Goose Creek Incident

The Goose Creek Incident involved the arrest and indictment of two engineering students from the University of South Florida on charges of possessing explosives. Ahmed Adba Sherf Mohamed, and Yousef Samir Megahed were stopped for speeding near Goose Creek, South Carolina. Officers found suspicious materials in their car, including what prosecutors allege was a pipe bomb, as well as ammunition. The two were stopped near the Naval Weapons Station Charleston, site of the brig where convicted U.S. terrorist Jose Padilla was detained and interrogated. [cite news
author = Associated Press
title = 2 charged with pipe bombs near Navy base
publisher = USA Today
date = 2007-08-06
accessdate = 2007-09-06
url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-06-explosive-arrest_n.htm]

On June 13, 2008, Mohamed agreed to plead guilty to a charge of providing material support to terrorists. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iAtZCOCu6i-MQvVj4csX_VuLyY8QD919GSLG0]

Mohamed is from Kuwait and Megahed is from Egypt. Both are in the U.S. legally, Mohamed on student visa and Megahed as a permanent resident.

According the FBI, a joint state-federal investigation is examining the possibility that Mohamed and Megahed presence near the Naval Weapons Station may be linked to Islamist terrorism.

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