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Hearings continue for 19 men suspected as threat to national security
From Toronto, CanadaA student pilot from India who apparently few over a nuclear power plant near Toronto will continue to be held in custody as a threat to national security. Anwar ur Rehman Mohammed is one of the 19 men arrested two weeks ago under new immigration laws that allow officials to detain persons suspected of unusual behavior. Mohammed came to Canada from India to learn how to fly. An immigration hearing was told that Mohammed flew over a nuclear power plant near the flight school. But Rick Caravaggio, the head instructor at that school says thereâs nothing odd about that. "Lots of people fly over the (nuclear power) plant. Itâs not a big deal, or I donât think itâs a big deal. Thereâs no law that says you canât." But immigration officials argued that Mohammed poses a threat to national security because of where he was flying. They say itâs also suspicious that Mohammed took much longer than he should have to get his licence. David Orman, Mohammedâs lawyer, says heâs exasperated by the fact that his client was arrested on suspicion alone. Oh I donât know, the fact that they got student visas in order to attend a ficticious (non-flight) school might have something to do with it (although it speaks volumes about the visa application process as well). Posted by: Raphael 2003-08-29 |
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