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32 blades, no explanation
Star-Telegram ^
| May 31, 2003
| Toni Heinzl
Posted on 05/31/2003 11:28:27 AM PDT by Aaron_A
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A police mug of Fazal Karim along with the razor blades he was carrying at D/FW in March.
STAR-TELEGRAM/RODGER MALLISON
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:28:27 AM PDT
by
Aaron_A
To: Aaron_A
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:34:58 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Aaron_A
"It is the same screening for every passenger." Because of the stupid pretense that all persons are equally likely to be terrorists.
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:37:11 AM PDT
by
knuthom
To: Aaron_A
Hooper said Muslims do not mind being screened at airports if the same standards are applied to everyone. Agreed. Everyone who might possibly be a muslim terrorist should be thoroughly screened to ensure they are not a muslim terrorist, so we can prevent the next hideous act of muslim terrorism by muslim terrorists.
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:39:06 AM PDT
by
dagnabbit
(Muslims: 5 percent of immigrants - 100 percent of terrorist immigrants.)
To: Aaron_A
"If that person had been a Norwegian businessman, he wouldn't be in the trouble Mr. Karim is in,"
Of course Norwegian businessmen are not known for flying 737's into buildings, now are they.
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:44:08 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(" No mans life liberty or property is safe when the legislature is in session." Mark Twain)
To: piasa; backhoe; RaceBannon
"First, Karim told FBI agents that he used the razor blades to shave the bottom of his full beard. Then he said they were for a friend in Houston named Mahmoud. Finally, he said he did not know the razor blades were in his bag."
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:44:36 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Aaron_A
>>"It has been an ongoing concern that Muslims are singled out," (Ibrahim) Hooper (of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations) said.
My full, frank comments on Mr. Hooper would likely get me banned, at least for a time.
>>"Our position is that they were hygiene items, not weapons," Brown (the perp's lawyer) said.
And that goes for Mr. Brown, as well. I don't normally conceal "hygiene items" in my belt.
This guy was testing the system. I compliment the TSA, which I don't often do.
To: FreedomPoster
Hmmm...did CAIR even read this article? Or is it the usual cair-spin-cycle as usual?...
"First, Karim told FBI agents that he used the razor blades to shave the bottom of his full beard. Then he said they were for a friend in Houston named Mahmoud. Finally, he said he did not know the razor blades were in his bag.
"This is the first case at D/FW, to my knowledge, where we found razor blades in carry-on luggage where there is no razor in the bag," Schattman said.
In addition, immigration inspectors discovered that Karim's claim that he was a tourist visiting friends in Houston for a couple of weeks was a lie. Immigration authorities found out that Karim, a Pakistani national with Canadian citizenship, had lived in Houston for three years and did not have a residence in another country.
He had a one-way, $3,069 ticket from Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Paris to D/FW and to Houston.
Schattman rejected any notions of ethnic profiling in the case. Since 9-11, though, aviation-safety cases are prosecuted more aggressively as a deterrent, Schattman said.
"If he had been Irish and Catholic, with the same set of circumstances, I believe we would have filed the same case and prosecuted it the same way," Schattman said."
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:55:43 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Aaron_A
For Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Mr. Hooper is the guy who hmmm-and-hawed his "well, that just isn't going to happen..."
when radio show host Michael Medved asked Mr. Hooper if he wanted the USA
to be under Shari'a Law.
32 razors concealed in a belt in carry-on baggage, so of course they go into the
passenger cabin?
Looks like Flight 93 taught the Chicken-Shi-ite (and Chicken Sunni) little b@$tards
that you'll need more than four guys with razors/box-cutters to take
over a plane...
This was a test-run...and he found out it could be done on the other legs of his
multi-leg flight.
Now they know they can put up to 32 of their terrorist buddies on a fully-fueled
747 in Paris bound for the USA...maybe even divert it to England to take out the Parliament
building, Windsor Palace, or who knows what...
