HAZMAT.

This is coolbert:

Here is one hot off the presses. Posted on the jihadwatch web site at 1919 hours today. That is 7:19 P.M. for all you non-military types.

Thanks to Robert for this one. This could be big!!?? But let us not jump to conclusions.

"December 13, 2006

Authorities Probe Foreign Student Seeking Commercial Truck-Driving HAZMAT License

But he only wanted to learn how to drive forward -- reminiscent of those stories about the 9/11 hijackers telling flight instructors that they didn't need to learn how to take off or land, but only to fly.

By Liza Porteus for FoxNews, with thanks to TJ:

"NEW YORK — Mohammed Yusef Mullawala wanted a license to transport hazardous materials and to learn how to drive commercial tractor trailers. There was nothing unusual about that, until he told his teacher that he only wanted to learn how to drive forward, and he wanted to learn fast.

That was enough to raise a red flag with Darleen Crawford, president of the Nationwide Tractor Trailer Driving School in Smithfield, R.I., where Mullawala took driving classes.

Federal and state authorities are investigating why Mullawala was seeking a commercial trucking license after his behavior raised flags at the Rhode Island driving school. Crawford said he was also insistent on taking the test necessary to earn a license to transport hazardous materials.

Mullawala, a 28-year-old citizen of India who is of Pakistani descent, is now in federal custody in Massachusetts on immigration violation charges....

Crawford started documenting suspicious activity: Mullawala lived in New York City but traveled to Rhode Island for the driving classes; he missed his first day of classes; and he was very insistent on getting his hazardous material transport license.

But the fact that he only seemed interested in driving forward was the most concerning.

. . . .

'He was just really pushing to get out of here,' Crawford said. 'I've been doing this for 30 years so you just sort of know when something doesn't feel right.'...

Investigators learned that when Mullawala obtained his driver's license from the Rhode Island Registry of Motor Vehicles, he gave a false statement indicating he was a Rhode Island resident. ICE then determined he was a citizen of India and in the United States on an expired temporary student visa.

. . . He was then apprehended and turned over to ICE...."

This type of activity involving trucks and the licensing of foreign drivers suspected of being jihadis was also reported for A WHILE after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The public was alerted that certain persons of interest were being sought by the authorities for questioning. In particular, persons who HAD SPECIFICALLY SOUGHT OUT HAZMAT [hazardous materials] TRUCK DRIVER LICENSES AND PERMITS!!!

Is this guy a villain or what? He NEEDS TO BE SUBJECTED TO A HOSTILE INTERROGATION WHILE AUTHORITIES IN INDIA CAN CHECK OUT THIS GUYS STORY.

Someone is going to suggest that this guy sounds to be so dumb he could not possibly be a jihadi on a mission. Well, the villains from the first 9/11 bombing involving the truck in the basement of the WTC were caught when one idiot returned to the truck rental agency to get his deposit back!!!!

Check first, then conclude. But check and recheck. India may be interested in him too!! Tell him he will be deported to India and he "should be prepared for what will happen when he gets there!!!"

coolbert.