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Fifteen people – most of them Muslims - were arrested in Missouri last week because of a large quantity of fake documents authorizing the transportation of dangerous freights and substances in the country. The detainees intended to present the documents to 70 residents of Somalia and Bosnia. Ernest “Mustafa” White, a 49-year-old resident of Kansas, the owner of a driving school and the trucking company Muslim Brothers and Sisters was the leader of the criminal group. 300 of his 520 students came from the Middle East. One of the suspects, a superintendent of another driving school, filed a report against Mustafa White several years ago and claimed that there were too many suspicious individuals in Mr. White’s schools, all of them immigrants from the most unstable region of the world. The police ignored the claim, and the superintendent apparently decided to assist Mustafa White in his illicit business.
Official spokesmen for the Department of Justice in Missouri released a public statement that said that the case had no connection with terrorism. Drivers’ licenses for the transportation of poisonous materials can become potentially dangerous weapon for those seeking ways to cause serious damage - that is true. The authorities also said that the defendants neglected the protection of national security. Surprisingly, the US police found no terrorism in the above-mentioned activities. It may seem a little confusing that the investigation was conducted by Heart of America Joint Terrorism Task Force – a special group of the FBI dealing with questions of terrorist threat in the USA. It brings up the idea that the special group has no work to do if it started investigating criminal affairs.
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Another curious situation took place in Indianapolis, Indiana. The police arrested a mentally unbalanced man, a US citizen, who made poisonous substances and stored al-Qaeda brochures. The local authorities believed that it had nothing to do with terrorism either. The police broke into the apartment of Joseph Bagley and found bomb-making equipment and al-Qaeda literature there. The FBI was attracted to the investigation of that “non-terrorist” case. Officers said that they found no evidence to prove Bagley’s links with the notorious terrorist group. They only concluded that the man was inspired with terrorists’ actions. It is not clear though how a mentally unbalanced man could get hold of Islamist literature.
Another similar incident took place in Missouri too. FBI agents searched the houses of three local Muslim community leaders, the founders of Life for Relief and Development charity foundation. It was stated that it was a criminal case, the details of which were not to be exposed. The agents withdrew a computer and several closed boxes from the house of Khalil Jassemm, the director of the fund. Another defendant said that the special services suspected the foundation of its links with Iraq before the start of the war.
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A little help please in the bill just passed in the House is Wiretapping and Searches of homes happen 60 days after an attack... ???
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