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UK Terror Suspects Named

Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 5:32:01 pm PST

At ABC News’ The Blotter, the names of three of the terror suspects arrested in Britain:

• Rashid Rauf
• Mohammed al-Ghandra
• Ahmed al Khan

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#1 Abu Maven 8/10/06 3:33:24 pm 0

And none are named Goldberg?

/color me shocked

#2 Ghost of a flea 8/10/06 3:33:42 pm 0

You could knock me over with a feather.

#3 cjstavern 8/10/06 3:33:52 pm 0

All good Irish names

#4 tradewind 8/10/06 3:34:33 pm 0

Oh well, then: no way to determine their ethnicity or possible motive.

Next:

#5 Flying Dutchman 8/10/06 3:35:15 pm 0

Hello all !

Yet another media manipulation made by Belgian television RTL and found by [Link: www.france-echos.com...] witch is a french website fighting for the same just cause as you guy's do (Yes, rare but it does exist ! ... ;-)))

It's here : [Link: www.france-echos.com...]

Well worth a look !

You may unfortunately need some french knowledge for the first video and the related text.

Regards

Flying Dutchman

#6 Abu Maven 8/10/06 3:35:39 pm 0

Sounds like they come from a "broad strata."

#7 LSD 8/10/06 3:35:58 pm 0

Just as i thought!
They are Latvian!

#8 JAT 8/10/06 3:36:04 pm 0

They sound homegrown to me!

OH! I got a bridge in New York for sale too!

#9 florya 8/10/06 3:36:14 pm 0

Where do we find them?

#10 JustAVoter 8/10/06 3:36:31 pm 0

Heh...

"Rashid" means "rightly guided one". There's some irony for ya'.

I guess it's not all in a name, is it...

#11 Canadian Infidel 8/10/06 3:36:32 pm 0

Damn Amish!

#12 mountaindad 8/10/06 3:37:03 pm 0

And they're between 17 and 40 years old......

Add em to the long list!

#13 Salem 8/10/06 3:37:50 pm 0

Ah, the cream of the crap...

#14 really grumpy big dog johnson 8/10/06 3:38:01 pm 0

I really thought the names of a Tibetan, a Hmong, and a Punjabi would be on that list.

I'm shocked.

#15 retentionguy 8/10/06 3:38:06 pm 0

But...but...but...those names are all MUSLIM? It doesn't make sense! Damn that magnificent genius Rove! Damn him! Defeat Bush in 2008!

/LLL off

#16 Buckaroo 8/10/06 3:39:02 pm 0

And the M. Steyn rule is once again upheld ...


/tho with 24 arrestees, the chances were even higher than usual ...
:-)

#17 Jimmah 8/10/06 3:39:09 pm 0

Ah. More evidence that muslims are being unfairly targeted by the police. It's racism I tell you.

#18 FrogMarch 8/10/06 3:39:21 pm 0

Anyone CAIR to comment on their religion?
Be careful! Don't offend anyone. Remember - terrorists are people too. And the Muslim faith has nothing to do with any of it. And even if it did, it would all be a zionist conspriacy anyway.


Right CAIR?

#19 littleoldlady 8/10/06 3:39:30 pm 0

Only one Mohammed?

/sumptin' wrong with the statistics?

#20 bbev 8/10/06 3:40:08 pm 0

And I thought there names would be John, Paul and Ringo.

#21 MadHamster 8/10/06 3:40:09 pm 0

Those damned Norwegian. They'll break your heart every time.

#22 Salem 8/10/06 3:40:18 pm 0

Damn, but I miss the "Recent Posts" thingy on the sidebar...

#23 z 8/10/06 3:40:59 pm 0

Hey, lets not jump to conclusions! Maybe they are buddhists. Oh why do they hate the airplanes?

#24 Dar ul Harb 8/10/06 3:41:13 pm 0

I just can't figure out a common denominator here...

