Jack they're bringing in someone we picked up at LAX for you to question.
Posted on 03/06/2007 2:24:45 PM PST by Deo volente
Authorities today detained an Iraqi national who was carrying a suspicious object at Los Angeles International's Terminal One.
Los Angeles airport police held the man in a passenger screening area after security agents discovered at 5:40 a.m. that he was carrying a metal object, officials said.
A preliminary investigation of the man's bags -- which were taken off a flight that was scheduled to go to Philadelphia but diverted to Las Vegas -- found nothing hazardous or dangerous, authorities said.
The man has been turned over to Immigration and Customs authorities for additional questioning, officials said at an afternoon news conference.
The man was identified as Fadhel Maliki, 35, of Atlantic City, N.J., an Iraqi national who has been in the United States since 1994, according to Ethel McGuire, the FBI assistant special agent assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Maliki was going through preflight screening when he was pulled aside after acting suspicious, officials said. He had been previously flagged based on a travel profile, but officials refused to discuss details.
According to Larry Satters, federal security director at LAX, Maliki was concealing objects connected to wires from his body.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
No other details at this time.
Perhaps a gift for his girlfriend.
Two words: dry run.
Which he was testing out.
Jack they're bringing in someone we picked up at LAX for you to question.
someone is not telling all they know here
If so, this makes at least 87,493 dry runs.
Interesting read:
http://www.theaviationnation.com/category/dry-runs-and-probes/
that blonde computer geek is SO HOT~!
I know she's hot. We are getting married in June.
I really haven't noticed. /s
If this assclown had ANYTHING in his anal cavity or otherwise secreted on his body -- he was testing the system or up to no good..
1. Immediately charge him with any crime necessary to hold him.
2. Check the legality of his presence in America.
3. Try him for ANY possible crime, and if not legally in the U.S. - deport him to spend his prison time in an Iraqi prison.
4. Implant a chip that renders him a PERMANENT unwelcome visitor to America and on a worldwide "no fly" list..
Oh -- and question him thoroughly before deporting his sorry ass.
Semper Fi
A suspect was arrested at LAX today after airport screeners noticed "wires" coming from the man's clothing during a security check. They later found what is being described as a "metal object" in the man's rectum. The incident began shortly before 6 a.m. at Terminal One.
The investigation is being conducted by the LAPD, the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration, Lowe said.
Officials say the U.S. Airways ticketed passenger was going through a screening machine when "he set off the alarms."
No doubt.
I doubt he is a Iraqi Veteran let in by Pres 41 or 42. /s
Maybe he was just smugglin' diamonds!
Interesting read indeed. Bookmarked.
I hope we end up getting the whole truth about today's incident.
It was kind of funny when I saw her interviewed on some show. She was totally not Chloe, she never did that angry Chloe look at all....seemed very odd. I like her as an actress, but her character is whacked!
susie
Pardon me for being stupid or naive, or whatever, but what would one carry in their rectum with wires protruding? I mean, other than a bomb (and that seems like a pretty uncomfortable place to carry one).
susie
Ok... just... yuck....
"What do you mean? This is my HAPPY look! Jeez!"
Testing?
In prisons (I have no first hand experience) small metal containers are used to carry drugs, money, and other contraband. I can only imagine what else people carry.....
He could very well be a nut with some goofy thing there for "health" reasons.
from your link:
Ethel McGuire, assistant special agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, said this afternoon that al-Maliki had "a magnet, wires and I don't know what the other item was. It's being evaluated as we speak." After al-Maliki was searched, the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad was called to the airport to examine the suspicious item.
Bet it was just one of those rectumfires used to make dc power from an ac source.
You mean like a tin foil suppository?
something like that
Flattulas powered energy generation.
Do you realize how much power their is in a can of beans?
Good point.
From my link:
"He said the reason security officials were so cautious was that al-Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."
"Testing?"
I don't know RR, but let's look at this article snippet from a link posted on this thread.
OPINION-SPECULATION: Testing or maybe someone else had some more parts somewhere on him/her or maybe there is more to this story that hasn't been examined yet.
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http://www.nbc4.tv/news/11185089/detail.html
"Officials Detain Iraqi Man At LAX After Suspicious Item Found"
POSTED: 12:33 pm PST March 6, 2007
UPDATED: 2:41 pm PST March 6, 2007
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES -- Security officers detained an Iraqi national at Los Angeles International Airport early Tuesday after a suspicious item was found on the man during a body cavity search."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He remained in custody as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials went over his immigration paper work. Federal officials said the man's green card may have expired.
Ethel McGuire, assistant special agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, said this afternoon that al-Maliki had "a magnet, wires and I don't know what the other item was. It's being evaluated as we speak." After al-Maliki was searched, the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad was called to the airport to examine the suspicious item."
This is a big wonderful world we live in, and there are all kinds of people living in it with us. Some are quite odd.
ROFL!
She reminds me of someone I know.... scarey....
susie
I guess I was thinking what sort of legitimate reason (like some sort of medical device)?
I'm sure people poke all sorts of odd things up there, but it seems to me that none of them are a good idea....
susie
"He could very well be a nut with some goofy thing there for "health" reasons."
Electronic anti-oxidant suppositories?
Nu Yu Life Enhancer? (Just plug it in for a few minutes each day, and you won't believe the changes in your life!!)
Can I be questioned by Phoebe?
You're not stupid or naive, but the guy wearing this collection, most assuredly was!
Contributing to global warming no doubt!
The MO is to take seperate parts of a bomb on board with you or to bring a part on yourself and retrieve other parts already hidden on board....assemble them and then detonate the bomb [ala Ramzi Youssef].
He was either putting parts on board or he was the trigger man.
Regardless, he's gotta go.
I gotta say, hardly anything surprises me anymore. Alot still grosses me out tho...
susie
Yeah - they detain him at 5:40am. They find all that stuff on him, the plane doesn't take off until 6:56am (over an hour after they first detain him) and they STILL don't get his luggage off the plane. HELLO. What is wrong with this picture??
Source for info re: 6:56am departure time: LAX, Flight 1422: http://www.usairways.com/awa/flightinformation/FlightStatus.aspx
Flight # 1422
Depart Los Angeles, CA
Date 3/6/2007
Gate 4B
Scheduled 6:30 AM
Actual 6:56 AM
Status Departed
Arrive Philadelphia, PA
Date 3/6/2007
Gate C21
Scheduled 2:22 PM
Actual 8:57 PM
Status Estimated Arrival
Little bit more info:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=253139
"The bomb squad was called as a precaution and authorities said they found wires in his clothing and a magnet inside a lower body cavity."
Calling all EOD types and engineers: What is the magnet for?
I'm sure there is "the rest of the story" that we will never know.
I find it sad and frightening that our government doesn't trust us with knowledge...............knowledge is power.
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