Man Charged After Trying to Board Yemen-Bound Plane With Knife

FOXNews.com ^ | September 09, 2006 | AP

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

A man was jailed on $500,000 bail Saturday after authorities alleged he tried to board a plane bound for his native Yemen with a knife hidden in a book.

Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck, was arrested Thursday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected the knife "artfully concealed" in the book, airport spokesman Michael Conway said.

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

religion of peace alert...;)

[dr_who_2]

Yemen on a slow day.

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping again.

[upchuck]

Similar: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698653/posts

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

thanks, it wasn't there when I went to post this, honest...

[kinoxi]

Someone had carved out the inside of the book and placed the knife inside it, said Ghanem's attorney, Nabih Ayad. "He said he didn't know where the knife came from,"

I hate it when that happens. Just minding my own business reading a book and bam, a knife pops out...

[MichiganMan]

No doubt in my mind. This was either an averted terrorist attack today or more likely in my opinion, a sacrificial dry run to probe security for a larger attack on 9-11-06.

Good job to the security officer that caught him.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Ghanem was arraigned Saturday on a charge of possessing a weapon in the sterile area of an airport, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.]

Everyone who believes that this puke will serve ANY jail time, please raise your hand.

IMO, we would make A LOT MORE progress against the islamic terrorists if we gave them 25 years for ANY terror-related offense, no matter how minor. Tattoo a big red "T" on their buttocks and dump them in with the home boys.

[Cicero]

I'd be interested to know if it was an ordinary metal knife, which would be pretty easy to detect with simple airport sensors, or some other kind.

I'd think even an ignorant terrorist would know that you can't carry metal through metal detectors.

[blam]

"Yemen on a slow day."

Much work to be done in Darfur?

[blam]

"IMO, we would make A LOT MORE progress against the islamic terrorists if we gave them 25 years for ANY terror-related offense, no matter how minor."

Shoot the bastards.

[osideplanner]

cutting to the key plot points, no doubt

[COEXERJ145]

Hijacking aircraft with knives isn't going to work again. It worked on Sept. 11th because the rule at the time was not to resist. Today the passengers would fight back and overwhelm the terrorists just as those brave souls on Untied-93 did.

The terrorists are evil but they're not stupid. They know this too which is why we haven't seen hijacking attempts since Sept. 11th.

[csvset]

Just a lowly schlub, a busboy; one who's head is filled with the crap they spew at the local Mosque. He probably had dreams of killing many infidels and looking forward to all the virgins he could handle.

[Suzy Quzy]

Hey raghead, ever heard of X-Ray machine???

[dr_who_2]

Probably.

[Steely Tom]

Hey raghead, ever heard of X-Ray machine???

Probably not. X-Ray machines aren't mentioned in the Koran.

[Suzy Quzy]

Riiiiight...x-ray is a 2oth century machine....they are still living in the 14th century!!

[Drew68]

He probably had dreams of killing many infidels and looking forward to all the virgins he could handle.

Normally, I'd agree. But, he hijacked a plane to Yemen. Probably not too many infidels on that flight.

Jeez! I didn't even know you could book a flight to Yemen from the US.

[TWfromTEXAS]

I agree. My dad flies with 3 rolls of quarters and a pair of gym socks in his brief case. He's looking forward to a hijack attempt.