Home of bomb suspect searched
FBI also tests liquid found in car's trunk
By Andy Paras
The Post and Courier
Yousef Megahed (center), 21, and Ahmed Mohamed (right), either 24 or 26 according to arrest records, were charged Monday with possession of an explosive device.
Suspect bios
Yousef Samir Megahed
Age: 21.
Residence: Tampa, Fla.
Nationality: Egyptian citizen; legal U.S. resident.
Charge: Possession of explosive device.
Bond: $300,000.
BACKGROUND: Undergraduate student at the University of South Florida since 2004. Registered for three hours of classes this fall. Has studied engineering and served as corresponding secretary of the university's chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Ahmed A. Sherif Mohamed
Age: Jail and arrest records indicate two dates of birth, making him 24 or 26.
Residence: Tampa, Fla.
Nationality: Native of Kuwait; Egyptian citizen; legal U.S. resident.
Charge: Possession of explosive device.
Bond: $500,000.
BACKGROUND: Has been enrolled at the University of South Florida since January, and was enrolled for six hours during the summer session. He completed his undergraduate education in Cairo, Egypt, where he graduated at the top of his class in civil and environmental engineering, according to The St. Petersburg Times.
FBI also tests liquid found in car's trunk
MONCKS CORNER — The FBI tested liquids Tuesday that were found inside a car trunk where authorities say they also discovered multiple pipe bombs.
Agents on Monday also searched the Tampa family home of one of the two University of South Florida students who were arrested Saturday in Goose Creek and later charged with carrying explosive devices.
Authorities say they don't suspect terrorism was a motive in the case, but they remain tight-lipped about the contents of the trunk and what they could have been used for.
Yousef Megahed, 21, and Ahmed Mohamed, either 24 or 26 according to arrest records, were charged Monday with possession of an explosive device. They were still in custody Tuesday after a judge set bond at $300,000 for Megahed and $500,000 for Mohamed.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has put a detainer on the men, which allows federal agents to have the final say on whether the men can be released, even if they post bond. Officials said detainers are routine in cases of foreign nationals charged with a felony.
"Essentially, it's what we use so we can determine their immigration status," said Richard Rocha, immigration department spokesman.
The men, who are in the country legally, also are prohibited from leaving the state until their October court date.
The leader of a Muslim advocacy group who has been talking with Megahed's family said they are still trying to find out what evidence the government has. The family has not yet been able to contact Megahed. "The family is anxious to find out what is going on," said Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Bedier said Megahed's family allowed the FBI to search their home without a warrant Monday.
The 2000 Toyota Camry the men were in was stopped Saturday on U.S. 176 in Goose Creek for reportedly going more than 60 mph in a 45 mph zone. A Berkeley County sheriff's deputy became suspicious when Mohamed closed a laptop computer as the deputy approached the car.
After the men gave permission to search the car, deputies found what they say are pipe bombs and the unidentified liquid inside the trunk.
Mohamed said during a Monday bond hearing that the contents in the trunk were fireworks he made from materials he bought at Wal-Mart.
It would be difficult to confuse pipe bombs with fireworks, said Craig Gundry, vice president of operations for Critical Intervention Services, a security consulting firm in Clearwater, Fla.
"Fireworks look like fireworks and a pipe bomb looks like a pipe bomb," Gundry said. "I don't see how one could mistake one for the other."
Pipe bombs are the most common type of bomb recovered by authorities, officials said, and Gundry said they're relatively easy to make. A large, sophisticated pipe bomb was used in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
"A strong pipe bomb can be pretty darn explosive," he said.
He said someone could conceivably make a small pipe bomb equivalent to an M80 firecracker, but didn't consider it likely because those can be bought legally in stores. "Is it possible? Yes," he said. "Is it practical? No."
While agents continued their investigation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff praised local authorities Tuesday for their diligence in the case.
"Whatever turns out to be the case with these two individuals, it underscores the importance of people being alert," Chertoff said. "Even if this turns out to be benign, if it turns out not to be a big deal, this is the kind of alertness and response that creates real homeland security for the people of this state as well as the country as a whole."
Chertoff joined U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the University of South Carolina to discuss national security issues stemming from inadequate identification systems.
Chertoff said he would not speculate as to whether the incident is related to an act of terrorism.
"It is up to the court system now to resolve it," he said.
Graham said he also wanted to compliment the law enforcements officers who made the stop in Goose Creek.
"We wouldn't have done that before 9/11" Graham said.
Similar charges have been filed in at least one other local case that did not garner nearly as much attention.
