2 Michigan men arrested on terror plot

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/10/terrorcharges.ohio.ap/index.html

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) -- Two men were charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism after authorities said they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in their car.

Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of Dearborn, Michigan, on a traffic violation Tuesday. They found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in the car, said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.

Prosecutor Susan Vessels declined to say how the phones, cash or flight information involved terrorism.

Abulhassan and Houssaiky admitted buying about 600 phones in recent months at stores in southeast Ohio, said sheriff's Maj. John Winstanley. The men said they sold the phones to someone in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb.

Investigators going through the car after the pair were pulled over in Marietta, about 90 miles southeast of Columbus, also found a map that showed locations of Wal-Mart stores from Ohio through Kentucky, Tennessee and into North and South Carolina, Vessels said.

FBI spokesman Mike Brooks in Cincinnati said his office was notified about the arrests and an agent was investigating.

A message seeking comment was left Wednesday evening with Ray Smith, a public defender who represents Abulhassan. Houssaiky did not yet have an attorney, Vessels said.

Abulhassan and Houssaiky did not speak at a hearing Wednesday in Marietta Municipal Court in which a judge set their bond at $200,000, Vessels said. Another bond hearing was set for Thursday.

The charges allege the two laundered between $5,000 and $25,000, Vessels said. A conviction carries a maximum 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine.

 

see? racial profiling against michiganders works!

all those michiganders want to destroy america! they hate america!

 

America! Fuck yeah!

 

They were going to blow up Wal-Marts in Appalachia?!!

Now there's a high-profile target.

 

all i know is -- they were from michigan and they hate america. everyone from michigan must hate america, then

 

Everytime a man named Osama tries to get ahead in America, the man has to put him in his place.  :

Seriously ... I'm surprised these guys weren't shipped directly to Gitmo. Wonder how long it takes them to make bail?

 

Not true... but it does say volumes about how they feel toward Ohio...

 

No the hell we don't Michigan loves America it's people like those idiots that give the rest of us a bad name.

 

Uh, cock ... he was being sarcastic.

 

Who said that they were going to do that.