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Wired Iraqi man questioned at L.A. airport
Reuters ^
| 03-06-07
Posted on 03/06/2007 3:44:51 PM PST by mfnorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Officials detained an Iraqi man during a security scare at Los Angeles International airport on Tuesday but said a suspicious object found in a body cavity search did not pose a threat.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, was detained at passenger screening at the airport just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
The bomb squad was called as a precaution and authorities said they found wires in his clothing and a magnet inside a lower body cavity.
The man was preparing to board a US Airways flight to Philadelphia. The flight left without the passenger but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
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To: mfnorman
Doesn't everyone have a magnet in a 'lower body cavity?'
I know I do.
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:55:08 PM PST
by
altura
To: Mr. Jeeves
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:55:18 PM PST
by
mfnorman
To: deaconjim
"a lower body cavity? How many does he have?"
If it was a really thin magnet, that would be two, lol.
To: mfnorman
Perv or terrorist, perv or terrorist?
...Both?
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:55:39 PM PST
by
amchugh
To: mfnorman
maybe it was just a method of checking how much iron he has in his diet
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:56:39 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: mfnorman
It's a great way to get change out of the couch cushions...
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:56:41 PM PST
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: Ramius
"You want me to check what? Your crazy!"
To: Kakaze
Oh, my gosh! This is possibly the funniest thread I have ever read!!!!
To: silentreignofheroes
Just a thought,,,put a magnet in your computer and see what happens,,,, So, are you implying he wanted to sit on someones hard drive?
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:58:08 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
To: Fstrt5
I used to but my a$$ kept attracting power tools.
Watch for the new hardware commercial:
"A$$ is the place for the helpful hardware, man."
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:58:14 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: mfnorman
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:58:31 PM PST
by
Theresawithanh
(Don't be rediki... riducke...rudicki...stoopid!)
To: mfnorman
....and a magnet inside a lower body cavity.
????
I can see testing airport security, but this?
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:58:39 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: tkathy
a magnet inside a lower body cavity??????? I hear it beats gerbils.
To: BurbankKarl
I wonder if that magnet could affect the fly-by-wire systems on the Airbusted?
To: mfnorman
They should have checked the rest of the passengers. maybe there is a frind of his on board with an assload of C-4.
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posted on
03/06/2007 3:59:43 PM PST
by
sgtbono2002
(I will forgive Jane Fonda, when the Jews forgive Hitler.)
To: mfnorman
Well our government is never going to tell us anything they don't have to. I think we can see that there aren't many reasons why someone would pack their tools this way though. High five to the screener that caught him.
To: RegulatorCountry
Take five or six people and conceal disassembled bomb componentry in "body cavities," go to the lav one by one and hide the components ... voila. Bomb.
BINGO.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:00:34 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: R. Scott
well thanks to richard reid we have to remove our shoes...do you think we will now have to lower our pants?
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:01:08 PM PST
by
mfnorman
To: mfnorman
Drat. Imagine all the TSA ass-wanding we little old ladies will now have to undergo just to board an aircraft.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:02:11 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: RegulatorCountry
And with the magnet the components can be hidden in the steel toilet.
In godfather movies pistols are taped inside toilet tanks.
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posted on
03/06/2007 4:02:31 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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