#25 Abu Maven 8/10/06 3:41:56 pm 0

19 littleoldlady,

Ahmed is a nickname for Mohammed.

#26 FrogMarch 8/10/06 3:42:02 pm 0

conspiracy! (pimf)

#27 IndianTiger 8/10/06 3:42:18 pm 0

Wow.... All three seem to be... (holding breath).... mooosleeems. Damn. What a coincidence!

#28 the_moll 8/10/06 3:43:03 pm 0

#11 Damn Amish

I'm with you. It's either them or those shifty Lutherans!

#29 Airedale 8/10/06 3:43:22 pm 0

I heard on the TV news that Pakistani sources led to the terror bust.

go figger,
they had Pakistani family roots

#30 JustAVoter 8/10/06 3:43:29 pm 0

A friend of mine looked at it, and commented:

Mormons! It's gotta be Mormons! I knew it all along!

#31 serfer62 8/10/06 3:43:44 pm 0

Aren't Polish names supposed to end in SKI?

I bet they were understood as children...

#32 freya4freedom 8/10/06 3:44:10 pm 0

Hmm... they don't sound like chinese names... *scratches head* /s

#33 littleoldlady 8/10/06 3:46:04 pm 0

#25 Abu Maven

Ahmed is a nickname for Mohammed.

Oh. It is?
Okay. 66.6% is more like it!

:-)

#34 Allah's Helper 8/10/06 3:46:27 pm 0

I can't place the names. Irish? Italian? Danish? Welsh? Scottish? Slovak? Hungarian? French? German? Russian? Spanish? Swiss? Dutch? Finnish? Norwegian? Israeli?

Little help here?

#35 wordwarp 8/10/06 3:47:02 pm 0

5 Flying Dutchman -

Great french version of LGF. I particularly liked this sentence:

Et une autre intervention de cette victime des nazislamistes :

Nazislamists -- now there's a neologism that's been staring us all in the face, but I don't think I'v ever seen it used before.

#36 Yossarian 8/10/06 3:47:12 pm 0

One of my friends flew out of Heathrow yesterday, before this plot came out. She said the security there was ATROCIOUS--the security people were standing around talking about shifts, and the person who was supposed to be looking through the x-ray was talking to his buddy guards and wasn't paying any attention at all. Hopefully security will be much, much, much tighter there and everywhere now...

#37 IndianTiger 8/10/06 3:47:15 pm 0

#23 z

Freudian reasons. It is the phallic shape of the nozzle I tell ya. These guys are obsessed with that. Reminds them of some shortcomings of theirs, I bet.

#38 Captain Joe 8/10/06 3:47:48 pm 0

It was their strange gait and body odor that gave them away.

#39 Intestinal Fortitude 8/10/06 3:48:02 pm 0

#20 bbev

Rashid's the walrus, coo coo ka choo.

#40 mattm 8/10/06 3:48:03 pm 0

Nothign similar about the names and religion they are from. No need to profile.

/sarc

#41 darrinh 8/10/06 3:48:03 pm 0

Instead of treating everybody who wants to fly somewhere as a criminal at airports, I think it would be easier to just ban muslims from airtravel, they can take a ship,camel or a katuysha instead.

#42 mpax 8/10/06 3:48:05 pm 0

Excuse me if this has been posted before, but its a nice read:
Americans Will Die for Liberty
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

"But when the Americans speak of freedom, we should not imagine, in our cynical and worldly-wise way, that they are merely using that word as a cloak for realpolitik. They are not above realpolitik, but they also mean what they say.

These formidable people think freedom is so valuable that it is worth dying for."

#43 cheesehead 8/10/06 3:48:24 pm 0

And I thought we'd hear names like: Thor, Anders, and Lars. Guess I lost that bet.

#44 Abu Maven 8/10/06 3:49:11 pm 0

AHMED

Origin: Arabic

Info: An alternative name of Mohammad, the founding prophet of the Islamic religion. According to ancient beliefs, a home with an Ahmed or Mohammad will be blessed.

