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.
Has anyone said Junk-in-da-trunk?
Notice how they don't hesitate to put the person's nationality when he's from Iraq? But if he's a muslem from Somalia or somehere else they would'nt even mention that he's a foreignor.
He had to use a magnet because his Gerbil ran away from home.
Hard disk!
"dropping a bomb" has been given a whole new meaning..
[Cue music] Fly me to the mooooon...
OMG. LOL.
"Probably CAIR will have some explanation for the magnet.
His prior job was holding notes to the refrigerator."
....now, THAT is funny...!!!
I TRIED to get a Mexican to do this for me, but it turns out there ARE Americans who WILL do that job.....
I'm wondering of they took away his giant set of tweezers and filled in the hole in his chest, too....????
Always one in every crowd (shaking head). lol
That's the place I keep all my magnets. Everybody knows they are good for health. How else could I hit the ball 290 yards at my age?
"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."
You MIGHT want to buy some gloves first.....
.. Funniest thread(s) ??? ,.. those I've been part of were ,
. . . unmasking Ward Churchill's bogu$ $hit
. . . the Runaway Bride
. . . and Poobah's Opus
IIRC , they all happened on either Friday night or Saturday night , and went on for the weekend , some really REALLY great posts
"Probably CAIR will have some explanation for the magnet."
Why, our own government is constantly providing excuses and explanations for every murderous act a Muslim commits in this country.
This thread needs KEYWORDS stat!
(none at this time)
Hmmm. Well then I just may have to start hanging around security checkpoints.
"And with the magnet the components can be hidden in the steel toilet."
Heck, why not just attach the assembled bomb there and detonate it there. The "assembler" could just lock himself in and refuse to come out. By the time an air marshall could try to break in and subdue him, it just might be enough time to pull it off.
WTF?!!?
My husband and I travel overseas very frequently (8-10 times a year) with our business. I am 64 years old, blue-eyed, blonde hair with a Scandinavian name. Every single trip, I get pulled aside for the "big" search. I've been "patted down" so many times that I'm beginning to enjoy it. Meanwhile, the dark swarthy types sail right past me through security. This happens not only in this country, but Asia, South America, and Europe.
I'm in favor of racial profiling. Maybe they would leave me alone then.
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