Two Israeli men arrested after high-speed chase in Tennessee

[Corporate Avenger]

ERWIN, Tenn. - Two Israeli men who led the Unicoi County sheriff on a high-speed chase in a rented moving truck were placed under arrest and are being investigated by the FBI, local officials said.

Shmuel Dahan and Almaliach Naor, both from Israel, were being held without bond Sunday afternoon at the Unicoi County Jail. The truck, rented from a Ryder office in Mars Hills, N.C., was being held in the county garage pending an FBI investigation, officials said.

Dahan is charged with reckless driving, littering, false identification and evading arrest, while Naor faces charges of false identification and evading arrest, an officer with the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department who would not give his name said Sunday.

Harris said he saw the men throw something from the truck while they were being pursued. Officers scouring the area later found a vial containing an unknown substance along the roadway, he said.

Once the men were apprehended, officers also found a "Learn to Fly" brochure in the truck, leading Harris and others to express concern about security at the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin.

"I got a sick feeling when I saw it," Harris said.

Dahan also gave authorities a fake Florida driver's license issues in Plantation, Fla., he said, while Naor produced a fake identification card.

Harris subsequently contacted the FBI, the federal Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms and other local authorities to look into the situation.

"We're not overreacting," Harris said. "We have a responsibility to protect the citizens of Unicoi County and that's what I'm going to do at any cost. I'd rather overreact, if that's what you call it, than be sorry later."

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observe...8627949.htm?1c


odd

[Ed Toner]

Odd, indeed.

I got the same story from a Ret. BGEN USA.

I used Google to search the headline, names, etc., and came up with NOTHING.

I searched AP, and NOTHING again.

[Ed Toner]

After searching just one name, I got this:

Shmuel Dahan is a Likud spokesman.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3618725.stm
The plan is opposed by some factions in Likud, who see withdrawal as giving in to pressure from Palestinian militants.

Several cabinet ministers have said they will not support it without US backing.

'Understandings'

However, the party's Central Election Committee approved the referendum on Sunday, spokesman Shmuel Dahan said.

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