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Wired Iraqi man triggers scare at L.A. airport
Reuters ^
| 3-6-07
Posted on 03/06/2007 9:02:53 PM PST by STARWISE
An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.
A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.
"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.
Maliki, 35, who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was preparing to board a US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
The flight left without Maliki but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas, where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found, officials said.
Passengers were not evacuated and no flights were disrupted by the incident at Terminal One at Los Angeles airport.
"There never was a threat," Fetter said.
He said police and the FBI were called in from "an abundance of caution" because Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: almaliki; fadhelalmaliki; flight1422; iraq; iraqi; la; las; lax; losangeles; magnet; maliki; philadelphia; usairways; wires
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This kills me .. they have to say every dang time:
"There never was a threat," Fetter said.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:02:58 PM PST
by
STARWISE
To: STARWISE
Yeah....just testing the system.....
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:05:16 PM PST
by
spokeshave
("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
To: STARWISE
......maybe it was his ass that was pointing due north that tripped him up.....
To: Cindy; tutstar; Pepper777; Txsleuth; onyx; rodguy911; Mo1; Peach; SnarlinCubBear; sissyjane; ...
If not by one way, then another . . unreal. Move along folks, PING!
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:05:54 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:06:47 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: NorCalRepub
He was being drawn back to San Fran where he was known for his magnetic "personality."
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:06:57 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(McCain / Feingold - 2008 ... "Shut Up or Go To Prison")
To: STARWISE
Why didn't they blow up the magnet?
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:07:02 PM PST
by
REDWOOD99
To: NorCalRepub
Maybe he read that putting a magnet on a car fuel line improves MPG....so he thought it works just as well in his colon.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:07:39 PM PST
by
spokeshave
("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
To: STARWISE
I have an idea... some would call it radical I'm sure, but I don't think so.
Give the Muslims 48 hours to leave our country, and then kill those that haven't left.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:07:57 PM PST
by
babygene
(Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
To: STARWISE
"there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," As long as no hamsters were harmed.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:08:03 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(McCain / Feingold - 2008 ... "Shut Up or Go To Prison")
To: STARWISE
...concealing a magnet inside his rectum...
Later he was quoted as saying, "It was an accident, doc; a million-to-one shot..."
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:08:03 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: STARWISE
This kills me .. they have to say every dang time: "There never was a threat," Fetter said.Yup, before any facts are known. Sort of like saying someone is guilty before the trial even starts.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:08:20 PM PST
by
technomage
(You get what you want one step at a time)
To: NorCalRepub
No, it was pointing toward Mecca.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:08:58 PM PST
by
babygene
(Never look into the laser with your last good eye...)
To: technomage
Magnet and wires eh.....maybe he and his buddies were going to assemble an EMP gun and blow the airplane out of the sky.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:09:37 PM PST
by
spokeshave
("Hitlery is uniting the country. Everybody hates her.")
To: STARWISE; Calpernia
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:09:55 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: STARWISE
A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Wonder who got to make that call?
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:10:03 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: STARWISE
His baggage was left aboard? That's a major security breech.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:10:18 PM PST
by
saganite
To: STARWISE
An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum...
Wow, talk about a "What did I just read?" moment.
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:10:20 PM PST
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: REDWOOD99
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posted on
03/06/2007 9:10:24 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(RUDY FOR PRESIDENT 2008)
To: babygene
....hopefully it will be pointing to jail now
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