E-Mail Hinted at new attack

Buffalo News ^ | September 19, 2002 | Dan Herbeck and Michael Beebe

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The guy was only joking, and anyone who does not believe that is a racist, even though Islam is not a race.

[dinasour]

The guy was only joking, and anyone who does not believe that is a racist, even though Islam is not a race.

Wouldn't they be an Islamist..., No, that's taken. Darn, we're running out of -ists to label mean white guys.

[irish guard]

How can any lawyer defend this slime?

[Gerish]

Probably because lawyer and slime mean the same thing!

[Mr. Bird]

After the proceeding, several Yemenites scoffed at the evidence, telling The Buffalo News they believe more strongly than ever that the six Lackawanna men are innocent.

Well, the FBI was tipped off by someone in the perps' own backyard, and they indicate the tipsters were Muslims (according to National Review). So I guess not ALL Yemenis think they're innocent....

[porte des morts]

Hochul said one defendant - Shafal A. Mosed, who claims to be too poor to pay for a lawyer - recently blew $89,000 at Casino Niagara. Another $6,400 cash, Hochul said, was found in a coat pocket during a weekend search of Mosed's home.

Taher, who also claims to have little money, exchanged $15,700 in U.S. currency for Canadian

Well these fellows are getting cash from somewhere, thats for sure. World travel, seminarsby wanted terrorists, fun at camp. All this and still some change left over to gamble, and walking around money in the coat.

[norraad]

Now we see the real motivation, the bastards do it for moolah, not the Mulah!

[browardchad]

Hochul said one defendant - Shafal A. Mosed, who claims to be too poor to pay for a lawyer - recently blew $89,000 at Casino Niagara

This may be the reason one of his neighbors supposedly ratted him out; spending money meant for bombs in a casino is forbidden. Unless, of course, it was being spent for bombs under cover of gambling? I'm sure the FBI is keeping an eye on the casino (when they can drag themselves away from the Washington Post....).

[porte des morts]

Is this casino on the US or Canadian side?

It sure sounds like money washing to me.

At least the feds can send the IRS after him now.

[Robe]

I know I’ll get flamed for this but.......
This is the reason we need to be finding out about these guys from a neighbor who reports a stench in the next apartment, and the local police find 6 blotted bodies with entry holes behind their ears
The terrorist manual tells these pukes to bind up the legal process. There is no doubt in my mind that the three in Florida were either testing the waters, creating a situation in which a citizen gets sued for blowing the whistle, thus making everyone else a bit hesitant to call the authorities, or were in a bungled attempt to transport explosives somewhere, and dumped them in the middle of the night in the Everglades.
The way this is evolving it sure looks like these guys are going to walk. It will dilute our attempt to route out the sleeper cells. We can’t prosecute ‘em till they commit a crime, then they will be among the outer body parts.
They are the enemy , kill’em where and when you find ‘em of we lose !!!....And don't hand me "that will just make us as bad as them" crap

[Wild Irish Rogue]

"The next meal will be very huge," Mukhtar al-Bakri wrote in the July 18 computer message. "No one will be able to withstand it, except those with faith."

Very sobering- nukes?

[Icthus]

"The next meal will be very huge," Mukhtar al-Bakri wrote in the July 18 computer message. "No one will be able to withstand it, except those with faith."

This doesn't sound like an attack on a crowded building (i.e., conventional explosives)to me. This sounds more like WMD

[freeperfromnj]

This doesn't sound like an attack on a crowded building (i.e., conventional explosives)to me. This sounds more like WMD

It sure does. Also, didn't this cell have something to do with the elevated threat status?

[Eva]

I was waiting for someone to mention the lawyers. It will be interesting to note whether the lies from these lawyers continue in court. That story of the defendent crying and stating that he loves America is totally bizarre.

[txzman]

Nah, they were just out to buy a Shoney's breakfast for every Muslim in New York with all that money in their pocket.

That's the problems with Americans - they just look at Arabs with lots of cash and weapons who visit terrorist training camps and Wham! They automatically assume the Arabs are up to no good. /sarcasm

[CJ Wolf]

"The next meal will be very huge," Mukhtar al-Bakri wrote in the July 18 computer message. "No one will be able to withstand it, except those with faith."

poisoned Pork?

[b4its2late]

Hochul also alleged that some of the suspects seem to have secret sources of funding. Hochul said one defendant - Shafal A. Mosed, who claims to be too poor to pay for a lawyer - recently blew $89,000 at Casino Niagara. Another $6,400 cash, Hochul said, was found in a coat pocket during a weekend search of Mosed's home.

The prosecutor added that Taher, who also claims to have little money, exchanged $15,700 in U.S. currency for Canadian in October at the same Niagara Falls, Ont., casino.

Holy crap! Follow the money.......

[freeperfromnj]

Very sobering- nukes?

There was talk of an investigation going on in Canada that coincided with the arrests of these men. I don't know how credible the report is considering where it comes from, but here is what ABC News was reporting on their website a couple of days ago:

Law enforcement officials say they are not sure exactly what "watermelon" referred to, but they think it may have been a code word for some kind of terrorist activity. The arrests of the six men on Friday, Saturday and Sunday came as agents investigated reports of a possible "dirty bomb" being moved across the border from Canada, sources said.

[crazykatz]

Somebody stole some bacteria that effects pigs from a University lab the other day...I will have to go look for more info.