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Man tried to burn himself overpowered aboard Indian plane
China Daily ^
| 02/02/2002
Posted on 02/02/2002 2:46:49 PM PST by TaxPayer2000
Police have arrested a man who tried to set himself on fire and began shouting pro-Osama bin Laden slogans aboard an Indian Airlines flight from the Middle East to India Friday.
The 30-year-old man was overpowered and subdued by the crew and fellow passengers.
Moinuddin Khan took out a cigarette lighter and started burning his skin soon after flight IC-542 flight took off from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on its way to the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.
He also shouted "Osama zindabad, Advani down, down." (Long live Osama and down with LK Advani, Indian home minister).
Alarmed passengers and crew immediately overpowered Khan.
He was handed over to the police when the plane landed at Hyderabad.
Police Inspector William Carrey told the Deccan Chronicle newspaper that Khan was mentally unsound.
"He was challenging us to cut his neck and shoot him dead," Carrey said.
A city magistrate has referred him to a mental hospital.
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To: TaxPayer2000
He also shouted "Osama zindabad,..." He was trying to tell us something, that Osama is in the bed. Maybe at Bloomingdales--bed Linen is on the fourth floor.
To: TaxPayer2000
"Police have arrested a man who tried to set himself on fire and began shouting......"It was Clinton, doing anything for attention.
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posted on
02/02/2002 2:53:51 PM PST
by
elbucko
To: TaxPayer2000
Check his sneakers.
To: TaxPayer2000
WHAT????????? Indian airlines don't confiscate cigarette lighters, nail clippers, crochet hooks, files, etc.??????
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posted on
02/02/2002 2:54:16 PM PST
by
Uff Da
To: TaxPayer2000
Alarmed passengers and crew immediately overpowered Khan. After which they bound him in a straitjacket and fastened a dunce cap to his head for being such a f***ing idiot.
"He was challenging us to cut his neck and shoot him dead," Carrey said.
Gee, why didn't you people oblige him?
To: Uff Da
Was this an 18 to 35 year old Muslim man or an 80 year old lady, or maybe a 70'ish congressman with steel pins in his leg?Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
To: Rightly Biased
Yes, that's something to ponder!!
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posted on
02/02/2002 3:26:33 PM PST
by
Uff Da
To: TaxPayer2000
a man who tried to set himself on fire Airplane food has hit a new low, but at least it would be served warm.
To: TaxPayer2000
"Police Inspector William Carrey told the Deccan Chronicle newspaper that Khan was mentally unsound. "He was challenging us to cut his neck and shoot him dead," Carrey said. A city magistrate has referred him to a mental hospital. "A perfect description and solution for a rabid muslim.
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posted on
02/02/2002 4:07:59 PM PST
by
watchin
To: watchin
A perfect description and solution for a rabid muslim. Guy just wants to meet Allah. Why not help him out?
To: The Other Harry
He DID ask, didn't he? Ah, well, maybe next time. I can't imagine too many of these loonies asking for it before someone takes care of their needs.
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posted on
02/02/2002 4:23:20 PM PST
by
watchin
To: TaxPayer2000
He is my nominee for the 2002 Darwin Awards.
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posted on
02/02/2002 5:51:38 PM PST
by
Aaron_A
To: watchin
Where are John Cleese, Michael Palin and all the rest when we need them?
To: Mark17
Ping
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posted on
02/02/2002 8:28:30 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: Mike Fieschko
LOL - I went back and read that part again. It sounds more like MP than actual news!
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posted on
02/02/2002 8:32:01 PM PST
by
watchin
To: The Other Harry; ambrose
A perfect description and solution for a rabid muslim. Guy just wants to meet Allah. Why not help him out?
If we get many more of these fruit cakes, maybe the more intelligent among us, will figure out that it is time for open season on idiots like this.
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posted on
02/02/2002 8:40:09 PM PST
by
Mark17
To: TaxPayer2000
"Khan was mentally unsound"DUH!
To: TaxPayer2000
About 9 or 10 years ago when I was living in the Arabian Gulf area, a Muslim co-worker told me about the time he was on a Pakistan airline flight to Mecca to do his Haj.
He was near the back of the plane when another Pakistani (poor, uneducated and picked from his village as a representative for Haj) sat down in the middle of the floor in the back and started a charcoal file in a hibachi and began cooking his dinner.
My friend called the flight attendant (a male) and demanded that he put the fire out. The Pak Air guy essentially told him to chill out and not worry about it.
I realize this is a diversion for this thread which is about terrorism, but this posting is about ignorance, and I couldn't resist posting it.
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