Wired Iraqi man questioned at L.A. airport

Reuters ^ | 03-06-07

[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.

[altura]

Doesn't everyone have a magnet in a 'lower body cavity?'

I know I do.

[mfnorman]

your exactly right

[RegulatorCountry]

"a lower body cavity? How many does he have?"

If it was a really thin magnet, that would be two, lol.

[amchugh]

Perv or terrorist, perv or terrorist?

...Both?

[RckyRaCoCo]

maybe it was just a method of checking how much iron he has in his diet

[Kakaze]

It's a great way to get change out of the couch cushions...

[BurbankKarl]

"You want me to check what? Your crazy!"

[KsSunflower]

Oh, my gosh! This is possibly the funniest thread I have ever read!!!!

[LexBaird]

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?

[TomGuy]

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."

[Theresawithanh]

Maybe he had this problem: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4904256.html

Or maybe he is just a few french fries short of a happy meal.

[R. Scott]

....and a magnet inside a lower body cavity.

????
I can see testing airport security, but this?

[ModelBreaker]

a magnet inside a lower body cavity???????

I hear it beats gerbils.

[BurbankKarl]

I wonder if that magnet could affect the fly-by-wire systems on the Airbusted?

[sgtbono2002]

They should have checked the rest of the passengers. maybe there is a frind of his on board with an assload of C-4.

[CindyDawg]

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.

[silverleaf]

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.

[mfnorman]

well thanks to richard reid we have to remove our shoes...do you think we will now have to lower our pants?

[silverleaf]

Drat. Imagine all the TSA ass-wanding we little old ladies will now have to undergo just to board an aircraft.

[PhilDragoo]

And with the magnet the components can be hidden in the steel toilet.

In godfather movies pistols are taped inside toilet tanks.