First, the alleged terrorists (who stink like a fed cell if there ever was one):
"2 Egyptians Indicted on Explosives Charge" by PHILIP SHENON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 — Two Egyptian men who are students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday on federal charges of transporting explosives across state lines, with one of the men accused of offering explosives training with the intent of carrying out violence.
The students have been held on similar state explosives charges in South Carolina since their arrest there on Aug. 4; they were initially picked up on speeding charges about seven miles from the Naval Weapons Station Charleston, a military base in Goose Creek, S.C., where high-profile terrorism suspects have been detained in recent years. The local police said materials that could be used to make pipe bombs were found in the car in which the two men, Ahmed Abdellatif Mohamed, 24, and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, were traveling.
[Then why did the FBI come in and say, "Naw, it was fireworks?"]
The federal indictment, returned in Tampa, where the University of South Florida is, does not accuse either of the men of being terrorists or of connections to extremist groups. Their lawyers have insisted that the two men, engineering students who are in the United States legally for their studies, are innocent of any crime and that the materials in the car were not meant to be used as explosives. Friends and family members of the men have suggested that there were fireworks in the car left over from the July Fourth holiday.
Mr. Mohamed, a graduate student and teaching assistant at the university, and Mr. Megahed, an undergraduate, were charged with transporting explosives without permits, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Mr. Mohamed was additionally charged with one count of explosives training, which carries a possible prison sentence of 20 years. The indictment does not assert that Mr. Megahed was trained by Mr. Mohamed, nor does it specify what violent act might have resulted from the explosives training. They have been held in South Carolina on a combined bail of $800,000.
[Called NON-EXISTENT THOUGHT CRIMES!
Stalin would lovingly admire the BOGUS, TRUMPED-UP CHARGES!]
Andrew J. Savage, a lawyer in Charleston, S.C., who is representing Mr. Megahed, said the chemical compounds found in the car belonged to Mr. Mohamed and were “not much more than a firecracker — this is no high-powered explosive.” Mr. Savage said he was convinced that Mr. Megahed was the victim of ethnic profiling.
“If these were Swedish-Americans or Italian-Americans, we would not be in this position,” he said in a telephone interview.
The two Egyptians were traveling in South Carolina during a summer vacation and were heading away from the naval base when they were stopped by the police, the lawyer said.
[Were they ON THEIR WAY from having GOTTEN THEIR ORDERS?
They have bombs or no? If yes, ???? If no, ?????]
A spokesman for the University of South Florida, Ken Gullette, said Friday that the two Egyptians were notified two weeks ago that they had been suspended, given the earlier state charges in South Carolina:
“We are very concerned about today’s news, and we are waiting for the legal system to do its job. There has been no connection made between any alleged activities and the U.S.F. campus. Both students lived off campus.”
[Look at this sure sign of fascism!!!
The alleged ACADEMICS who are supposed to be backing thought and truth and justice CUT THEES GUYS LOOSE!
Nope, nothing to do with us, Sig Heil!!!!
If the kids are found innocent (which they won't be, not after Padilla), they ought to sue!]
Here are the targets, if you can believe it.
This not about "terrorism" any more -- which it never was -- this about CONTROLLING PEOPLE!!!
"Terror rules for chicken farmers; Measure targets propane tanks" by Mary Beth Sheridan/Washington Post September 3, 2007
WASHINGTON - In 28 years of raising chickens, Virgil Shockley has had his share of worries, from bird disease to pollution. But nothing prepared him for the latest concern sweeping the poultry industry: Local farms could be deemed terrorist targets by the US government.
"Out here?" Shockley exclaimed, gesturing across a rutted dirt road from his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore, toward six long metal sheds filled with birds.
But nestled in the grass between his sheds are rows of large propane tanks, used to heat the chicken houses. They fall under regulations recently proposed by the Department of Homeland Security for the chemical industry. Like many others in the $1.6 billion Delmarva poultry industry, Shockley can't imagine that a propane tank could pose a threat in that rural area.
"If it blows, you've got barbecued chicken!" he said.
Shockley is part of an unlikely group of people who have been swept up in Homeland Security's quest to protect the chemical industry from terrorist attacks.
[Yeah, PROTECT US after those FALSE-FLAGGING INSIDE-JOB BASTARDS pulled of the first one?!
Our MURDEROUS LYING KILLERS as PROTECTORS?
HOW SICKENING!!!!!!!!!!]
