Posted on 12/07/2005 8:52:13 PM PST by 11th_VA
Federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News they had been on the alert for a possible shoe bomber when a federal air marshal opened fire at the Miami International Airport today.
In today's incident, an agitated passenger claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal, officials said. No bomb was found.
Officials say a 50-year old Egyptian man was stopped six days ago at New York's John F. Kennedy airport. Sources say he had a suspicious pair of shoes that tested positive five times for the explosive substance TATP on the interior of his shoes between the heel and sole.
Federal officials say the man's shoes are remarkably similar to those used by shoe bomber Richard Reid, who attempted to blow up an American Airlines jet over the Atlantic four years ago.
The Egyptian man's destination was Des Moines, Iowa, sources say, and he claimed he was a student at Iowa State University, in Ames.
Strangely, after holding him overnight, airport security in New York released him. The FBI was notified after he was released. Now the FBI has put out a nationwide alert.
The man shot dead in Miami appears to have been deranged, but the missing Egyptian may help explain why air marshals acted as they did.
Stupid TSA...
To put a tail on him, perhaps?
To put a tail on him, perhaps?
NO they have no clue where he is...idiots!
The college has no information on him!
Well, then they're the Keystone cops - nightline says they lost track of the guy ...
Un-F'ing believable (if accurate).
Airport security let him go. 'Nuff said.
I couldnt believe when I heard Brian Ross say it on Nightline..yes I was watching Nightline!
Well, the idea was to beat him with the shoes - till the shoes exploded.
Yeah, I know, wishful thinking.
They said he failed the shoe test 5 times !!!
He had positive traces of explosives on his shoes and they let him go???????
And nobody bothered to check on his records at Iowa State until after they let him go??
Total incompetence. They should be fired. And they better hope this guy don't turn up in a terrorist incident.
LOL..heres wishing on a star!
WTF .. why did they release him ???
Because it would be harmful to the terrorists "self-esteem"?
I have an idea...just watch for him in Norman Oklahoma....he'll turn up all despondent and suicidal...he already has the Islamazi angle down, and the TATP!
So...when's the next OU Game?
BTTT
"Strangely?" How about "incompetently?" Or "boobishly?" Or "idiotically?"
This is the same stuff the London bombers used.
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