In January, Charleston County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with placing three bombs, each a plastic bottle containing hydrochloric acid and foil, near a home on Marshfield Road. The potential penalty for the unsophisticated chemical bomb was the same two-to-15 years in prison that Megahed and Mohamed face if convicted.
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BillyTheKid32 (anonymous) says...
20 years ago I was pulled over by the Tennessee state police for speeding after I had driven the car for 8 hours, my wife had taken over after hour 7.5 but had been up for the same amount of time as me.
I had driven for the 7.5 with no problem and at the end I took a break and had a smoke.
My wife could not drive because she was up as long as I was and we were only 90 miles from our hotel.
I took over for her and was pulled over. When the police figured out just what was going on, they showed me the way(3 miles) to the hotel(was lucky).
Today I end up in jail.
Serve and Protect.
August 8, 2007 at 1:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
As I said in a posting on a previous story about this, this is now a national security matter and, as the story indicates, the FBI is in charge of investigating this matter. Don't be surprised to see these men facing Federal charges. Remember, the police bomb squad destroyed what they said were pipe bombs. I think it is very unlikely that MULTIPLE police officers conspired to make this up. The dynamics for such a conspiracy are simply not there.
August 8, 2007 at 2:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wonderdog (anonymous) says...
These men are in their 20's - they are not kids.
August 8, 2007 at 7:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Neponset (anonymous) says...
Third time is the charm (did I get this cliche' right?). Lets see if we have more mischief and disinfo. today.
August 8, 2007 at 7:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bhippey (anonymous) says...
IdolHanz, I agree with you. Wonderdog, just how mature of some 20 year olds?
August 8, 2007 at 7:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bhippey (anonymous) says...
just how mature ARE some 20 year olds not of
August 8, 2007 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jammer (anonymous) says...
you people need to get off of the racial profiling crap, this isn't about them being mideastern... it's about the pipe bombs
I clearly remember a few yrs back when a little white boy put a pipe bomb in a mailbox half across the country and it was headline national news for two weeks
this incident with these guys hasn't made headline national news for more than a few hours at a time before it dropped down somewhere where you have to hunt to find it
it isn't "where they're from" or "what color their skin is", it's about riding around with pipe bombs in your trunk speeding through an area everyone from here knows better than to speed in... Goose Creek is where even the cops don't speed because they won't even give each other a break
I think everyone's blowing it up into anything they can for entertainments sake
it's merely about a couple of dummy's cruising too fast through the creek with pipe bombs in the trunk, it wouldn't matter what race or nationality they are from
I've seen the cops in the creek check many a trunk in white boy's cars... they don't deserve to NOT be checked because they look different do they???
time will tell all...
August 8, 2007 at 8:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
redtop68 (anonymous) says...
They look like they think it is funny! - Any of you with children should check out americancongressfortruth.com and contact your state reps now - get ready for your kids to be indoctrinated with Muslim education!
August 8, 2007 at 8:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
redtop68 (anonymous) says...
P.S. Check out debbieschlussel.com - she is on top of things!
August 8, 2007 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hawneena (anonymous) says...
Geez! Did you notice the typo? ".....both Egyptian than fireworks." LOL What is that supposed to mean? They were more from the "fireworks" race than the Egyptian race?
August 8, 2007 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Searcher (anonymous) says...
Naive boys???
The 9/11 Assassins:
American-Flight ll
Moltamed Atta / 33 years of age
Waleed Al Shehri / 25 years of age
Wail Al Shehri / 28 years of age
Abdulrahman Al Omari / 38 years of age
Satam A1 Suqami / 25 years of age
United Airlines Flight 75
(a Boeing 767-200)
Marwan Al Shehri / 23 years of age
Fayez Ahmed / No age given
Agohald Al Shehri / 28 years of age
Ahmed Ali Al Ghamdi / 21 years of age
Hamzah Salen Al Ghamdi / 20 years of age
United Airlines Flight 93
(a Boeing 757-200)
Ahmed Al Haznowi / 20 years of age
Ziad Jarrah / 26 years of age
Ahmed Al Nami / 23 years of age
Saeed Al Ghamdi / No age given
American Airlines Flight 77
(a Boeing 757-200)
Nawaq Al Hazmi / 25 years of age
Hani Hanjook / 29 years of age
Khalid Al Midhor / No age given
Salem Al Hazmi / No age given
Majed Moqued / No age given
source: library.thinkquest.org/CR0214626/9_11.htm
You can view photos of these "naive boys" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organize...
