What’s Up?
Dude’s in the wrong place. Pakistan Daily Times:
GHALANAI: Charsadda police on Monday arrested an American citizen with a laptop, maps and other documents as he tried to enter Mohmand Agency, sources said. “We have arrested an American national at Yakaghund checkpost with a computer, some maps and other documents while crossing into Mohmand,” the sources said. The arrested person’s name was not disclosed, but the sources said his facial features suggested he was of Afghan descent. “Documents recovered from his possession establish his American nationality, but he looks like an Afghan Hazara,” the officials said. “He has been moved to Peshawar for interrogation by a Joint Investigation Team,” they added.
CNN with more:
A U.S. citizen was arrested on unspecified charges Monday in a rugged tribal area of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan and is forbidden to most foreigners, a Pakistani official said.
Jude Kenan, a Florida college student, was arrested in Shabqadar, in the Charsadda district of the Mohmand Agency in North Waziristan, said Pakistan Police Station House Officer Qayum Khan.
Kenan was leaving the tribal areas through the Yakaghund police checkpoint when he was arrested, Khan said.
The only foreigners allowed in the district are those permitted by the Interior Ministry.
Authorities said Kenan had a U.S. passport as well as a camera, laptop and dagger. Kenan said he was in the region to meet “Habibullah,” the police official said.
Habibullah is a proper name in Afghanistan and is the name of an Afghan detainee who died in U.S. custody in 2002. The name means “God’s beloved” or “God’s favorite” in Arabic.
Kenan has been moved to the Shabqadar police station for further questioning, Khan said.
“and is the name of an Afghan detainee who died in U.S. custody in 2002.” CNN’s just showing off. If the guy was going to meet that Habibullah, he would have gone boom. Unless he intended to meet Habibullah later.
AP adds that he was dressed like a local.
Topics: Pakistan
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:28 pm on Monday, October 13, 2008
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October 19th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Maybe the guy is one of our home-grown, would-be jihadists.