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Air passengers face full body X-rays after suicide bombers hide devices INSIDE their bodies
Mail Foreign Service ^ | Oct. 6, 2009

Posted on 10/06/2009 3:08:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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To: Mr. K; cripplecreek

The next player is Badmood al-Ickie Hassan Blopoo.

Place your bets.


21 posted on 10/06/2009 3:45:08 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja (His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
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ON THE INTERNET:

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THERE'S JUST NO NICE WAY TO SAY IT..." (October 2, 2009)

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FREEREPUBLIC.com - Discussion Forum (DAWN.com): "SENIOR SAUDI PRINCE LIGHTLY INJURED IN SUICIDE ATTACK" (August 28, 2009)

22 posted on 10/06/2009 3:56:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Free ThinkerNY
security chiefs are expected to recommend new intrusive security measures

Upon learning of the intrusive security measures this Congressman from Massachusetts was overheard saying, "I'm checking you for hidden explosives Darling. Yippee, this is fun. Let's go to Europe!"

23 posted on 10/06/2009 3:59:24 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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stepping back in time...

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1796977/posts

LAX passenger hides objects in his body; bomb squad called
LA Times ^ | 3/7/07
Posted on March 7, 2007 1:42:37 PM PST by VAGOP

This is disturning on many levels -

LAX passenger hides objects in his body; bomb squad called His plane was diverted but deemed safe.

The Iraqi national, a legal U.S. resident, said he was trying to ease stress. He is turned over to ICE. By Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writer March 7, 2007

Authorities called in the bomb squad early Tuesday and diverted a flight to Las Vegas after Los Angeles International Airport security screeners found hidden wires and other objects in a body cavity of a Philadelphia-bound passenger.

Fadhel Al-Maliki, a 35-year-old Iraqi national living in Atlantic City, N.J., had been flagged by security officials at LAX and was undergoing a secondary “selectee screening” when he set off a metal detector.

Al-Maliki, a former security guard, told screeners that he knew what had triggered the alarm and proceeded to remove items from his rectum, including a rock, chewing gum and thin wire filament.

Larry Fetters, federal security director at LAX, said at news conference that Transportation Security Administration officers had become alarmed because Al-Maliki was acting strange but initially refused to identify the items he had hidden.

Concern that the objects might be components for an explosive device led airport authorities to call in the Los Angeles Police Department and FBI bomb technicians as well as a hazardous material team.

A preliminary investigation appeared to rule out a theory that Al-Maliki may have been looking for weaknesses in security or was rehearsing for a terrorist act, federal and local law enforcement authorities said.

During questioning, Al-Maliki said the objects in his rectum were used to alleviate stress, federal law enforcement sources said.

The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


24 posted on 10/06/2009 3:59:25 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Busywhiskers

Aha, now I understand... Thanks for the clarification! LOL...


25 posted on 10/06/2009 3:59:56 PM PDT by green pastures
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It will spread the AIDS virus throughout the atmosphere! LOL.


26 posted on 10/06/2009 4:00:17 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well... for security agencies the unfortunate truth is that this sort of bomb “placement” does create some difficult challenges. I don’t think any domestic agencies are seriously contemplating this yet, but it’s a [ahem] “hole” in the system nonetheless.

I do wonder if there isn’t just an inherent limitation in the volume of explosives that limits the blast effects. Maybe it would be tough to actually bring down a plane this way? Dunno, but if that one bomber could be sitting right next to his victim and still not inflict a fatal blast, it suggests that it may not be as much of a worry.

It does beg the question though about whether there’s something else that can be done to defeat this. It’ll be used again.


27 posted on 10/06/2009 4:05:20 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Political Junkie Too
Simple solution: make everyone chug down a bottle of prune juice an hour before the flight, and then wait and see what happens.

Hmm... Yah know... even if nobody on board has exposives up there... I'm thinking this would still not be a good thing.

28 posted on 10/06/2009 4:08:31 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Can you visualize the terrorists sitting around the campfire and saying, OK lets put some explosives in our fillings, and see what the TSA Does. Hehehehe. Or, ear’s. or maybe your fat wife’s.......


29 posted on 10/06/2009 4:16:16 PM PDT by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Pay no attention to the towel heads, scan those white grandma's.
30 posted on 10/06/2009 4:19:43 PM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry5nrogktmU

Security lines will be hours long.


31 posted on 10/06/2009 4:30:30 PM PDT by Zauber
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Security lines will be hours long.

I don't think so. As soon as they start body X-Raying people, you'll lose about 50% of those that are still flying. And that means the terrorists have won.

32 posted on 10/06/2009 5:00:21 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal. Stop Global Whining Now.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

With the cost of a CT scan at $1000 and the cost of a round trip ticket to NYC at $275, I think the next time I need a CT scan, I’ll fly to NYC and get the scan for free.


33 posted on 10/06/2009 5:12:29 PM PDT by SC DOC
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To: Cindy
They were described as a magnet wrapped with a piece of gum in a napkin and then coiled with wire; and some kind of round, polished stone.

ah, then it wasn't another one of those chewing gum commercials gone terribly wrong! "come on, where is it, give it up! Never!"

no, it's more like "today's science lab is on electromagnetism, children."

34 posted on 10/06/2009 5:27:19 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
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To: cranked

I dont care to be exposed to full body x-rays every time I fly. I’m all for security, but this would be very dangerous. Frequent flyers would max their radiation exposure very quickly, and none of us need extra radiation.

They will have to figure out another way.....


35 posted on 10/06/2009 5:31:49 PM PDT by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Here is a little clue for the airline industry:

Use full body x-rays on all young middle eastern men and leave the Irish grandma’s and Swedish babies alone. OK? You are not going to find bombs hiding in the Norweigan grandmas and the English babies. Stick to full-body x-raying the young middle eastern men and you just might get somewhere.


36 posted on 10/06/2009 5:52:34 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Depression Countdown: 50... 49... 48...)
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To: Mom MD

Rectal examinations/probing for all then?

As for your claim of radiation exposure, try this: http://science.howstuffworks.com/backscatter.htm


37 posted on 10/06/2009 6:12:57 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Sorry to say, the jihad is global and that includes Ireland, Sweden, Norway, etc.

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38 posted on 10/06/2009 6:16:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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A preliminary investigation appeared to rule out a theory that Al-Maliki may have been looking for weaknesses in security

Uh, I disagree with you Inspector Clouseau...

39 posted on 10/06/2009 6:26:33 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

but, remember, it violates political correctness to do any type of profiling of passengers. We need to prove to Muslim groups, liberals, etc. that we’re not discriminating, and the only way to do that is to search everybody.

Is profiling illegal; does anybody know? I’m puzzled too, to see old women in wheelchairs coming through, being screened so thoroughly. And they are forced to take off their shoes, which for some elderly and disabled is a chore in itself. If security can’t make judgements as to who is likely to be a threat, I don’t know what to tell anybody.


40 posted on 10/06/2009 7:11:45 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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