08-11-2007, 04:36 PM
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Egyptian man held on bomb charges meets with parents
By Adam Parker
The Post and Courier
Originally published 12:00 a.m., August 11, 2007
Updated 07:45 a.m., August 11, 2007
The parents of Youssef Megahed, one of two Egyptian men jailed in Moncks Corner on explosives charges, met with their son Friday at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center.
"They are satisfied with his conditions and with his safety," said Ahmed Bedier, executive director of the Tampa, Fla., chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The Megaheds, who traveled from Tampa to see their son, brought him a prayer rug and a Koran during their 45-minute meeting, he said.
Nearly a week after their arrest, Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed, who were in the United States studying at the University of South Florida, are still behind bars at the Berkeley County jail awaiting lab results from the FBI, according to Chief Deputy Butch Henerey of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office.
While Henerey couldn't rule out the possibility that the lab results would lead to additional charges, he said it's unlikely local officials will present new evidence.
Megahed, 21, and Mohamed, who is either 24 or 26 according to warrants, are being held in the maximum security area of the jail for their protection, Henerey said.
The next step is for the solicitor's office to bring the two men before a grand jury on existing charges. What the federal government might do is uncertain as long as its investigation continues, he said....
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About the two points that I put in bold.
1. If they are practicing Muslims going on a road trip that lasted several days, why weren't they carrying their own Koran?
2. If Mohamed is here on a student visa, why doesn't he have accurate proof of his age?
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