Women arrested after police standoff [watered-down headline omits the "M" word]

Dallas Morning News ^ | July 17, 2007 | Steve Thompson

[Alouette]

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[gracesdad]

What’s the big deal? The story makes it perfectly clear.

[andyk]

Once outside, Ms. Hamad, 50, fought with them while they tried to handcuff her, police say, so they used a Taser on her.

Sweet.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

She was menstruating?

[Hegemony Cricket]

Yes. Didn't you get the memo?

[17th Miss Regt]

She was munching on pork rinds.

[Badeye]

Muslims running amok again, huh?

Dog bites man.

[Disambiguator]

[watered-down headline omits the "M" word]

Since the article is about a woman, I can only assume you mean "matriarchy".

[2Jedismom]

From the article:

The terrorism angle stems from Feb. 25, when the two women were spotted at Love Field acting in a way authorities found suspicious. Surveillance video showed one of them walking back and forth, apparently pacing off distances.

When confronted, the women told officials they were looking for the Frontiers of Flight museum.

Two days later, the pair was spotted at the airport again. This time Ms. Al-Homsi, 42, was sitting on the hood of a car looking through binoculars at airplanes. Dallas officers stopped the car nearby, but the women refused to let police search it, authorities say.

~shaking head incredulously~

[PeteB570]

They are working to be very well known in local law enforcement circles.

[evets]

[I see my hands]

Terror trash.

[Kieri]

Sounds like she was mimicking a terrorist, but she may not have been acting.

[Pete]

From the article:

Meanwhile, police searched the home on Wembley Road and found four explosive devices, one of which was sitting on a bedroom table.

Ok. That's normal.

the two women were spotted at Love Field acting in a way authorities found suspicious. Surveillance video showed one of them walking back and forth, apparently pacing off distances.

Again, perfectly normal.

Two days later, the pair was spotted at the airport again. This time Ms. Al-Homsi, 42, was sitting on the hood of a car looking through binoculars at airplanes.

Clearly, she likes planes. Nothing wrong with that.

The women also came under scrutiny after they were reported driving near the runways at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on July 4.

What!?! She likes planes, already!

She is said to have long-range assault rifle and explosives training, according to a Dallas police intelligence bulletin issued March 5.

Oh, come one. I mean, who doesn't?

police officials have said they had no direct evidence the women have ties to terrorism.

Terrorism?!? Pa-shaw! It's just two Muslim women with weapons and explosives training, who have actual bombs, and are interested in all things airport. Lighten up!

[lowbridge]

Uncle Fester looks so young in that photo.

[rbosque]

They should both fight to the death if they fell that violent.

[popdonnelly]

“She said her friend, Aisha Hamad, had threatened her with a knife.”

Boy, there’s no honor among these people. That’s what she gets for trusting a terrorist.