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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.
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To: JB in Whitefish
To: Mr. Jeeves
It's the only thing possible, a test to see how sensitive the screening devices are. Wait a while until those screeners become unionized, then try it again.
82
posted on
03/06/2007 4:18:30 PM PST
by
Eva
To: Mr. Jeeves
Yep, testing it out with fake bombs materials.
83
posted on
03/06/2007 4:18:37 PM PST
by
Tarpon
To: Mr.Unique
A friend of mine in Nam was awarded 7 piuple hearts. I swear he had a magnet up his a%%.
84
posted on
03/06/2007 4:19:22 PM PST
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: TomGuy
"Isn't there where everyone carries their magnet?"That's what I was wondering. No one has ever said anything about mine. /shrug
85
posted on
03/06/2007 4:19:33 PM PST
by
KoRn
(FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: mfnorman
To: TomGuy
"A$$ is the place for the helpful hardware, man."Now that there is funny.
87
posted on
03/06/2007 4:20:52 PM PST
by
steveo
(Is there anything else I can help you with today?)
To: Responsibility2nd
"Does this magnet make my butt look big?"
88
posted on
03/06/2007 4:22:52 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
To: spokeshave
"Ha...put him in a MRI scanner and turn the power on....magnet promptly exits though body at high speed.....like in an electromagnitic rail gun."BWAHAAHAHAHAA!!!!!
Thanks for belly laugh!
Would that really happen?
89
posted on
03/06/2007 4:23:04 PM PST
by
SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
To: LexBaird
Good one,,though you never know..
I'm saying magnets affect electron flow ,,controls in an aircraft are sometime electronically controled..These people are idiots,but smart idiots..
90
posted on
03/06/2007 4:23:06 PM PST
by
silentreignofheroes
(When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
To: RegulatorCountry
"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."
That already happened in another thread!
:0)
91
posted on
03/06/2007 4:24:23 PM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: mfnorman
" "He initially said it was therapeutic," she said.
The device had a wire and what may have been a magnet concealed in his rectum, federal officials said."
TWO THEORIES:
1. His chiropracter is laughing all the way to the bank...
2. Barney Franks will want to an "in depth" review....
To: Tarpon
Wouldn't that be "fake BUM materials"....????
To: tsowellfan
Spell check can fix that.
94
posted on
03/06/2007 4:27:14 PM PST
by
Jet Jaguar
(Redeploy to Tehran)
To: Bigh4u2
"That already happened in another thread!"
He didn't bother to conceal his shaped charge IED, though.
To: Rushmore Rocks
"I'm in favor of racial profiling."
Islam is a religion, not a race.
96
posted on
03/06/2007 4:28:01 PM PST
by
hophead
("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
To: JB in Whitefish
Yeah! That's it! Someone set him up the bum...
97
posted on
03/06/2007 4:29:06 PM PST
by
null and void
("It is not your aptitude, but your attitude that determines your altitude." - Rev. Ike)
To: tkathy
a magnet inside a lower body cavity??????? Probably just an initiation ritual into becoming a cult leader for Islam. You never know.
Nothing to see here, just offer your head and leave.
98
posted on
03/06/2007 4:29:46 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: mfnorman
well thanks to richard reid we have to remove our shoes...do you think we will now have to lower our pants?"Our friendly TSA employees are here to help you! NOW BEND OVER!"
99
posted on
03/06/2007 4:29:53 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
("No stronger retrograde force exists in the world" - Winston Churchill on Islam)
To: RegulatorCountry
The theory was that individual components would not be identified as being such, that they would be brought to the assembly point (the lavatory) by individual passengers, there to be retrieved and assembled. It could be detonated there if it were powerful enough, or, in the case of the shoe-bomber type plan, taken to the specific location and detonated. TWA 800 was said to have been tested on previous flights to refine the seat location for the bomb to achieve criticality.
100
posted on
03/06/2007 4:30:23 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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