lily
08-31-2007, 10:11 PM
Just more proof that the government does not have to unconsitutionally tap our phones to catch terriorsts wannabees............whith that said......I'll leave the rest of the thread to Chess.;) (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/31/florida.explosives.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)
Egyptian students indicted on explosives charges in Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida
were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines
and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for
violent reasons.
Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, is an engineering student at the University of
South Florida.
Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, an engineering graduate student and
teaching assistant at the Tampa-based university, faces terrorism charges
for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives.
He and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, an engineering student, were stopped for
speeding August 4 in Goose Creek, South Carolina, where they have been held
on state charges.
The two men were stopped with pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base in
South Carolina where enemy combatants have been held. They were held on
state charges while the FBI continued to investigate whether there was a
terrorism link.
Mohamed was charged with distributing information relating to explosives,
destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, which is a
terrorism-related statute, a Justice Department official said. The crime
carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
He and Megahed both face with charges of transporting explosives in
interstate commerce without permits, which carries a 10-year prison penalty.
Their defense attorney, Andy Savage, did not immediately return a call
seeking comment.
The indictment was handed up in Tampa, Florida.
In South Carolina, where Mohamed and Megahed have been held in the Berkeley
County jail, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd praised state and federal
authorities for cooperating in the four-week investigation that initially
did not look like a terrorism case.
"The arresting deputy's vigilance and the immediate response of our local
investigators and prosecutors are highly commendable," Lloyd said in a
statement.
Since the August 4 arrest, authorities sought to determine whether Mohamed
and Megahed were fledgling terrorists or merely college students headed to
the beach with devices made from fireworks they bought at Wal-Mart in their
car, as they claimed. The local sheriff in South Carolina said the
explosives were "other than fireworks."
The charges follow several searches in Tampa, including of a storage
facility and a park where the explosives might have been tested, authorities
said.
Both Mohamed and Megahed are in the county legally on student visas,
officials said.
Egyptian students indicted on explosives charges in Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida
were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines
and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for
violent reasons.
Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, is an engineering student at the University of
South Florida.
Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, an engineering graduate student and
teaching assistant at the Tampa-based university, faces terrorism charges
for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives.
He and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, an engineering student, were stopped for
speeding August 4 in Goose Creek, South Carolina, where they have been held
on state charges.
The two men were stopped with pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base in
South Carolina where enemy combatants have been held. They were held on
state charges while the FBI continued to investigate whether there was a
terrorism link.
Mohamed was charged with distributing information relating to explosives,
destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, which is a
terrorism-related statute, a Justice Department official said. The crime
carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.
He and Megahed both face with charges of transporting explosives in
interstate commerce without permits, which carries a 10-year prison penalty.
Their defense attorney, Andy Savage, did not immediately return a call
seeking comment.
The indictment was handed up in Tampa, Florida.
In South Carolina, where Mohamed and Megahed have been held in the Berkeley
County jail, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd praised state and federal
authorities for cooperating in the four-week investigation that initially
did not look like a terrorism case.
"The arresting deputy's vigilance and the immediate response of our local
investigators and prosecutors are highly commendable," Lloyd said in a
statement.
Since the August 4 arrest, authorities sought to determine whether Mohamed
and Megahed were fledgling terrorists or merely college students headed to
the beach with devices made from fireworks they bought at Wal-Mart in their
car, as they claimed. The local sheriff in South Carolina said the
explosives were "other than fireworks."
The charges follow several searches in Tampa, including of a storage
facility and a park where the explosives might have been tested, authorities
said.
Both Mohamed and Megahed are in the county legally on student visas,
officials said.