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Pakistani man with explosive residue on his hands arrested at the U.S. Embassy in Chile
CNN National Security ^ | May 11 2010 | CNN National Security via Twitter

Posted on 05/11/2010 5:43:30 AM PDT by Stayfrosty

natlsecuritycnn A 28-year-old Pakistani man with explosive residue on his hands was arrested at the U.S. Embassy in Chile, national police said. about 1 hour ago via UberTwitter

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chile; embassy; gwot; pakistan; terrorism

1 posted on 05/11/2010 5:43:30 AM PDT by Stayfrosty
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To: Stayfrosty

we can expect a lot more attacks now


2 posted on 05/11/2010 5:45:06 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

Maybe he is just a farmer.


3 posted on 05/11/2010 5:47:37 AM PDT by battlecry
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To: battlecry

Let’s say you visit a graveyard for a funeral a couple of hours before arriving at the airport. You will have enough high powered fertilizer residue on the bottoms of your shoes to launch a Red Alert shutdown at whatever security station you elect to walk through.


4 posted on 05/11/2010 5:49:03 AM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: battlecry; Yehuda

A farmer with the trots? We shouldn’t judge...


5 posted on 05/11/2010 5:49:48 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Stayfrosty

Maybe it was just lotion. Right, Peanut?


6 posted on 05/11/2010 5:51:44 AM PDT by acad1228 (Palin/Watts in 2012!!!)
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To: Stayfrosty


7 posted on 05/11/2010 5:54:59 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States … shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: muawiyah
Let’s say you visit a graveyard for a funeral a couple of hours before arriving at the airport. You will have enough high powered fertilizer residue on the bottoms of your shoes to launch a Red Alert shutdown at whatever security station you elect to walk through.

A co-worker of mine had a similar thing happen to her. She was traveling for work, and walked and rolled her bag through some recently fertilized grass the morning of her flight. She missed her original flight because of it.

8 posted on 05/11/2010 5:58:03 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
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To: muawiyah

Pakistani man with explosive residue on his “hands”..

Unless he was in a freak show, why would the muzzie have it on his hands?


9 posted on 05/11/2010 6:05:28 AM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: bayouranger
Doesn't matter where you put the stuff, shoes, hands, wipe yourself all over with it, you'll set off the machine!

Now, why would a Pak have fertilizer on his hands? The answer is probably somewhere in the category of "ceremonial washing".

10 posted on 05/11/2010 6:07:13 AM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: muawiyah

Ceremonial washing prior to entering a US Embassy?

Sure thing.

The “ceremonial washing” is also what good muzzies do prior to detonating themselves in good ole fashion allah fubar fun.


11 posted on 05/11/2010 6:12:19 AM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: bayouranger

Moslems do “ceremonial washing” before each of their 5 a day prayer sessions.


12 posted on 05/11/2010 6:13:58 AM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: muawiyah

New Improved Lifebuoy Kaboom contains 30% more explosive residue than the other leading brands...


13 posted on 05/11/2010 6:21:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: bayouranger

Fertilizer or manure...Out of TP?


14 posted on 05/11/2010 7:04:49 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: muawiyah

I KNOW.

If that’s the case, which sounds more sympathetic than anything, why was the ‘residue’ still on his “hands”?

Maybe, just maybe, someone who used the same wash bowl had residue on their hands..and THAT’S how he got it on his hands.

Or, maybe, just maybe, he shook his right hand with a muzzie who just built a bomb, after visiting a grave site, right as he walked in our US Embassy.

Or..the most likely scenerio, the muzzie was performing a dry run on our facility to gauge the effectiveness of the security.


15 posted on 05/11/2010 7:25:22 AM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: hoosiermama

Or ko-ran TP...

Good one, HM. I wonder if they will add it to their defense, which will most likely be funded by our friends, the saudis.


16 posted on 05/11/2010 7:26:43 AM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: Stayfrosty

The world is full of lone wolves who are totally unrelated—except for one vital characteristic.

Guess what it is.


17 posted on 05/11/2010 8:23:48 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: bayouranger
With Obama as our President the Moslems no longer have any need to conduct dry-runs to test our preparedness.

There isn't any!

At least not at the top levels.

18 posted on 05/11/2010 2:54:44 PM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: Stayfrosty
From the Santiago Times:

Pakistani Terrorism Suspect Jailed In Chile

Written by Steve Anderson
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:48

After U.S. Embassy explosive detection devises sound alarm

A young Pakistani male studying in Chile was detected with traces of TNT while visiting the U.S. Embassy in Santiago on Monday to seek a work visa to the United Status.

