Federal investigators checking 3 men who reported ``America would cry on 9/13.''

The Miami Herald ^ | Fri, Sep. 13, 2002 | DAVID GREEN AND DAVID KIDWELL

[ARCADIA]

The lesson here is "Don't run toll booths in the state of Florida."

I guess the Mideast guys noticed the woman and her son looking at them suspiciously and decided to scare her. Then they casually drove down through Florida running some toll booths. The cops stopped them and then they gave some lip.

They must be quivering jelly by now.

[Eala]

All three were on their way from Illinois to take medical training in Miami.

Now this sounds vey series!

[Flyer]

and the license tag on one of the cars wasn't registered to the vehicle.

This was also the case of the van stopped on a bridge a couple of days ago. Is it THAT common for folks to not have the correct plates on a car?

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[The Old Hoosier]

Nope. These guys have something funny about them. They stole someone's license tag, then blew through a toll booth? I don't know if they're al Qaeda, but I hope they all get the max, and that the non-citizen is permanently deported. Also, I want to know where they were going and whether there are explosives, just not on the car.

[Cynderbean]

I wonder what kind of medical training? Are any student visas involved?

[Principled]

Also here

[vannrox]

Don't deport them...

Put them in CAMP X-RAY!

[Centurion2000]

Federal sources involved in the investigation said they believe the three men - all U.S. citizens - were playing a stupid joke on another restaurant patron who gave them a suspicious look.

Yeah, reall f^&*ing funny a$$holes. Have fun as enemy combatants

[Lazamataz]

Federal sources said the men could be released as early as today with a ticket for blowing the I-75 toll booth near Naples.

Is it mandatory that the modern reporter have NO literacy?

[codder too]

The father and Aunt of one of the young men has been in touch with the press and are vouching for him. Say he went to medical school "off shore". He is a "nice" "amiable boy". Say he was born and raised in the US.

My response: SO!!

[bruin66]

"...and making comments like ''if we don't have enough to bring it down I have contacts'' and ``if they're mourning 9/11 what are they going to do about 9/13?'' "

This doesn't make sense. Why would they say something like that in English?? For med students, they're not very bright...

[xJones]

In an interview on Fox News Channel on Friday, Stone said she thought they might be playing a hoax.

Well, good idea. I must try and learn Arabic and visit Riyahd. Then I can make crude jokes about making Saudis cry. I'm sure they'll appreciate it just like we're supposed to. (These idiots weren't Saudi, but where is the funding coming from?) Particularly when I have a false license plate on my car, crash through a toll gate, and refuse to cooperate with the local authorities. But of course, in a Muslim country, I'd cooperate damn fast with the authorities and wouldn't be trying any of this.

They mock us becasue they know they can. And the ACLU will back them up, along with other liberal organizations.

[KSCITYBOY]

I would think ass****s that would joke like this would be to immature to practice medicine in the USA. Joking about a terror plot is pretty effffing serious.

[Dave S]

Any Americans of Arab descent who are going to sit around joking about 9/11 and bombs, even as a joke, deserve to be prosecuted. Hell they deserve to be harassed and inconvenienced even just for laughing about 9/11.

Wonder if the medical school they were to attend is going to give second thought to whether they want these cretins around?

[xJones]

The father and Aunt of one of the young men has been in touch with the press and are vouching for him

Yes, and Mohammed Atta's family in Egypt still swears that wasn't him in the plane to hit the first WTC tower. Of course, they don't know where he is now and the evidence is overwhelming, but nevermind, he was innocent - wherever he is now and they can't find him.

Why do we allow games like this?

[Dave S]

The father and Aunt of one of the young men has been in touch with the press and are vouching for him. Say he went to medical school "off shore". He is a "nice" "amiable boy". Say he was born and raised in the US.

I hear the same about Tim McVeigh.

[xJones]

I would think ass****s that would joke like this would be to immature to practice medicine in the USA.

If they can even joke about "making Americans cry", how would you like to have one of them an intern or doctor?

Fortunately though, this may ruin their future careers, at least in this country.

[cinFLA]

Then they casually drove down through Florida running some toll booths.

with stolen plates????

[FreedomPoster]

Then they casually drove down through Florida running some toll booths.

with stolen plates????

I don't care if these guys didn't have any explosives, if these parts of the story are true, they need a thorough protological examination, if nothing else to make sure they don't go around trying to yank someone's chain again.

[Ipberg]

Coming soon to a city near you thanks to those who joke about 9/11

Movie still from "The Siege" (1998) starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis