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What happened to Christmas 'Shoe Bomber' Richard Reid?
Fox News ^
| December 22, 2023
| Michael Ruiz
Posted on 12/25/2023 4:23:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
Just months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, an al Qaeda supporter snuck onto American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami with explosives packed into his shoes, but his failed attempt to detonate spared the lives of nearly 200 people and sent him to prison for the rest of his life.
According to the FBI, the 10 ounces of homemade explosives in his shoes were enough to blow a hole in the side of the plane and kill everyone on board.
"Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid, the 50-year-old British citizen who trained with the terror group in Pakistan and Afghanistan, is serving a life prison sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: richardreid; shoebomber
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To: nickcarraway
Probably working that little bar in the Bahamas with Osama.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:24:34 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
To: nickcarraway
Perhaps his intelligent good looks gave him less media appeal.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:25:46 PM PST
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Jonty30
Don’t you mean the “Aloha Snackbar” in Maui?
CC
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:30:08 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:30:37 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Celtic Conservative
They’ve created franchises?
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:32:24 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
To: Jonty30
He’s in prison per article .
.
L
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:35:41 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Mears
That’s what they tell, but who knows?
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:38:36 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:38:56 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
To: nickcarraway
Florence Colorado, Super max.
Really? I’ve never had to take off my shoes for TSA.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:40:35 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
To: nickcarraway
Does anybody remember that Richard Reid did not have a passport or any other documents besides his airline ticket, and was escorted onto the plane bypassing all normal security procedures?
Plenty of passengers noticed the special treatment and mentioned it to authorities before and after the incident.
There were a number of features about this shoe bombing that were swept under the rug.
I am reasonably satisfied that Reid is still in prison. It does seem to me that a number of other people should have joined him there. And we are still putting up with these ridiculous "take you shoes off" policies at American Airport screening stations. They don't do that in Europe.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:40:51 PM PST
by
flamberge
(The NSA is one of a few Federal agencies that actually listens to the American people.)
To: nickcarraway
He now runs the Nike Sneakers kiosk at the White House for Joe Pedo.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:44:55 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(They've begun dismantling Arlington Cemetery, next comes diggin up white solders and dumpin' 'em.)
To: Jonty30
Why doubt that….really bad guys go top prison in Florence CcO where he is .
….
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:50:32 PM PST
by
Mears
To: gitmo
The boy looks like the Haitian Harvard President without the Arnold Stang glasses and with a beard and a “do”.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:51:49 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(They've begun dismantling Arlington Cemetery, next comes diggin up white solders and dumpin' 'em.)
To: nickcarraway
We have to watch out for liberals pardoning dangerous criminals.
Look what the governor of Louisiana just did.
For me, it’s a very strong argument in favor of capital punishment.
Bleeding heart democrats represent a clear and present danger to the public.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:56:16 PM PST
by
Thapsus_epiphany
(Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
To: nickcarraway
They should have given him his shoes back in an open field with the fuse already lit.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:59:02 PM PST
by
Jim Noble
(The future belongs to those who show up)
To: Mears
Because we don’t know if Richard Reid was acting on his own accord or under orders. We know nothing.
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posted on
12/25/2023 4:59:20 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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