[Link: www.babynames.com...]

#45 retentionguy 8/10/06 3:49:27 pm 0

This is just another Rovian plot to get Bush re-elected in 2008! Okay, I done.

Isn't it funny how once CAIR or other "community leaders" are alerted to an arrest, the first thing said is, "Don't start stereotyping muslims, etc, etc." In other words, DON'T START LOOKING TOO DEEPLY OR CAST YOUR NET TOO WIDELY, CUZ YOU MAY CATCH ALL OF US.... The veiled threats of muslim backlash and strained relations from them are nice too.

Bring on the searches and long lines at the airport. I don't mind, cuz it's keeping me safe. If anyone argues, they must have something to hide. Grrrrrrr

#46 Cartman 8/10/06 3:49:47 pm 0

Latest chant heard at (take your pick) any leftist rally:

More student visas! More student visas!


/*sigh*

#47 Paul 8/10/06 3:50:30 pm 0

What's in a name? In some cases, quite a lot.

Maybe CAIR will denounce the English government for releasing the suspects' names and demand police guards at all mosques.

#48 Blackacre 8/10/06 3:50:32 pm 0

Well at least none of them is named Ibrahim Hooper. Otherwise, someone might think that -- maybe, just maybe -- these guys were Islamists.

RoPMA

#49 Canadian Infidel 8/10/06 3:50:54 pm 0

OK, here's the important question.

How many of us used today's events to highlight the evil of Islam to friends and strangers?

I just talked with my former Roman Catholic Nun mother and explained how Islam wants her and I dead.

At the gas station today, I commented to the cashier about the plots how it originated from a religion of no fun. The guy behind me smiled and nodded.

I brought the topic up to the lady where I bought my sub (I'm a regular) and she also gets it. One of her Indian co-workers (Hindu - not the evil muslim type) would make similar negative comments. I have a female Hindu co-worker who I discuss events with. She knows what's going on. She hates her government for not standing up to the terrorists. In our last conversation, she seemed frustrated that her religion was so peaceful that it wouldn't stand up to attacks.

And tonight, my brother, one of the nicest easygoing guys on the planet made a comment that we just need to be rid of these people.

Is anyone else feeling this surge? Despite all the liberal teachings, there seems to be a rising tide of hatred towards Islam. I feel hopeful.

Canadian Infidel

/At least my prophet wasn't a 56 year old pedophile that married a 6 year old girl and had sex with her when she was nine!

Aisha: My name's Aisha! My favourite colour is green!
Mo: My favourite colour is also green! We have so much in common. Let's talk!

#50 retentionguy 8/10/06 3:51:08 pm 0

Oops, I'M DONE. Don't ya just hate it when you look it over, hit post, and as it's loading you find a mistake. Sheesh.

#51 Judith 8/10/06 3:51:13 pm 0
tik. They are not above realpolitik, but they also mean what they say.

Also, you can usually only fool Americans once. (CNN just reporting on how this is a recycled plot from 1994 and this was partly how they got caught.)

Praise God they got caught.

#52 IndianTiger 8/10/06 3:52:12 pm 0

#42 mpax

I salute your great nation Americans, and I vow that I will be called an American myself in near future and have my chest swollen with pride. You are the greatest country ever.

#53 cicero05 8/10/06 3:52:23 pm 0

They had recent divorces

They're upset over bad treatment by the airlines

They have diagnosed mental illnesses

They're former postal workers

But islam had nothing to do with it.

#54 Canadastani 8/10/06 3:52:53 pm 0

So you are saying these are not Japanese American grandmothers on their European vacation? Hmm. Didn't see that coming.

#55 Gabba Gabba Hey 8/10/06 3:53:03 pm 0

I was expecting Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

#56 observer 8/10/06 3:53:05 pm 0

It's a false-name operation by Mossad.
Their real names are:
Ronnie Roffman
Moishe Ginsburg
Aaron Cohn

#57 Stringart 8/10/06 3:53:29 pm 0
Mohammed al-Ghandra

Mohammed? Hmm, Mohammed. {Brow furrowed in concentration.}

Nope, doesn't mean a thing.

