Posted on 05/10/2011 1:28:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The Yemeni man who was wrestled to the floor after pounding on the cockpit door of a plane approaching San Francisco may have mistaken it for the bathroom.
Rageit Almurisi cannot speak English very well and could have misunderstood the signs inside the jet, his cousin claimed.
The maths teacher, who was heard yelling 'Allahu Akbar' as he allegedly battered the door, had also only been on three planes in his life and would have been unfamiliar with the layout.
His family also claimed that Almurisi, 28, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and could also have reacted badly when an air stewardess told him to sit down.
His painful joint condition meant he had to take regular walks on flights, they claimed. ‘I would not be having that,’ his cousin Rageh Almoraissi said.
‘If a flight attendant has the nerve to grab me and try to force me to my seat, believe me, you would hear about other people having injuries.’
Almurisi sparked panic when he started yelling and banging on the cockpit door on American Airlines Flight 1561 from Chicago, just ten minutes before it was due to land on Sunday night, according to police.
But the suspect's cousin, Rageh, 29, said he was a university educated, easygoing person who had arrived in Northern California a year-and-a-half ago from Yemen in search of a better life.
He told the Bay Citizen newspaper he probably overreacted when he was told to sit down.
‘There's a lot of things I'm guessing, you know, I'm just trying to figure it out,’ said Rageh. ‘I know he wasn't trying to harm anyone. I know that for sure. He's not a terrorist. He's a nice guy.’
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He is, of course, absolutely right. An uncontrollable desire to pound on cockpit doors is a wide recognized symptom of rheumatoid arthritis.
Oh wow........GMTA. Read my reply JUST above yours...:) Too damned funny.
Having read the article, and accepted the explanation that he just was not familiar with the technology. I suppose they should be grateful he didn’t start a fire to cook his lunch.
I think you left out “nor adopt a wide stance” clause.
You have a fine talent with words...
Six excuses for a terrorist yelling “ALLAH AKBAR” while trying to force his way into the cockpit.
If I had been on the flight and able to get to him he would have never made it to the “bathroom”. My belt would be around his neck, he would be hoisted on my back for a six count and then the corpse dropped to the deck.
Bathroom indeed.
Or thinking the restrooms are alongside the windows
Hope the SOB gets about 5 yrs for scaring the heck
out of the passengers on purpose
Islam will dominate the world is their aim
Quote of the day!
Thanks. I meant to type “...these are not...”. Blasted typos.
Or thinking the restrooms are alongside the windows
Hope the SOB gets about 5 yrs for scaring the heck
out of the passengers on purpose
Islam will dominate the world is their aim
Yer funny!
Can’t speak or understand english?
Why is he even in my country?
I want to see these idiots come off of the planes with their jaws broken and their noses flat etc. etc.
Let’s not get all wee-weed up over this. /sarcasm
Fislam
FUBO
But it's okay to handle each others genitals, any other time? Just not while defecating.
Maybe he was screaming “Allahu Akbar” because he hadn’t yet peed in his pants, or because he got a woodie...
...or maybe his actions were a probe/dry run: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/05/real-jihad-dry-runs-and-probes.html#more
Maybe we can convince President Panetta to sic Seal Team 6 on Rage Boy. :>)
And how many sheeple are gullible enough to believe it
It's about jumping up to the cockpit in the last 10 minutes during final approach to the airport. It's because of stories about plans to fly planes into the terminals that were recently reported.
-PJ
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