August 8, 2007 at 8:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
da9 (anonymous) says...
Funny thing is -jammer- you were the first one to mention it today. Thought I'd let you know since you came out with fists up, "you people...." No one had mentioned race until you came flying through. But, now that it's an issue- Good info searcher! Navyblueblood, that's exactly what it sounds like everyone wants, right? haha! Thanks for putting it into words for these "naive boys'" defenders. You're one of the people I look forward to reading from.
August 8, 2007 at 9:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
redtop68 (anonymous) says...
Add outragedpatriots.com and frontpagemag.com - both are must reads re: Muzzies!
August 8, 2007 at 11:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
proGodproIsrael (anonymous) says...
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/08/Hil...
August 8, 2007 at 11:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
billyoblog (anonymous) says...
So now we're finding out that one of their "roomates" has fled the country. Hope he watches his speed, wouldn't want a naive, innocent, college kid from the mid east unfairly profiled and ticketed for speeding!!!
August 8, 2007 at 11:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ltoyster (anonymous) says...
They were up to something. Too many variables. They were supposdely driving from NC to FL via Goose Creek? Near the Weapons Station Brig???? This is so obvious ..next case.
August 8, 2007 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sc23 (anonymous) says...
IdolHanz,
Maybe you can have these two "hooligans" over sometime for a real good fireworks show. FYI, police do not shut down all four lanes of traffic for fireworks. Americans need to get their heads out of the sand and realize that we are the prime target for terrorists. There is no explanation for these men, not kids, having pipe bombs in their trunk.
August 8, 2007 at 12:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
scgirl07 (anonymous) says...
I'm shocked to see how naive some of you are, and how you automatically think this is racial profiling because of their nationality! GIVE ME A BREAK!! Right now they deserve what's happening considering the circumstances. I know any cop anywhere would have done the same thing as that deputy regardless of their race or nationality. It's very supicious to me that they were on 176 in Goose Creek when they were supposed to be traveling to NC from FL! Wake up people the world is not a nice place, and some of you need to face the fact that a lot of countries hate Americans!!
August 8, 2007 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gcs (anonymous) says...
I just LOVE how P&C puts the ingredients to a bomb in the last paragraph of the story!! Good Job!! That's just STUPID!!
August 8, 2007 at 2:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sloggin (anonymous) says...
Let's not rush to judgment here.....
Ok.... GUILTY.
August 8, 2007 at 3:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
da9 (anonymous) says...
scgirl07 obviously didn't read all of the posts to see that that's pretty much what jammer wrote. Yes, race does play a huge roll in why these men were taken into custody in the manner that they were and for reasons you stated. My best mate's a Dorchester county sherriff and he told me that it's part of protocol to observe the entire situation and that it does raise the issue of terrorism when the suspects are of the nationality that these men are. There is a difference between racism/prejudice and racial profiling. I think those that can't tell the terms apart are "naive". How about you wake up and see that it's quite obvious that everyone in here has realized that this is one of the most hated countries in the world. You shouldn't come in here offending these people who are just posting their opinions. I've been through it and they'll make you feel really small really fast because they're not dumb or asleep.
August 8, 2007 at 3:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sloggin (anonymous) says...
Racial profiling or not??? Who cares, if anything, we need more racial profiling. It sure as hell isn't the 78 yr old black or white grandmother with a bomb up her arse we have to worry about.
August 8, 2007 at 3:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nstroman (anonymous) says...
These guys were up to no good. I am so glad that they were stopped & are behind bars. Take into consideration what they are studing-Civil & Mechanical engineering! That is interesting in itself. We must do what ever we can to protect our country. Great job GCPD! Keep up the good work.
August 8, 2007 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
postman01 (anonymous) says...
Jammer's assessment is correct except for the contention that they were two idiots cruising with pipe bombs. None of us (unless there's a poster here who is in law enforcement) has the info necessary to logically and factually reach such a conclusion.
August 8, 2007 at 3:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
proGodproIsrael (anonymous) says...
http://www.stratfor.com/products/prem...
August 8, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
proGodproIsrael (anonymous) says...
sorry for the last link. It's bad but
If you search google news for
Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed
this article comes up in stratfor. just interesting
August 8, 2007 at 5:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Neponset (anonymous) says...
Lets drop the "racial" from "racial profiling" - these two men are white as are most mid. east folks. Just call it profiling of persons of interest.
August 8, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jammer (anonymous) says...
da9 this is nearly a week old thread that's been restarted a couple of times... race is all most had to say about it for days, this was the first time I mentioned it...
it looks out of place because I posted it at the top of a newly start addition of this story... which was just a copy and paste from the last line in the previous thread
catch up to speed....
