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FIVE MEN DETAINED AS SUSPECTED CONSPIRATORS
BERGEN RECORD (New Jersey) Wednesday, September 12, 2001
www.bergen.com/news/2bombvan200109125.htm
By PAULO LIMA Staff Writer
Eight hours after terrorists struck Manhattan's tallest skyscrapers, police in Bergen
County detained five men who they said were found carrying maps linking them to the
blasts. The five men, who were in a van stopped on Route 3 in East Rutherford around 4:30
p.m., were being questioned by police but had not been charged with any crime late
Tuesday.
However, sources close to the investigation said they found other evidence linking the men
to the bombing plot. "There are maps of the city in the car with certain places
highlighted," the source said. "It looked like they're hooked in with this. It
looked like they knew what was going to happen when they were at Liberty State Park."
Sources also said that bomb-sniffing dogs reacted as if they had detected explosives. The
FBI seized the van for further testing, authorities said. Sources said the van was stopped
as it headed east on Route 3, between the Hackensack River bridge and the Sheraton hotel.
As a precaution, police shut down Route 3 traffic in both directions after the stop and
evacuated a small roadside motel near the Sheraton.
Sources close to the investigation said the men said they were Israeli tourists, but
police had not been able to confirm their identities. Authorities would not release their
names. East Rutherford officers stopped the van after the FBI's Newark Office broadcast an
alert asking surrounding police departments to look for a white Chevrolet van, police
said.
"We got an alert to be on the lookout for a white Chevrolet van with New Jersey
registration and writing on the side," said Bergen County Police Chief John Schmidig.
"Three individuals were seen celebrating in Liberty State Park after the impact. They
said three people were jumping up and down."
East Rutherford officers summoned the county bomb squad, New Jersey state troopers, and
FBI agents, who waited alongside the van as prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office
tried to obtain a warrant to search the van late Tuesday, Schmidig said. The FBI alert,
known as a BOLO or "Be On Lookout," was sent out at 3:31 p.m. It read:
"Vehicle possibly related to New York terrorist attack. White, 2000 Chevrolet van
with New Jersey registration with 'Urban Moving Systems' sign on back seen at Liberty
State Park, Jersey City, NJ, at the time of first impact of jetliner into World Trade
Center. "Three individuals with van were seen celebrating after initial impact and
subsequent explosion. FBI Newark Field Office requests that, if the van is located, hold
for prints and detain individuals."
State police Col. Barry W. Roberson confirmed the traffic stop at a late night news
briefing at state police headquarters in Trenton. He would not elaborate, however. A
business traveler staying at the Homestead Studio Hotel said she watched state troopers
drive the suspects away in a procession of state police cars about 5 p.m. "First,
they told us we could hang out in the lobby, but then they told us to leave," the
traveler said.
At 10 p.m., the hotel guest said she could see at least two police officers searching
through the van while a crowd of other officers kept their distance.
THE SUSPICIOUS "MIDDLE EASTERN MOVERS"
WERE ISRAELIS WITH BOXCUTTERS, EUROPEAN PASSPORTS AND $4000 CASH
SOURCE: ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Arutz Sheva News Service IsraelNationalNews.com 10-26-1
Five young Israelis are "on the verge of collapse," according to family members,
as their incarceration in New York on charges relating to the Bin Laden attacks continues.
They were arrested on Sept. 11, only hours after the World Trade Center attack, on charges
of "plotting to blow up" a New York bridge. Katie Shmuel of the Galilee town of
Yokne'am, says that her son Yaron is in "a very critical psychological
situation," given that they are not allowed to have visitors and the difficult
conditions in which they are being held. "The Israeli Consul-General in New York was
allowed to visit only after asking several times and receiving a special permit,"
Katie told Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson today. "He was allowed to talk to them only in
English, and only from behind a glass partition. The Consul told me that the boys are in a
bad state and that they are being held under difficult conditions."
When asked why the five youths, aged 22-26, are being held, Katie replied with despair:
"It's ludicrous. They were on the George Washington Bridge at the time of the
bombing, and the FBI had warnings of a terrorist plot, of guys in a white van, to blow up
the bridge. So when the FBI saw this van, with my son and his four friends - one of them
had a large sum of money, there were two razor knives in the van, and one of the boys is
named Omer, which the FBI guys thought was Omar - they put one and one together and got
three, and immediately arrested them... For the first few days, the boys were held in an
FBI dungeon, tied up, with no clothes and no food."
