[all4one]

I found the article to confirm my earlier post regarding a suspicious passenger at Phila. airport. Please note that this was just reported today, but the incident happened on Saturday, June 5th. I find it strange that one of his fake id's was in the name of James Wood....the actor who after 9/11 alerted the FBI that he had flown weeks prior with what he throught were some of the 9/11 hijackers.

Suspicious Passenger Arrested At Airport Man Caught Carrying False Identification (Philadelphia...again!)

POSTED: 8:42 am EDT June 8, 2004 UPDATED: 9:38 am EDT June 8, 2004 PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police arrested a man trying to board a Northwest Airlines flight to Houston at Philadelphia International Airport Saturday.

Detectives say screeners spotted what appeared to be a pistol in Yahkya Diarra's luggage. Diarra was stopped and searched. The alleged gun turned out to be a silver pistol-shaped cigarette lighter.

Diarra presented several forms of identification with conflicting names. Diarra's boarding pass said he was James Wood from New York City. His Texas identification said he was Yahkya Diarra from Houston but his New York license showed him again as James Wood.

Then, officers found nearly $20,000 in Diarra's possession in $100 bills.

"The bells and whistles have to go off," said Lt. Mike Chitwood. "How many travelers do you know that travel with different identifications, different names, different states and all that kind of cash unless there's something there?"

Diarra claimed he was from Liberia and lost his passport. He said he got the money from an art deal.

Diarra was arrested for giving false identification and then released. But with present concerns over terrorism and money laundering, police want to hear from anyone who may know why he was in Philadelphia.

Link to Article

[StillProud2BeFree]

AFTER he is released they want to know more about him

Geez :(

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"Diarra was arrested for giving false identification and then released. But with present concerns over terrorism and money laundering, police want to hear from anyone who may know why he was in Philadelphia."

Huh? Then why the heck did they release him in the first place? Retrospect is a good thing. LOL!

[Velveeta]

This is infuriating!

[WestCoastGal]

A little good news........

Special Forces Free Four Foreign Hostages in Iraq
Tue Jun 8, 2004 09:20 AM ET

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) - Special forces from the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq Tuesday freed three Italian hostages held for almost two months and a Pole abducted a week ago, authorities and the military said.
The three Italian hostages are in good physical condition, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

"They were freed about one and a half hours ago by coalition forces near Baghdad. There was no bloodshed. The boys are on their way to the airport now," Frattini said on state television.

He said no deal had been cut for the hostages' release.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5372191

[WestCoastGal]

Very interesting considering James Woods was the one who spotted two of the hijackers on a flight prior to 9-11.

"Diarra presented several forms of identification with conflicting names. Diarra's boarding pass said he was James Wood from New York City. His Texas identification said he was Yahkya Diarra from Houston but his New York license showed him again as James Wood.

"Then, officers found nearly $20,000 in Diarra's possession in $100 bills."

[Calpernia]

Is having fake IDs not illegal?

[cgk]

Followup to 3317

[MamaDearest]

Diarra was arrested for giving false identification and then released.

It would probably shock the heck out of us to see how many of these "Catch and Release" occurrences are happening. I wonder sometimes if the era of Keystone Kops never ended.