From: "Gary Britt" 

Maybe I'll have to eat crow on this, but all the reports aren't in yet.

Gary

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
news:op.teappupgm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Nothing to see here.  Everyone can move along.
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14347754/
>
> FBI: No terror ties to men in cell phone arrest
> Three arrested after authorities find 1,000 cell phones in vehicle
>
> CARO, Mich. - The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that
> the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had
> any direct connection to known terrorist groups.
>
> [snip]
>
> As the man said:  no terror ties.
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:45:36 -0400, Gary Britt  wrote:
>
>> Yeah sure, it just so happens that the only people in the entire country
>> who
>> want to make a few bucks for college by buying 1000 cell phones are
>> MUSLIM
>> MIDDLE EASTERN MALES.  And then next I hear they have some bridges in
>> Brooklyn for you to look at.
>>
>> GMAFB
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
>> news:op.td806xwem6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>> 1.  (And this doesn't surprise me a whit).
>>> The "threat" of the plane bombers was trivial and
came up because
>>> somebody
>>> needed aome visibility.
>>>
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14320452/
>>>
>>> Source: U.S., U.K. at odds over timing of arrests
>>> British wanted to continue surveillance on terror suspects, official
>>> says
>>> NBC VIDEO
>>>
>>>
>>> . Disagreement over terror arrests
>>> Aug. 12: U.S. and British authorities disagreed on when to break up an
>>> alleged plot to blow up airliners bound for the United States, officials
>>> say. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.
>>>
>>> By Aram Roston, Lisa Myers, and the NBC News Investigative Unit
>>> NBC News
>>> Updated: 8:13 p.m. ET Aug 12, 2006
>>>
>>> LONDON - NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a
>>> significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the
>>> alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United
>>> States.
>>>
>>> A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British
>>> police
>>> were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week
>>> to
>>> try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to
>>> arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity
>>> due to the sensitivity of the case.
>>>
>>> In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was
>>> not
>>> imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets.
>>> In fact, some did not even have passports.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2.  (This explains the cell phones perfectly:  somebody wanted a quick
>>> score -- the capitalist way)
>>>
>>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/12/AR200608120
0692.html
>>>
>>> 3 Texas Men Arraigned on Terror Charges
>>>
>>> The Associated Press
>>> Saturday, August 12, 2006; 11:07 PM
>>>
>>> CARO, Mich. -- Three Texas men were arraigned Saturday on
>>> terrorism-related charges after police found about 1,000 cell phones in
>>> their minivan, and prosecutors say they believe the men were targeting a
>>> bridge connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.
>>>
>>> But two of the men said they were only trying to buy and sell phones to
>>> make money, and one said the money was intended to help pay for his
>>> brother's college education.
>>>
>>> (In other places, you can see that apparently [I'm not tied in to these,
>>> uh, "enterprises", so I have to take others' analyses as not
>>> unreasonable]
>>> somebody has found a way to hack the cheapie pre-paid cell phones so
>>> they
>>> work on other networks.  Besides ... what terrorist network is going to
>>> need 1000 cell phones?  If you need that many you'd pick them up in a
>>> bunch now, a bunch several months from now ...
>>
>>
>

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