Ever since the early 1990's when former USF professor Sami Al Arian established the Center for Islam Studies in a rented house on Pampas Place in Tampa. The influence of CAIR and alleged terrorist agents has plagued USF.
First there was Al Arian, who was accused of funding Islamic terrorist groups. He was later acquited because of a hung jury,but he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
He was finally removed from the USF faculty, after two years of "administrative leave" granted by the politically correct president of USF, Betty Castor.
Now an Egyptian college student(USF) who videotaped himself showing how to turn remote-controlled cars into bomb detonators has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of providing material support to terrorists, according to a plea agreement filed Friday. Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, one of two students arrested after a traffic stop in South Carolina in August, will enter the plea at a hearing next week in federal court in Tampa.
Youssef Megahed, 21, and Ahmed Mohamed, 24, were charged Aug. 6, 2007, with possession of an incendiary or explosive device. Mohamed said in court they were carrying fireworks.
South Carolina authorities say the students had a pipe bomb and related bomb making paraphernalia in their car when they were stopped Aug. 4 for speeding.
"Megahed and Mohamed, were pulled over about seven miles from the Goose Creek Naval Weapons Station, which houses a military prison for enemy combatants! I guess they were going to put on a fire works display for their Islamic brothers, YEH RIGHT!
One week later, Aug. 11, the FBI searched a home at 12402 Pampas Place in Tampa, owned by Noor and Ana Salhab. Authorities said the search was related to the case involving the two students.
After the Pampas Place house was searched, Noor Salhab told reporters the FBI seized a number of items, including a gas tank for a lawn mower, a telephone, his son's computer and some pipe.Pipe bombs made with gasoline, nails and explosive powder are some of the terrorist's bomb materials.
Federal court records show Salhab leased the house in the early 1990s to World and Islam Studies Enterprise, a think tank run by Sami Al-Arian, the former USF professor accused of funding Islamic terrorist organizations.It is also a meeting place for WISE, world of Islam studies!
Also appearing before the grand jury was Ahmed Bedier, who has served as a spokesman for the Megahed family. Bedier is executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations(CAIR) and is a frequent media spokesman for Muslims and Islamic causes".source:Charlotte Observer
To illustrate how dangerous these people are, one of the defendants uploaded a video to U-Tube that showed how to make a bomb!
Mohamed stated that his purpose in producing and uploading the video to YouTube was to teach "martyrdoms" and "suiciders" how to save themselves so they could continue to fight the US military in Arab countries, the plea agreement said. In the 12-minute video, Mohamed discusses in Arabic and shows how to dismantle and rewire a remote-controlled toy car to make a detonator, the document said. "Instead of the brethren going to, to carry out martyrdom operations, no, may God bless him, he can use the explosion tools from distance and preserve his life...for the real battles,"
Perhaps it is time to do more thorough background checks on College applicants, particularly at USF!
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