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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I assume the author means det cord.
So, basically, this Afghani had a bomb, enough explosives to bring down a plane, but nothing will be done.
oh for Christs sake.... any excuses.
Hell even if one was to get on board with explosives and blow up the plane they’ll call it an incident not worthy of reporting. And somehow in their twisted effin brain they’ll blame it on a white person considered a Trump supporter. Evidence be damned! They’ve done this over and over again only to have it bite them in the butt.
Reminds me of a Saturday Night Live gag many years ago where guys dressed as Catholic priests were rolling wheel-barrows of drugs through security, but were always let through, but they kept arresting a black guy who was totally clean.
>> word ‘ordinance’ in the article.
Was a good post nonetheless... lol
He got it out of Afghanistan on a US plane and no one is worried about that?
Airplane!!!
“creeners, 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.”
Is a “def cord” similar to a “det cord”?
Non-story; who hasn’t been stopped at the airport with exposives in their carry-ons? /s
Perhaps the explosives were just part of his dental hygiene regimen. I would ask him to demonstrate this for us, as we stand behind a concrete wall.
I liked your post because it speaks of another problem us Infidels have in dealing with Muslims.
Infidels are mostly clueless about why the fundamental Muslims cut the throats of us Infidels; and also cut the throats of the of Cafeteria Muslims who don't want to get our Infidel blood on their hands.
The fundamental Muslims are doing God's work and Allah's messenger the perfect man Muhammed, sets the example which has been followed for 1400 years by fundamental Muslims. You can't go astray by doing what Allah wants done and by following Muhamad's example.
Most Infidels believe in other supernatural beings and instinctively believe a belief in Allah is somehow mostly closely related.
It is not. Islam poses a threat worldwide to everyone who is not a fundamental Muslim.- Tom
So true. He was only discovered after flying to Germany by a German screener. The US makes immediate excuses. For all we know, he was on his way to the US to conduct a terrorist attack which would be blamed on the alleged White supremacists and justification for further restrictions on conservatives in the US.
He really really wants to be an American.
He was just getting a jump on the next 4th of July. His first!
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I always take my blasting caps with me when I fly international - you never know when they will come in handy
He wasn’t White so we will never know his motivation.
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But but afghans are white so his motivation should be made public soon.
Give him a break, it's easier than fly fishing.
I’m sure his real intention is to get started as a landscaper, destroying tree trunks and stuff.
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He needs the caps for his s.vest C-4 in case he has a disagreement with someone.
Oh, yeah, the DuPont lure! I haven’t been fishing in a long time.
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