Posted on 03/07/2007 1:42:37 PM PST by VAGOP
This is disturning on many levels -
LAX passenger hides objects in his body; bomb squad called His plane was diverted but deemed safe.
The Iraqi national, a legal U.S. resident, said he was trying to ease stress. He is turned over to ICE. By Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writer March 7, 2007
Authorities called in the bomb squad early Tuesday and diverted a flight to Las Vegas after Los Angeles International Airport security screeners found hidden wires and other objects in a body cavity of a Philadelphia-bound passenger.
Fadhel Al-Maliki, a 35-year-old Iraqi national living in Atlantic City, N.J., had been flagged by security officials at LAX and was undergoing a secondary "selectee screening" when he set off a metal detector.
Al-Maliki, a former security guard, told screeners that he knew what had triggered the alarm and proceeded to remove items from his rectum, including a rock, chewing gum and thin wire filament.
Larry Fetters, federal security director at LAX, said at news conference that Transportation Security Administration officers had become alarmed because Al-Maliki was acting strange but initially refused to identify the items he had hidden.
Concern that the objects might be components for an explosive device led airport authorities to call in the Los Angeles Police Department and FBI bomb technicians as well as a hazardous material team.
A preliminary investigation appeared to rule out a theory that Al-Maliki may have been looking for weaknesses in security or was rehearsing for a terrorist act, federal and local law enforcement authorities said.
During questioning, Al-Maliki said the objects in his rectum were used to alleviate stress, federal law enforcement sources said.
The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet. . .
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Thank God it wasn't an Iraqi!
he keeps chewing gum in his rectum?
nevermind do NOT explain this to me!
I prefer a nice cup of herbal tea to relieve stress.
proud to be from NJ
or a six pack and a nice cigar!
any gerbils?
"The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet."
I wonder if this was a reference to that thing in Mecca?
They needed a good EMP pinger. Imagine zapping him with a good pulse [from behind a protective wall], so that there would be a few thousand volts induced across that wire in his derriere. It would singe him a bit and induce an involuntary muscle contraction as well - everything would have popped out.
We need to get John Edwards to search this guy.
Administration officers had become alarmed because Al-Maliki was acting strange...
Hmmm, wonder why? I think it was probably the wire.
yeah, but that would learn him a thing or two.
"During questioning, Al-Maliki said the objects in his rectum were used to alleviate stress"
I suppose you would say anything to alleviate suspicion, if you had to.
he keeps chewing gum in his rectum?
I keep mine in my Coach purse.
call out the bum squad.
Front runner for 2007's most bizarre quote.
For some reason, bubble blowing comes to mind...
He ought to fit in very well in San Francisco.
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