/head in sand

#58 mattm 8/10/06 3:53:41 pm 0

I's nice to see the bouncing football has reurned.

#59 Dar ul Harb 8/10/06 3:54:08 pm 0

OT,

Prices for al-Reuters Group ADRs on Nasdaq continued to retreat today, losing an additional .28 per share (.65%) in heavy trading. That brings the net loss for the week to 1.24 per share or some 2.82% since last Friday's close.

Back to you, Charles!

#60 ManInBlack 8/10/06 3:55:11 pm 0

Two words.

broad strata.

#62 galloping granny 8/10/06 3:55:31 pm 0
#18 FrogMarch

Anyone CAIR to comment on their religion?

Frogmarch, you have forgotten the lesson that we learned just last week. These are NOT muslims. They all magically converted to Christianity just two days ago and did not bother to inform anyone!

#63 really grumpy big dog johnson 8/10/06 3:55:50 pm 0

That Democratic coup in November?

I think they can flush those thoughts right down the drain, right now.

Americans know what we REALLY want.

#64 the_moll 8/10/06 3:56:08 pm 0

#34
I can't place the names. Irish? Italian? Danish? Welsh? Scottish? Slovak? Hungarian? French? German? Russian? Spanish? Swiss? Dutch? Finnish? Norwegian? Israeli?

I got it! I've figured it out!

They were youths! Probably college students pulling some fraternity prank (maybe on their Egyptian classmates).

Those crazy kids!

#65 IndianTiger 8/10/06 3:57:20 pm 0

#34 Allah's Helper

All Hindu names. That's how we name our hindu children in India. They should start profiling hindus. They are the biggest threat to world peace.

#66 Morgan 8/10/06 3:57:44 pm 0

Remember, only a small minority of Muslims are actively trying to commit mass murder. The remainder simply support, rationalize or justify mass murder.

#68 Ojoe 8/10/06 3:57:55 pm 0

If they were smart they'd change their names.

But they are beyond stupid.

No tragic loss of genius when they finally are eliminated.

/I know, I know, "Hate Site".

#69 Canadian Infidel 8/10/06 3:59:27 pm 0

#28 the_moll

Welcome to a kindred spirit!

Canadian Infidel

#70 rayra 8/10/06 3:59:59 pm 0
#6 Abu Maven 8/10/2006 05:35PM PDT
Sounds like they come from a "broad strata."

Broad strata of the Midlands Paki muslim community, more like.
/heh

#71 Ojoe 8/10/06 4:00:08 pm 0

No. 66 Yes morgan I hear the roaring silence of consent.

#72 storm'n norm'n 8/10/06 4:01:21 pm 0

# 20 BBEV

It's no John , Paul and Ringo.
Just give Peace a chance !

No it's Imagine.

No heaven or hell / sarc

#73 vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) 8/10/06 4:01:32 pm 0

OK... I give up... which one of these guys is the 80-year-old grandmother with the knitting needles they have been strip searching since 9/11 trying to find?

I mean, we don't want to offend anyone and all.

#74 Obi-wan 8/10/06 4:03:01 pm 0

Darn those blazin' Asians!

#75 The Other Les 8/10/06 4:03:10 pm 0

Minnesota Lutherans?

#76 cheesehead 8/10/06 4:03:50 pm 0

#49 Canadian Infidel

In my 6 person office this morning I was joking that the perps would likely be disgruntled Lutherans or rogue Buddist priests. Then, one of my co-workers, a VERY straight-laced conservative family guy of 39 said something that almost made me fall out of my chair. He said: We should launch a bunch of misslies loaded with pigs blood to some of their (terrorists) damn cities. Me thinks the anger IS beginning to rise.

