Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?

ABC Channel 6 Action News - Philadelphia ^ | June 27, 2002 | David Henry

[Senator Pardek]

How about the old "Bizarre" Mall in your neck of the woods? (Actually, I like the shoe joint there - great prices on running shoes.)

[M. Thatcher]

Yes, EVERYONE still calls it the Bizarre Mall. I think it's haunted enough without any al Qaeda types.

[swarthyguy]

Ashar Iqbal Butt ... a real name?
Yes. Oddly enough, I seem to remember Hindus with the last name Butt, a (regional?) variant of Bhatta. In the same way Dhatta becomes Dutt.

Evidently there are Muslim Butts as well. ;-)

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"name-meanings and so forth?"

There's a Palestinian spokesman on TV lately; a young woman with the last name Butto. Very pretty and very articulate. But, in India, numerous versions abound -- Bhatia, Bhutto, Butta, Dutta, Dutt, and other variations like Khattu, Khutto, Bhutt.

What they all mean, I don't know. But it has surprised me to find names i thought of as all hindu turn out to be muslim as well like chowdhury - choudhury - in particular. Some are common, like Malik.

[Shermy]

Great find at #60. Thanks.

[dighton]

Thank you.

[OldFriend]

Monroeville, outside of Pittsburgh.

[Mo1]

Sorry .. storm knocked the power out ..

Here are some more locations

Intrigue Jewelers
1901 NW Expressway St
Oklahoma City, OK

Intrigue Jewelers
2501 W Memorial Rd # 4524
Oklahoma City, OK

[Mo1]

Here are some more locations .. from what I can tell these stores are pretty much located everywhere

Governor's Square.
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Jacksonville Mall
Jacksonville, NC

Valley West Mall
West Des Moines, Iowa.

Old Hickory Mall
Jackson, TN

RiverGate Mall
Goodlettsville, TN

Colonial Mall,
Brunswick, Georgia

[Don Myers]

bttt

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for all the locations. I am curious about how many arrests there actually were. And of course I am MOST curious about what they were up to!!

I have checked a couple papers from cities with the stores. but no news yet on arrests. And no news here at our store.

[Mo1]

Don't know .. I tried looking but have not found anything in the papers

[Mo1]

There is this thread

FBI closes down three stores at two Florida Panhandle malls

[not-alone]

I found two in Miami; Adventura and lincoln Road. They are also in Orlando.

[Mo1]

Another thread regarding this story

CNN - Feds sweep malls for terror funding links

[SpottedBeaver]

Apparently, there was also a raid in Dallas, TX.... Here:

Feds sweep malls for terror funding links

[SpottedBeaver]

OOoooops! same thead.

[SpottedBeaver]

thead = thread..... (Preview many times... then post)

[Fred Mertz]

I'll quit my mall shopping after this weekend.

[ellery]

Not just Philly, Miss Marple -- this article doesn't mention it, but Monroeville Mall is here in Pittsburgh (although it's not a Simon property)...Yikes.