From: "Gary Britt" 

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
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> 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/AR20060812006
92.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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