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| Hearings continue for 19 men suspected as threat to national security |
| 2003-08-29 |
| From Toronto, Canada A 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 there’s nothing odd about that. "Lots of people fly over the (nuclear power) plant. It’s not a big deal, or I don’t think it’s a big deal. There’s no law that says you can’t." But immigration officials argued that Mohammed poses a threat to national security because of where he was flying. They say it’s also suspicious that Mohammed took much longer than he should have to get his licence. David Orman, Mohammed’s lawyer, says he’s exasperated by the fact that his client was arrested on suspicion alone. Oh I don’t 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 |
| #1 So... why the hell isn't it illegal for civilians to overfly nuclear plants? |
| Posted by: GregJ 2003-8-29 9:19:31 AM |