Middle Eastern Men + Pipe Bombs + Navy Base = A Good Reason
No link to terrorism found yet? I don't know about most people who are not mooselimbs, but I haven't had a good reason to carry pipe bombs around, in my car, near a Navy base, where foreign terrorists are held. But I've been called weird before.
Authorities say two Middle Eastern men arrested near a Navy base had several pipe bombs in their car.
Authorities say 24-year-old Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed and 21-year-old Yousef Samir Megahed were charged Monday with possession of an incendiary device.
An FBI spokeswoman says a joint state-federal investigation is under way to see if there was any terrorism connection but no link had been found yet. The Navy base is the site of a brig where enemy combatants have been held.
According to an affidavit with his arrest warrant, Mohamed admitted he made the pipe bombs from items he bought at Wal-Mart.
Defense attorney Dennis Rhoad says Mohamed and Megahed have a reason for having the devices, but he declined to comment further during their bond hearing.
Both are students at the University of South Florida.
