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Joke Text Message Triggers Terror Alert
Netscape News ^ | 12/19/04 | AP

Posted on 12/19/2004 1:15:33 PM PST by wagglebee

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused an international security alert after he sent a joke text message from his cell phone to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists, the Australian government confirmed Sunday.

The man, Antonio Casale, 35, sent the message to his wife from Kuala Lumpur during a refueling stop on a Lauda Air flight from Sydney last Sunday night, Sydney's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Transport Minister John Anderson's spokesman confirmed the newspaper report.

Casale claimed terrorists were in control of the plane and were taking the passengers to an unknown destination.

His distressed wife contacted Italian police, who immediately contacted the Italian embassy in Canberra, who in turn contacted Australian Federal Police.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; hoax; terroralert; textmessages
What an idiot!
1 posted on 12/19/2004 1:15:33 PM PST by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

Indeed! What a stupid idiot!


2 posted on 12/19/2004 1:17:06 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead (I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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To: Texas_Jarhead
Wow.....they could have shot down that plane.....throw the damn book at the idiot.
3 posted on 12/19/2004 1:18:42 PM PST by Dog ( In memory of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, United States Marine.)
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To: wagglebee

I've got a better "joke" - send Casale the bill for the salaries of all the security people who had to respond to his "joke".


4 posted on 12/19/2004 1:19:02 PM PST by asgardshill ("We march by day and read Xenophon by night.")
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To: Texas_Jarhead

Ok. Great minds think alike. As I was reading this, I said to myself the only possible response to this could be: WHAT AN IDIOT.

Lo and behold...three WHAT AN IDIOTS.


5 posted on 12/19/2004 1:19:58 PM PST by JudyinCanada (Five-fingered Canadian)
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To: wagglebee

At least the text message wasn't intercepted by an intelligence agency or anything. /sarcasm


6 posted on 12/19/2004 1:22:34 PM PST by Normal4me
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To: wagglebee

As a famously funny person, I really wish these humor hack wannabees would leave the business of jokes to people who know what they are doing.


7 posted on 12/19/2004 1:24:44 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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To: wagglebee
..and more comments here - SMS hijack hoax no joke .....
8 posted on 12/19/2004 1:27:02 PM PST by Ready4Freddy (Carpe Sharpei !)
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To: wagglebee
Jerk. Not only did he waste the time and money of the security forces involved, but he was also cruelly disrespectful to his wife. When are these idiots going to learn that you never joke about terrorism on airplanes?
9 posted on 12/19/2004 1:29:23 PM PST by Welsh Rabbit
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To: wagglebee
An really, really, really, really, really, stupid Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused an international security alert after...

There. I fixed the first sentence.
Did I mention "really stupid"?

10 posted on 12/19/2004 1:29:51 PM PST by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

As a famously funny person, I really wish these humor hack wannabees would leave the business of jokes to people who know what they are doing.
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Do you mean something like this???

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11 posted on 12/19/2004 1:29:52 PM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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To: wagglebee

Whoa....lucky thing the TSA guys didn't shoot every blue hair on the aircraft....


12 posted on 12/19/2004 1:30:41 PM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: joesnuffy

Just to be safe.....


13 posted on 12/19/2004 1:31:08 PM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: asgardshill
I've got a better "joke" - send Casale the bill for the salaries of all the security people who had to respond to his "joke".

I second that. It's about time someone had the last laugh on these "jokers."

14 posted on 12/19/2004 1:34:14 PM PST by Prime Choice (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...And no, my powers can only be used for Good.)
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To: wagglebee

Move over Scott Peterson, you be gettin' a roommate. Too bad this lunatic isn't an American and could really get that sentence. He's every bit as guilty of terror as the 9-11 "pilots".


15 posted on 12/19/2004 1:35:09 PM PST by Oreo Kookey (How, indeed, do we click our tongues at beheadings and look the other way from abortion? I weep.)
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To: GeekDejure
prouder still to be a successful "SEWERSIDE BOOMER" !!!

Yumpin' yiminy! I yust yump fer yoy add dee tawt!

16 posted on 12/19/2004 1:36:43 PM PST by Prime Choice (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...And no, my powers can only be used for Good.)
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To: GeekDejure

see #7


17 posted on 12/19/2004 2:00:00 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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To: wagglebee

Do any of you think this guy just might be a Muslum? And perhaps this is not as "funny" as it appears on the surface....NOT lol


18 posted on 12/19/2004 2:14:42 PM PST by stockpirate (Check out my homepage and learn about sKerry and his Socialist friends.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

see #7
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Oak Hay, people who know what they are doing... DO SOMETHING !!!


19 posted on 12/19/2004 2:30:17 PM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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