Posted on 07/14/2005 9:09:10 PM PDT by mhking
HOUSTON — When Bassam Khalaf raps, he's the Arabic Assassin. His unreleased CD, "Terror Alert," includes rhymes about flying a plane into a building and descriptions of himself as a "crazy, suicidal Arabic ... equipped with bombs."
Until last week, Khalaf also worked as a baggage screener at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
"I've been screening your bags for the past six months, and you don't even know it," said Khalaf, who also said Thursday that he is not really a terrorist and that his rhymes are exaggerations meant to gain publicity.
Andrea McCauley, a spokeswoman for the regional Transportation Security Administration office in Dallas, said the agency checks criminal records before hiring screeners, but it does not investigate what people do in their spare time.
"We have eyes and ears in the workplace," McCauley said. "Once we discovered these Web sites, we fired him."
An Internet search of Khalaf's name brings up Web sites that feature his obscene, violent and misogynistic raps that threaten to fly a plane into a building on Sept. 11, 2005.
Khalaf, 21, was hired on Jan. 16 and fired July 7, according to a TSA termination letter that cited his "authorship of songs which applaud the efforts of the terrorists on September 11th, encourage and warn of future acts of terrorism by you, discuss at length and in grave and alarming detail various criminal acts you intend to commit, state your belief that the U.S. government should be overthrown, and finally warn that others will die on September 11, 2005."
Khalaf, who was born in Houston and is of Palestinian descent, said working as a baggage screener was the best paying job he's ever had. He said he hoped to use any extra money he earned to produce his CD.
"I kept my music and my job separate. I told a couple of people who I thought was cool with me at work that I rapped, but I never sat there and told them lyrics or anything," said Khalaf. "I guess somebody probably told them that I had a Web site."
Khalaf said his terrorist-themed rhymes are more about marketing. He called his songs art and pointed to other rappers who have rhymed about terrorism. He specifically cites Eminem's song, "My Dad's Gone Crazy," which discusses blowing everything on the map up except Afghanistan and says: "There's no tower too high, no plane that I can't learn how to fly."
"Controversy sells," Khalaf said. "It brings a lot of attention. Everybody wants to label all Arabics terrorists just because a couple of people messed up. Well, I'm going to play along with that character. I'm going to let you think I'm one."
Ah yes...wide open borders...and affirmative action...
Homieland Security 'bussa amove'
Forget Gitmo, he needs to see a genuine Gulag. Or a state prison in California where murderous felons are sent-that's how he should be seen. I will continue to suggest a prison like San Quentin, sending them to Gitmo is basically terrorist appeasement, considering how well they are treated there. Nuke Gitmo, send terrorists to real prisons where they are treated like real murderers, not victims.
Only if you want to see him get treated like royalty, not like a criminal as he should be. The time has come for talk like this to punishable by being sent to a state prison, (F**k Gitmo and the gourmet food they serve terrorists), where people like this are treated like murderous, armed robbers, rapists and other scum of the earth. People like this with their murder talk are inspiring terorrists to do what they did on 9/11, and he who incites to strife is worse then he who takes part in it!
BTW, you still unquestionably have the best freepername ever created; Jim robinson should give you a cash prize for such an awesome name. Sheik yerbouty, gotta love it!
Many thanks, and Allahu fubar!
Sorry, I just had to get that out of my mind.
Well...over sized clothing is just their way of making up for a shortage of brain cells.
I mean, if you dress like an a$$clown, act like an a$$clown, talk like an a$$clown...you probably are an a$$clown.
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FOX NEWS.com: London - "MUSLIM EXTREMISTS PREACH VIOLENCE IN EUROPE" by Steve Harrigan (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He's called Sheik Terra. With a Koran in one hand and pistol in the other, the British rapper calls for the murder of non-Muslims, including several world leaders, on a videotape.") (November 29, 2004)
MEMRI TV.com - THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE - TV Monitor Project - Clip No. 199: "'THE SCHEME OF THAIS' - ANTI-AMERICAN MUSIC VIDEO ON IRANIAN TV" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Iranian news channel IRINN TV broadcast a between-program music video produced by the television department of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Thais was a Greek courtesan who joined Alexander the Great on his campaign, and, according to one story, persuaded him to set fire to Persepolis. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's song shows the Statue of Liberty as Thais. The following are excerpts" (August 12, 2004)
I don't think we should even hire people with names like Bassam Khalaf. What are we trying to do, send the fox a gold-plated invitation to guard the henhouse? Sheesh.
And you can't lock it! But don't worry, if they steal a $1000 suit from you, you can recoup all of $600 from the airlines!
Ali G:
Bougasa, respect!!!!!
No Muslims should ever be hired to perform any security or law enforcement duties within the United States.
LOL. I keep trying to tell my European socialist co-workers that. They think all that's good comes from the government.
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