wednesday, August 9, 2006; Posted: 3:40 p.m. EDT (19:40 GMT)

The students would have had to register fingerprints on a machine such as this one at JFK International Airport.

Montana

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Three of the 11 Egyptian students who failed to show up at a Montana university last month were taken into custody Wednesday.

The FBI on Saturday issued a nationwide alert to law enforcement agencies. Included were the students’ names, ages, passport numbers and photographs.

“At the present time there are no known associations to any terrorist groups. Approach with caution,” the lookout bulletin said. (Watch Homeland Security work on the mystery — 2:22)

Two were found in New Jersey, according to two law enforcement officials, one of whom said they turned themselves in to authorities. No further information was available.

Eslam Ibrahim Mohamed El-Dessouki, 21, was arrested without incident about 11 a.m. (noon ET) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to a statement from FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko.

“El-Dessouki was taken into custody on an administrative immigration violation as an out-of-status student,” Kolko said.

El-Dessouki “was located through source information,” a federal law enforcement official said.

There was no indication what El-Dessouki was doing in Minnesota, but he was not visiting relatives, the official said.

“Preliminary investigation has not identified any credible or imminent threat posed by El-Dessouki or the other missing Egyptian students,” Kolko said.

The search continues for the eight remaining Egyptian students, authorities said.

Federal authorities began thoroughly tracking international students after learning that one of the 9/11 hijackers was in the country on an expired student visa.

FBI and immigration officials confirmed there’s no evidence pointing to criminal activity or a terrorist threat. However, The Associated Press quoted a law enforcement official as saying that the students could be sent home when found because they violated the terms of their visas.

They were part of an all-male group of 17 students that landed July 29 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Six of them arrived later at Montana State University as part of an exchange program; the other 11 did not, prompting school officials to contact the government.

A source with knowledge of the investigation said the men, who range in age from 17 to 22, may be staying in New York, visiting relatives and trying to find jobs.

“We have run their names through the wringer,” a Department of Homeland Security official said.

U.S. authorities are working with foreign intelligence agencies to make sure there is nothing suspicious in the students’ backgrounds, federal sources said. Those sources added that 20 students applied for student visas to go to Montana State, but three applicants were denied.

“We do want to talk to them. But at this point there’s no reason to believe they pose any criminal or terrorist threat,” said Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Julie Myers, who heads Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Besides El-Dessouki, the remaining students were identified as:

• El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed Ibrahim, 20

• Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali El Bahnasawi, 20

• Mohamed Ragab Mohamed Abd Alla, 22

• Ahmed Refaat Saad El Moghazi El Laket, 19

• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela, 21

• Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed El Moghazy, 20

• Ebrahim Mabrouk Moustafa Abdou, 22

• Moustafa Wagdy Moustafa El Gafary, 18

• Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray, 20

• Mohamed Ibrahim Fouaad El Shenawy, 17

Mike Ahlers contributed to this report.

Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.

Great, just great.

Forgot about this.

Allah reminds us of Zawahiri’s announcement that an Egyptian militant group has merged with Al Qaeda….

Rent from Avis and drive the rest of the way. Just a hop, skip, and a jump.
Guys and gals, quit your profiling!

gary on August 8, 2006 at 6:26 PM

Oh sure,maybe they stopped off in Sturgis.

Sorta related to Spending way too much time on this I finally broke down and took a coupla my bedtime happy pills the nice man at the VA gives me and disappeared for about 14 hours. Guess I musta needed…

Rent from Avis and drive the rest of the way. Just a hop, skip, and a jump.
Guys and gals, quit your profiling!

My apologies. That was my knee jerking.

Allahpundit on August 8, 2006 at 4:14 PM

Something of which we are all guilty, all too often.
Cheers.

It’s insane that this could happen, that security is so lax.

Jesus, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Ahhhhhhh. Gotcha.

My apologies. That was my knee jerking.

“Insane”? Really?

Not even a shade of worry? Eleven young Arab men here on a visa disappear — in New York City?

Not even worth a “heads up”?

Allahpundit on August 8, 2006 at 2:14 PM

It’s insane that this could happen, that security is so lax.

Jesus, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Eleven Egyptians with student visas entered the US through JFK and immediately disappeared: The FBI has issued an urgent nationwide alert for 11 Egyptian students who entered the United States last week but failed to show up for their courses……

Not even a shade of worry? Eleven young Arab men here on a visa disappear — in New York City?

Not even worth a “heads up”?

If we let these nazis win, by using our PC idiocy, then we deserve to wear burqas and live in the seventh century. Buh bye blogs, iPods, freedom of speech, religion, the right to bear arms…when are we going to get some REAL fortitude in this war for survival??

Maybe a Gingrich/North ‘08 election is the way to go…if we last that long.

At least thats how I expect KOS to report this.

Considering I live next to the worlds largest Naval Base, I am sure as hell keeping my eyes open. Considering the normal targets these pricks pick though, we should be keeping an eye on Nurseries, Hospitals or other places where inncocent civilians congragate.

With the five year anniversary of 9/11 just around the corner, this is the last thing you want to hear: 11 Egyptians arriving in the US on student Visas have vanished. Eleven Egyptian students who were supposed to travel to a Montana university after f…

“An FBI advisory says there are, at present, no known connections to any terrorist group but that the students are to be “approached with caution” and taken into custody. They “are here illegally and wanted for questioning,” the advisory says.”

I’m guessing their status has been changed because they never showed up for their classes at Montana State University. And, of course they’re wanted for questioning,… they frikkin’ disappeared after entering the country.

“The FBI says the Egyptians arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on July 29 and disappeared. The advisory says the alert is nationwide but that there is specific concern the Egyptians may be on the Eastern Seaboard.”

They think that they’re on the “Eastern Seaboard?” Well F*** me running, that’s a pretty huge area. Does DC count in that area?

According to the 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.

At least the government has their names! (Drawing rolled eyes here.) Like that’s going to do any good. If they’re here to do harm I’m sure they’re going to have other identification papers with different names/DOBs.

When is the government, especially the Congress/Senate, Department of Homeland Security, and ICE going to wake up? They need to put a stop to student visas during wartime?

Me-thinks someone is sleeping at the helm again. Unfortunately it’s going to take the death of more Americans to jolt them awake.

~V5

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the US about nuclear development by Aug. 22,”
which this year corresponds “to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to ‘the farthest mosque,’ usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1).

“This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind.”

These are very precarious times. All the leftie balderdash might mean zip by Nov. 2006.

As for the ACLU, has anybody been keeping tabs on the leftist nonsense going on over there? http://www.aclu.org/crimjustice/relatedinformation_press_releases.html

Why do we even have visas during a time of war? It’s time for a nationwide lockdown…the borders, “student” visas from questionable countries, “work” visas from questionable countries…this is BS. C’mon Americans! Shut the hell up about global warming and start thinking about how warm the globe will be once these insane fanatics gets nukes!

AAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!