Dominican police detain Pakistani man carrying knife at airport

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- A Pakistani man carrying a 5-inch knife was arrested by Dominican Republic airport police Wednesday, hours before he intended to board a flight to Paris.

Police at Santo Domingo's Las Americas International Airport found the knife in the 30-year-old man's hand luggage, said Gen. Fernando Cruz, director of the National Department of Investigation.

The unidentified suspect attracted attention at about 8 a.m. when he suddenly turned away from a security checkpoint and toward an exit as a police officer approached him for questioning.

The suspect is a medical student who was in the Dominican Republic illegally and did not have an entry stamp in his passport, police said.

The suspect has not been charged and was being questioned by Dominican authorities.

The suspect was carrying a ticket for an Air France flight scheduled to depart for Paris at 7 p.m. and continue on to Pakistan, police said.

The suspect is a medical student who was in the Dominican Republic illegally and did not have an entry stamp in his passport, police said.

A Pakistani decided to swim to the Dominican Republic, of all places, where climbed out of the surf and enrolled in Medical school, all in an elaborate ruse to be able to board a plane to Paris, which he planned to hijack.

Some rather remarkable events right there.

Medical school for him was in preperation for trying take self-care of the body damage he will sustain if I or any other American MEN see this guy (or anyone else) trying to pull some stunt, no matter where. We're ready to roll. And really, really pissed.

The era of hijacking planes with American MEN aboard is officially over. Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times. Weak dogs stay under the porch. Stay in your seat, while we deal with it.

When we are on land, we target practice.

Nothing to see here, folks, move on. Hijacker is beaten to death, go back to the movie.

How 'bout those Packers?

I don't know...have you ever been to the Santo Domingo airport where this occurred? I have, and I wouldn't want to pi$$ those guys off. I've been to the DR 3 times in the past 2 years and there are lots of armed military and police personnel everywhere, not to mention the armed private security guards.

Funny thing, I was there last October and felt safer in that airport than I did in Raleigh or Miami.

Oh dear. I get so confused (NOT) about what is terrorism-related and I feel so reassured (NOT) when the government tells me that it is not terrorism-related. Don't you?

Links of Interest:

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "NORTHWEST AIRLINES PLANE DIVERTED AFTER REPORT OF SUSPICIOUS PASSENGERS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "However, KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, where Northwest Airlines is based, quoted an unidentified source as saying the men were "shaving themselves clean." A source speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that people aboard the airplane gave investigators similar accounts.") (September 11, 2002)

WorldNetDaily.com: "AIRLINE DENIED MOHAMED ATTA PARADISE WEDDING SUIT" by Paul Sperry (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In preparation for martrydom, ablution. "Shave excess hair from the body and wear cologne. Shower," advises the letter, which was handwritten in Arabic and later translated by the FBI (it's still not clear if Atta penned the letter himself). "Do not leave your apartment unless you have performed ablution."") (September 11, 2002)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "FLIGHT ESCORTED TO HOUSTON AIRPORT BY F-16s AFTER IN-FLIGHT DISTURBANCE HOUSTON - An American Airlines flight was escorted back to Bush Intercontinental Airport by F-16 fighters Wednesday afternoon after what FBI officials initially reported to be an attempted hijacking. " (September 11, 2002)

NBC4columbus.com: "BOMB SUSPECT CHARGED WITH INDUCING PANIC Rhodes Tower Evacuated on 9/11 Anniversary") (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as Oscar Sesmas, age 35. Sesmas said he was "installing a bomb.") (September 11, 2002)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "SHIP WITH RADIATION IN CARGO HOLD ORDERED BACK OUT TO SEA" (September 11, 2002)

IRNA.com - ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY: Tehran. "KHATAMI TO LEAVE FOR RIYADH WEDNESDAY: REPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The visit will be Khatami's second to the Kingdom since he took office in May 1997. It is viewed as "important" in view of the US threat of a military attack on Iraq and the deadlock in Middle East peace negotiations... Stressing both sides' common stances against America's unilateral Iraq policy, the deputy further said that "sensitive regional conditions necessitate that Tehran and Riyadh closely discuss the subject of the imminent US strike on Iraq."") (September 11, 2002)

NewsMax.com: "WHO WERE AT WAR WITH" by Jack Wheeler, Freedom Research Foundation (September 11, 2002)

ICBIRMINGHAM.icnetwork.co.uk: "IRAQIs TALK OF 'GOD'S PUNISHMENT'" (September 11, 2002)

TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "LONDON RALLY FOR FANATICS" by Phillip Johnston (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The meeting at Finsbury Park mosque is being organised by al-Muhajiroun (The Emigrants), a fundamentalist organisation that is dedicated to the establishment of a world Islamic state.") (September 11, 2001)

JERUSALEM POST.com: "BIN LADEN SOUVENIRS AMONG SEIZED PALESTINIAN ARMS SHIPMENT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Crates containing hundreds of kilograms of guns, ammunition, telescopic lenses, and night-vision equipment were found inside the container, as were "toys" in the shape of cigarette lighters with pictures of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the background.") (September 11, 2002)

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: "GERMAN POLICE QUESTION 4 MORE SUSPECTS IN SEPTEMBER 11 PLOT"

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