Posted on 09/13/2002 8:21:33 PM PDT by bootless
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:01:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
NAPLES, Florida (CNN) --The Georgia woman who prompted Friday's terror scare was "flat-out lying" when she told authorities she overheard three Muslim men at a restaurant laughing about September 11 and making suspicious comments, one of the men said late Friday.
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Well, this has been hashed out on other threads, but I think the most likely explanation is that they do not share another language in common. Also, 2 of them are naturalized citizens. Isn't it just possible that they don't KNOW another language? I heard one of them speak. He doesn't even have an accent.
After all of the things that have been misreported about this whole event, I don't have much faith in the first reports.
Go here: "Young Muslims in pursuit of Allahs pleasure"
Look at the names on the Board of Directors.
Board of Directors (Shura):
Ahmer Ali
Al-Mahmud Ali
Junaid Mirza
Moeed Ahmed
Omer Choudhary
.
This whole thing either smells of a setup, or the lady is right and they are involved.
There are millions of Choudharies on the old subcontinent, and thousands in most English-speaking countries.
LOL!
In the jury of public opinion, their account of what happened is not believable.
Now listen here Sweet Liberty, basing your opinion on "several documentary type shows over the past few years" is NOT the same as basing your opinion on facts and stats. That's a fact. If you notice in my original statement I never used the word "liar." I stand by my original statement to you: "That is the most ignorant and biased statement I have seen here on FR in quite some time."
Indeed.
Mrs. Stone sez "blue". Police say "green". The suspects claim "yellow".
The Media has smeared it all together for "gray-brown".
Until some verifiable "facts" come out, I lean towards the "blue/green"; but it's not final.
And remember, much of what we hear on the media in the first hours goes from some one who observed something (maybe) to a supervisor to a PR spokesperson who whispers to the local stringer, who sends it to the network news gatherer who give it to a writer who gives it to Rather Brokejaw, which is what we hear. Even with the best will in the world, it's not surprising if errors creep (or gallop) in.
SO. Here's my take and questions so far.
1. Back in Georgia. What did the men say, and what did Eunice hear. Frankly, I dunno. She could be dead on. They could have been serious, or joking. It could be like Emily Litella ("I didn't say Croatian Terrorists, I said Crustacean Terrine"). If she thought she heard something, she was right to report it, and let LE sort it out. [MORE IN NEXT POST]
2. Key point. Did the men admit to having been "joking." Some reports say yes. Who said so? When and how did they talk to them? Was this from a particular policeman who was there? This report came in and then faded? What's the source and the chain of reporting?
3. Were police tracking them all the way down to Florida? Why did it take so long if they were suspicious? Were they waiting at that toll booth, and they just happened to blow by it?
4. What happened at the toll booth. What is the original source of the account that they blew by it? One car, or both. First paid for second or v-v.? I haven't a clue. Especially, how far from the booth was the arrest? Did the attendant call the cops, or were the cops lurking?
5. The plates. Did someone tell the cops they were bad? Who back in Illinois? What's the final story on how bad they were. I've heard everything from no problem at all to no problem that was the fault of the men or that they should have been aware of to some problem, though minor, that was their fault. What's the truth? [POST CONTINUED]
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