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Agents Arrest 3 Exchange Students In Des Moines
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Posted on 08/13/2006 3:22:59 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: muawiyah
How did these 11 guys all get lost in different states? It doesn't make sense since they were travelling as a group.
And once they realized they were "lost" they made no attempt to contact the school.
To me at least, it doesn't add up.
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posted on
08/13/2006 3:56:41 PM PDT
by
KJC1
("Thank you for the Hezbollah view." (Tony Snow to Helen Thomas))
To: uptoolate
It's probably been said by someone all ready, but this might be a "test" of our responsiveness to a host of foreign nationals going missing upon arrival on our shores. Having said that, I don't think these "students" know that's the larger purpose they serve.
They may have been "encouraged" to visit family and friends prior to the start of the program to see what our response would be.
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posted on
08/13/2006 3:59:13 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: cornfedcowboy
Were there just 11 who were coming here for the courses, and ALL of them somehow never made it ---- or were there 11 of a much larger group, and these 11 played hooky?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:00:14 PM PDT
by
Exit148
(Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
To: oceanview
lost? they were "lost" in all these locales? living where? when you get lost someplace, what do you do? Well, there was the famous German tourist who spent two weeks in Bangor, Maine under the impression he was in San Francisco*, so maybe they hadn't figured out they were lost yet.
*Not impossible; Bangor has hills, lots of very good Victorian architecture and an ocean semi-nearby, so what's not to confuse?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:04:36 PM PDT
by
Grut
To: Kylie_04
"All three were being held Saturday at the Polk County Jail. As of Saturday night, the men had no lawyers, and no date for their appearance in immigration court had been set. Federal agents arrested the three men around 8 p.m. Friday at an undisclosed Des Moines residence. Agents tracked the men to Des Moines from San Francisco, Counts said.
Counts declined to say how the men were found or why they were in Des Moines. He cited an ongoing investigation that also involves the FBI. An FBI spokesman referred calls to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Counts said the details of Friday's arrests were not a matter of public record. He said the arrests were publicized by federal officials only because of the high-profile nature of the Egyptians' disappearance, which has been in the news nationwide since Sunday.
The residents of the house where the arrests occurred are not accused of any crimes."
From the Des Moines Register. Interesting that they made it to SF.
There's something going on since the Feds are all so tight lipped.
I'll be at MSU next week and inquire locally about this program.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:04:55 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: muawiyah
They were arrested (The 2 in Dundalk) in a private residence. I have no idea of the amount of foreign student visas issued every year but for this many from one country (one visa program) to get 'lost' in so many cities simultaneously seems unprecedented. I unfortunately don't share your optimism that this may have been unplanned.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:05:10 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: Grut
Sun doesn't set in the west?
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:05:55 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: cornfedcowboy
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:06:08 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: cornfedcowboy
Agents are not releasing their photos Well hell, then I will
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:24:54 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
().....temporarily empty .....()
To: kinoxi
dry run....would be my guess and guess what we did....
LOL....we have 9 out of 11.
now where are the last two??
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:26:50 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Israel - protecting a piece of a civilized world from rocket firing maroons 'un'peace treaties sale)
To: no-to-illegals
Probably on a prepaid tracfone asking their handlers what to do next.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:30:43 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: uptoolate
"Well call me a skeptical, non-tollerant, alertist pig, but...."
Seventeen arrive here for school. Six report to the school, but the other eleven take off for various parts of the country. Two are still missing. I believe the six that reported were probably a decoy to keep the school(s) from being concerned about the ones that hadn't shown up. I'd like to know if the school questioned any of the six that showed up, about the whereabouts of the 11 that didn't...and if so, what they said. I'd also like to know why 11 individuals all decided to go AWOL at the same time, and were apprehended in most cases...in pairs. Coinky dink? I doubt it. Call me a skeptical, non-tolerant Miss Piggy too.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:33:14 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: kinoxi
I live in DSM and what really bothers me is that they were found at a residence and not a hotel/motel. That means they have connections here.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:33:15 PM PDT
by
babaloo
To: oceanview
"lost? they were "lost" in all these locales?"
Yeah...lost...in pairs.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:35:52 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: kinoxi
I hope the last two are just as stupid.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:37:34 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Israel - protecting a piece of a civilized world from rocket firing maroons 'un'peace treaties sale)
To: kinoxi
whose private residence?
is the FBI going to do their job this time - or are they going to blow this off, like they did with those syrian "band members" on annie jacobsen's flight a couple years back.
To: babaloo
exactly right. all these US based connections need to be broken down - who they called, check their financial transactions, everything.
To: shield
Put 'em in jail.Send 'em to Gitmo.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:43:38 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.)
To: oceanview
Like I typed in #18. It almost appears as though they were allowed to get 'lost'. I just hope their not decoys.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:44:02 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: kinoxi
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:44:46 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
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