August 8, 2007 at 6:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jammer (anonymous) says...
btw I'm all for racial profiling too, as I've stated before
I was merely debating that once they were caught that race wasn't as much as a factor as the pipe bombs and other materials... although I'm sure it doesn't help matters when your trying to say it was just fireworks instead of like maybe a science experiment... lol
August 8, 2007 at 6:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
billyoblog (anonymous) says...
Idol Hanz,
I posted about Rhoad yesterday. He entered a drud rehab and had the charge dismissed. Apparently he'd been hanging around a Frat house at 3 am with a group of people who were doing lines when the police, who, as the story goes, observed them through an open window from another house. His license I believe was suspended but was reinstated after the rehab.
August 8, 2007 at 8:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WakeUP (anonymous) says...
Let's remember that the black, white, and hispanics did NOT orchistrate and carry out 9/11. We must get over being PC and start racial profiling!!! It's in our little Southern backyard. And I'd be a lot slower to rush to judgement if the Muslum community was heard speaking out against the "radicals".... what was that- a pin drop!
From your regular white mom!
August 8, 2007 at 8:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hawneena (anonymous) says...
Any "breaking news" on the unidentified liquid found in the trunk?
August 8, 2007 at 9:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
billyoblog (anonymous) says...
"Liquid" may have been inadvertantly substituted for "ingredients". The only liquid I am aware of was gasoline, which, in combination with the rest of the ingredients as I undestand them to be, could have produced a little more of a bang than what the "fireworks" theorists would have you believe. Those ingredients I told were Potassium Nitrate, sugar, PVC pipe, Fuses, and, as I mentioned earlier, gasoline. In short, an IED.
August 8, 2007 at 10:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Cindi (anonymous) says...
These two are not naive little boys. They wanted to get stopped which is why they were speeding just like the imams wanted to be reported so they could sue the passengers and make a statement. Both the imams and the two Egyptians are represented by the same group. They are grinning in their mugshots because it happened the way they wanted it to.
August 8, 2007 at 10:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mac0cm4 (anonymous) says...
Profiling is effective - it's unfortunate that it's frowned upon (when done 'illegally').
August 8, 2007 at 10:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
billyoblog (anonymous) says...
The price of complacency......
http://www.albertarose.org/Remember/i...
August 8, 2007 at 10:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
whome (anonymous) says...
quick question regarding profiling. if a federal building gets blown up, what profile do we use?
August 8, 2007 at 10:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
finder (anonymous) says...
your all missing the point.....everyone is worried about me, me, me. Sure we hear about this stuff everyday on CNN, Foxnews, MSNBC......and we all think it'll never happen here. Well, guess what? It just did, it happened in your own back yard. The media, or anybody else is not playing this up, they're playing it down, because it's the real deal. They are not naive 20 yrs olds, playing games. Think about what's in Goose Creek.....the Navel Weapons Station, .....the brig. Gotta admit, I'm a little concerned
August 8, 2007 at 11:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Searcher (anonymous) says...
Excellent report, Stratfor.com:
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For full report and other useful info, click on link headed
Terrorism Intelligence Report
Traffic Stops and Thwarted Plots
August 08, 2007 1843 GMT
mid-left at https://www.stratfor.com/services/fre...
August 8, 2007 at 11:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
what a racist state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 9, 2007 at 12:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
proGodproIsrael (anonymous) says...
No peacenlove. we are all not racist. Some of us are just trying to get information. This is difficult. We do not have the answers and we are just searching for what really happened. I agree that we should not rush to judgement. Let's find out all the facts. Please do not think that some on this forum are a reflection of the state as a whole.
August 9, 2007 at 6:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacelvr (anonymous) says...
peacenlove1: It is people like you who will get us all killed.
What part(s) do you just not get???
1. There are radical Muslims who want to kill us all.
2. They killed 3000 people in NYC.
3. They are here in the United States preparing...
4. They look like people from Arab states, not Europeans from the South.
August 9, 2007 at 1:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
i hope nothig happen again to usa , no body wants innocent to get killed,i don't ant american people to mix betwwen the good muslim arabs and the stict bad ones,they used to hurt my country like they are hurting america now,and all the eal good muslims do accept that , read about what happened to egypt since 1993 to 2004 ending with blowing up hotels in sout sinai egypt,and in algeria and saudia arabic,they are like cancer under the name of islam,and that's not true ,the islam spreading love between people and respect and to help each others,these terrorists are far away from islam ,THAT AMERICAN SOLISER WHO RAPED AND KILLED IRAQI GIRL AND KILLED HER FAMILY DON'T REPRESENT AMERICA PEOPLE and he is the same like these terrorists no difference, don't mean ya'll bad and killers ,try to understand and i'll keep my eyes open for u too WE R IN THE SAME BOAT
August 9, 2007 at 3:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
peace n love usa
August 9, 2007 at 4:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
carlosthedwarf (anonymous) says...
