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Suspects nabbed in Detroit 20 April 2003

Joint Terrorism Task Force agents were questioning two men who were caught videotaping the Ambassador Bridge and found with dynamite and shotgun shells in their car.

It's unclear if the incident has any connection to terrorism, FBI spokeswoman Dawn Clenney said. "We are trying to find out what their motivation was," she said.

Detroit police officers from the 3rd (Vernor) Precinct on patrol spotted the two Dearborn men shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday in a secluded area near the bridge at Vernor and 25th inside a 2001 model Cadillac.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0304/22/c01-143925.htm
The driver, Hazaa Shahit, 30, was videotaping the bridge while his passenger, Mohamad Elmathil, 26, was using a handheld voice recorder, police said.

Posted by Tresho 2003-04-22 01:49 pm|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Boston.com reports that these guys have been released.

Posted by Raj 2003-04-22 14:04:48|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-04-22 14:04:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Someone asked the question yesterday if one of the guys was named "Mohammed," well that is a big hairy affermative!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-22 14:18:11|| 2003-04-22 14:18:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The original report that I saw said two quarter sticks of dynamite, i.e. M-80's by my interpretation. Fireworks, in other words.

They are probably on a "watch" list now.

Posted by Chuck 2003-04-22 14:18:55|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-04-22 14:18:55|| Front Page Top

#4 If they were released, I hope the FBI has a tail on them. Jeezzz.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-22 14:20:24|| 2003-04-22 14:20:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I live in Detroit, they are reporting that two gentlemen in question were in the wrong place wrong time. The authorities have reviewed the tape and a local reporter stated that they did not even videotaped the bridge/infrastructure. The authorities are basically arresting first and apologise later. They were being held until the FBI talked to them.

Posted by pj 2003-04-22 14:27:46|| 2003-04-22 14:27:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Perhaps they were scouting the best escape route to Canada for the Red Wings?

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-04-22 14:47:10|| 2003-04-22 14:47:10|| Front Page Top

#7 The agents did stick Lo Jacks up their asses however before they released them.

Posted by Capsu78 2003-04-22 15:00:52|| 2003-04-22 15:00:52|| Front Page Top

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