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To: wonk who wrote (176581)	8/14/2006 8:01:41 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793795

You’d be surprised at the cellular penetration rate in a place like Haiti. Arbitrage: You probably have the answer. That explains the sale limit. No third world country would hard-wire today.

To: wonk who wrote (176581)	8/14/2006 8:08:27 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793795

<<The wholesale sells them to wholesalers in the Caribbean, South America or Africa for $40. >> If the three men were South Americans, African or Haitian your argument would be stronger. The fact is they are Muslims and I will assume the disassembled phones are going to the ME. IED, Incorporated as in BOOM & dead and wounded US Soldiers. RB

To: wonk who wrote (176581)	8/14/2006 9:24:51 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793795

I'm coming around. It could conceivably be that the Walmart $20 phones were simply enough of a bargain that someone was acquiring them for resale overseas. OTOH it could also be that someone was acquiring them for use by a terror cell for communications or use in explosives. And its possible these guys doing the buying don't even know where they're going or why or what they'll be used for - they could be stooges for someone with money telling them I'll take all of these you guys can get. Whatever, they need to be investigated up down and sideways.