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Pakistani national arrested videotaping bank skyscrapers
2004-08-11
A Pakistani citizen is in federal custody after being arrested by a police officer who spotted him videotaping the 60-story Bank of America headquarters and another skyscraper in downtown Charlotte. The officer who arrested Kamran Akhtar, 35, said he tried to walk away when officers approached him on July 20 and gave conflicting statements about what he was doing and where he was going. Videotapes in Akhtar’s possession also showed buildings in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans and Austin, Texas, as well as transit systems in those cities and a dam in Texas, according to a federal criminal complaint filed last week.
"Hokay Mahmoud, now it works like this: we blow the dam in Texas, and it floods the transit system in Atlanta, and lots o' infidels die."
"You sure 'bout that, Kamran?"
"Sure I'm sure! I been there, I know things!"
Akhtar was charged in indictments unsealed Tuesday with violating immigration and naturalization laws and making a materially false statement, according to U.S. Attorney Gretchen Shappert. At a hearing Tuesday morning, a federal magistrate ordered Akhtar held on criminal charges; he had been in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A detention hearing was scheduled for Friday. The federal prosecutor listed Akhtar as a resident of the New York City borough of Queens and said he also went under the name Kamran Shaikh.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#9  While men can't dance and their houses smell funny.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-11 14:55  

#8  Akhtar is also the family name of the guy they caught in Dubai. Maybe Dan Darling can tell us if he was telling the truth when he said he was just making videotapes for family members.
Posted by: Sharon in NYC   2004-08-11 14:09  

#7  Mike, the article says he did not get a green card. He just claimed to have one.
Posted by: Zpaz   2004-08-11 10:26  

#6  I'm surprised the ACLU ain't all over this cop for profiling an "innocent" Arabic-looking tourist. Thank God Charlotte's law enforcement isn't in Mineta's chain of command!
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-11 10:01  

#5  Living in the Charlotte area, this is kind of creepy. Good work Officer Maglione! People around here are 'suprised' to think Charlotte could be a target. People need to wake up, Charlotte is not the po-dunk city it was 10 years ago, we're the #2 Financial City in the country. That puts us on the target list.
Posted by: AllahHateMe   2004-08-11 08:41  

#4  nice troll, "Nick". Dumf*&k misspelled white, thereby missing all the racial outrage. Back to Moby class for you!
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-11 08:35  

#3  
He applied for political asylum in 1992. Five long years go by. In 1997 his asylum request is rejected. By an amazing coincidence he gets a green card in that very same year, because now he's married to an American citizen. So, he's still here in 2004.

The investigation into this matter ought to include a thorough, critical investigation of 1) the excessively delayed adjudication of his asylum claim, 2) his marriage, and 3) the granting of a green card to him in these circumstances. If the marriage was phoney, then his "wife" should be maximally charged with fraud.

In general, anybody who tries to immigrate by filing a bogus asylum claim should be denied a green card forever even if he does marry a US citizen.
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Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-08-11 07:41  

#2  I guess it is time to clean the country. Only while Christian race should stay in this country and everybody else should go back to his native region.
Posted by: Nick   2004-08-11 06:46  

#1  "Green card? I'm from east L.A.!"
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-08-11 00:35  

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