*The Israeli newspaper Ha'retz revealed on Sept 17 that these were the same men who were
seen "celebrating" and "making mocking gestures" as the Twin Towers
collapsed.
** The Jerusalem Post reported on October 26 that the Israelis were smiling as they
photograhed themselves with the collapsed towers in the background.
MORE SUSPICIOUS ISRAELI "MOVERS" DETAINED
WITH DETAILED VIDEO OF SEARS TOWER
THE MERCURY (PHILADEPHIA AREA NEWSPAPER), POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA;
MICHELLE MOWAD, Special to The Mercury, October 17, 2001
www.zwire.com/site/mercury_101801.html
PLYMOUTH (PA) -- Two men whom police described as Middle Eastern were detained in the
township by federal immigration authorities after being found with detailed video footage
of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
Plymouth Police encountered the men after an officer responded to Pizzeria Uno on West
Ridge Pike at 2:40 p.m. Thursday for a report of illegal dumping.
A manager there advised the police officer that a tractor-trailer was observed backed up
to the dumpster at the rear of the restaurant. The manager noticed a freshly dumped pile
of furniture adjacent to the Dumpster, according to police. The manager confronted the
vehicle's operator, a Middle Eastern man, police said.
The man, who later identified himself as Moshe Elmakias, 30, denied that he did anything
and fled the scene, heading west on West Ridge Pike... The manager was able to provide
township police with the Florida registration number of the tractor-trailer and said that
a sign posted on the side of the vehicle read "Moving Systems Incorporated"
police said.
The area was searched by township police, and the vehicle was spotted parked on the curb
in front of John Kennedy Ford on Ridge Pike. An officer proceeded to make contact with the
occupants of the truck by knocking on the cab, according to reports.
A Middle Eastern man, later identified as Ron Katar, 23, exited the sleeper area of the
cab and said that the operator was across the street as he pointed toward the Don Rosen
Porsche dealer, reports said.
Elmakias and a white female, Ayelet Reisler, 23, were approaching the vehicle from the
dealership, but the female then began walking in a different direction, acting as if she
were not with Elmakias, according to reports. Reisler was detained and checked for
identification. She had a German passport in her name and medication in a different name,
police said. Plymouth Police Sgt. Thomas Longo was notified and responded to the incident.
Elmakias allegedly admitted to being behind Pizzeria Uno, although he said that he did not
dump furniture, he was only turning around. Elmakias said that his destination was New
York and that he was also coming from New York. He said he was in Plymouth because he was
supposed to make a pickup in the morning and pointed toward the Storage USA facility on
Belvoir Road , police said. Elmakias could not, however, provide a name or telephone
number of the customer.
Township police dispatched a request for a Motor Carrier Program Inspector. Officer Gerald
Schwartz of the Whitpain Police Department responded. Schwartz discovered through his
investigation that the operator's log had been falsified and put the truck out of service
due to violations. Inspection of the tractor-trailer's contents revealed a load
three-quarters full containing household items, including furniture and boxes. Among the
items in the truck was a Sony video camera. Plymouth Police Officer David McCann reviewed
the tape found inside the camera. The tape had video footage of Chicago with zoomed-in
shots of the Sears Tower, according to police.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified of the incident and all three subjects
were transported to the Plymouth Police station. FBI Agents James Sweeney and Richard
Tofani arrived at the station and proceeded to investigate both the subjects and their
belongings with the assistance of Immigration and Naturalization Services. All evidence
collected by Plymouth and Whitpain officers was transferred to federal facilities. Special
Agent Linda Vizi, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia FBI, could not be contacted for
comment on further investigations.
*The names of the 3 "Middle Easterners" named above are clearly of
Israeli-Jewish origin.
WANTED BY FBI: STILL MORE SUSPICIOUS MEN WITH
ISRAELI PASSPORTS, BOX-CUTTERS,
OIL PIPELINE AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS.
www.miami.com/herald/special/news/terrorism/digdocs/088964.htm
Nuclear plants tighten security. FBI seeking 6 men seen in Midwest.
BY MARTIN MERZER, CURTIS MORGAN AND LENNY SAVINO mmerzer@herald.com OCTOBER 3,2001
WASHINGTON -- As the nation stands on high alert, the FBI is searching for six men stopped
by police in the Midwest last weekend but released -- even though they possessed photos
and descriptions of a nuclear power plant in Florida and the Trans-Alaska pipeline, a
senior law enforcement official said Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration imposed new flight restrictions around nuclear plants
nationwide Tuesday, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission advised the nation's 103 nuclear
plants late Monday to fortify security. On Tuesday, agency spokesmen said the FAA's flight
restrictions and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's security recommendations were based
on Ashcroft's general alert rather than a specific threat. Ashcroft warned that Americans
could be struck by another terrorist attack this week.
