Posted on 06/07/2006 2:26:59 PM PDT by jmc1969
A Saudi man who authorities say was upset about being denied a job as an Arabic interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq was charged with threatening to blow up a Delta Air Lines flight.
Saleh Al Suwailem, 45, of Boise, Idaho, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday.
Al Suwailem was at Fort Benning on Monday being interviewed for the job when he learned he would not be hired because he was denied security clearance, federal authorities said in court papers.
After being told to fly home to Idaho the next day on a Delta flight, he started drinking with some acquaintances and blurted out, "OK, I'm going to bomb the plane," authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
New story line for Law and Order.
Gee, I can't imagine why he didn't get the clearance....
I'm sure his friends must've misheard him. Just like those Islamist medical students who got stopped on the tollroad. < /sarc >
The Saudis are our friend. Their must have been a mix-up with an Amish or Hmong passenger.
SAUDI-FUNDED ANTI-AMERICANISM
WTF?
Come On! GW told us that all these foreigners want is a job that NOBODY else will do.
Search his name. Almost same name as the Saudi jihad leader in Chechnya known as "Khattab"
Not saying the two are connected but must have raised eyebrows.
at least our process for granting clearances still works.
Demanding a job from an Infidel airline
A real mind teaser, eh. LOL
A militant Wahhabi Arab Muslim in Boise, Idaho!!?
Is no place in America left uncontaminated? Not even the sparsely populated, incredibly beautiful American Northwest?
(at least the terrs in Idaho are easier to spot)
"Al Suwailem was at Fort Benning on Monday being interviewed for the job when he learned he would not be hired because he was denied security clearance"
I'm guessing that somebody is feeling PRETTY darn comfortable with their "no clearance" decision right about now.
It's just the friskiness of those zany, wacky Muslims .... Mohammad started the zaniness of these fun loving people when he instructed his followers to drink camel urine ... they did it ... then they gagged and coughed for two days while Mohammad ROTFLHAO! The fun loving Muslim tradition goes way back.
Is no place in America left uncontaminated? Not even the sparsely populated, incredibly beautiful American Northwest?
They've certainly covered their bases, eh.
New test for mental stability of job applicants:
Tell them they've been rejected for the job and see if they start making bomb threats, etc.
Geeesh, sounds like we dodged a bullet by not hiring this bozo for our intel world. Why can't we just air-drop people like him over Saudi-land?
I know, can't imagine why he didn't get the clearance. Way to go, military.
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