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August 08, 2006
There's no threat, until there is
The AP reports that 11 young men from Egypt entered the U.S. last month on student visas and have now disappeared. Then men are presumably Arab, and presumably Muslim, and were here "for a 32-day cultural-exchange program to intensively study English, learn about Montana history and go on several field trips."
If this sounds absurd to you, that's because your post-9/11 brain has not turned to morally ambivalent mush. If it doesn't, it's because you're far less judgmental than I am. Kudos to you.
UPDATE 08/09 : Obviously profiling is sinister, but here's the "broad strata" of missing Mohameds, Moustafas, Ahmeds and an Ali:
1. Ibrahim, El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed; DOB OF 4/29/1986.
2. El Dessouki, Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed; DOB OF 02/21/1985.
3. El Bahnasawi, Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali; DOB OF 04/02/1986.
4. Abd Alla, Mohamed Ragab Mohamed; DOB OF 02/15/1984.
5. El Laket, Ahmed Refaat Saad El Moghazi; DOB OF 09/01/1986.
6. El Ela, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou; DOB OF 02/02/1985.
7. El Moghazy, Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed; DOB OF 08/08/1986.
8. Abdou, Ebrahim Mabrouk Moustafa; DOB OF 02/25/1984.
9. El Gafary, Moustafa Wagdy Moustafa; DOB OF 07/01/1988.
10.Maray, Mohamed Saleh Ahmed; DOB OF 09/12/1985.
11.El Shenawy, Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad; DOB OF 08/12/1988.
Posted by bill at August 8, 2006 09:49 AM
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