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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It’s not waterboarding if you use diesel fuel 🤗
My mouth literally dropped open while reading this idiocy.
He’s only a terrorist if he’s an 80 year old white woman in a wheelchair.
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Come on now, George said Islam is a religion of peace.
Not so long ago you couldn’t carry more than a couple ounces of shampoo aboard a commercial plane.
I guess now bomb material is okay?
Terrorism?
For the flight? Maybe not...
For the future, no doubt about it.
This guy needs to be dropped off on a return flight.
Stick it up his ass, light it, see if he goes off.
It was probably his MAGA hat that tipped them off.
Anyone surprised? Anyone? Anyone?
One brings the blasting caps. Six others we failed to check brought in the other components. Can’t imagine what his job might be...
A man comes home to see his wife in bed naked and breathing heavy. Her: “I think I’m having a heart attack.” His daughter: “Daddy daddy there’s a naked man in the closet!” In the closet is his best friend Tom. His reaction: “Tom! Here my wife’s having a heart attack and you’re here scaring the kids!”
Many wish that to be true.
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