Saudi Man Charged for Firecrackers on U.S. Plane Mon January 5, 2004 04:07 PM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - A Saudi man was charged on Monday for carrying firecrackers in carry-on luggage on a plane from Germany, to Boston amid U.S. warnings of a possible attack bigger than the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked plane strikes, officials said. U.S. officials in Boston said in a statement that Essam Mohammed Almohandis, 33, of Riyadh had "three small firecracker-type explosive or incendiary devices" in his carry-on luggage on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt on Saturday. He told authorities at Boston's Logan International Airport that...