It occurs to me that the 9/11 hijackers and those who planned the terrorist attacks were Arab men who happen to be Islamic terrorists. Not "rebels". Not "militants." They are terrorists. Under normal circumstances, racial profiling is morally wrong and utterly repugnant. However, when 3,000 Americans are murdered on our soil by Islamic terrorists who are all Arab men, it is far from normal.
A distinction must be made that the USA is not at war with Muslims or Islam as a religion. The majority of Muslims are good people and do not subscribe to the point of view expressed by Islamic terrorists. These terrorists exploit the religion of Islam and take what is essentially a foundation built upon peace then twist it towards a violent agenda.
If I'm on an airplane and I see someone who is Arabic that is behaving in a strange way, I don't think I'm a racist or a bigot if I feel uncomfortable to the point where I notify someone. Call me crazy, but I think that we all need to be vigilant and on-guard at all times. The police should be commended for arresting these two men and protecting us from a potential terrorist attack. Whether or not these two men have ties to al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organization, I think that we can all agree that carrying pipe bombs is dangerous.
August 9, 2007 at 6:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
mr carlos i agree with you 100% u seem to be understanding ,im an arab muslim or consider arab cause my language is and i get the same feelings if im on a plane and see some arab moving too much or act weird i keep my eyes on him and trust me i would take action, islam is way away from these terrorists ,they have no religion ,NOT ALL arab muslims are bad THERE IS 410 MILLION ARAB ,BILLION MUSLIMS ALL OVE THE WORLD MAJORITY ARE GOOD PEOPLE , we love peace and we are against any kind of violant, AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY , I FEEL HOME HERE ,I HOPE PEOPLE NEVER CHANGE THERE WAYS AGAINST ALL ARAB AND MUSLIMS HERE .I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING AWARE JUST GET CLOSE TO THEM KNOW WHERE THEY COMING FROM ,MAYBE WOULD LET YOU KNOW WHO IS YOUR FRIEND AND WHO IS YOUR ENEMY .
August 10, 2007 at 12:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
idolhanz
MAXIMUM RACIST
August 10, 2007 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
carlosthedwarf (anonymous) says...
peacenlove1:
It would be nice if there was more outrage and condemnation against terrorism from the Muslim community. I believe that most Muslims reject the terrorists and their propaganda, but they are reluctant to speak out against it for fear of reprisals.
South Carolina is not a racist state. Nor is racism limited to just the south.
August 10, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
mr carols
the muslims don't know where is enemy at. the is no country for terrorism ,they can hit anywhere any time,no one know where they at how they think no one wants problems or war or killing ,i believe these people are going to hell , I LOVE AND RESPECT AMERICAN PEOPLE THERE IS good and bad everywhere ,but don't judge a whole nation by some bad minority,and i think america should look why there is people hate america and fix it ,and forget about the money for a minute ,fix the relation with other people ,peace brings peace,war brings violence,u guys here worry about your pets and even care about there mental health,take care other countries mentality,by respecting there culture ,religion etc,,and you'll get respect back ,if you are mean to ur dog is gonna be mean to you and others,THAT'S MY OPINION and i hope it gets a respect ,and thanks
August 11, 2007 at 1:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
peacenlove1 (anonymous) says...
meant there is no country for rerrorism
August 12, 2007 at 1:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rooster2 (anonymous) says...
I haven't read all the post, but this could have been a test. I seem to remember a similar incident where a terror plot was stopped at a small base up north. Maybe they are testing the waters to see what the security situation is here. Thank goodness for the Goose Creek cops! I know the base security is not that great except for certain areas of the base. Anyone can get into the NEX area and housing. The terrorists have proven that they don't mind blowing up women and children. Maybe they just want to send a message by blowing up some navy families.
August 12, 2007 at 1:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Mon_Kie (anonymous) says...
I had a couple of Muslims as friends in college, for a while.
Then one weekend they asked me if I wanted to go to a concert with them and get stoned.
Ouch.
August 12, 2007 at 4:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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