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Twenty-nine-year-old Mahmoud Maawad has been held without bond since his arrest in September while he was a student at the University of Memphis. He drew the attention of federal authorities when a search of his apartment turned up DVD's on pilot training and charts on the layout of the Memphis airport. One of the DVD's was titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act." Authorities refuse to talk about their ongoing investigation of Maawad. But in a court filing, prosecutors said a computer seized from his apartment showed he was linking to web sites that are associated with a...

Feds Unseal Documents & Pictures in Accused Terrorist Case MEMPHIS - Never-before seen snap shots inside the Memphis apartment of an accused terrorist. Feds say Mahmoud Maawad had a bookcase of flying manuals and books, a stack of aviation DVDs, a pilot's uniform in the closet and even a bomber jacket. We showed the pictures to a former neighbor of Maawad. "It does surprise me. I was like who is this person how come I didn't know this person." The feds also say Maawad ordered pilot's merchandise and books from sporty's pilot shop on the internet. The internet receipts show...

Arrest based on terrorist attack By Lawrence Buser Contact February 22, 2006 A University of Memphis student arrested last September with a pilot's uniform and other flight-training materials in his apartment was preparing for a terrorist attack on the United States, new documents in the case allege. Mahmoud Maawad was charged with wire fraud and using a false Social Security number, but authorities now say he was visiting online chatrooms and Web sites supporting radical Sunni Muslim organizations and Al Queda leaders in Iraq. They said an examination of his computer also showed Maawad had searched the Internet for how...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Egypt, charged in Memphis with using a fake Social Security number, is set for trial in March. A federal judge put 29-year-old Mahmoud Maawad on the court's March docket today without setting a specific trial date. Maawad has drawn attention because at the time of his arrest in September he possessed a DVD on "how to look and act like a pilot" and a map of the Memphis airport. Authorities have said they have no evidence linking Maawad to terrorists but want to keep him behind bars, anyway, until he goes to...

An Ohio company gets credit from the FBI for putting an immigrant student, who raised suspicions when he tried to order thousands of dollars worth of pilot information, in federal custody. What raised the red flag is the credit card he used was declined. It was then that federal agents began to investigate. Mahmoud Maawad is an Egyptian-born citizen living in the U.S. illegally. According to an affidavit, Maawad "placed 11 orders by wire" to Sporty's Pilot Shop located near Cincinnati "for flight equipment." FBI agents say the 29-year-old logged on to the website for Sporty's Pilot Shop and tried...

U of M Student Arrest: Investigated for Ties to Terrorism Posted: 9/16/2005 10:31:30 PM The FBI wants to know if a University of Memphis student has ties to terrorists. The man is now is in jail. His arrest came after FBI agents searched his apartment near the campus. 29 year-old Mahmoud Maawad was arrested for using a fake social security number, but the FBI is investigating whether he took part in far more serious crimes. What makes investigators suspicious is what they found in his apartment. Maawad has been a student in the Business School at the University of Memphis...

WHO IS MAHMOUD MAAWAD? By Michelle Malkin   ·   September 16, 2005 02:24 PM I mentioned this story below, but think it deserves a stand-alone post as more disturbing details come in from Memphis, Tenn. Via AP: MEMPHIS, Tenn. A federal magistrate has ordered a University of Memphis student held until trial. Prosecutors say F-B-I agents found an airline pilot's uniform, a chart of Memphis International Airport and instructional D-V-D's. One was titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act." Mahmoud Maawad is charged with wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Describing what agents found, Assistant...

Memphis -- A university student from Egypt was ordered held without bond after prosecutors said they found a pilot's uniform, chart of Memphis International Airport and a DVD titled "How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act" in his apartment. The FBI is investigating whether Mahmoud Maawad, 29, had any connection to terrorists. He is awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. Maawad, who is in the United States illegally, told the judge during a hearing Thursday that he is studying science and economics at the University of Memphis. "My school is...