Posted on 04/07/2010 7:22:58 PM PDT by 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.
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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.
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“Suspect”
Gee, I hope they got the RIGHT guy when they tackled one of the passengers.
Ahh, for the good ol' days. I see you're reminiscing a bit.
No it was fumes from the empty main fuel tank. Because jets always take off with empty fuel tanks.
Qatar is a crucial ally in the both the Iraq and Afghanistan war. The Al Udeid Air Base, near the capital, Doha, plays a critical role. the base has the longest runway in the Gulf and can handle 120 planes, and is located just 700 miles from Baghdad.
The only way that we will shut down “all trade” with Qatar is if those wars are ended.
Which is exactly why we should let the Qataris handle him. Trust me, they've already booked his flight back to Qatar, where he can begin job-hunting, with this nifty new item on his resume. If one of our diplomats pulled a stunt like this while posted to a foreign country, s/he'd be protected by our maze of idiotic employment laws, and remain on full salary while months of "investigation" was followed by months of "appeals" and so on. In Qatar, they just fire people who need firing. They'll yank his diplomatic passport, and may well decline to give him any sort of passport at all for a while, based on this stupid stunt he pulled while in a foreign country.
The suspect was on his way to meet with an imprisoned Al Qaida agent when this happened. Hmmm.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/national/diplomat-was-to-meet-jailed-terrorist-20100408-apx
See #287
Destroying their idol won’t destroy the cult. I don’t think Islam will just quit, if we nuked their most sacred spot.
See my 289. Zotting the Ka’aba won’t zot Islam, was the point.
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