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Man Left Briefcase, Claims To Have Message From Allah POSTED: 3:41 pm EDT July 19, 2005 UPDATED: 9:49 am EDT July 20, 2005 GREENVILLE -- A man has attracted the attention of the FBI after an incident at a Greenville County church last weekend. Sheriff's deputies said Iyad Abed Alnazli entered the Redemption World Outreach Center's morning service Sunday, and tried to approach the stage. "It was a young man of Arabic descent who had come in and said that he had a message for the church and this was a word from Allah." church founder Ron Carpenter said Security...

GREENVILLE -- A man has attracted the attention of the FBI after an incident at a Greenville County church last weekend.  Sheriff's deputies said Iyad Abed Alnazli entered the Redemption World Outreach Center's morning service Sunday, and tried to approach the stage.  "It was a young man of Arabic descent who had come in and said that he had a message for the church and this was a word from Allah." church founder Ron Carpenter said  Security officers met Alnazli before he reached the stage and stopped him.  "He became unraveled. He began to scream vulgarities out," Carpenter said.  When...