They split up and fanned out.
WASHINGTON - The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were apprehended Sunday in Richmond, Va., customs officials said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray, 20, and Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad El Shenawy, 17, at an apartment building in Richmond on Sunday night. Virginia State Police and the Richmond Police helped locate the students.Last Wednesday, one of the Egyptian students was arrested in Minneapolis and two were detained in Manville, N.J. On Thursday, two were arrested in Dundalk, Md., and one was arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Three more were arrested Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.
So, what excuse are these guys going to come up with to explain why they not only didn't show up to MSU but were instead found all over the east and midwest portions of the country? Obviously, the MSU provost's explanation that the students prefered the the excitement of New York City over Bozeman, Montana was way off.
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Yep, nothing to see here fo... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | August 14, 2006 12:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yep, nothing to see here folks, just move on. Just some fun-loving "kids" playing hookey.
1. Posted by GarandFan | August 14, 2006 12:44 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 12:44
2. Posted by Heralder | August 14, 2006 12:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It'll be interesting to see how this story unfolds from here now that they're in custody.
I'm witholding judgement right now, but it certainly does look suspicious...not to mention the FBI doesn't track people down for no reason.
2. Posted by Heralder | August 14, 2006 12:59 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 12:59
3. Posted by Big D | August 14, 2006 1:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Anyone else think this was a "dry run". A test to see how long it would take for them to get reported and then rounded up?
3. Posted by Big D | August 14, 2006 1:02 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 13:02
4. Posted by Phil | August 14, 2006 1:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I wonder too if this is a test run to see how fast they would be caught and the methods employed. I think they were guinea pigs to something more. I tell you, these terrorists are crafty. It was too easy and obivious.
4. Posted by Phil | August 14, 2006 1:02 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 13:02
5. Posted by sanssoucy | August 14, 2006 1:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
POP QUIZ
Fill in the blank:
It's important for the United States to exchange students with Egypt because _____________________.
Anyone?
For the life of my, I cannot imagine why we wouldn't just shut down *every* program, policy, initiative or thingie that results in young, foreign, Muslim men arriving in the USA.
WTF do we need these bearded, professionally-pissed-off clowns running around here for? Is there some valuable benefit that accrues to the USA for allowing this? Perhaps a fiendishly subtle one that escapes me?
SS
5. Posted by sanssoucy | August 14, 2006 1:35 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 13:35
6. Posted by jpm100 | August 14, 2006 1:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
US immigration policies are a joke. They really are.
The state department needs to be broomed out like many other agencies. Even if it means services suffer for a few years.
6. Posted by jpm100 | August 14, 2006 1:37 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 13:37
7. Posted by UncleZeb | August 14, 2006 2:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I agree with sanssoucy. We are at war shut down the exchange program with suspect countries. I will volunteer to draw up the list of suspect countries and nationalities that should not be permitted.
We did not continue any exchange program with Nazi Gemany, Italy or Japan during WWII.
7. Posted by UncleZeb | August 14, 2006 2:52 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 14:52
8. Posted by Billll | August 14, 2006 10:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This diasporia has been a test. It was only a test. Had this been the real thing, people would have been killed, and things blown up. We now resume our regularly scheduled whining.
8. Posted by Billll | August 14, 2006 10:17 PM |
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Posted on August 14, 2006 22:17
9. Posted by MOHATMA | August 15, 2006 6:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
These people are egyptian, they are magic. Getting caught wont stop their plans. Myabe just a diversion.
9. Posted by MOHATMA | August 15, 2006 6:17 PM |
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Posted on August 15, 2006 18:17
10. Posted by RealityCheck | August 22, 2006 3:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
let me draw your attention the even more sinister plot of 5 Irishmen who disappeared into underbelly of boston...the dozen brazilians who are hiding in the Florida swamps...and the couple from Tonga that have slipped into a resort town in Oregon...
"yearning to breathe free" indeed...they like their Egyptian counterparts are dangerously infiltrating Amerika to bring us their native cuisine...oh except the Irish...they just like to travel
10. Posted by RealityCheck | August 22, 2006 3:30 AM |
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Posted on August 22, 2006 03:30