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Gun found in bag of Iraqi woman, plane flies safely
Kuna ^ | Nov 15 2005
Posted on 11/16/2005 4:05:35 AM PST by Dog
DAMASCUS, Nov 15 (KUNA) -- A Gulf Air passenger plane took off to Manama safely from Damascus International Airport on Tuesday after the flight was delayed due to location of a gun in a bag, a Bahraini diplomatic source said.
The source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the flight was delayed after the Syrian authorities detained seven Iraqi women who tried to board the plane with a gun concealed in one of their bags.
Preliminary interrogations revealed that a man, who did not show up at the air facility, was expected to accompany them on the flight. The women and the suspicious male carried Australian passports.
The gun was laden into a toy in one of the bags of the women.
Earlier reports indicated at arrest of a man who tried to fly aboard the plane with the concealed gun. (end) am.
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ON THE NET...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/248494_imam16.html
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
"Leader of area mosque arrested by U.S. agents
Terrorism task force grabs Somali native, but immigration cited"
By JOHN IWASAKI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The respected leader of a Rainier Valley mosque was arrested Monday on an immigration charge, surprising those who knew his work in Seattle's Somali community.
Federal agents with the Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Abu Abrahim Sheik Mohamed at Sea-Tac Airport as he got off a domestic flight, federal criminal justice sources said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lorie Haley said only that Mohamed, 37, was "in custody on immigration violations" and is being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma."
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ON THE NET...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002628457_detain17m.html
Thursday, November 17, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
"Officials arrest former Seattle mosque leader"
By Nancy Bartley
Seattle Times staff reporter
ARTICLE SNIPPT: "The well-known leader of a former storefront mosque in Seattle's Rainier Valley is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Officials arrested Abrahim Sheikh Mohamed, 38, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday night after he returned from Dallas. Mohamed, who is from Somalia, allegedly was in the United States illegally, according to Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice, and will have a hearing before the Immigration Court in Seattle. No date has been set."