Posted on 02/26/2008 1:05:04 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
MIAMI (AP) -- A man with multiple passports was arrested Monday after he bolted from security screeners at Miami International Airport, jumped from a second floor concourse and broke his arm and ribs, authorities said.
Transportation and Security Administration officials became suspicious of Faid Beydoun as he stood in a security line, waiting to board a Los Angeles-bound flight. When Beydoun's travel documents also raised concerns, agents asked him to step out of line for a secondary screening.
Beydoun, who was carrying multiple passports, then ran from security screeners, jumped 25 feet off the second floor concourse and broke his arm and ribs, The Miami Herald reported.
The man was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, according to a statement. They did not identify him, but Miami-Dade County Corrections Department spokeswoman Janelle Hall said Beydoun was arrested for the same charges Monday, as well as loitering and prowling.
Telephone calls by The Associated Press to Miami-Dade Police, the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were not returned Monday night.
Beydoun, 42, was being held in the hospital ward of the Miami-Dade jail at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Hall said. Beydoun did not have an attorney listed.
Two other men, also headed to Los Angeles, were taken off a later flight that was still on the tarmac. They told investigators they paid for Beydoun's plane ticket and that he was their Miami Beach party guide. No weapons or dangerous material were found with them.
AP-ES-02-26-08 0152EST
Wonderful.
I was waiting for a Annie link.
Thank you Ali Veritas.
good thinking...I won’t discount anything these days,,,,
It could be. We had a strange incident in OKC over the weekend--a group of Iraqis who supposedly were here to learn how to govern were acting up on a plane. It got bad enough that the pilot called ahead and the Iraqis were greeted by the police. They then said it was all a misunderstanding. One local teevee station covered it Sunday night, but after that, it faded into oblivion. I wonder how many other incidents like these have occurred recently, but were not covered?
If you think back to just before 9/11, there was a lot of strangeness like this; James Woods, for one, spoke of strange behavior, and one of those on his plane might have even been one of the 9/11 group.
Is the power outage in your area?
Apparently while we were at work the power went out. Got home and the digital clock was blinking. So the pups got a little bit uncomfortable, I guess.
Everything seems to be fine now.
I almost wish this had been an act of terror. Because if indeed all this was due to a tiny switch or other small device that failed we are a lot more vulnerable to a planned and deliberate attack than was previously thought.
After a leisurely evening of perusing the boobs at Miami's finest titty bars so they could remind themselves of the decadence of the eenfidels, they were planning an intensive session of hijack the airliner.
Be safe.
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