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Suspects nabbed in Detroit 20 April 2003
2003-04-22
Joint Terrorism Task Force agents were questioning two men who were caught videotaping the Ambassador Bridge and found with dynamite and shotgun shells in their car.

It's unclear if the incident has any connection to terrorism, FBI spokeswoman Dawn Clenney said. "We are trying to find out what their motivation was," she said.

Detroit police officers from the 3rd (Vernor) Precinct on patrol spotted the two Dearborn men shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday in a secluded area near the bridge at Vernor and 25th inside a 2001 model Cadillac.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0304/22/c01-143925.htm
The driver, Hazaa Shahit, 30, was videotaping the bridge while his passenger, Mohamad Elmathil, 26, was using a handheld voice recorder, police said.
Posted by:Tresho

#7  The agents did stick Lo Jacks up their asses however before they released them.
Posted by: Capsu78   2003-04-22 15:00:52  

#6  Perhaps they were scouting the best escape route to Canada for the Red Wings?
Posted by: ColoradoConservative   2003-04-22 14:47:10  

#5  I live in Detroit, they are reporting that two gentlemen in question were in the wrong place wrong time. The authorities have reviewed the tape and a local reporter stated that they did not even videotaped the bridge/infrastructure. The authorities are basically arresting first and apologise later. They were being held until the FBI talked to them.
Posted by: pj   2003-04-22 14:27:46  

#4  If they were released, I hope the FBI has a tail on them. Jeezzz.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-04-22 14:20:24  

#3  The original report that I saw said two quarter sticks of dynamite, i.e. M-80's by my interpretation. Fireworks, in other words.

They are probably on a "watch" list now.
Posted by: Chuck   2003-04-22 14:18:55  

#2  Someone asked the question yesterday if one of the guys was named "Mohammed," well that is a big hairy affermative!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-04-22 14:18:11  

#1  Boston.com reports that these guys have been released.
Posted by: Raj   2003-04-22 14:04:48  

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