2 Charged With Pipe Bombs Near Navy Base

[Knightly_Knews]

Source: Associated Press

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Two men found with several pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base were charged Monday with possession of an explosive device, authorities said.

A joint state-federal investigation was under way to see whether there was any terrorism connection, said FBI spokeswoman Denise Taiste, but no link had been found. The Navy base is the site of a brig where enemy combatants have been held.

Ahmed Abda Sherf Mohamed, 24, and Yousef Samir Megahed, 21, both students at the University of South Florida in Tampa, were driving through the area on Saturday to vacation at a North Carolina beach for Mohamed's birthday, their defense attorney said.

"They admitted to having what they said were fireworks. Based on the officer's judgment at hand, based on what he had seen, we judged it to be other than fireworks," Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt said.

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These men claim that they had fireworks.. I can believe that. Apparently he disassembled some fireworks and made his own concoction. Any person in this country could be charged with this crime simply for taping many Sparklers or fireworks together, Emptying the gun powder from Firecrackers, having too many bottle rockets, etc. etc. They sell these fireworks openly in South Carolina, EVERYWHERE!

I am not saying these men didn't have criminal intentions, I am just pointing out that anyone can be charged with this crime for the mishandling of fireworks. Watch your backs America!