Bet there are PLENTY of fully-fueled 747s departing Paris during a week with
at least 32 Muslims aboard...they wouldn't stand out at all on one of those flights.
Those folks who say we're now in World War IV (the Cold War being WWIII) include the
recently-retired head of The Mossad.
The sooner we realize it's kill or be killed in many cases...the more likely we'll
survive/win and the sooner these medieval sadists can be retired to either
the most retrograde corners of their dusty squalid territories or to "paradise".
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:57:42 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: FreedomPoster
And what sort of "belt" was it.....? ....
With a handle and the double edged blades protruding....probably about 24 to 29 inches long....
sure could do a lot of damage close up in an aircraft weilding such a weapon
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posted on
05/31/2003 11:58:43 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
( against dead wood (albore) Frogs & Rats)
To: spokeshave
Especially among the unarmed peasants.
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posted on
05/31/2003 12:01:02 PM PDT
by
FSPress
To: spokeshave
I understand from sources that will not be identified
that a razor blade or two held flat between the fingers
and used in a slapping motion can be quite effective.
We used to tape a nickle to each side and throw them like
a shuriken.
This guy smells of fish, might want to test those blades for toxins too.
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posted on
05/31/2003 12:09:58 PM PDT
by
tet68
(Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
To: Aaron_A
"The case is one in a long line of examples of U.S. authorities engaging in ethnic profiling of muslims"
Here's my version to this comment:
The case is one in a long line of examples of muslim terrorists engaging in ethnic cleansing of Jews.
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posted on
05/31/2003 12:31:20 PM PDT
by
Arpege92
To: Aaron_A
Maybe there's lots of these guys who "salt" blades throughout various planes. Then several terrorists could get on with homemade wood/plastic "handles" to make a fierce weapon. BTW - I don't buy ANY of his stories. Hope we hit him hard.
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posted on
05/31/2003 12:56:21 PM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Support Our Troops! Screw France.)
To: All
A couple of things;
- CAIR are a bunch of a&&holes.
- What is this guy doing with these blades? I don't think they are good for anything but shaving and looking at his picture...
- Are these the type of blades in question?
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posted on
05/31/2003 1:00:58 PM PDT
by
Aaron_A
To: Aaron_A
"It sounds odd that somebody up to no good would bring 32 razor blades, which would increase his chances of being detected, when all he needed was one razor blade if he wanted to do harm."
Why is anybody publishing Hooper's speculations as to motive? He is not defense counsel! But the question should be asked in court: Why 32 blades when these razors can be purchased easily in any pharmacy?
What was he doing in this country? Where are the INS charges against this guy?
Bury him deep in an Alaskan maximum security prison & deport his body back to wherever we send his wife and ALL his kids.
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posted on
05/31/2003 1:21:33 PM PDT
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: Aaron_A
Must be special blades, bringing them to a friend in Houston. Just can't buy that kind here I guess.
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posted on
05/31/2003 1:29:04 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: weegee
Might I postulate that he was waiting for the blades to rust so he could make "crystal" radios?
Last time I was in Houston, I was dying from the heat and humidity. Probably going there to speed up the rusting process.
To: Aaron_A
Two scenarios fit.
1) He was depositing the blades in a series of planes for future terrorist attacks.
2) He was expecting 32 friends on the plane: Search the manifest.
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posted on
05/31/2003 2:06:27 PM PDT
by
Maelstrom
(To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
To: Aaron_A
A jury convicted him May 22 of making false statements about his legal status and of carrying and attempting to carry concealed dangerous weapons in air transportation.
A spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations: The case is one in a long line of examples of U.S. authorities engaging in ethnic profiling of Muslims.
???
He broke the friggin law you nitwit.
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posted on
05/31/2003 4:04:44 PM PDT
by
VaBthang4
(Could someone show me one [1] Loserdopian elected to the federal government?)
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