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TERROR SCARE BUST A 'MISUNDERSTANDING'
Monday, September 16, 2002
Source: CBS
 The three Muslim medical students detained after
a woman said they were discussing terror plans told
reporters they want to clear their names and study to
become doctors, but a Miami hospital where they were
supposed to train no longer wants them.
The head of Larkin Community Hospital in Miami said
Sunday he had received more than 200 e-mails after the
incident, some threatening.
"Obviously, nothing is final," said Dr. Jack
Michel, president and chief executive officer of Larkin.
"Our primary objective is to take care of patients.
I don't know how that could be done with all this media
coverage."
He said the medical school where the men are studying,
Ross University, had agreed to transfer them to a different
training program.
Kambiz Butt, 25, said Sunday that he and Ayman Gheith,
27, and Omar Choudhary, 23, want to continue their education
in the United States.
"We're medical students. We are not terrorists,"
Butt said, flanked by Gheith and Choudhary. "Our
concern in life is to become doctors. We want to help
people. We do not want to hurt."
David Kubiliun, another attorney for the men, said all
three are U.S. citizens. Gheith is a naturalized U.S.
citizen born in Jordan.
The three students were in two cars and en route to
Miami on Friday when authorities stopped them on Interstate
75 after one of the vehicles allegedly went through
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