Mohamed Saif Ur Rehman (28) has been living in Chile and studying hotel administration for the past four months. About 3 p.m. on Monday he went to the U.S. Embassy to seek work visa. But as he passed through security, an explosives detection devise sounded an alarm.

U.S. security agents then contacted Chilean police officials (Carabinerso) to confirm the existence of suspect residues on Saif ur Rehman.

After Chilean police dogs also reacted positively to the smells on the man, Carabineros used their own special analytic devices to confirm possible weapons residues on the man’s hands, his bag, his cell phone and his documents.

Chile’s National Intelligence Agency (Chile’s top security agency) was then contacted to investigate if the man is linked to international terrorism groups.

Athough a review with Interpol and other source revealed no such link, Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman was placed in police custody and Chilean intelligence officials searched his home for more information.

The suspect denied any contact whatsoever with explosive materials or any link to terrorist groups.

SOURCE: LA TERCERA

19 posted on 05/11/2010 5:57:33 PM PDT by csvset
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To: Ezekiel

Vibram soul?

/groan...


20 posted on 05/11/2010 11:06:38 PM PDT by Yehuda (Land of the free, THANKS TO THE BRAVE!)
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To: Yehuda

whoops, wrong terrorist!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2510506/posts


21 posted on 05/11/2010 11:07:43 PM PDT by Yehuda (Land of the free, THANKS TO THE BRAVE!)
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To: csvset

Post bump.


22 posted on 05/13/2010 2:01:02 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
Cindy, an update of sorts, from the Santiago Times.

Pakistani Terrorism Suspect In Chile Was Already Under Suspicion

Written by Alia Alhafny
Wednesday, 12 May 2010 23:24

Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman Khan’s name was on Washington’s terrorist watch list

U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday that Pakistani national and suspected terrorist Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman Khan – arrested Tuesday at the U.S. embassy in Chile after traces of TNT were detected on his belongings – was already on the United States’ radar.

U.S. State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley told La Tercera that the U.S. already had information on the suspect, who has been living in Chile for four months studying Spanish and Hotel Management.

Crowley said the young Pakistani had been invited to the embassy to clear up suspicions. Ur Rehman Khan, who had planned to return to the US (he had previously lived in Texas for three years), was about to have his U.S. visa revoked because of Washington’s fears about his activities. On his arrival to the embassy, traces of explosives were found on his clothes, bag, and cellphone. The traces of chemical residues were of a military-use explosive, it was reported.

The Pakistani has been working as a receptionist in a hotel in Santiago’s Providencia neighborhood since January, completing an internship. His resume stated that he was seeking to find a professional internship in tourism as a means of personal development. He received a degree in computer hardware engineering as well as languages (English and Urdu) from the University of Punjab, in Islamabad. He has also completed studies in Islamic ethics, economics, philosophy and astronomy. He reputedly comes from a well-off, well-known family in Pakistan.

Ur Rehman Khan could be found every Friday (the Muslim holy day) in Santiago’s As-Salam mosque, praying for close to four hours. Mosque spokesperson Mohammed Said Rumie said the suspect was introverted and didn’t interact with others at the mosque.

Ur Rehman Kahn will be held under Chile’s anti-terrorism law for five days to give Chilean authorities time to collect evidence. Under Chilean anti-terrorist law a suspect can be detained for up to ten days.

Ur Rehman Kahn has insisted on his innocence. He told a crowd of journalists waiting for him at the Universidad de Chile hospital (where he was taken after his arrest) that he is innocent and had “nothing to do with the bombs.” He said his arrest was a way of covering up the embarrassment and the blame of what the U.S. was doing in Afghanistan and Iraq.

U.S. President George W. Bush, joined by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, first invaded Afghanistan following the 9/11/2001 bombing attack in the U.S., which had been conceived in Afghanistan by Islamic fundamentalists.

Bush then invaded Iraq, citing concerns that Iraq collaborated with Islamic terrorists and also harbored weapons of mass destruction. But both these claims were later proved untrue.

U.S. occupation of the two countries has proved costly and increasingly unpopular, and U.S. President Barack Obama has promised a withdrawal from both countries by the end of his first term in office.

U.S. authorities said that they will cooperate with Chile to the fullest extent in aiding the investigation into Ur Rehman Kahn activities.

SOURCES: EL MERCURIO, LA NACION, LA TERCERA By Alia Alhafny

23 posted on 05/13/2010 4:37:14 PM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

THANK YOU csvset for the update.
I appreciate it.


24 posted on 05/13/2010 4:47:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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