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USF Suspect Produced Video on Remote Controlled Explosives
by IPT
IPT News
September 14, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “TAMPA - When a South Carolina police officer pulled over two Egyptian engineering students for speeding last month, he noticed one trying to put away a laptop computer.
That computer contained a 12-minute video showing how to take apart a remote-control toy car and reassemble the wiring to make it into a remote detonation device, a federal prosecutor said Friday. The video’s narrator, a graduate student at the University of South Florida, said the device helped “to save one who wants to be a martyr for another battle,” the prosecutor said.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1890027/posts?page=1542#1542
UPDATE:
USF Terror Suspect Had Two Passports, Different Names
9/16/07
By Annie Jacobsen in category The Al-Qaeda Threat
The St. Petersburg Times offers new details on University of South Florida terror suspects Ahmed Mohamed and Youssef Megahed (Egyptian transliteration: “Mujahid”).
In addition to providing details about the explosives, ammunition, fuses, gasoline, bomb making instructions and martyr-referencing video that the pair were carrying when they were pulled over by police for speeding, the Times provides alarming details about Megahed’s travel documents. These details include:
~Megahed had two different passports at his house: one with his photograph and name and a second passport with his photograph and a different name.
~On July 29th, one week before being arrested, Megahed and his brother went to Sears and had additional passport-sized photographs taken of themselves.
~Megahed was denied naturalization in March of 2006 because he’d not spent the requisite calendar days in the United States. During a five-year period, from 1998-2003, Megahed spent 1,600 of those days in Egypt (out of a total of 1,825 days).
~Authorities cited Megahed’s travels to Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Canada to support their argument that he’s a flight risk.
http://www.theaviationnation.com/2007/09/16/usf-terror-suspect-had-two-passports-different-names/
1,542 posted on 09/17/2007 1:31:09 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1890027/posts?page=2331#2331
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_go_ot/airports_toy_screening
TSA to scrutinize remote-controlled toys
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Airport screeners will be taking a closer look at remote control toys in carry-on luggage due to concerns they could be used to detonate bombs, U.S. officials said Monday.
The new practice is not a result of a specific threat, according to the Transportation Security Administration. But authorities recently arrested two Florida college students and accused one of them of posting a video online with instructions on how to use a remote-controlled toy to set off a bomb.
Passengers — including children — carrying these toys may have to go through secondary screening.
“While not associated with a specific threat at this time, TSA is aware that remote control toys can be used to initiate devices used in terrorist attacks,” according to Monday’s press release. “Transportation security officers have trained on this possibility and travelers may encounter additional screening when bringing remote control devices in carry-on luggage.”
2,331 posted on 10/01/2007 9:11:16 AM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;’er)