Posted on 06/11/2006 10:06:26 AM PDT by Alouette
Ben-Gurion Airport security stops vehicle carrying four Arab passengers just 100 meters before entrance to newly-constructed terminal 3
Ben-Gurion Airport security stopped Sunday a taxicab carrying four Arab passengers just 100 meters (about 330 feet) short of the entrance to the newly constructed terminal 3, just moments before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was scheduled to leave for Europe.
The taxi, which busted through the checkpoint at the airport’s entrance at around 3:45 p.m., raised the alert of security personnel, who quickly set up another checkpoint near terminal 3. Guards aimed their weapons at the passengers as the taxi approached, ordered them to step out of the vehicle, handcuffed them on the ground and took the suspects in for interrogation by airport police.
Eyewitness Moshe Malachi told Ynet, “It was very scary; security guards suddenly lunged at them with their guns drawn. The four people in the taxi appeared to be Arabs. It all took place near the entrance to the terminal, so people coming into the airport did not witness the incident.”
Israel Airports Authority officials said four suspects, apparently Arabs, were apprehended by security personnel and are currently in police custody.
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Very clean police work, and with zero warning. Excellent.
Was this the checkpoint out near the freeway where
you show your passport/ID card?
"I hate to be the first one to point this out but the article says nothing about any weapons or explosives being present. Perhaps they were just late for their flight?"
Breaking thru security at an Isreali airport is a very poor way to make up time.
A dry run?
The four people in the taxi appeared to be Arabs.
If there were Vegas odds on this they'd be at 1,000,000 to 1.
Somehow I didn't even have to read past the semicolon in the title to realize that these were "Arabs."
You're kidding, right?
Israel's walking on eggshells with a lot of this. I'm sure if they'd ended up dead, the headline/story would have been something about "Israelis slaughter unarmed (guns not in hand, only on seats) peaceloving Arabs that failed to properly identify a routine checkpoint."
Then the neighboring muslims go ape-itsh and kill who knows how many Israelis.
There have been a wave of attacks recently, with the foiled thing in Switzerland with the airplane, hamas shooting a missile, and then this article.
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