"FBI Warns Law Enforcement to Look Out for 11 Missing Egyptian Exchange Students"
The men, who range in age from 18 to 22, were scheduled to attend a month-long program in U.S. history and culture, plus English language instruction, at Montana State University.But they never showed up. Maybe they're in Seattle looking for the light-rail train, which is being built for tourists from Montana. Unfortunately, the public wasn't given enough information to help identify the missing men:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would not disclose the names of the 11The only thing we know about them is that they're Egyptian and we can't use that information because that would be ethnic profiling.
Looking for a group of 11 people...
Wearing clothing...
Don't speak english, but want to learn...
Not US Citizens, but here on Visa's...
First place to look would be KC Records and Elections, see if 11 people(men) registered to vote lately with funny last names and the same address.
Posted by: Chris on August 8, 2006 11:29 AMlet's see...they can't learn this in their oil-funded state-paid universities? "just lost?" in America? and why Montana? less scrutiny in a less-populated state? or do they just love assimilating, wearing 10-gallon hats, strolling down Main Street in Anaconda & photographing bison? I doubt it;
zippo--right to their communities in any major city for assistance; am I suspicious? bigoted? maybe--it's like any immigration-security issue--who's here? why? me & my government (or any soveriegn govenment) have a right to damn well know to avoid later "issues;"
and another thing--why aren't there mandated "sponsors" who are primarily & legally liable for ALL their students' legal, finances and whereabouts before any alien sets foot here? even for good purposes? no one is on the hook for them? individuals? organizations?
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on August 8, 2006 12:01 PMBased on REAL, ACTUAL and RECENT Seattle history, should we not be concerned about "likelihoods" or "tendencies" or just common sense caution or should we just "go along and get along?"
I suggest vigilance and enforcing our laws. Find them & help them if lost or truly needy--but find out WHY they 'strayed' from their AGREED TO COMMITTMENTS and PLANS with our generous Country. Stop the crap and make people follow the law.
I believe they do have a sponsor. His name is Akbar Bin Snakbar, owner of Akbar's Furtilizer and Truck Rental Hut.
Seriously, they need to find these guys. If it looks, sounds, walks like a duck- must be a duck.
Posted by: Jeffro on August 8, 2006 12:55 PMIsn't there a huge international soccer game being held in Seattle this week?
Posted by: Cheryl on August 8, 2006 12:58 PMAll the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance dont you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
Theyre falling down like a domino
All the bazaar men by the nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette
Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an egyptian
The blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
Theyve got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more
All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
Theyre walking like an egyptian
All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an egyptian
Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a cadillac
If you want to find all the cops
Theyre hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs cruise down the block
All the japanese with their yen
The party boys call the kremlin
And the chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like egyptian
All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an egyptian
Walk like an egyptian
Of course, this should make the dems feel better that DHS and the FBI can't track someone.
Posted by: Janet S on August 8, 2006 03:23 PMSo we have to ask ourselves, if we were 11 Muslim youths foot loose and free in America and perhaps up to some mischief...who looks slower...Seattle? Or Portland?
Or maybe Wallingford.
Oh yes, here it is:
AP Aug 06 CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader announced in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the network.
Posted by: Tyler Durden on August 8, 2006 04:02 PMSure hope we're not listening in on calls or profiling, it may get the liberals all upset.
My guess is that they chose students that were similar in height, build, coloring, hair color and length. Hmmm.
Posted by: Jeffro on August 8, 2006 04:09 PMI'm sorry but wasn't it the same that took down the towers? Maybe I'm just an ignorant simpleton biggot but I'd say, NO MORE MIDDLE EAST STUDENTS - PERIOD. This is going to bite us in the butt.
Posted by: Jeffro on August 8, 2006 04:18 PMhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20013163-2703,00.html
Posted by: Peggy U on August 8, 2006 04:23 PMAfter 9-11 there should have been a 20 year 100% moratorium on any visas of ANY kind from ANY Moslem country or any moslem PERIOD.
Posted by: Bill on August 8, 2006 04:40 PMMontana State University Provost David Dooley said 17 Mansoura University students signed up for a 32-day cultural-exchange program to intensively study English, learn about Montana history and go on several field trips.
Posted by: Bill on August 8, 2006 05:13 PMwear a 10-gallon hat & make them pronounce "howdy, Pardner" & ask them to find Deer Lodge on a map...yup-gets 'em every time; and it's not profiling--just simple assimilation/cultural testing they seek; then, put a huge slab of BBQ baby backs in front of them; the fist to flinch is your man;
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on August 8, 2006 08:04 PMAnd what makes them think they will gravitate to the east coast, when the west coast has just as many targets. Why couldn't they hit Chicago or Nashville? What is so special about the east coast?
The government doesn't seem to be able to do any kind of threat assessment or anticipate the terrorists next move. They just look at the last incident and beef up surveillance in the same areas.
Don't rely on the authorities to keep you safe. We all have to be on the lookout for people and situations that look suspicious.
Posted by: daisycutter on August 8, 2006 08:05 PMThe feds ("Open Borders 'R' Us") are actually giving authority to law enforcement other than the ICE to worry about someone's immigration status?
They must be VERY worried.
Posted by: TB on August 8, 2006 10:10 PMThe cowboys with the rpg's strapped on their sides in place of six-shooters are probably your guys. Also, watch the movie extras in those sleepy Mexican movie set towns. The snoozing guys (sleeper cells) not wearing sombreros but turbans are your "lost cowboys." And the horses--riding through town shooting, hootin' & hollerin' on camels are probably your lost students.
yea--i'm "insensitive"--but so were the plane flyers on 9-11. How these guys can't stick out like a thumb in small towns on the Great Plains is beyond me.
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on August 9, 2006 10:30 AM