FBI Looking for Five Illegal Immigrants (five men of Arab ancestry entered illegally Dec. 24)

Associated Press

[RCW2001]

FBI Looking for Five Illegal Immigrants

The Associated Press
Sunday, December 29, 2002; 4:23 PM

WASHINGTON –– The FBI said Sunday it is looking for five men of Arab ancestry who may have entered the country illegally last week.

The agency said the five men are believed to have arrived in the United States on or before Christmas Eve.

The five men are: Abid Noraiz Ali, Iftikhar Khozmai Ali, Mustafa Khan Owasi, Adil Pervez and Akbar Jamal, all born between 1969 and 1983. The FBI warned that the names and birth dates may be false.

The FBI said it had no indication the men were linked to terrorist activities, but still wanted to question the five "based upon information developed in the course of ongoing investigations."

The FBI said it was working with the Customs, Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Transportation Security Agency to find the men.

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On the Net:

Photographs of the men: http://www.fbi.gov

[Dec31,1999]

Seriously, I bet they're not stupid enough to hide in a church.

Nah, they'll hang out in mosques. It's much safer.

[D2]

Don't forget, there are a lot of sympathizers in WASH. state!

[concerned about politics]

Nah, they'll hang out in mosques. It's much safer.

They probably have some kind of Muslim underground railroad.

[Friend of thunder]

A ME man sympathetic to the cause moves to the US in 1986 or later. He marries an American woman...

We can only hope (pray) that someone here for so long would see that, while not perfect, we (the United States) are not as evil as portrayed. Hopefully, if people are living under these circumstances they will see the true virtue of this country.

Happy New Year!

[Angelus Errare]

Actually, al-Qaeda generally uses the traditional safehouse arrangements (warehouses, hotels, ect.) and uses the mosques more as storage facilities for weapons, documents, and cash as well as training centers. This is especially beneficial for them because mosques are generally tax exempt and law enforcement are usually unwilling to risk getting a search warrant unless they're certain that their man is inside.

[eldoradude]

These guys seem to like gambling "meccas". Probably in Vegas or New Jersey having a last "blast".

[Cindy]

re post no 285:

GOOGLE Search Term: "hiding weapons in mosques"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22hiding+weapons+in+mosques%22&btnG=Google+Search

[Dec31,1999]

We can only hope (pray) that someone here for so long would see that, while not perfect, we (the United States) are not as evil as portrayed. Hopefully, if people are living under these circumstances they will see the true virtue of this country.

It's a thought that has occurred to me as well, but I wouldn't want to put the survival of the nation as we know it in the hands of of such.

[Dec31,1999]

Either ignorance or silence is probably at play here. Hard to tell which. And when.

[eno_]

Why aren't the feds providing a description of the car?

Anyone remember WHY we are bashing the FBI for not describing the car? Ding! You are correct: The answer is Chief Moose! He withheld the description of the DC snipers' car so the LEOs would get first shot at it. As it was, the description leaked and a trucker found them sleeping at a rest area. The sickening thing is that staties routinely cruise through rest areas so it is likely the snipers' car was passed by a state police car at least once!

Feel safe yet?

[harpseal]

This is on the Sunday evening between Christmas and New Years eve. According to Fox News these are probably Pakistani based on names. They came in from Canada and they may have a message.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[RepublicanHippy]

They also could have entered the U.S. from Canada through Michigan. Detroit (Dearborn) has the largest concentration of Middle Easterners in the country.

[knighthawk]

I hope they will be spotted first. We also have a message for jihadies.

[Friend of thunder]

I agree.

[Dec31,1999]

Boy, are we asking for trouble or what?

I think that's safe to say.

[GOPJ]

The FBI could offer an online class -- then feed information to thousands of trained citizens. Sometimes a million eyes looking for someone is better than a few hundred. It's time they got with the program.

Wouldn't it make sense for the FBI to let the public know where most of those leads seem to be located/seem to be the most 'promising'? (unless of course, these 5 have split up to different cities/towns. Even then, the tips for all the cities/towns, could STILL help us track them down)

[harpseal]

I would love to find one of these Jihadis personally.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[ET(end tyranny)]

I find it frustrating that in this day and age, there's no penalty for being caught in the United States illegally, other than a free ride home.

Free ride home? Try 'pretending they are not here, and when forced to aknowledge, add them to welfare and wait for the next general amnesty when they get fully rewarded for breaking the law.'