The incident in the Midwest apparently contributed to the new warning. The six men stopped
by police were traveling in groups of three in two white sedans, said a senior law
enforcement official, who requested anonymity.
SUSPICIOUS MATERIAL
In addition to the photographs and other suspicious material, they carried "box
cutters and other equipment,'' the official said. They appeared to be from the Middle East
and held Israeli passports. They were let go after the Immigration and Naturalization
Service determined that the passports were valid and that the men had entered the United
States legally, the official said.
The FBI declined to comment. An INS spokesman called the report unfounded. ``We have
absolutely no information at this point in time to substantiate that story,'' said the
agency's Russ Bergeron. It could not be learned in what state the six men were stopped or
how they aroused suspicion. It was not known whether their true identities matched those
on the passports, or why the FBI was not releasing their names or descriptions.
Investigators think the men almost certainly have changed cars by now and have fled to
Canada or elsewhere. Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller were ``furious'' that the
INS allowed the men to be released without consulting the FBI, the official said. Ashcroft
and Mueller appeared Monday evening at a news conference to announce that the government
had ``credible'' but vague information that another wave of terrorist attacks could strike
Americans within a week.
ON ALERT
Spokeswoman Rachel Scott said FPL's plants remained at the highest level of alert. ``We
are in very close communication with all levels of law enforcement, including the FBI, to
ensure we have the security measures in place to protect the plants,'' she said. Also
Tuesday, the FAA restricted all flights below 18,000 feet and within 10 miles of 86
"sensitive nuclear sites'' , the agency said. Exceptions can be made for law
enforcement, medical and firefighting flights. The 800-mile-long Trans-Alaska Pipeline
runs from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Valdez on the Pacific.
WORKERS AT ISRAELI OFFICE RECEIVED ADVANCE NOTICE
OF THE 9-11 TERROR ATTACK
SOURCE: HA'ARETZ (ISRAELI NEWSPAPER) ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION
THIS STORY WAS ALSO CONFIRMED IN THE WASHINGTON POST
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=77744&contrassID=/has%5C
ODIGO SAYS WORKERS WERE WARNED OF ATTACK
By Yuval Dror
Odigo, the instant messaging service, says that two of its workers received messages two
hours before the Twin Towers attack on September 11 predicting the attack would happen,
and the company has been cooperating with Israeli and American law enforcement, including
the FBI, in trying to find the original sender of the message predicting the attack.
Micha Macover, CEO of the company, said the two workers received the messages and
immediately after the attack informed the company's management, which immediately
contacted Israeli security services, which brought in the FBI. "I have no idea why
the message was sent to these two workers, who don't know the sender. .......And I don't
know if our information was useful in any of the arrests the FBI has made," said
Macover. Odigo is a U.S.-based company whose headquarters are in New York, with offices in
Herzliya.
OSAMA BIN LADEN CLAIMS HE'S BEING FRAMED.
"I have already said that I am not involved in the September 11
attacks in the United States. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the
killing of innocent women, children, and other humans as an appreciable act. There exists
a government within the government of the United States. That secret government must be
asked as to who carried out the attacks.... The United States should trace the
perpetrators of these attacks to those persons who want to make the present century a
century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own nation could survive.
- Osama Bin Laden (Source: BBC)
"BY WAY OF DECEPTION THOU SHALT DO WAR." THE MOTTO OF THE MOSSAD (Israeli Intelligence)
In 1956, as reported by the Times Of London, during one of Israel's
perpetual wars with its neighbors, the Mossad tried to trick the United States into siding
with Israel against the Arabs by blowing up a US facility in Cairo and blaming the Arabs
for it. The plot was wrecked when the operatives were caught and confessed, creating a
huge scandal. And according to Victor Ostrovski, a defector from the Mossad, the USA was
tricked into bombing Libya when the Mossad planted a radio transmitter in Tripoli which
sent out fake orders to terrorists which the USA could intercept. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/forget.html
http://guardian.150m.com/september-eleven/israelis-arrested-9-11.htm
"To Achieve World
Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism,
their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization
"A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to
believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a
reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police
State Dictatorship it's going to
get." Ian Williams Goddard
The fact is that "political correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the New World Order. They want a public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson
Knowledge is the key to good health!