Posted on 08/08/2006 11:24:51 AM PDT by mojito
The FBI has issued an urgent nationwide alert for 11 Egyptian students who entered the United States last week but failed to show up for their courses at Montana State University.
An FBI advisory says there are, at present, no known connections to any terrorist group but that the students are to be "approached with caution" and taken into custody. They "are here illegally and wanted for questioning," the advisory says.
The advisory comes just over a month before the five-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.
"This is of very serious concern and is being closely tracked," said Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
The FBI says the Egyptians arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on July 29 and disappeared. The advisory says the alert is nationwide but that there is specific concern the Egyptians may be on the Eastern Seaboard.
According to the advisory the 11 missing Egyptians are:
1. Ibrahim, El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed; DOB OF 4/29/1986.
2. El Dessouki, Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed; DOB OF 02/21/1985.
3. El Bahnasawi, Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali; DOB OF 04/02/1986.
4. Abd Alla, Mohamed Ragab Mohamed; DOB OF 02/15/1984.
5. El Laket, Ahmed Refaat Saad El Moghazi; DOB OF 09/01/1986.
6. El Ela, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou; DOB OF 02/02/1985.
7. El Moghazy, Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed; DOB OF 08/08/1986.
8. Abdou, Ebrahim Mabrouk Moustafa; DOB OF 02/25/1984.
9. El Gafary, Moustafa Wagdy Moustafa; DOB OF 07/01/1988.
10.Maray, Mohamed Saleh Ahmed; DOB OF 09/12/1985.
11.El Shenawy, Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad; DOB OF 08/12/1988.
Well, that's the question, isn't it? Let's hope the Feds are at least as concerned with our safety as they are with the students'.
From Radio Free Europe:
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad accused Iran today of having forces in Iraq and said Tehran could use the Israeli-Hizballah fighting to try to destabilize Iraq.
In addition to Studio B and Cavuto, I also sent it to O'Reilly, Hannity and the Fox Report. Now let's see if they finally mention this story.
Now there's a shocker, eh? :)
True, true dontcha know. :-)
Well Chena, that could be because they haven't made it to LA yet and stolen a car to be featured on "Fox News Alert Car Chase". Sadly, that is the best we can hope for.
These guys' pictures should be put up on a government website at the very least.
Isn't THAT the truth. I don't know how the FBI expects citizens to be on the lookout for these missing students if we don't know what they look like. Talk about trying to find a needle in a haystack.
I'd like to hear from some of the families who offered to take in these "students".
Now for the (un)surprise - that I haven't seen mentioned. 20 Egyptian Students applied for the program. 3 had visas denied and didn't get to JFK.
Hmmm. That number 20 makes me think of something, but I just can't identify... /sarc
Be on the lookout for groups of young men with black hair, brown eyes, swarthy complexions and possibly wearing tablecloths on their heads. To find out if they are the ones we are after, shout "DEATH TO ALLAH" in their immediate vicinity and, if they come over to chop off your head, report them immediately to the FBI.
Uh huh. I was just thinking the same thing.
They all came here on student visas, supposedly, so there should be pictures of each and every one of them - why haven't they been published?
If they're here on student visas and they failed to report to class, they are in violation of their visas and should be hunted, right?
Well, that's interesting. What do you have to do to get a visa denied? Have your picture on the net with a bomb strapped to your chest?
Since the feds said "approach with caution"...I think the concern is not for their safety, but for ours.
Interesting. Where did you see/hear that?
That's the way I understand it as well.
6 out of the 11 have the name Muhamad.
I fear that political correctness will kill again.
Correct me if I'm wrong...but as a Jew with an ISraeli stamp on my passport, I don't believe I'm allowed in Egypt...true? And if that's true...why in God's name would we allow them in our Country?
There is one clear advantage we have in rooting out Islamic terrorists - you can usually narrow them down to Middle Eastern racial types.
Thanks to the Left, we're doing without that advantage for now. It could prove fatal, but I suppose that's the idea.
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