Israele connection

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Usa: allarme camion bomba
Fbi: il 4 luglio Al Qaeda colpirà


14-5-2002
Washington, fermato camion bomba
Portava dinamite,arrestati 2 israeliani
Un camion che trasportava esplosivo è stato bloccato dalla polizia nello Stato di Washington mentre si trovava nell'area circostante alla base Aeronavale di Whidbey Island. Il mezzo è stato fermato per eccesso di velocità e subito ispezionato. I cani anti terrorismo hanno subito fiutato la presenza di materiale esplosivo che poi è risultato essere dinamite e plastico. Arrestate le due persone a bordo di nazionalità israeliana.
Uno dei due fermati, controllato dai servizi immigrazione, si è poi scoperto essere entrato negli Stati Uniti illegalmente. Il camion era vuoto al momento del fermo ma sicuramente trasportava l'esplosivo visto che diverse tracce sono state rinvenute anche sul volante e sui vestiti dei due israeliani.

Il mezzo era stato affittato da poco presso la Budget che ha negato qualsiasi uso per il trasporto di dinamite precedentemente al noleggio dei due arrestati. Sul caso indaga anche l'Fbi dopo che recentemente era stato lanciato l'allarme

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ma ecco il colpo di scena abbastanza prevedibile ....
Incolpati e discolpati nello stesso giorno

May. 14, 2002
Israelis suspected of carrying explosives cleared by FBI
By MELISSA RADLER


NEW YORK – The two Israelis arrested last week in Washington State on charges of having traces of explosives in their rental truck were cleared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday. The FBI said further tests found no trace of explosives.

Officials attributed the false positive to the presence of diesel fuel, which was used to fill up the van.

News of the incident spread like wildfire on Fox News and TV stations in Israel.

The Israelis' saga began on May 8 when they were pulled over in Oak Harbor, Washington, and a trace amount of TNT and the plastic explosive RDX was apparently found on the gear shift and steering wheel of their vehicle and on one of the Israeli's clothes, Fox News reported yesterday.

According to an FBI spokesman in Seattle, Ray Lauer, local police who pulled the Israelis over for speeding became suspicious after one of the men was found to be in possession of an altered passport, and the other was unable to produce any identification other than an Israeli driver's license. Suspicions were heightened since the Israelis were close to Whidbey Island Naval Station, and the driver insisted they were moving furniture – a claim that did not seem to mesh with the late hour.

Military personnel who were called in from Whidbey Island to conduct tests on the vehicle dispatched sniffer dogs and ionizers that indicated the presence of explosives in the car. The men denied any connection to explosive material and were hauled off to INS custody for violating immigration laws.

"They did not have explosives on them," Lauer said. "The tests that they conducted appear to be false positives."

The Israelis are currently being held in INS custody on immigration violations, including entering the country illegally and working without proper documentation, according to Garrison Courtney, a spokesman in Seattle's INS office.

"The two gentlemen that were stopped were held on immigration violations. They are in the custody of the INS. We are only charging them with immigration violations," Courtney said.
Since September 11, dozens of Israelis have been detained by the INS and deported to Israel for violating a variety of immigration laws, including overstaying their visa and working without a permit.

The Israeli consulate in San Francisco, which has jurisdiction over Washington State, did not return calls seeking comment.