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2006-05-20 Home Front: WoT
2 Saudi men scope out school, bus in Tampa
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Posted by lotp 2006-05-20 18:33|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 no shit? $250 Bail? Was Sami Al-Arian the judge?

these mooks need to have their entire lives examined before they're released. Jeebus!
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-05-20 18:46||   2006-05-20 18:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Note the ages on these guys: young enough to maybe pass as high school kids if they had a good sense of what the kids wear etc.

Alarm bells ringing .....
Posted by lotp 2006-05-20 18:47||   2006-05-20 18:47|| Front Page Top

#3 When they get to version #7 of the excellent story(s), the aclu will be showing up with dire habeus corpses.
Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-05-20 18:51||   2006-05-20 18:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Alarm bells ringing ...

Either that or a perverse sense of humor: playing with the kuffirs.
Posted by xbalanke 2006-05-20 19:38||   2006-05-20 19:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Or both at once, as with those "musicians" on the airflight a year or so ago.
Posted by lotp 2006-05-20 19:40||   2006-05-20 19:40|| Front Page Top

#6 First order of business, make sure they weren't simply casing out the route, or timing the trip! They were smart enough to leave their cameras behind to 'avoid' suspicion!
Posted by smn 2006-05-20 20:49||   2006-05-20 20:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like stupidity all around in this episode. "Casing" is a fairly sophisticated term to describe this activity. The "substitute" bus driver also gets quizzed about this, but not knowing the territory, what else does he or she do when two "youths" hop aboard - who's to say they're not the new "exchange" students?

Probably nothing here, but again, what exactly are they doing in the country anyway?
Posted by Ebbogum Sheresh6836 2006-05-20 21:39||   2006-05-20 21:39|| Front Page Top

#8 not a fucking thing good ES
Posted by Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-05-20 21:50||   2006-05-20 21:50|| Front Page Top

#9 what exactly are they doing in the country anyway?

Attending the school where Sami al-Arian taught and built up a network of students.
Posted by lotp 2006-05-20 21:53||   2006-05-20 21:53|| Front Page Top

#10 This totally sucks.

"He blamed the incident on cultural differences."

Culture of life v. culture of death

It's nice how their adresses are right there in the story.
Posted by Gene the Moron 2006-05-20 22:08||   2006-05-20 22:08|| Front Page Top

#11 
They lied about being Saudi! Why on Earth would they do that?

This stinks all the way around. Sounds like they believe all the "Americans are stupid" propaganda they've been fed.

-M
Posted by Manolo 2006-05-20 22:49||   2006-05-20 22:49|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah, why would they lie about being Saudis?
Why couldn't they get their story straight about why they were going to a high school?
Something stinks here.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-05-20 23:20||   2006-05-20 23:20|| Front Page Top

#13 My first question is why did the driver let then on ? This could have been a dry run/rehearsal or elictation (wrong people in the wrong place gathering info) - both pre-attack indicators. If these guys are dirty (I'm betting yes) they may have done loads of surveilance on various buses, picked this route and time for tactical advantages, and were in the final stages of the attack plan. They needed to know if there was security on the bus and the only way is to catch a lift and see what happens. Or these two guys could be pawns who were told to do what they did and nothing else ( ow risk to the group with a dead-end cut-out). Unfortunately, if this was pre-op activity, the bad guys learned that anyone can get on a school bus. The trick is to not let them on in the first place.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2006-05-20 23:44||   2006-05-20 23:44|| Front Page Top

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