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India-Pakistan
US national arrested in Mohmand Agency
2008-10-14
Charsadda police on Monday arrested an American citizen with a laptop, maps and other documents as he tried to enter Mohmand Agency, sources said. "We have arrested an American national at Yakaghund checkpost with a computer, some maps and other documents while crossing into Mohmand," the sources said.

The arrested person's name was not disclosed, but the sources said his facial features suggested he was of Afghan descent. "Documents recovered from his possession establish his American nationality, but he looks like an Afghan Hazara," the officials said. "He has been moved to Peshawar for interrogation by a Joint Investigation Team," they added.
I have no idea why he survived the process of apprehension. The teevee sez he's a student at a junior college in Florida.
Posted by:Fred

#6  wellll I guess we can cancel that Jude Kenan passport then, eh?
Posted by: Frank G   2008-10-14 18:56  

#5  Appears they've kicked him loose...

CNN -- A Pakistani man with dual U.S. citizenship was questioned and released after being detained in a dangerous area of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, Pakistani police said.

Jawad Ali, a resident of Peshawar, was carrying a U.S. passport when he was detained Monday in a "red zone" area in the village of Shabqadar, said Charsadda District police officer Waqif Khan. Police questioned Ali, told him the area is dangerous and asked him to go back home, Khan said.

Ali's father is a cab driver in the United States, Khan said.

Initial reports on the incident Monday identified Ali as a U.S. student from Florida named Jude Kenan. Khan said he was not aware of an American named Jude Kenan.

U.S. Embassy officials in Islamabad said Monday they had no knowledge of an American being detained.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-10-14 16:06  

#4  He works for ACORN?
Posted by: Skunky Glins****   2008-10-14 13:02  

#3  TV also said he claimed he was on his way to meet a friend from the community college already there. Studying abroad at a madrassa, were they?
Posted by: Danielle   2008-10-14 10:21  

#2  That kid out of the Kite Runner?
Posted by: Howard UK   2008-10-14 04:03  

#1  I suppose that he was just going to intern with some business activity in the old country (Pakistan and/or Afghanistan). /s
Posted by: tipover   2008-10-14 00:51  

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