Posted on 09/07/2021 1:38:21 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A male Afghan refugee who was departing the Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the United States was detained Monday after it was discovered during pre-flight screening that he had blasting caps and other explosives materials in his carry-on luggage, three U.S. officials told Just the News.
The man, who was born in the early 1990s and an Afghan citizen, was working as contractor for the U.S. government when he was evacuated, and officials believe the materials were related to his work and not terrorism, officials said.
Nonetheless, the man was placed on a restricted list and prevented from traveling to the U.S., according to a Transportation Security Administration summary of the incident obtained by Just the News. "Subject has been moved to a 'red list' and will not travel to the U.S." and U.S. air marshals were advised, the TSA memo stated.
Screeners, including a member of the German military assisting the U.S. at the Air Force base in Germany, found five blasting caps, one igniter switch, a "def cord" and one shock tube when the refugee was apprehended late Monday morning German time, according to officials and the TSA summary report.
"TSA advised that during the physical search (full open) of the individuals baggage a German military member identified a suspicious item in the baggage," the TSA memo stated. The explosives were taken outside the hangar, an ordinance team was summoned and the man removed from the entry line from the flight, the memo stated.
Though the man wasn't suspected of ill intent, the incident is a poignant reminder that the rushed evacuation and processing of refugees from a country with significant terrorist sympathies poses risks, although officials stressed the pre-flight screening did in fact work as it should.
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Only Trump supporters are terrorist
And just exactly what is suspected?????
The Onion ??? The Bee ???
When it comes to Afghanistan there is a refusal not only by the media and the so called (in name only) democratic party but by Christian leaders like Pope Francis to approach exposing the Taliban for it being a theocracy following the sharia creed which denies free will and ridicule their claim they are authorized by Our Creator to execute non believers. and instead brags about working with them.
If that exposure was explored and the emphasis was placed on Our Savior’s activities bringing in the New Covenant there would be more conversions.
This sort of thing happens to me all the time - I forget to leave the blasting caps at home.
They’re testing the system. It’s going to take one miss, and we’re going to see it again here. It’s coming. This administration doesn’t care. We’re going to get to see what life would’ve been life if Gore took PoTUS back in 2000.
He should have brought a whole bag of primers; could have made a fortune selling them to reloaders.
They know this instantly.
It’s a miracle!
Not to mention ‘other explosive materials’.
It was just his personal stash.
Oh yeah. Work related. After all haven’t we all taken our work home with us. Especially when we are fleeing a war zone. Via airplane. Oh Yeah
As is well known, all Afghanis carry explosive devices on them at all times. It’s sheer racism to just PRESUME that he has nefarious ambitions.
Mr. Waterboard needs extract from the Afghan refugee everything he knows.
“Afghan refugee stopped on U.S.-bound flight with explosive materials, but terrorism not suspected”
Seems reasonable, but why this report? For that bunch, if they don’t have explosives with them when they travel, that would be news.
The Cabal rubbing it in our faces
FU, Cabal.
What happened to the TSA’s ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to airport security. If I — or anyone else this side of the President did that — we’d be under the jail never to be heard from again.
John Solomon is one of the friendlies, and provides the news the MSM refuses to print.
“The explosives were taken outside the hangar, an ordinance team...”
You mean like a team that works to outlaw smoking in apartments, or overnight parking?
I always took my work with me on my flights, too. Nothing unusual about that.
My work involved papers and a briefcase, not blasting caps and C4, though.
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