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| Pakistani Caught Videotaping Banks and Other Things Across the USA | |
| 2004-08-10 | |
| Federal officials have charged a Pakistani citizen with immigration violations and said Tuesday the man was detained last month after being spotted taking videotapes of downtown skyscrapers. scouting sites for minarets for the coming caliphate no doubt. Kamran Akhtar, 36, was arrested July 20 after being taken in for questioning by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Anthony Maglione. Charges against him were contained in indictments unsealed in federal court Tuesday. Akhtar is charged with violating federal immigration and naturalization laws and making a materially false statement, according to a news release by U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert. U.S. District Judge Carl Horn ordered Akhtar held in federal custody at a brief hearing Tuesday morning in federal court; he had been in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was being held Tuesday at the Mecklenburg County Jail.
"yes. my family loves buildings. we just love them. so cuddly. so warm. so, um, buildingy. and they don't talk back. what's not to like?" | |
| Posted by:PlanetDan |
| #7 He applied for political asylum in 1992 and was denied in 1997. Five years to deny his asylum! And he's still here seven years later!! . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-08-10 22:15 |
| #6 Major financial institutions etc, MARTA etc. Nothing would freak out Mom and Pa America like 12 jihadis with WalMart bought weapons running amuck in a big mall with a plan. Witness the twerp killers in Colorado when the police sat and thought hard about what do to for 30 minutes. 12 or 14 committed jihadis could hold off the police force of most towns under the size of 200,000 for days. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-10 18:18 |
| #5 Mass transit, hydroelectric dams, large financial centers ... boy howdy, aren't those the jumpin' tourist hotspots? Couple this with illegal entry, false statements regarding citizenship and origination from a major terrorist country, I SMELL TERRORIST! If it quacks like a duck ... |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-10 15:48 |
| #4 Yup, they're aiming at banks and other financial institutions if they're casing Charlotte. MARTA and other mass transit too, huh. Sigh. |
| Posted by: too true 2004-08-10 15:06 |
| #3 It is now. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-10 14:55 |
| #2 Shouldn't this be Page 1? |
| Posted by: Sharon in NYC 2004-08-10 14:51 |
| #1 ...Don't know how many of you have ever been to Charlotte, but the business district downtown is extremely compact - pulling a building down there might bring a couple more with them. Beginning to think now we dodged a bullet - imagine what a bunch of major financial buildings going down just before the election would have done... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-08-10 14:28 |