"Please direct me to the bomb components department!"
Posted on 08/07/2007 10:55:12 PM PDT by Starman417
TAMPA - Investigators have removed computers from the family home of a University of South Florida student accused of having pipe bombs in his car, according to Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
He said the FBI contacted the parents of Yousseff Samir Megahed of 4959 Anniston Circle, Tampa, who were on vacation, and got permission to search their home. When they returned, their computers were gone.
Megahed is one of two USF students arrested near a naval base in South Carolina over the weekend.
Ahmed Abda Mohamed's family questioned why the men are being held on such a high bail amount.
"They know their son is innocent," said M. Nachabe, faculty adviser for student Mohamed, after speaking by telephone with the man's parents in Egypt.
Many questions remain in the case of Mohamed, of 2107 E Nedro Road, Tampa, an engineering graduate student, and Megahed, a 21-year-old undergraduate.
Mohamed's age is listed variously as 24 and 26 in law enforcement records.
The men were arrested Saturday afternoon in Goose Creek, S.C., on charges of possession of an explosive device. After a prosecutor argued the men were flight risks, a judge set bail at $500,000 for Mohamed and $300,000 for Megahed.
The FBI declined to discuss the case. An arrest affidavit from the Berkeley County, S.C., Sheriff's Office says that Mohamed told deputies he made the devices from components he bought at Wal-Mart.
The men told deputies that the explosives were fireworks, according to Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sharon Weber said the FBI had gone to a store for surveillance footage but declined to say which store or what is on the tape.
"The FBI has been to a store and picked up videotape," she said. "It's an open investigation. I don't think it would be appropriate to respond to specific questions."
It remained unclear Tuesday exactly why the men were in rural South Carolina or if they had a destination.
Neither man has a criminal record, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
On July 24, Tampa police accused Mohamed of illegally shooting squirrels in an east Tampa park. Police say he and Ahmad A. Ishtay, 19, used a pellet gun to shoot the animals in Rowlette Park.
Both were issued citations for discharging a firearm and using an illegal method of taking game, a report said. The case has not been resolved, court records show.
"He invited me," Ishtay said about going to the park with Mohamed.
Ishtay, who rents a Temple Terrace house and works at Boston Market, said he met Mohamed and Megahed through a roommate. He said he didn't know the roommate's last name, but he was from Mauritania.
Another of Ishtay's roommates, Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday.
Ishtay and Salhab said that sometimes when Mohamed and Megahed visited their house in Temple Terrace they would cook, but neither knew them well.
Megahed's family did not return a message for comment.
Mohamed's family lives in Egypt, but his faculty adviser said they're well aware of the situation and working for their son's release, asking the Egyptian consulate for help.
They're terrorist @#$%!'ers. Next question?
This is getting more and more interesting.
And I know he's guilty. So there.
USF sure seems to harbor a lot of radcal mooslims.
Just once, you’d think we’d read, “They know their son is guilty.”
"Please direct me to the bomb components department!"
“Megahed” ... haha, is this a hooker or a heavy metal band?
Even Judge What'shisname on Fox admitted tonight there may be something to this. University of South Florida is where professor Sami Al-Arian taught.
Another of Ishtay’s roommates, Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday.
Um, I would like to request two border fences please.
Thank you.
Where is the water-board? These two mooselimbs' buddies are being to run, according to the article, this little bit of info....Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday.
I hope this one is stopped or allowed on his way. Either way this one is being followed, I would bet. I think it is a known, "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide"......Osama bin Hidden, is not happy as I type. Plans are falling apart has to be my belief. May this be not an opinion, but fact....plans are falling apart for those who made plans.
Or, as the Army sez..."You can run...but you just die tired."
Everyone dance the "Jihad-ah!"
Why can’t we seem to execute terrorists in this country?
Right in the food pathway.
Is there a pattern here?
China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists. China. Terrorists.
Did you know when you post something like that, you are obliged to give instruction for getting coffee off a LCD monitor?
Another of Ishtay's roommates, Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday
An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun
in one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other.
He says to the waiter:
“Me Want Coffee.”
The waiter says, “Sure, Chief. Coming right up.”
He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee.
The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out.
The next morning the Indian returns.
He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling
another male buffalo with the other.
He walks up to the counter and says to
the waiter,
“Me Want Coffee.”
The waiter says “Whoa, Tonto!
We’re still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?”
The Indian smiles and proudly says ..
“Training for position in United States Congress:
Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.
Are they free today, or even in the USA today?
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