Air Marshals Stop 'Shoe Bomb' Attempt On United Jet to Denver (Suspect is Qatari Diplomat)

ABC News ^ | Wednesday, April 7, 2010 | Rhonda Schwartz, Richard Esposito, and Brian Ross

[kristinn]

Federal air marshals subdued a man who authorities say attempted to "light his shoes on fire" on a United flight from Washington Reagan to Denver Wednesday night, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News.

SNIP

The suspect was identified by authorities as a diplomat in the Qatar embassy in Washington, Mohammed al Modadi. The FBI said the man had full diplomat immunity as the 3rd secretary and vice-consul.

[clintonh8r]

Chili dogs...

[DannyTN]

We should revoke Qatar’s dimplomatic immunity unless and until Qatar prosecutes and imprisons this guy.

[NormsRevenge]

he was “possibly trying to cover up another smell.”

— what? he had a goat in his carry-on?

[rmlew]

You do know that they make pilgrimage to a meteorite, the Kabaa.

[digger48]

To the tobacco Nazis, smoking a cig on a plane is WORSE than trying to blow it up.

[Deo volente]

Mohammed is an odd name for a Methodist.

[DannyTN]

Solution: ban Muslims from flying on commercial airliners.

Make pigskin the standard seat cover on commercial airliners and serve pork rinds as snacks and pork chops or ribs for dinner.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Just reported that it appeared he was attempting to light his shoes, but only because he was “possibly trying to cover up another smell.”

Arabs exhibit strong nosehair curling BO.  I should know, I sat next to an Iranian on a flight between Amsterdam and Minneapolis in 2007.

[presently no screen name]

I guess you’re right, after all, he kept them from doing what they wanted - now they are in revenge mode.

[Enough is ENOUGH]

Any chance he was radicalized Islamic?

[PennsylvaniaMom]

So he tries to light up his shoe?!?!?! to cover the smell of a cigarette. What I smell is BS...does that sound plausible to anyone (other than an Obot?)

[clintonh8r]

We have air marshals? Which union?

[DBrow]

The Kaaba is the building where the “meteorite” is kept. It’s not a meteorite, but is impact glass from a meteorite strike on sand.

[rmlew]

If we or Israel nuke Qom, will it become the Shi’ite-only version of Mecca?

[MindBender26]

He is deported, period, unless his sponsoring country waives the protection.

[Thane_Banquo]

My guess is the Administration is more interested in protecting relations with Qatar than in prosecuting Islamic terrorists, so they made up this cock and bull story.

[adm5]

We need names for all Air Marshals that were on board that flight, if anyone out there knows that info. please post it here.

We need to make sure these guys don’t get railroaded by The Regime.

[glock rocks]

Nice to find a thread on the subject that isn’t deleted or locked.

Now then...

Wait, what?

[GladesGuru]

“..tried to set his shoes on fire..”

There ARE better ways to cure athlete’s foot, and even a Muslim should know that.

Shouldn’t they?

[Freedom56v2]

I thot Barry was going to help us to all get along thru his eloquent rhetoric? Yet, we have had more of these incidents in past year than in all 8 years....

What happen to the infallibility of full-body scanners? Did they not have one in DC? Or did his diplomatic immunity allow him to skip the scans to which all of us law-abiding citizens in fly-over country must submit :(