3 Accused of Plotting to Bomb Military Bases in Texas

Newsmax ^ | July 10, 2002 | UPI

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Three men with Arab names were charged Tuesday with making terrorist threats after allegedly telling a stripper at a topless bar they intended to blow up military bases in San Antonio.

According to a police report obtained by WOAI radio under the Texas Open Records Act, the men were "very serious" and said they were "having a good time and spending our money just like our others did before 9-11."

Some of the Sept. 11 terrorists spent the week before the attacks in a topless bar in Florida.

Patrolman Al Ballew said the three men, identified by police as Jadallah Abdallah, 21; Matram Sayez Hijaz, 20; and Rabhi Abdalla, 25, were paying "large amounts of money" to a stripper for private dances.

Abdallah and Abdalla gave addresses in San Antonio, although Abdalla claimed he was from "the West Bank." Hijaz gave police an address in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb.

Police confiscated a brown paper bag from Abdalla containing "several names and numbers and vehicle keys," as well as 21 gold and platinum credit cards. They also confiscated three Texas driver's licenses from Abdalla.

Officers also found a road map of Florida in the men's car, as well as "envelopes written in Arabic."

Federal Charges Unlikely!

Mark Rich, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, said the men were questioned by agents, and he said they were "very interested" in the comments they made, but he told WOAI that federal charges were unlikely.

The men were being detained for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and were facing state charges of making terrorist threats. They were held in the county jail in lieu of $2 million bond apiece.

Officials could not confirm if the names given were the men's real names, if they are Arabs, or whether Hijaz really was from the West Bank. Their car was registered in North Carolina.

The manager of the topless club declined to comment.

[Bill Davis FR]

one question ins...are these guys legal or illegal immigrants...do you even know?

[AAABEST]

Aside from the fact these idiots should have known you can't throw a dead cat in San Antonio without hitting a GI or a member of their family.....

Benning was crime free as far as the locals went. They never came on post and acted up.

[El Sordo]

The nations needs more of these good, patriotic strippers.

[SkyPilot]

"All my brother thinks about is bringing food to his wife and daughter," he said.

And, his concern that lap dances now cost $30.00.

[anymouse]

Possible JIHAD IN AMERICA ping.

[Illbay]

So let's get this straight: If you are an average white boy, and you make a silly, obviously joking comment about having a bomb in your suitcase when you're in line at the airline check-in, you're immediately going to be arrested, carted to the jailhouse, and you will be convicted and given some sort of sentence (happened here in Houston to a German tourist).

But if you're a young man of Middle Eastern extraction, and you make this comment in public, you're just fine.

How does this work, again?

[Cobra Scott]

As a Texan, with first-hand expeinence on the terroristic threat statute in this state, I can assure you that a $2M bond would not be likely.

A $30k for attempted homicide, a felony, is not unusual.

Terroristic threat is a misdemeanor.

If I have redeemed myself amongst my fellow freepers with this info, I am happy. now, what were the actual charges? That is the real question....