Posted on 09/16/2002 11:28:43 AM PDT by testforecho
Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Florida
Iqbal Munawar Arrested In Alleged Immigration Scheme
UPDATED: 3:25 p.m. EDT September 14, 2002
MIAMI -- Iqbal Munawar, who was on the FBI's list of suspected terrorists, was jailed as he tried to fly from Miami to Tampa, Fla., Friday morning.
Munawar and two other men have been charged with smuggling illegal aliens from the Middle East into the United States on airplanes through Miami International Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport.
The suspects are accused of making more than $100,000 in the smuggling operation, selling more than 1,000 false visas to illegal immigrants.
Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas talked to a local television station about Munawar's arrest.
"Quite frankly, with all due respect to what we've been seeing today, I think the arrest of the individual at Miami (Friday) from the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list is probably more significant than what happened in Collier County because that individual is a real suspect. We know he has links to terrorist activities and that arrest may have, in fact, avoided something worse from happening," Penelas said.
The 40-year-old Munawar has been living in Brandon, Fla., on the state's west coast. The FBI tracked Munawar as he entered the United States two nights ago through Miami International Airport.
Let's make a beer bottle of of 'im.
Stretch his neck and fill him full of horse-piss.
An Action News investigation reveals that a chain of jewelry stores operating in the Delaware Valley is being investigated by the FBI for possible connections to the Al Qaeda terror network.
A series of raids were carried out yesterday in Philadelphia and across the state of Pennsylvania.
The stores are mostly kiosks in shopping malls operating under the name "Intrigue Jewelers." They are all owned by Pakistanis under franchise agreements with a company called Gold Concepts, based in Pennsacola, Florida.
Coop, we believe that this is the same Iqbal that is/was on the FBI suspected Terrorist list.
Wonder if they deliberately let them go to see who and where these small-fry losers lead them to?
Leni
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I did an extensive search for this and didn't see it posted. Fox News had a scroll this AM that a "Munawar Iqbal" (identified in this story as "Iqbal Munawar"), arrested at Miami Airport on Thursday, had been charged with "money laundering for terrorist organizations."
Munawar Iqbal is the Pakistani who was turned up as registered agent for Intrigue Jewelers, the stores that were raided and shut down by the Feds in Philadelphia and Florida some months back, as researched on this thread:
Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?
3 posted on 9/15/02 8:34 AM Pacific by browardchad
I could not get this to come up using the search system.
This why we need to put in Key Words. I will refrain after having my wrist spanked for my usual 50+ keywords.
The wetbacks he's running may be Al Queda foot soldiers!
Intrigue Jewelers, Inc.
Florida Profit Corporation, 6/8/98 to 9/24/99
Original Name: Intrigue, Inc. (changed 9/14/98)
Principal Address: 409 Brandon Town Center, Brandon, FL
33511
Mailing Address: Same
Registered Agent: Noreen Iqbal
Address: Same
VP: Munawar Iqbal
Address: 1407 Harness Horse Lane, #103, Brandon FL 33511
(Administrative Dissolution filed 9/24/99)
The man in the photos taken at the World Trade Center just days before the attacks also worked at the Intrigue Jewelry store at the Lehigh Valley Mall. Two days before the attacks Ashar Iqbal Butt came to a photo shop in the mall looking for the pictures. The clerk says Butt seemed anxious to get them.
He was picked up on September 12th and was later charged with entering the country on a false passport just a month before the attacks.
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