Posted on 05/13/2002 4:04:25 PM PDT by GRRRRR
Nearly as much bias here as there is on Radio Pacifica.
And I wonder how many of the previous 10 renters were also in this country illegally.
Could this be a big piece of the puzzle? Hmmmm?
Maybe just took them a while to get everything in place...
Hope the base is on full alert.
Newspaper reports 'suspicious activity' on Whidbey Island
SEATTLE POST |
October 18, 2001 | SCOTT SUNDE Posted on 10/18/01 10:43 PM Pacific by CommiesOut Newspaper reports 'suspicious activity' on Whidbey Island Thursday, October 18, 2001 By SCOTT SUNDE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Newspaper readers in Washington, D.C., were left with an overwhelming impression yesterday that Whidbey Island -- home of a naval air station -- was crawling with suspected terrorists just before Sept. 11.
But Island County Sheriff Michael Hawley debunked part of those reports, saying they were based on "raw data."
"We report every tip we get. But nine out of 10 turn out to be bogus," Hawley said.
That holds true for most of what The Washington Times reported yesterday. The newspaper said it had obtained a copy of a message from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service about suspicious activity near ports and bases before Sept. 11.
The message purportedly notes that "three Arab males" checked into an Island County motel near the naval air station.
The men are part of a crew of six men of Middle Eastern descent. They were on Whidbey Island to work on a commercial roofing job in downtown Oak Harbor, Hawley said.
The newspaper also said Navy intelligence reported that "three Arabic males" may have been surveying the air station.
They had been seen videotaping the 180-foot-high Deception Pass Bridge.
Hawley said the men were part of the roofing crew. They were visiting the sites and taking videotape as tourists do, the sheriff said.
The Washington Times also reported that a Middle Eastern man went to county offices and got maps of property around the air station.
Hawley said a man he described as Middle Eastern did show up Sept. 10 at Oak Harbor City Hall. He was referred to the county assessor's office.
In another incident, the sheriff said a woman reported Sept. 17 that she chatted with a Middle Eastern man Sept. 13 at Camano Island State Park. She said he was using an "expensive camera" and seemed to be aiming it at the air station.
An investigation showed the man is Mir Latif Ahmad. Hawley described him as an Afghan national who lives in King County and has a business in Renton. He was convicted of child molestation in Clark County 10 years ago, the sheriff said.
Hawley said the Immigration and Naturalization Service recently took him into custody.
Of course it doesn't mean they are Jews! And why is the media being attacked on this? (I know, we all tend to have suspicions when it comes to the media, but...) How else are they supposed to describe these two scumbags if they don't know for certain whether they are Jews or Arabs? How many of you have your religion stamped on your driver's license or your passport? How about your political affiliations?
So we know they're Israeli nationals. That could certainly mean non-Jews. I'd be willing to bet that is exactly what they are. I don't see any need for retractions here. I'd be curious about further elaborations, though.
I should add: I hope they are keeping a close eye on the bridge, as well.
do they?
I remember watching the World Series when an earthquake hit San Francisco and disrupted the games. Lot's of people were watching that ball game too.
Yes, I'm getting deja vu here.
Just like the five movers arrested in NJ after 'celebrating' WTC (last word from the Forward recently is that some were Mossad agents), the two movers and their female companion apprehended in PA (never any follow-up on this story), and the men with maps of nuclear power plants in a Midwest traffic stop (last word from Ashcroft was that this incident never happened), there is so much speculation here, stated as absolute certainty, that these Israelis must be Arab.
Actually when suspicious Israelis were arrested post 9/11 the media proclaimed them to be just "Middle Eastern". (In the first two incidents I refer to in post 159.) It took a while to establish with lots of debate that they were Israelis and indeed Jewish, non-Arab Israelis.
I bet the overwhelming, lasting impression of the populace is that Arabs were arrested in NJ in the 9/11 incident for cheering the WTC attack and that Arabs were arrested in PA in the 10/11 incident with videos of the Sears Tower.
It's interesting that this story is being reported by Carl Cameron and Fox News.
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