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.

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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.

[tsmith130]

This from the MSNBC story:

The latest incident comes a week after the United States announced new security measures to replace the mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 countries that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day.

The measures were designed to significantly reduce the number of passengers pulled aside for additional screening and will not be based on nationality or passport, but on characteristics pulled together by intelligence agencies.

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Great...just great

[Cheerio]

Move along, nothing to see here - just another potential MAN CAUSED DISASTER!!! The system worked as designed.

[Mr. Mojo]

Looks like he had his fill of diplomacy.

[Kozak]

I suggest we return him to Qatar at 30,000 feet and terminal velocity with a note stating his diplomatic credentials are revoked....

[gov_bean_ counter]

Two jet fighters flew in from Buckley Air Force Base to meet the flight as it flew the final 40 miles to Denver.

How'd you really like to see these bad boys on either wing? Too bad they shut down the bathrooms, cause I'd be...

[mylife]

The FBI said the man had full diplomat immunity as the 3rd secretary and vice-consul.

What a load of horse crap!

[Mr. Jazzy]

Nothing to see here, just another group of Amish trying to kill peace loving muslims. Move along, move along . . .

[ez]

The jet that crashed in Long Island in the nineties...(was it flight 587?) was the only successful shoe bombing so far.

[RightOnline]

"Does that mean he gets off?"

Yes. Obama...or someone from his "administration" (read "regime") will soon show up to fellate this Muzzie scumbag.

[tsmith130]

You beat me by 1 second. My post: 10:22:59 Your post: 10:22:58 LOL!

[Repeat Offender]

Oh, that’s right... HMS Secretary Janet Napolitano saying this was an ‘isolated incident’

Isolated incident hell, how can this be blamed on the Tea Parties?

[Loud Mime]

I would pay a lot for Meccan Trinitite

[Quix]

I think that time passed by a long time ago.

[Tench_Coxe]

Easy way to end that. Call in the diplomat of the country and state, very quietly, that no waiver of diplomatic immunity for the offender will result in a classification of said country as a state sponsor of terror, and said newly classified country will experience all the consequences thereof.

[Mr. Wright]

That means he may fly again and try again!!

[AFreeBird]

Yep. Best we can do is declare him persona non grata, and send him packing. But with 0bama in the Whitehouse; he’ll be invited to a state dinner.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Worse than that, a lunch date, of airline food, with Janet Incompetano.

[rintense]

Yeah, until Obama learns a Muslim was arrested. Obama will reverse TSA guidelines within a month.

[Beaten Valve]

How in the heck did he get shoes on an airplane?

[ez]

I guess since the underwear thing didn’t work, the Jihadis are back to lighting their sneakers, which didn’t work either.

It worked once...see Flight 587, Long Island Sound.