The FBI (website) reports that there is no known link to terrorism in yesteredays arrests in Goose Creek South Carolina. (See Story Below) The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office believes that among materials in the car’s trunk were a bomb and bomb making materials that include chemicals, fuses, and igniters. The men 21-year-old Yousef Megahed and 24-year-old Ahmed Mohamed were pulled over Saturday evening during a routine traffic stop near Myers Road and Highway 176. Few details about the suspects are known at this time. They are believed to be students at a Florida college. They are of Middle Eastern descent and are not US citizens. Neither man has been charged, but charges are expected Monday. A press conference will be held in Berkeley County on Monday morning.

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And this according To Reuters - - The FBI said on Sunday that there was no evidence of a terrorism link in the case of two college engineering students who possessed explosive materials in South Carolina over the weekend.

The two men, described in local media reports as non-U.S. citizens of Middle Eastern descent, were taken into custody late on Saturday near Charleston, South Carolina, after local police noticed what looked like explosives in their Toyota sedan during a routine traffic stop.

The FBI said the material proved to be for making homemade fireworks, not dangerous munitions.

“There’s no (terrorism link) that we’ve identified at this point,” FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told Reuters.

“They got pulled over and had just enough suspicious things to warrant investigation. We don’t think there’s that much to it. They had some materials to make some pretty good-sized homemade fireworks but not bomb stuff.”