Posted on 06/27/2002 10:37:51 PM PDT by niki
Pre-emptive Expulsion Two Iranian U.N. Workers Expelled From the United States
By John McWethy
June 27 — Two men who work in New York for Iran's mission to the United Nations are being expelled from the United States, ABCNEWS has learned.
Sources told ABCNEWS that the two Iranians were seen five days ago videotaping the Brooklyn Bridge, the entrance to the tunnels into Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. The men, who have been in the United States only four months and are described as security workers for the mission, were stopped and questioned by New York police, sources said, but were not arrested because of their diplomatic immunity. U.S. officials plan to expel the men for suspicious activities, some of which are related to irregularities in their identification documents, sources said.
The expulsion of the two Iranians reflect the nationwide tightening of security as the July Fourth holiday approaches. Officials told ABCNEWS the Pentagon is preparing to dramatically increase its combat air patrols over about a dozen U.S. cities during the holiday week.
The Bush administration had scaled back on combat air patrols in recent months because of expense and the toll it was taking on the planes and the pilots. Officials said the increased patrols next week is not in response to a new threat but rather a precaution for any unknown threats.
Grow some minerals and expel all of'em!
Why does anyone get immunity after Sept. 11th.?
...oh wait, that's already been done. Just not by us. Never mind.
LOL. I like that.
This is quite a story. We now have an Iranian connection in NYC involving two men with security clearance at the UN taking pictures of known targets. Who knows how many others. Yesterday as I was walking through Times Square I happened to glance up at one of those double decker tour buses. There was a M.E. type (not that I was profiling) sitting on the top deck at the back of the open bus in the last seat, video camera in hand. The bus stopped at the light so I observed him for a couple of minutes. He was videotaping the newly-built Reuters building on his right and then turned to his left and taped the NASDAQ Building. What I found strange about it is that he was aiming his camera very high, towards the top of the buildings. Most of the sights worth filming in Times Square are at eye level or maybe a couple of stories up. As the bus passed by some of the more famous spots he didn’t even tape them. Probably nothing, but it caught my attention enough to make me stop and observe him.
A big "boy howdy" bump to that...
Indexing.
I am just wondering how they got this story? It sounds like someone was trying to keep a lid on this story. I do know that wabc radio has a big listening audience, someone in the know had to tip them off.
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