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Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Florida
Channel 3000 ^ | September 14, 2002 | Channel 3000

Posted on 09/16/2002 11:28:43 AM PDT by testforecho

Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Florida

Iqbal Munawar Arrested In Alleged Immigration Scheme

UPDATED: 3:25 p.m. EDT September 14, 2002

MIAMI -- Iqbal Munawar, who was on the FBI's list of suspected terrorists, was jailed as he tried to fly from Miami to Tampa, Fla., Friday morning.

Munawar and two other men have been charged with smuggling illegal aliens from the Middle East into the United States on airplanes through Miami International Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport.

The suspects are accused of making more than $100,000 in the smuggling operation, selling more than 1,000 false visas to illegal immigrants.

Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas talked to a local television station about Munawar's arrest.

"Quite frankly, with all due respect to what we've been seeing today, I think the arrest of the individual at Miami (Friday) from the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list is probably more significant than what happened in Collier County because that individual is a real suspect. We know he has links to terrorist activities and that arrest may have, in fact, avoided something worse from happening," Penelas said.

The 40-year-old Munawar has been living in Brandon, Fla., on the state's west coast. The FBI tracked Munawar as he entered the United States two nights ago through Miami International Airport.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; US: Florida
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To: adam stevens
I hope this terrorist is punished for his crimes!

Let's make a beer bottle of of 'im.

Stretch his neck and fill him full of horse-piss.

61 posted on 09/16/2002 2:22:13 PM PDT by stboz
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To: testforecho; browardchad; kcvl; backhoe; Miss Marple; Ranger; Mo1; Dog; Grampa Dave
This is the same person we were discussing back in June when the FBI swept through the jewelry kiosks in the malls. Remember Intrigue Jewelers?! Look at this thread, beginning at post #167. Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?
62 posted on 09/16/2002 2:44:41 PM PDT by Dixie Mom
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
Hey, we really know how to live, here in Florida. Never a dull moment! None of this boring "doing things right."

I was in Spain last week, and this latest election incident was heavily reported in the European press, to everybody's great amusement. Aggh.
63 posted on 09/16/2002 2:45:57 PM PDT by livius
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To: Dixie Mom; Coop
Dixie Mom, Thanks, I could not get this to come up when I tried the search with this clown's name:

An Action News investigation reveals that a chain of jewelry stores operating in the Delaware Valley is being investigated by the FBI for possible connections to the Al Qaeda terror network.

A series of raids were carried out yesterday in Philadelphia and across the state of Pennsylvania.

The stores are mostly kiosks in shopping malls operating under the name "Intrigue Jewelers." They are all owned by Pakistanis under franchise agreements with a company called Gold Concepts, based in Pennsacola, Florida.

Coop, we believe that this is the same Iqbal that is/was on the FBI suspected Terrorist list.

64 posted on 09/16/2002 2:55:46 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Dixie Mom; Grampa Dave; Miss Marple; Mo1; Oldeconomybuyer; Dog Gone
See DixieMom's post #62 and follow the link... ......and look at the name......it's the same guy involved with the jewerly stores in the malls!!!!
65 posted on 09/16/2002 2:57:31 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dixie Mom
You are a gem.......you made the connection......:-)
66 posted on 09/16/2002 2:58:28 PM PDT by Dog
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To: dubyagee
Miami indeed. And, trying to leave town on the 13th.

Since the FBI knw about this guy and the 5 in Buffalo long before then, I think they may well have decided Friday was a good day to pick them up...
67 posted on 09/16/2002 3:01:14 PM PDT by SarahW
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To: iconoclast
I wouldn't be surprised to find he decided to decamp after the three were delayed on Alligator Alley.
68 posted on 09/16/2002 3:03:09 PM PDT by SarahW
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To: testforecho
The law enforcement agencies sure haven't released any coherent details on the three restaurants guys picked up driving out of Naples, at least not to my satisfaction.

Wonder if they deliberately let them go to see who and where these small-fry losers lead them to?

Leni

69 posted on 09/16/2002 3:11:48 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: cmsgop; Boss_Jim_Gettys
Look at the guy caught in FLA the other day and the guy in DixieMom's link... in #62....very interesting.
70 posted on 09/16/2002 3:12:28 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog; browardchad; Dixie Mom
Actually the connection was made yesterday (link) by Broward Chad. Thanks to Dixie Mom for posting this data again.

To: Dog; kcvl; Grampa Dave; Dixie Mom; antidisestablishment; ladyinred; Miss Marple

I did an extensive search for this and didn't see it posted. Fox News had a scroll this AM that a "Munawar Iqbal" (identified in this story as "Iqbal Munawar"), arrested at Miami Airport on Thursday, had been charged with "money laundering for terrorist organizations."

Munawar Iqbal is the Pakistani who was turned up as registered agent for Intrigue Jewelers, the stores that were raided and shut down by the Feds in Philadelphia and Florida some months back, as researched on this thread:

Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia?

3 posted on 9/15/02 8:34 AM Pacific by browardchad

I could not get this to come up using the search system.

This why we need to put in Key Words. I will refrain after having my wrist spanked for my usual 50+ keywords.

71 posted on 09/16/2002 3:12:53 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Dixie Mom
Ashar Iqbal Butt ??? Any relation to our young med student?
72 posted on 09/16/2002 3:12:59 PM PDT by SarahW
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To: MinuteGal
Look at the link in post 62 and then look at the guy named on this thread.......same guy.
73 posted on 09/16/2002 3:14:26 PM PDT by Dog
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To: SarahW
Munawar Iqbal
74 posted on 09/16/2002 3:15:30 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog
I have seen his name posted as Iqbal Munawar.

Iqbal is a common first name for those from the middle east.
75 posted on 09/16/2002 3:17:35 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Dog
No, I mean ASHAR IQBAL BUTT, a man mentioned in the top post of the thread Dixie pointed us too.

I just noticed that BUTT is the same final name as one of the med students. I wondered if there might be a connection.
76 posted on 09/16/2002 3:35:12 PM PDT by SarahW
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To: testforecho
Everyone brace for "THE ATTACK OF THE MUSLIM SPOKESMAN"!!!
77 posted on 09/16/2002 3:38:02 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
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To: Grut
Sorry, but what's the terrorist connection? The guy's running a Wetback operation, or whatever the Arab equivalent is

The wetbacks he's running may be Al Queda foot soldiers!

78 posted on 09/16/2002 3:45:35 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Dixie Mom
just inserting post #167

Intrigue Jewelers, Inc.
Florida Profit Corporation, 6/8/98 to 9/24/99
Original Name: Intrigue, Inc. (changed 9/14/98)
Principal Address: 409 Brandon Town Center, Brandon, FL
33511
Mailing Address: Same
Registered Agent: Noreen Iqbal
Address: Same
VP: Munawar Iqbal
Address: 1407 Harness Horse Lane, #103, Brandon FL 33511
(Administrative Dissolution filed 9/24/99)

79 posted on 09/16/2002 3:49:24 PM PDT by testforecho
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To: Dog
This is the paragraph with the guy who has the same last name as the "Miami 3" med student:

The man in the photos taken at the World Trade Center just days before the attacks also worked at the Intrigue Jewelry store at the Lehigh Valley Mall. Two days before the attacks Ashar Iqbal Butt came to a photo shop in the mall looking for the pictures. The clerk says Butt seemed anxious to get them.

He was picked up on September 12th and was later charged with entering the country on a false passport just a month before the attacks.

80 posted on 09/16/2002 4:15:26 PM PDT by SarahW
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