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Doctor faces terror charges in Palm Beach

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Posted by Steve White 2005-05-30 01:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This article with photo says Sabir is US-born, converted from Catholicism in high school. His ex-wife had nothing but good things to say about him. She neglected to say why she is no longer married to him.

Posted by Whutch Threth6418 2005-05-30 06:16|| 2005-05-30 06:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Nobody ever picks up that, in these cases, the guys are all normal on the outside, and America-loathing fanatics on the inside. "But he's such a nice guy!" they shout as the feds lead him off. Here's a thought: maybe they know how to keep cool and not blow their cover? Jeez...every single time we get one of these, it's the same way. And yet nobody ever pauses to think that maybe it's a pattern.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-05-30 08:56|| 2005-05-30 08:56|| Front Page Top

#3 (50-year-old) Sabir, who was educated at City College and Columbia University's medical school and owes $500,000 in student loans

Day-yum ! I think I see why jihad seemed like a good life choice to him.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-05-30 10:14|| 2005-05-30 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I coulda had a purdy good 10 year run from 18-28 with half a million.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-30 12:43|| 2005-05-30 12:43|| Front Page Top

#5 WT6418, thanks for the link.

500K in med school loans? Something smells rotten. VERY rotten.

My employer has a med school. Tuition is about 34K a year; add another 5-6K a year for incidental expenses. Add another 10 to 12K a year to live like a student. If you borrowed every single penny (and you could), you'd owe about 200K coming out. That's a whole lot of money, it forces itself into career decisions --

-- and it's less than half of what this guy supposedly owes. For an additional 300K (75K a year) I could live like a prince as a med student.

It's barely possible that if he borrowed money from the HEAL program (Health Education Assistance Loan), which charges interest at market rates, and then made no payments and let the charges compound, that you could owe 500K, but the program doesn't let that happen -- once you graduate from med school they hand you a payment schedule.

Something smells about the money. Follow the money.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-05-30 13:05|| 2005-05-30 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Steve, you're forgetting expenses for shipping medical supplies to Afghanistan and Chechenya.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-05-30 14:12|| 2005-05-30 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 With that kinda money I coulda been a Doctor!

Posted by Master Love 2005-05-30 14:47|| 2005-05-30 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 To paraphrase Walter Hagen:

"I don't want to be a doctor, I want to live like one."

Swish - keep your head down!

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2005-05-30 15:34|| 2005-05-30 15:34|| Front Page Top

#9 I Want Him Dead.

Posted by Crineper Speresh7329 2005-05-30 21:47|| 2005-05-30 21:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Got the Holy Grail of Comments, there, CS?

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