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.

[COEXERJ145]

It was probably an indirect flight to Yemen with a stop somewhere else in route.

[HereInTheHeartland]

These blond haired Lutherans just keep coming.

[jimbo123]

He was either testing security or he was going to plant the knife for a fellow terrorist who would board the plane at the connecting airport.

[jimbo123]

His flight was either Detroit to New York or Newark, with a plane change to Yemen. Or Detroit to Amsterdam or London with a plane change to Yemen.

[Disturbin]

"X-Ray machines aren't mentioned in the Koran"

It doesn't matter, 99% of those diaper heads can't read anyway.

[observer5]

So why not put everyone with name "Mohammed" on the no fly list?

Does every terrorist have the name Mohammed?

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

"Does every terrorist have the name Mohammed?"

no, but every terrorist knows a mohammed...;)

[bobbyd]

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.

LOL....tell the old man hello...bet its been a long time since those gym socks have seen a gym.

[ContraryMary]

Never ends. We must be eternally vigilant.

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Homeland Security *Ping*