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To: LindyBill who wrote (176575)	8/14/2006 7:10:48 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

Do you have any ideas as to why several groups seem to be out beating the bushes in the hinterlands for disposable cell phones all at the same time?

To: LindyBill who wrote (176575)	8/14/2006 7:32:30 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793801

PS...Bill, part of an article from Detroit...These young Arab men are just that....Where would they get CASH, a fairly large amount of CASH to be traveling around the country with, in the attempt to purchase cell phones, 3 at a time....My kids couldn't have received that much money (maybe $50,000++ for phones, gas, food, motels for 3 people) Hopefully, the FBI is checking all sources the men who have been buying the phones give them, and other sources that perhaps the NYT hasn't given away....who is the person, or persons, who might want these phones overseas????? >>>> In recent months, federal investigators have worried about men buying up large numbers of cell phones, which police said could be used to detonate bombs. The three men were arrested early Friday morning after they bought 80 Nokia Tracfones at a Wal-Mart in Caro. The store has a policy of selling only three Tracfones at a time, but the men convinced the clerk to ring up 80 phones, three at a time. They paid for the phones with cash including in $100 bills. "This aroused the suspicion of a clerk, who called the local police department," Caro Police Sgt. Dale Stevenson said. Police found about 1000 cell phones in the van. They also found receipts indicating that er phones were bought in Wisconsin the day before. Police also noted that the men had thrown away many of the phone chargers, indicating that they may have intended to send the phones out of the country because different outlets are used overseas.There were about 120 phones packed per box in their van, police said. The three told police they were buying the phones to sell them to another man, who might send them to foreign countries. Police Lt. Shannon Greenhaw of Mesquite, Texas, said at least one of the men had an address in Mesquite, a suburb of Dallas. She did not know if all three lived there. The police department "gave the FBI information some time ago," she said, but did not elaborate. "We don't know if they are terrorists or not. That is for the FBI's terror task force to determine." The FBI has interviewed the men, but federal charges have not been filed. FBI agents could not be reached for comment. There was no evidence that the three Texas men are connected to two Dearborn men found with hundreds of cell phones in Ohio last week. Ali Houssaiky and Osama Abulhassan, both 20 and Lebanese-American, were arrested after they bought hundreds of cell phones. Their families said the men were targeted because of their ethnicity. The Texas men also are of Arab descent, with Palestinian ancestry, police said. Imad Hamad, head of the regional chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, has expressed concern that Arab-Americans might be unfairly linked to terrorism in some cases. wzzm13.com