The proposed regulations, drafted after years of debate, would require thousands of chemical-using businesses to fill out extensive questionnaires in coming months. Homeland Security would then require the highest-risk companies to draw up detailed security plans.
Industry groups and politicians are complaining that Homeland Security is casting too wide a net. In recent months, they have bombarded the agency with concerns that the regulations could affect not only big chemical companies but also mom-and-pop dry cleaners, university labs, doctors' offices, and even camper parks.
"Given the serious threats that are currently facing our country . . . please explain why this initiative is a good use of federal dollars," three Democratic senators said in a letter questioning the inclusion of chicken farms. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin, both of Maryland, and Thomas Carper of Delaware, sent the inquiry to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Homeland Security officials are promising to respond to the issue, hinting that the regulations will be adjusted. "A small percentage of farmers that use or store propane in agricultural facilities will be covered," spokeswoman Laura Keehner said.
But the case illustrates a continuing difficulty for the government: how to strike the right balance between safety and the freedom to conduct business.
[Well, if THAT DOESN'T FINALLY WAKE PEOPLE THE FUCK UP, NOTHING WILL!!!!]
"There's got to be some sanity here, or people will stand back and go, 'Exactly who's winning here?' " said Jim Thrift of the Agricultural Retailers Association, a trade group.
Homeland Security officials, politicians, and analysts say the regulations are overdue. The Government Accountability Office has repeatedly called for federal antiterrorism requirements for chemical facilities, warning that voluntary steps weren't enough.
But for years, Congress and the Bush administration couldn't agree on how to regulate the industry. That changed last fall, when Homeland Security was put in charge of setting security standards for businesses that manufacture, use, store, or distribute certain chemicals.
The agency drew up a list of more than 300 chemicals that would trigger reporting requirements - including propane.
Keehner said chemicals such as propane and chlorine have been used in terrorist plots in London and Iraq.
[Exactly the point of those FALSE-FLAGGING, WESTERN-INTEL RAT-FUCK BASTARDS!!!!!
PUSH the FASCISM and POLICE STATE HERE!!!!!]
"At this point, we live in a post-9/11 world," the Homeland Security spokeswoman said. "There are basic measures that are incumbent on us as US citizens. And there are small inconveniences."
[Yeah, like GIVING UP OUR FREEDOM to the fucking WAR-MONGERING GLOBALISTS and their PUPPETS!!!!!
FUCK OFF, FASCIST SHIT-FUCKER!!!!!!!!]
Richard Roldan, head of the National Propane Gas Association, said more than 100,000 propane users would probably have to fill out the questionnaire under the proposed rules, which apply to anyone with more than 7,500 pounds of the substance - about 1,750 gallons.
Some critics say the questionnaire could take many hours to complete in regions with limited Internet access.
The questionnaire could also pose problems for colleges and universities. Ara Tahmassian, a Boston University administrator, told a congressional subcommittee last month that some universities have more than 1,000 laboratories scattered across their campuses. Some may have a mere test-tube full of a chemical on the list, she said.
[TOO FUCKING BAD!!!
They want to PROBE UP OUR ASSHOLES, well, ALL IN THEN, FUCKING ACADEMIC SHITS!!!!
Why don't you college and university shits GET THE TRUTH OUT ABOUT 9/11 then?!?!
No? Then FUCK OFF WITH YOUR PROBLEMS with the FASCISM!!!!!!
You can fucking EAT SHIT for all I care!!!!!!!!!!]
Congressional and industry officials say the situation highlights the inexperience of the four-year-old Department of Homeland Security. Unlike environmental protection officials, who have regulated chemicals for years, Homeland Security personnel are new to the area. Many are former military officers with little industry experience, said Thrift.
[Sig Heil! Sig Heil!! Sig Heil!!!]
He offered an example of the head-scratching inconsistencies: For some chemicals, even the tiniest amount triggers a reporting requirement. But for trinitrotoluene, the threshold is 2,000 pounds. "That's TNT," Thrift said. "Somebody missed that one."
[Like they MISSED 9/11, HANH?!!!!]
Shockley, the chicken farmer, estimated that three-quarters of the poultry growers in the Delmarva area could be affected by the proposed regulations.
Shockley said he understands Homeland Security's desire to reduce any terrorism vulnerability. In addition to running his chicken farm, he sits on the local emergency planning committee.
"I appreciate the fact that they have a job to do," he said. "Having said that, I don't know who in the world thought this was a good idea."
[The FASCIST FUCKS WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY, that's who!!!!
See you in a jail cell, stinkfucks!!!!!!!!!]
