FBI on the lookout for 5 Arab Men

[Guest HartFan86]

It's on the big 3 (CNN, MSNBC, Fox News) right now, and I can't find the AP article on the sites yet.

 

Wonder if these guys are up to no good with New Year's Eve coming up (which shouldn't really be surprsing).

[Guest Downhome]

It's on the big 3 (CNN, MSNBC, Fox News) right now, and I can't find the AP article on the sites yet.

 

Wonder if these guys are up to no good with New Year's Eve coming up (which shouldn't really be surprsing).

Here is the link...

 

RIGHT HERE, DUH

 

...and here is the article...

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI said Sunday it is looking for five men of Arab ancestry who may have entered the country illegally last week.

 

The agency said the five men are believed to have arrived in the United States on or before Christmas Eve.

 

The five men are: Abid Noraiz Ali, Iftikhar Khozmai Ali, Mustafa Khan Owasi, Adil Pervez and Akbar Jamal, all born between 1969 and 1983. The FBI warned that the names and birth dates may be false.

 

The FBI said it had no indication the men were linked to terrorist activities, but still wanted to question the five "based upon information developed in the course of ongoing investigations."

 

The FBI said it was working with the Customs, Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Transportation Security Agency to find the men.

 

...I say jump to conclusions, period.

[Guest DrTom]

The fact that we still refuse to scrutinize Arab men between the ages of 18 and 40 who attempt to enter America from countries known to dislike us continues to puzzle and anger me.

[Guest HartFan86]

Oh, I forgot to look at CNN.com. Sorry about that.

[Guest red_file]

The fact that we still refuse to scrutinize Arab men between the ages of 18 and 40 who attempt to enter America from countries known to dislike us continues to puzzle and anger me.

Whenver it's brought up, the cries of racism rise to absurd levels.

[Guest Downhome]

The fact that we still refuse to scrutinize Arab men between the ages of 18 and 40 who attempt to enter America from countries known to dislike us continues to puzzle and anger me.

Whenver it's brought up, the cries of racism rise to absurd levels.

Anti-racists sure seem to want to keep racism around if you ask me. I don't blame them though, many have careers based around racism, and if it somehow went away, they'd be out of work, forever.

 

Is it REALLY as easy as it seems it is to get into our Country illegally? We really need to work on this, ASAP.

[Guest DrTom]

Whenver it's brought up, the cries of racism rise to absurd levels.

Of course, because many people are both myopic and stupid. I'd rather not see any more Americans die for the cause of political correctness.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

Find them, ask questions, search, whatever. It matters not to me until they start getting thrown in prison without just cause. As of right now, they aren't even really classified as suspects of anything.

 

As possible immigrants or tourists or whatever they're classified as, do they fall under international law or ours? I know it's a dumb question probably, I was just wondering what the status of people were who were between countries of residence, so to speak.

[Guest NoCalMike]

I wouldn't cry foul if they are found and questioned.

[Guest Downhome]

Well, they DID enter illegally, so they SHOULD be found and questioned.

[Guest MrRant]

Blame the lawyers.

[Guest cynicalprofit]

And they spent how much of our money again to improve security....if someone else doesnt destroy us, were doing a damn fine job of doing it ourselves.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I just thought that today's Doonesbury was pretty fitting to put in this thread, given the subject matter of it:

 

 

Exaggerated for humorous purposes, but it still raises a decent point I think.

 

EDIT: Works now!!

[Guest J*ingus]

HAH! Red Xs always make me guffaw with their up-to-date timeliness. </inexplicable burst of mean, hurtful sarcasm>

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

The picture of one of the guys in CNNs website sure didn't look Arab. Unless they just grabbed some random pick from "America's Most Wanted" or something to give the appearance of a mean dangerous guy.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

If these guys aren't terrorist or have terrorist ties, they should have no problem turning themselves into authorities.

[Guest HecateRose]

Just heard (saw on Headline News) one guy contacted the authorities, saying he was the guy in one of the pictures, and he wasn't in the US, or had ever been in the US. They also had the wrong name on the news when they were looking for him.

 

 

Here's a link: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/sout...n.ap/index.html

[Guest Vern Gagne]

When I see the pictures of the 5 guys I'm reminded of the pictures of the 19 highjackers. Not to say these 5, and rumored 14 more are terrorist but I remember experts saying the 9-11 terrorist shaved and became more Western.