1 of 11 missing Egypt students found in MN: 2 more students reportedly picked up in New Jersey

MSNBC ^ | 08/09/06 | NBC News Staff

[mojito]

One of 11 missing Egyptian students has been picked up in Minneapolis, Minn., NBC News’ Pete Williams reported and the FBI confirmed Wednesday.

Local police in New Jersey also believe they have apprehended two more of the Egyptian students. Federal agents, however, have not yet confirmed the identities of these students.

Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed El-Dessouki, 21, was arrested "without incident" by FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko said.

El-Dessouki is being held on an administrative immigration violation because he did not turn up for his monthlong exchange program at Montana State University, Kolko said.

[Gritty]

Where is CAIR now that all these innocent Muslims youths students are being racially profiled and discriminated against?

Isn't it about time for some staged outrage, appearances in State and Federal Court with legions of pinstriped lawyers, threats of lawsuits, and acrimonious interviews on FOX and CNN?

Doesn't CAIR care?

[lady lawyer]

"I'm sure the group of them are made up of a diverse religious background."

Sure. That's why most of them were named "Mohammed"

[Bogtrotter52]

"There are a lot of NJ diners/restaurants that hire middle eastern folk under the table to work in the kitchen or as waiters if they speak english. Also the majority of them are Egyptians from my experience. I found them to be very clannish and the vast majority of them do not like Americans one bit."

Thank you. I will keep that in mind when I enter a restaurant. Usually the food in restaurants is bad enough with having a spit sauce added to it.

[mojito]

From Captain's Quarter:

"For some reason, the Twin Cities keeps coming up as a critical location for al-Qaeda operations. This dynamic first appeared shortly before the 9/11 attacks with the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui in the Captain's home port of Eagan, and now Power Line reports that the latest instance occurred yesterday with the arrest of an associate of Abu al-Zarqawi:

A Lebanese national who allegedly told Minneapolis FBI agents he trained with Al-Qaida and knew three of its leaders, including one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq, has been charged in connection with an international terrorism inquiry.
On Friday, a federal judge in New York ordered the suspect, Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi, who has lived in Minneapolis, transported to Minnesota without bail on charges of lying to federal agents.

During a series of voluntary interviews in April, Elzahabi told Minneapolis FBI agents that while in Afghanistan in the late 1980s and 1990s, he knew Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the Al-Qaida figure now suspected of engineering several deadly kidnappings in Iraq; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and Abu Zubaida, a top Al-Qaida leader.

Elzahabi is charged with lying in denying that he sent walkie-talkies to Pakistan and that he helped get a Massachusetts driver's license for a man later convicted of plotting to bomb American and Israeli tourists in Jordan.


Unfortunately, most of our Twin Cities neighbors have chosen to shade their eyes to this threat. We have a wonderfully diverse community in the Twin Cities, one of whose components is an active and vibrant Somali community. While the vast majority of these people celebrate their freedom in the US, their presence allows al-Qaeda operatives some manuevering room here, as the arrests of six other men in our area for their AQ connections since 9/11 indicate, including that of Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, whose arrest sparked a short-lived protest from Twin Cities Somalis.

This action shows that the FBI has not let up in its counterterrorism efforts and remains vigilant in the area. However, it also shows that al-Qaeda has not given up in its efforts to infiltrate American cities, using blameless immigrants to hide themselves from justice and in some cases to manipulate immigrant communities into protesting on their behalf. AQ's continued focus on this area worries me, especially after the FBI smashed the conspiracy to attack a Columbus shopping mall earlier this month. After all, the largest and most famous shopping mall in the US is located minutes away from my house."

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/001882.php

Maybe you should wake-up and inform yourself, Mr. Mineral. Or you can just continue being a belligerent jerk.

[Rummyfan]

Find the rest and send them all to Gitmo..... and

Stop letting these potential jihadists into the country on bogus foreign exchange programs!!!!!

[Gator113]

As my 5 year old grandson would say....

"Hey Papa, smash 'em like a bug."

[sure_fine]

me2.... smells terrorist like to me

[MineralMan]

"Maybe you should wake-up and inform yourself, Mr. Mineral. Or you can just continue being a belligerent jerk."

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Or, I can factor in all the information and realize that Minnesota is not a hotbed of A.Q. stuff. No doubt there is some activity here. There's tons more in other areas, though.

