More Muslims Arrested With Hundreds Of Cell Phones [Update]

An update on our previous post "More Muslims Arrested With Hundreds Of Cell Phones," where we reported that for a second time in just a few days, a group of Muslim men was arrested while going around buying up hundreds of cell phones, which can be used by terrorists for anonymous communication and to detonate bombs.

Fox News now reports:

The wife of one of three Texas men arraigned on terrorism-related charges in Michigan says her husband and his relatives are not terrorists, but are simply trying to make money by reselling cell phones.

"They're locked up in jail for something that they didn't do," 20-year-old Lina Odeh told The Associated Press on Saturday.

We've already heard this excuse, it was reported in the first story. It could be true, but I wouldn't say that "they're locked up in jail for something they didn't do." They were arrested with 1,000 cell phones, known components in terrorist bombs, just a few days after a group of men was arrested for the same thing, with known ties to terrorism. It would be utterly irresponsible not to hold these men until further investigation. Fox also reports:

Tuscola County Prosecutor Mark E. Reene told The Saginaw News in Michigan that investigators believe the men were targeting the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. He declined to say what led investigators to that belief.

I'm very interested in what evidence the police have against these men. They probably can't release it because the media would dig and reveal some other secrete program to our enemies. Way to go, mainstream media. You lose the trust of law enforcement, and they'll stop cooperating with you. How long until we start reading news stories about the "conspiracy of silence?"



***Update, 9:49pm***

KLTV 7 has more on the charges against the three Muslims:

Maruan Awad Muhareb of Mesquite, Texas; Adham Abdelhamid Othman of Dallas; and Louai Abdelhamied Othman of Mesquite were charged with collecting or providing materials for terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target for terrorist purposes.

Tuscola County Prosecutor Mark E. Reene said yesterday that investigators believe the men were targeting the 5-mile-long Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.

So I guess the evidence they have must be some sort of surveillance of the Mackinac bridge, like pictures or schematics, found in the three Muslim men's cars.