#77 Paul 8/10/06 4:05:01 pm 0

So it's not:

Moe, Larry and Curly,
Tom, Dick and Harry,
Wynken, Blyken and Nod,
Alvin, Simon and Theodore or
The Kingston Trio.

#78 Hypocritical Extremist 8/10/06 4:07:51 pm 0

To paraphrase Churchill - and blantantly rip it off of someone later: "Never before in the course of human struggles, will so many be so inconvienced to keep from offending so few."

#79 Allah's Helper 8/10/06 4:08:07 pm 0

#72 Stormin . . .

Roll up for the Mystery Tour!

#80 Judith 8/10/06 4:08:32 pm 0
Is anyone else feeling this surge?

I have noticed it coming out in a few strange places too. One of friend's daddy is a raving moonbat out demonstrating in Israel against the IDF brutality. She actually said to me that she was beginning to wonder why he is doing that.

It's a beginning.

#81 Noam Sayin' 8/10/06 4:08:42 pm 0

One was nicknamed "The Beave."

#82 sss111 8/10/06 4:08:42 pm 0

OT

So the LLL complains that the Bushitler stole the Presidency from Al Gore...

How come they don't complain that Bushitler stole the Vice Presidency from Joe Jew Lieberman?

#83 cheesehead 8/10/06 4:08:59 pm 0

PIMF #76 missiles, not misslies.

#84 rayra 8/10/06 4:09:19 pm 0
#63 really grumpy big dog johnson 8/10/2006 05:55PM PDT
That Democratic coup in November?

I think they can flush those thoughts right down the drain, right now.

Americans know what we REALLY want.

lol. Go look at Kos' main page, the string of topics there today - that fish-faced f'er is paddling Cleopatra's barge up Denial just as fast as he can move his biscuit hooks.

/beepbeepbeep metaphor overload

#85 vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) 8/10/06 4:12:14 pm 0

Tighter than the lug nuts on a '56 chevy...

/Courage

#86 Kevin Shook 8/10/06 4:14:01 pm 0

Hmmmmmm. I wonder why most Americans have a bad view of Muslims?

#87 Noam Sayin' 8/10/06 4:14:57 pm 0

• Rashid Rauf
• Mohammed al-Ghandra
• Ahmed al Khan

... and William Demarest as Uncle Charlie.

#88 Salem 8/10/06 4:15:34 pm 0

Damn, but I miss the "Recent Posts" thingy on the sidebar...

BOSS!

#89 storm'n norm'n 8/10/06 4:19:47 pm 0

# 79 Allah's helper.

It's more like Peter,Paul and Mary.

A bridge over troubled water'

But still might end in a mystery tour.

#90 SuperdaveTWC 8/10/06 4:20:39 pm 0

If I were rich enough to start my own airline, I would name it Flying Pig Air. All passengers would need to eat a strip of bacon before boarding. I am sorry if Jews, Muslims or vegetarians are offended, but at least Flying Pig Air will not be flying into any buildings or exploding in mid air.

#91 whitetower 8/10/06 4:21:03 pm 0
* Rashid Rauf
* Mohammed al-Ghandra
* Ahmed al Khan

Not Muslims, just youths.

#92 brickthruplateglasswindow 8/10/06 4:21:29 pm 0

#76 cheesehead

I've noticed that sentiment increasing in people I have contact with, as well.

The melting pot is definitely warming up quickly and this PC lid is having the exact opposite effect of those who wish it to remain in place.

PV=nrT

It's just a matter of time til this thing boils over and makes quite a mess.

#93 Stuck-in-CA 8/10/06 4:22:38 pm 0

START THE DEPORTATIONS

#94 friarstale 8/10/06 4:23:11 pm 0

new slideshow at youtube
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

it's about the Toronto Terrorists, but includes a verse about the London Subway attack
would anyone like to suggest additional lyrics for today?

#95 Flying Dutchman 8/10/06 4:23:36 pm 0