Posted on 09/12/2006 11:53:42 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Yemeni-born U.S. citizen Mohammed Ghanem was arraigned in a Wayne County, Mich., court Sept. 9 after he allegedly tried to pass through a security checkpoint at Detroit Metro Airport with a knife concealed in a hollowed-out book.
Although the incident probably was not a militant hijacking attempt, it does raise red flags because militants have been known to use similar tactics to gauge security at airports.
Ghanem, a busboy from the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck, which has a large Yemeni immigrant population, was arrested Sept. 7 after he tried to pass through an airport metal detector with the knife. The fact that Ghanem was holding a one-way ticket to Yemen via Jordan on Royal Jordanian Airlines probably first attracted the attention of screeners.
Ghanem's reasons for having the knife are unclear, though his lawyer said Ghanem was traveling to Yemen to get married and "didn't know where the knife came from." He was jailed on a $500,000 bond for possessing a weapon in the sterile area of an airport.
Although it is possible Ghanem is a mentally disturbed individual who was seeking to carry out a lone-wolf attack as the fifth anniversary of 9/11 approached, it seems more possible that he was pinging the system to test security response.
In other words, what would seem like a clumsy attempt to smuggle a knife into a secure area in reality could have been intended to get him caught.
The 9/11 hijackers carried out dry runs during the summer of 2001, and Abdel Basit (aka Ramzi Yousef), one of the masterminds of the failed Operation Bojinka plot to blow up multiple airliners over the Pacific Ocean, carried out a dry run aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 in December 1994.
In that case, the device detonated but did not destroy the aircraft.
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Send him straight to GitMo.
Although the incident probably was not a militant hijacking attempt"
Most people cut a hole in their books to store things in. I feel like I must be in The Twilight Zone"
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Why? What is the purpose of letting a large Yemeni immigrant population settle here?
There's the ping for you...
Seattle Jewish center shooter - "mentally disturbed..."
SF "drive over" killer - "mentally disturbed..."
Carolina mow down killer - "mentally disturbed..."
DC Snipers - "mentally disturbed..."
I guess being a muslim killer in the US makes you immediately "mentally disturbed..."
Don't all copies of the Koran come with a knife inside the cover?
LMAO, great minds. You obviously type faster. :-)
LBT
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Or--the buggers might have determined than they can economically destroy the airlines by pulling one of these stunts everyday.
Add the LAX terminal shooter to yout list...
Oh BS you know exactly where it came from and you were testing to see if you would get caught. Now that you are busted you're on your way to Gitmo, where you will be tried as a terrorist and executed by drowning in pigs blood
He could afford to buy a ticket to Jordan on a busboy's pay? Must take in a whole lot of tips.
Diversity my FRiend....we need Yemeni retards in America for diversity....and to make sure we pay no mind to the man behind the curtain.....;)
Send him HALFWAY to Gitmo and let him swim the rest of the way!
"pinging"...
Hehe, no doubt. :-) See #10.
All the best!
LBT
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Who is stupid enough to believe that b.s.? What moron would make such a ridiculous conclusion based on the FACT that he was trying to smuggle a knife onboard the plane?
You noticed that too......yes....they always send the mental giants....with a 50 IQ....to do the security checks. Nice cover and quite effective.....
The Palistinaians use their retarded children as suicide bombers. It is possible that this guy really doesn't know anything.
Hamtramck used to be a Polish enclave when I was growing up back in the 60s. The best bakeries and delis around. I am drooling thinking back about it. Now the Hamtramck city council allows the Muslim call to prayer to be blasted over a loud speaker five times a day.
Why does the Detroit area have the largest concentration of Muslims in America? Proximity to Canada? Lack of adequate governance and plenty of politicians & bureaucrats who are willing to look the other way while bad things happen? The Muslims of Dearbornistan have been growing in power for at least the last 30+ years. They used to broadcast Saddam's speeches right over the regular tv station all in Arabic. My Dad & I would watch it and say what the heck is going on here? Are these people for us or against us???? I still don't know the answer. Are the Muslim people living in Dearborn for America or not?
If the authorities are worth their salt, they will have that population under surveillance from now on.
I hollowed at a book to hide my water pistol in the 7th grade. :^>
At = out
Just hang him.
Islam is a mental illness.
You they would probably put in jail.
Not only was it meant to get him caught, but sure as shit he is a messenger carrying information to the prison Muslim Brotherhood network. Beat him on the soles of his feet until he gives it up.
well more muslims immigrated to the us after 9/11 than any other period before.is BUSH awake or what?
However, there are multiple colonies of good, solid people north and northwest of the city. Michigan is essentially a Red State waiting to happen.
Yemeni men often wear a decorative knife, but it's quite distinctive. No mention of that here.
I always wondered about that Bible that Clinton used to carry to church Sunday photo ops. Is that where he kept his stash?
Letting? People can 'settle' as they please.
Having said that, Detroit is now fondly referred to as New Fallujah.
They danced in the streets on 9-11-01
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