Try New Jersey, New York, and California, for a start.

[Calpernia]

11 of the 19 got IDs in New Brunswick.

If they got different ones from other locations, I believe that. They had multiple IDs on them.

[george76]

Why Montana State University ?

[AmeriBrit]

Not sure if it was here on FR the other day but somewhere I read a report they planned on hitting the food supply to the nation.

Could these 11 have been bringing in new info about the August 22nd plans and they've disbursed to different mosques/cells to give the instructions verbally so as not to leave a paper trail?

[fivecatsandadog]

The leader of the MSU muslim student association converted to islam.

This whole thing smells off to me.

[george76]

Multiple Choice Test

1. In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles by
(a) Superman,
(b) Jay Leno,
(c) Tiger Woods,
(d) a man from Palestine between 17 and 40 years old.

2. In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed at the Munich Olympics by
(a) the kid who cuts your grass,
(b) Sitting Bull,
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

3. In 1979, the US Embassy in Tehran was over-ran & 90 Americans were held for 444 days by
(a) Bruce Lee,
(b) Elvis Presley's deceased twin brother,
(c) a tour group of Minnesota grandmothers,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

4. During the 1980s, several Americans were kidnapped in Beirut by
(a) O J Simpson,
(b) the king of Sweden,
(c) the pope and a gang of Cardinals,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

5. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon was blown up, killing 220 Marines, by
(a) a Domino's Pizza delivery man,
(b) the president of the Southern Baptist Convention,
(c) Catherine Zeta-Jones,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

6. In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70-year-old American passenger thrown overboard in his wheelchair by
(a) Sugar Ray Leonard,
(b) your next door neighbor,
(c) the Little Mermaid,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

7. In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens and a U.S. Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by
(a) Captain Kangaroo,
(b)Walt Disney,
(c) Mother Teresa,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

8. In 1988, Pan American Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb in midair by
(a) Butch Cassidy,
(b) the Sundance Kid,
(c) the Tooth Fairy,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

9. The World Trade Center was bombed the first time in 1993 by
(a) Stonewall Jackson,
(b) Michael Jordan,
(c) Winston Churchill,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

10. In 1998, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by
(a) Santa Claus,
(b) your sister's cat's grandmother's first owner's son's basketball coach's ex-wife,
(c) the World Wrestling Federation,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

11. On September 11, 2001, airliners were hijacked to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by
(a) Bugs Bunny,
(b) Bob the Tomato,
(c) Ricky Martin,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

12. In 2002, Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal was kidnapped and beheaded by
(a) Bonnie and Clyde,
(b) the Michelin man,
(c) Barney Fife,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

13. In July of 2005, several targets were attacked in central London, killing 52 persons, by
(a) the Orkin Man,
(b) Margaret Thatcher,
(c) Mr. Goodwrench,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.

[Calpernia]

I don't understand your question?

[sure_fine]

" Not sure if it was here on FR the other day but somewhere I read a report they planned on hitting the food supply to the nation.

Could these 11 have been bringing in new info about the August 22nd plans and they've disbursed to different mosques/cells to give the instructions verbally so as not to leave a paper trail? "





don't know, but the FBI said they are not terrorists, and they should know


/scarc

[george76]

Why this university ?

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Maybe this is an answer :

"The leader of the MSU muslim student association converted to islam. "

from 72 above

[The Blitherer]

Sure. That's why most of them were named "Mohammed"

See, now you're just stereotyping. Just because somebody's name is Mohammed el Ackbar or something doesn't necessarily mean they're Muslim. Heck, I'll bet some of them are even of Scandanavian descent and are only recent citizens of Egypt. Try to be more open-minded.

(Do I REALLY need to put the /sarc button on this?)

[AmeriBrit]

don't know, but the FBI said they are not terrorists, and they should know


/scarc

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Yeah! and the moon is made out of cream cheese...LOL

[fivecatsandadog]

I was wondering about "why Montana", too. I Googled it with muslim, islam, etc. and didn't find much. There's very few, if any, mosques; just a couple "islamic centers". Yet "they" seem to feel comfortable there (?). Close to the Canadian border, lotsa room to hide..... maybe they're getting ready to set up camp....

[FormerACLUmember]

Exclusive photo of the 11 vanished Egyptian "students":