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To: LindyBill who wrote (176553)	8/14/2006 4:48:43 PM
From: the_wheel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793800

They are looking everywhere now: <Law enforcement sources confirm to News 4 that Tucson Police have issued an "attempt to locate" on two Middle Eastern men in their 20's who purchased nearly 50 phones from Sam's Club and Wal-Mart in Tucson. kvoa.com >

To: LindyBill who wrote (176553)	8/14/2006 6:29:53 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

Is this the "unwind"???? Maybe the FBI knows best???? FBI: No Terror Groups in Cell Phone Case [KLP Note.....Hopefully, the FBI is right...but I also note there are some CYA words spaced through this AP report...Maybe it really is a case of "nobody here but us chickens"...., but I think Brumar's thoughts are most interesting, and certainly possible. Still don't understand why anyone with any bright lights at all would drive 1800 miles one way to get phones that anyone else can get from their local WalMart or store like it....] Aug 14 2:30 PM US/Eastern CARO, Mich. The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had any connections to a known terrorist group. Authorities had increased patrols on Michigan's 5-mile-long Mackinac Bridge after local prosecutors said investigators believed the men were targeting the bridge. Local authorities didn't say what they believe the men intended to do with the phones, most of which were prepaid TracFones, but Caro's police chief noted that cell phones can be untraceable and used as detonators. The FBI issued a news release Monday saying there is no imminent threat to the bridge linking Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas and that has no information indicating that the men have any direct link to a terrorist group. Adham Abdelhamid Othman, 21, of Dallas, and Maruan Awad Muhareb, 18, and Louai Abdelhamied Othman, 23, both of Mesquite, Texas, were stopped by police Friday outside a Wal-Mart store in Caro, about 80 miles north of Detroit after employees became suspicious when they purchased about 80 cell phones. Local prosecutors charged them with collecting or providing materials for terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target for terrorist purposes. Tuscola County Prosecutor Mark E. Reene said Monday that representatives of his office and Caro police had met with Sunday with officials from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney's office. He said all the agencies were working together on the investigation. He didn't say what led officials to believe the bridge might be a target.

To: LindyBill who wrote (176553)	8/14/2006 6:36:36 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

<<It's all hysteria now, lets wait for it to unwind.>> LB I'm troubled by the fact you have three young punks (notice I didn't refer to them as Muslims) driving around the midwest with $31,000. in cash in their pocket buying disposable cellphones. Supposedly they would make a profit of $5./phone by selling to someone who they thought would export them. I wonder what is the name of their Company. IED Inc? How about their tax returns both business and personal. How about the Mackinac Bridge? Anyone wanting to buy a bridge? RB