interesting story possibly related to UK plot

Just found this story....maybe related to UK plot, maybe not. However, a prime example of what we are facing for teh forseeable future.

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2 held on terror charges in Ohio Wed Aug 9, 10:44 PM ET


Two men were charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism after authorities said they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in their car.

Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of Dearborn, Mich., on a traffic violation Tuesday. They found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in the car, said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.

Prosecutor Susan Vessels declined to say how the phones, cash or flight information involved terrorism.

Abulhassan and Houssaiky admitted buying about 600 phones in recent months at stores in southeast Ohio, said sheriff's Maj. John Winstanley. The men said they sold the phones to someone in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb.

Investigators going through the car after the pair were pulled over in Marietta, about 90 miles southeast of Columbus, also found a map that showed locations of Wal-Mart stores from Ohio through Kentucky, Tennessee and into North and South Carolina, Vessels said.

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Directly related, or not ... it's still a scary story. That kind of thing scares me more than the 'foiled UK/USA bob plot'. It shows we still have thses guys hanging around the US ... They only caught two ... how many are doing the same thing in, and around 40 or 50 other states???? Isn't the chip in a cell phone the very same thing used to detonate bombs?