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| FBI Holds Pair Seen Filming Border Crossing |
| 2003-04-21 |
| Two Dearborn men were being questioned by the FBI today after police said they saw them videotaping the Ambassador Bridge and found dynamite and shotgun shells in their car. Patrol officers saw the men during a routine patrol at about 10 p.m. Sunday, Detroit police spokeswoman Bernadette Najor said. The men, who were not identified, were taken into custody and were being questioned by the FBI, she said. "Even though the homeland security level has been lowered, we're still patrolling our borders, and we're not taking any chances with our city," she told the Detroit Free Press. Police were holding the 26- and 30-year-old men, both described as Arab-Americans, on a felony charge of possessing a dangerous weapon because the officers found a collapsible baton inside the car, Najor said. The baton is similar to one carried by police. Police were evaluating whether further charges should be brought against the men for carrying two quarter-sticks of dynamite, which are comparable to M-80 firecrackers, Najor said. The men also had a handheld audio tape recorder and photographs of immigration papers, which were turned over to the FBI, Najor said. Tsk, tsk, another human rights outrage against innocent touristas. |
| Posted by:Mark IV |
| #6 Oh SO racist! Shame on YOU! I certainly hope those nasty please-men go and raid the houses/cars of 20 Irish catholic nuns now to prove to society they are not racist nor racial profiling. |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-21 20:58:13 |
| #5 What do you think the odds are that either one of these guys is named Mohammed and is a Muslim? |
| Posted by: Ed 2003-04-21 19:15:41 |
| #4 "Dynamite? Of course it's dynamite. We're Arabs. We always carry dynamite. It's a cultural thing. You wouldn't understand." |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-21 17:40:02 |
| #3 Holy Profiling, Batman! 26 and 30 year old Arab Americans, who would have thunk it? I certainly hope that the police charge these touristas with unlicensed possession of explosives. Jeeze Louise! Glad to see the police on their toes. Thanks, guys, you may have saved many lives through your vigilance. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-21 12:45:13 |
| #2 I don't think the 10 Million cars crossing is the busiest - San Diego/Tijuana crossings are 5 million a month |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-21 12:31:50 |
| #1 Have no fear! The Saudis will supply them with lawyers. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-04-21 12:22:45 |