Details of College "Students" Terrorism Case Revealed...

Thank God these two were caught before their "homemade fireworks" could spread Islam's message of peace...

A college student indicted on explosives charges may be released from custody on bond and under such conditions as 24-hour electronic monitoring, a judge ruled Friday at a hearing that also revealed details on the allegations.

Megahed, 21, and Sherif Mohamed, 24, both students at the University of South Florida in Tampa, were indicted Aug. 31 on federal charges of transporting explosives across state lines. Mohamed also faces terrorism-related charges on suspicion of demonstrating how to use the explosives.

Prosecutor Jay Hoffer on Friday called Megahed "a significant danger to the community" and noted that if he were to flee to his home country of Egypt, it would be difficult to get him back.

South Carolina authorities found three pieces of piping cut into small sections in the trunk of a car Megahed was traveling in, each filled with a "potassium nitrate explosive mixture," Hoffer said.

Also found in the car were 20 feet of fuse, a box of .22-caliber bullets, a drill that could have been used to "perhaps insert a fuse" into the explosive devices, and a partially filled 5-gallon gasoline container, Hoffer said.

The men claim the explosive materials were simply for homemade fireworks, but Hoffer said Megahed denied knowing any of the materials were even in the vehicle.

In a secretly recorded conversation between Megahed and Mohamed while they were in the back of a patrol car during their arrest, Hoffer said Megahed "asked Mr. Mohamed pointedly, 'What did you tell them about the gas canister?'"

Hoffer also told the judge that a laptop computer found inside the car had been used to visit Web sites about "rifles, weaponry, about the conflict in the Middle East, jihadists."

Another video, which Mohamed has acknowledged he made, shows "how to turn a radio controlled car into a detonator that could be used for an explosive," Hoffer said.

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[Cliff Ross]

Put these assholes UNDER the jail. There can be no doubt they intended to make bombs and use them here . Gitmo would be a nice vacation spot for these pig bastards.