Nothing To See, Move Along
One of the eleven missing Egyptian students has been arrested. Said group of students was last seen in New York City.
Said captured fugitive student was caught in Minneapolis.
WASHINGTON - An Egyptian exchange student, among the 11 who entered the United States but failed to report for their college program, was arrested Wednesday in Minneapolis, the FBI said. Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed El-Dessouki, 21, was arrested "without incident" by FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko said.
El-Dessouki is being held on an administrative immigration violation because he did not turn up for his monthlong exchange program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont., Kolko said.
The other 10 students remain at large. They arrived in New York on July 29 as part of a group of 17 students. Six students reported to Bozeman on time.
The missing students pose no terrorism threat, Kolko said.
Why am I not really reassured by that last remark? Oh, maybe because the FBI is apparently sparing no effort to capture these guys. Or maybe because he just happened to turn up in a city nowhere near where he was supposed to be heading.
Or maybe because I'm not stupid.
UPDATE: Two more of them have been found in New Jersey.
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By Jim,MtnViewCA,USA, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 2:49 pm
“Why am I not really reassured by that last remark?”
Yeah, would be nice to know whether the fellow was nabbed while visiting his grandmother, or while photographing the Mall of America security office, for example.
It’s getting close to Sept 11th again, and wasn’t it a gaggle of ‘gyptians who were the main actors that time?
By Gaius, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Saudis, actually.
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 3:20 pm
“Jersey”
Because NOT ONE of the original WTC bombers fanboys could find Passaic on a map.
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Wednesday, 9 August , 2006 @ 3:22 pm
And Jim, aim your calendar at Aug. 21, noon, eastern.
That’s when mohammed suppposedly lit up the sky when he ascended to Allah.
By usasamurai, Thursday, 10 August , 2006 @ 12:51 am
“Posed no terrorism threat”, that is funny seeming a major terror plot was thwarted today.
I have put you into my blogroll, as we say in Japan, yoroshiku!
By Santay, Thursday, 10 August , 2006 @ 4:32 am
I read somewhere that there’s also been some large purchases of pre-paid cell phones. One guy was caught with over 100 in his car.