SC2 - Plausible, Or Plausible Deni-ability?

Update: The latest:

TAMPA - A gas tank for a lawn mower, a telephone, computer and some pipe.

Noor Salhab said those were some of the items seized Saturday during an FBI search of his Temple Terrace rental property.

Update: Okay, now this just looks like a lie:

"No, I've actually never seen him (Mohamed) before,” said the son.  “I saw his picture on the air, and I recognize the other individual, I've seen him here, but the other one I've never seen."

And just a week ago, linked below:

Ishtay and Salhab said that sometimes when Mohamed and Megahed visited their house in Temple Terrace they would cook, but neither knew them well.

Some of the items the Feds took from the home:

Family spokesman Ahmed Bedier says the FBI did take a suitcase that belonged to Mohamed-- but also grabbed other items that weren't his.

“They seized the gas can they said was used for the lawn mower.  They took some PVC pipes they said were used to repair the sprinkler system to the house,” he said the homeowner told him.

“You know, some silly stuff. Some soap and stuff like that," added the homeowner.

Update: Seems even more surprising if a Noor (Nour) Salhab wouldn't recall the Al-Arian search. He's listed as a witness during the trial on page 8 of the government witness list.

Some additional statements have been made in the investigation into the Goose Creek incident, including on items possibly in the boys trunk, and it's starting to look as though Ahmed Mohamed, recently here from Egypt, is being cast as the odd man out in all of this. However, some of the alleged denials are a little tough to accept.

First up, Noor Salhab, owner of the recently searched house, says he doesn't know anything about a previous raid on his property during the Al-Arian investigation as he wasn't living there at the time, though he apparently did own it. But we also know he rents the house he does live in from one of Al-Arian's co-defendants. He's also a Realtor, claiming to now want to sell the house. Seems funny he wouldn't know about that previous raid.

Salhab says they don’t know anything about previous raids on the house because they haven’t lived in the house for several years.

Meanwhile, his son who lives in the house now claims he doesn't know Ahmed Mohamed.

One was Salhab's son, who says he didn't know Ahmed Mohamed, one the arrested USF students.

Salhab confirmed that the other tenant did know Mohamed, and allowed him to store his belongings there, without Salhab's knowledge or approval.

From an earlier story, define "know him," I guess - see below. And Salhab's roommate knew him well enough to get cited with him for shooting squirrels in a park. Meanwhile, all these associations appear to be linked through an as yet unidentified man from Mauritania who "recently" moved here from Canada and evidently just decided to move back to Canada the day after the arrests.

Ishtay, who rents a Temple Terrace house and works at Boston Market, said he met Mohamed and Megahed through a roommate. He said he didn't know the roommate's last name, but he was from Mauritania.

Another of Ishtay's roommates, Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday.

Ishtay and Salhab said that sometimes when Mohamed and Megahed visited their house in Temple Terrace they would cook, but neither knew them well.

Now for the items in the trunk. Keep in mind, we are talking about college engineering students, one at the Graduate level, with some claim of interest in amateur rocketry. You'd think someone with that background might be a little wary of carrying several combustible chemicals, including gasoline and lighter fluid in the trunk with compressed oxygen and materials for making fireworks while driving through South Carolina on a hot July day. Previous posts here.

He said his son often kept in the trunk a gas canister, for refueling, along with charcoal, a small barbecue grill and lighter fluid, for cookouts. He liked to grill chicken and beef with friends, the father said.

Lately, Youssef has been working on a broken-down Lexus, so he likely kept in the trunk tools and chemicals to clean the tools, because the family has no garage, Samir Megahed said. Youssef also enjoyed scuba diving and may have had gear in the car, he said.

Comments

[docweasel]

This is cool, I live about five mins from Temple Terrace.

Want me to go kick his ass, cuz I will (or my cousin will, he's mean and has nothing to live for anyway).

[Fred Beloit]

Don't get involved that way, doc. Instead, someone might try to get one of these guys involved romantically, so they will have less time and inclination for jihad. For example, below is a Personals ad one of them might publish:

"Wanted by young, hetero, professional. Sweet, old-fashioned Muslim girl who can take getting knocked around once in a while by a loving husband who has her best interests at heart.

I am a well-educated techie looking for love, formerly in all the wrong places. I enjoy Bar-B-Qing, walking the lonely beaches of South Carolina (Clearwater beaches are much closer, but too crowded), mowing lawns, and laying pipe (with the right companion, of course, haha). Looking to settle down with the right lady, but have to warn I don't like to stay in one place too long. Like to move frequently so I don't feel too tied down. Contacting me might be a bit difficult, but well worth the effort. Waiting, impatiently, just for you."

[mensablonde]

Pamela at Atlas Shrugs has interesting information regarding various Islamists' links to the address of the searched house.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/08/muslim-student-.html

It has become impossible for me to believe these kids are "innocent." But what, exactly are they involved in? And in what capacity? I REALLY want to know more info about the disappearing roommate from Mauritania.

[LOL]

ROFL using atlas as a source of information. Precious

[mensablonde]

Precious? Me? Aw shucks, darlin' - you're making me blush.