visit the US (and US students on foreign exchange is a great idea because it allows for a better understanding on both sides. That said, there needs to be good oversight on who is supposed to attend and whether they actually attend - this is actually a success story when compared to pre-9/11.
I am by no means a liberal or even a moderate Republican, but you sound like a raving lunatic.
That's been my position from the begining.Since there is no way to separate the good from the bad-they ALL have to go.No exceptions and no delays,take out the trash.
They do need money to support their various programs, do they not? They do charge tuition, do they not?
this is actually a success story when compared to pre-9/11
Uh, no, it's not. Read between the lines of what the Egyptian parents are saying: this is not some newly developed ingenious plan to sneak into the US -- it's SOP. The "exchange program" of one month netted Montana U. $4500 a head, with 11 students disappearing, and the university announcing that they've washed their hands of them, they've just netted $49,500, free and clear, because it's prepaid and certainly non-refundable.
You can be fairly certain these disappearing acts happen in similar college and university programs all over the U.S. The difference with this one is the large number involved -- 11 out of 17 flew the coop -- and the fact that someone alerted the media.
Higher ed lobbyists fought the computer reporting system tooth and nail both before and after 9/11, for good reason. Foreign students -- particularly ME students -- are cash cows, and the more that prepay and don't show up, the better -- for the colleges and universities.
Charging tuition does not equal making money (i.e. a profit or surplus).
I personally favor foreign exchange programs. It's good to actually meet other people rather than hide under your sheets and post on FR.
Before 9/11 there wouldn't have been a nationwide search for these men. This is a success.
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