11 Egyptian exchange students missing

[Malsua]

I would imagine this happens all the time but when we've got Moos involved, I suspect the worst.

-Mal

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11 Egyptian exchange students missing


MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press Writer - 08/08/2006

WASHINGTON — Eleven Egyptian students who arrived in the United States last month are being sought by authorities after failing to turn up for an exchange program at Montana State University.

The Egyptian men were among a group of 17 students who arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York from Cairo on July 29 with valid visas, according to U.S. authorities and university officials.

The other six have arrived at the Bozeman, Mont., campus for a monthlong program on English language instruction and U.S. history and culture, university spokeswoman Cathy Conover said.

When the 11 didn’t turn up by the end of the last week, the FBI issued a lookout to state and local law enforcement, said FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko.

‘‘At this point all they have done is not show up for a scheduled academic program,’’ Kolko said. ‘‘There is no threat associated with these men.’’

They are between 18 and 22 years old, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the search for the men is continuing.
U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement declined to make their names public.

The government probably will seek to send the students home once they are located because they have violated the terms of their visas, the official said.

The government tightened the student visa process after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when it learned that four of the hijackers entered the country on foreign student visas.

The school has tried repeatedly to contact the students, Conover said, including sending e-mails. When that failed, the school notified Homeland Security officials and registered the Egyptians as ‘‘no-shows’’ in the system developed after Sept. 11 to track foreign students, Conover said.

They were participating in an exchange program Montana State arranged with Mansoura University in Mansoura, Egypt.

‘‘We hope this doesn’t cast doubt on this program because we think it’s important to have international students on our campus and in our community,’’ Conover said.

[Jag]

Urgent FBI Alert: Group of 11 Egyptian Students Missing. Authorities are urged to approach with caution if located

An urgent nationwide alert for 11 Egyptian students who entered the United States last week but failed to show up for their courses at Montana State University has been issued by the FBI.The FBI advisory states there are, at the present time, no known connections to any terrorist group however; the students are to be “approached with caution” and taken into custody. They “are here illegally and wanted for questioning,” the advisory states.
This advisory comes just over a month before the five-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.
The FBI says the group arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on July 29th and disappeared shortly thereafter. The advisory states that the alert is nationwide but that there is specific concern the Egyptians may be on the Eastern Seaboard.
According to the FBI advisory the 11 missing Egyptians are:
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.

Jag

[Sean Osborne]

NEONN - NLETS National BOLO

REQUEST NATIONWIDE BROADCAST

THERE ARE 11 MISSING EGYPTIAN STUDENTS WHO WERE DUE TO REPORT TO MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT DID NOT.

THESE STUDENTS ARRIVED AT JFK IAP ON 29 JULY 2006, BUT NEVER CONTINUED THEIR TRAVEL ON TO MONTANA.

THESE 11 EGYPTIAN STUDENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. IBRAHIM, EL SAYED AHMED ELSAYED; DOB OF 4/29/1986, PASSPORT 954757

2. EL DESSOUKI, ESLAM IBRAHIM MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/21/1985, PASSPORT 1002756

3. EL BAHNASAWI, ALAA ABD EL FATTAH ALI; DOB OF 04/02/1986, PASSPORT 934679

4. ABD ALLA, MOHAMED RAGAB MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/15/1984, PASSPORT 860972

5. EL LAKET, AHMED REFAAT SAAD EL MOGHAZI; DOB OF 09/01/1986, PASSPORT 943306

6. EL ELA, AHMED MOHAMED MOHAMED ABOU; DOB OF 02/02/1985, PASSPORT 595081

7. EL MOGHAZY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM ELSAYED; DOB OF 08/08/1986, PASSPORT 861073

8. ABDOU, EBRAHIM MABROUK MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 02/25/1984, PASSPORT 828682

9. EL GAFARY, MOUSTAFA WAGDY MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 07/01/1988, PASSPORT 861673

10. MARAY, MOHAMED SALEH AHMED; DOB OF 09/12/1985, PASSPORT 862634

11. EL SHENAWY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM FOUAAD; DOB OF 08/12/1988, PASSPORT 862534

THIS IS NATIONWIDE, WITH SPECIFIC REGION OF INTEREST IS THE EASTERN SEABOARD--FROM MA TO FL. THE PREDICATE FOR THIS ACTION IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY AND ARE WANTED FOR QUESTIONING.

AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE NO KNOWN ASSOCIATIONS TO
ANY TERORRIST GROUPS. APPROACH WITH CAUTION.

THE LAST KNOWN LOCATION OF THESE STUDENTS WAS JFK IAP, NEW YORK ON 29 JULY 2006. ONCE LOCATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL SUBJECTS ARE TO BE
DETAINED AND HELD FOR QUESTIONING BY THE FBI AND ICE AGENTS.

POINTS OF CONTACT:

SALT LAKE CITY FIELD OFFICE: SA MARK SEYLER OFC: 406-443-6912, C:406-431-2241)

SA JAMES DOBIE, JTTF/ICE (OFC: 406-324-3906, C: 406-431-1595)

IF LOCATED, STOP AND HOLD FOR THIS AGENCY. PLEASE MAKE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE ABOVE AGENCIES UPON LOCATING THESE INDIVIDUALS.

APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER.
AUTHORITY/SA S CRUSE.AGENCY/FBI
LOCATION/SALT LAKE CITY, UT

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[Malsua]

One down plus a couple maybes. Mslsd is reporting one caught with two potentials.

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1 of 11 missing Egypt students found in Minn.

2 more students reportedly picked up in New Jersey


NBC News and news services
Updated: 3:10 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2006

One of 11 missing Egyptian students has been picked up in Minneapolis, Minn., NBC News’ Pete Williams reported and the FBI confirmed Wednesday.
Local police in New Jersey also believe they have apprehended two more of the Egyptian students. Federal agents, however, have not yet confirmed the identities of these students.

Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed El-Dessouki, 21, was arrested "without incident" by FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko said.

El-Dessouki is being held on an administrative immigration violation because he did not turn up for his monthlong exchange program at Montana State University, Kolko said.

The missing students pose no terrorism threat, Kolko said. Minneapolis FBI spokesman Paul McCabe said the FBI remains "extremely interested" in interviewing the 10 other Egyptian students.

The missing students were among a group of 17 Egyptians who arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York from Cairo on July 29 with valid visas, according to U.S. authorities and university officials.
The other six arrived at the Bozeman, Mont., campus for a program on English language instruction and U.S. history and culture, university spokeswoman Cathy Conover said.

When the 11 didn't turn up by the end of the last week, the FBI issued a lookout to state and local law enforcement, Kolko said.
They are between 18 and 22 years old, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the search for the men is continuing.

The government probably will seek to send the students home once they are located because they have violated the terms of their visas, the official said.

The government tightened the student visa process after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when it learned that one of the hijackers entered the country on foreign student visas.

The school has tried repeatedly to contact the students, Conover said, including sending e-mails. When that failed, the school notified Homeland Security officials and registered the Egyptians as "no-shows" in the system developed after Sept. 11 to track foreign students, Conover said.
They were participating in an exchange program Montana State arranged with Mansoura University in Mansoura, Egypt.
NBC News’ Pete Williams and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Malsua]

Interesting. They hit the ground and immediately dispersed.

They likely had connecting flights as well. The poor saps on those planes had to wait for the luggage to be de-planed.


-Mal

[Malsua]

48 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Six of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up for their college program are now in custody after three additional students were arrested Thursday, the

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FBI said.

El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed Ibrahim, 20, and Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali El Bahnasawi, 20, were arrested at a residence in Dundalk, Md., outside Baltimore, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Chicago police detained Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela, 22, at OHare International Airport as he was attempting to book a flight to Montana, the FBI said. Immigration agents later took El Ela into custody.
All are being held on administrative immigration violations because they did not report on time to their monthlong program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont.
None of the students is considered a terrorism risk and FBI officials stressed that there are no ties between the Egyptians and the alleged terror plot broken up by British authorities.
Three students were arrested Wednesday. The other five Egyptians still are being sought.

[Jag]

Agents Arrest 3 Exchange Students In Des Moines

School Says Students Were No-Shows


POSTED: 4:59 pm CDT August 12, 2006
UPDATED: 8:45 am CDT August 13, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Immigration officials have now picked up all but two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who came to the U.S. for a summer course in Montana but never showed up for classes.


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tracked three of the students to Des Moines. They were arrested at about 8 p.m. Friday, and are being held in the Polk County Jail.


They will be here until a federal immigration judge decides if they will face charges or be deported.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents won't say what led them to find these students in Des Moines or where they were staying. The students are Ahmed Laket, 19, Mohamed Moghazy, 20, and 18-year-old Moustafa Gafary. Agents are not releasing their pictures

Others were picked up earlier in New Jersey, Maryland, Chicago and Minnesota. They were part of a group of 17 who arrived in New York July 29 en route to a month-long program at Montana State University in Bozeman. Six reported on time, but the 11 others were no-shows.

Immigration officials said the students are not considered a terrorism risk, but all the no-shows now face deportation.


Montana State contacted Homeland Security officials after repeatedly trying to contact the missing students, under procedures put into place after Sept. 11, 2001, to track foreign students.

Jag

[Malsua]

Well, they got them. Were they mules? Why did they do this?

-Mal


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The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were apprehended Sunday in Richmond, Va., customs officials said.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray, 20, and Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad El Shenawy, 17, at an apartment building in Richmond on Sunday night. Virginia State Police and the Richmond Police helped locate the students.

Last Wednesday, one of the Egyptian students was arrested in Minneapolis and two were detained in Manville, N.J. On Thursday, two were arrested in Dundalk, Md., and one was arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Three more were arrested Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.

The students were to attend a monthlong program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont. A group of 17 students arrived in New York on July 29. Six reported to Bozeman on time.

After Montana State repeatedly tried to contact the missing students, it notified Homeland Security Department officials and registered the Egyptians as no-shows in a system to track foreign students developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

None of the students is considered a terrorism risk.

[Ryan Ruck]

Meanwhile, 20 million other illegal aliens roam the country...

But, at least we got these guys. It is interesting how spread out they ended up being.

[American Patriot]

Hold on, there's something SERIOUSLY wrong here.

Sunday, I saw the news. They showed the locations on the map where they picked these guys up, along with the caveat, "The Department of Homeland security says these folks are not terrorism related".

They were scattered all OVER the midwest and East coast.

That's BULLSHIT and I'm calling FOUL on the DHS on this one.