Wired Iraqi man triggers scare at L.A. airport

Reuters ^ | 3-6-07

[STARWISE]

An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.

The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.

A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.

"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.

Maliki, 35, who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was preparing to board a US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

The flight left without Maliki but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas, where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found, officials said.

Passengers were not evacuated and no flights were disrupted by the incident at Terminal One at Los Angeles airport.

"There never was a threat," Fetter said.

He said police and the FBI were called in from "an abundance of caution" because Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."

[STARWISE]

This kills me .. they have to say every dang time:

"There never was a threat," Fetter said.

[spokeshave]

Yeah....just testing the system.....

[NorCalRepub]

......maybe it was his ass that was pointing due north that tripped him up.....

[STARWISE]

If not by one way, then another . . unreal. Move along folks, PING!

[Calpernia]

ping

[Uncle Miltie]

He was being drawn back to San Fran where he was known for his magnetic "personality."

[REDWOOD99]

Why didn't they blow up the magnet?

[spokeshave]

Maybe he read that putting a magnet on a car fuel line improves MPG....so he thought it works just as well in his colon.

[babygene]

I have an idea... some would call it radical I'm sure, but I don't think so.

Give the Muslims 48 hours to leave our country, and then kill those that haven't left.

[Uncle Miltie]

"there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity,"

As long as no hamsters were harmed.

[Army Air Corps]

...concealing a magnet inside his rectum...

Later he was quoted as saying, "It was an accident, doc; a million-to-one shot..."

[technomage]

This kills me .. they have to say every dang time: "There never was a threat," Fetter said.

Yup, before any facts are known. Sort of like saying someone is guilty before the trial even starts.

[babygene]

No, it was pointing toward Mecca.

[spokeshave]

Magnet and wires eh.....maybe he and his buddies were going to assemble an EMP gun and blow the airplane out of the sky.

[Cindy]

Thank you STARWISE and Calpernia for the ping.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lax

[neodad]

A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man.

Wonder who got to make that call?

[saganite]

His baggage was left aboard? That's a major security breech.

[starbase]

An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum...

Wow, talk about a "What did I just read?" moment.

[BunnySlippers]

LOL

[NorCalRepub]

....hopefully it will be pointing to jail now

[rdl6989]

maybe it was his ass that was pointing due north that tripped him up....

Now that's funny.

[NorCalRepub]

......Mayor Newsome is so disappointed.....LOL

[BunnySlippers]

Are there any other people, other than Muslims, that strange things like this happen to?

[Moonman62]

Ah c'mon. Everybody walks around with wires and a magnet in their butts.

[rdl6989]

No.

[SpaceBar]

Passengers were not evacuated...

[STARWISE]

Are you being "drawn" to this sick story? Someone needs to find some rectitude. LOL .. but OMG .. this world anymore is terrifying .. God help us and save us, I pray.

[BunnySlippers]

Thanks.

[Liberty Valance]

So, he stuck a magnet up his @ss with wires attached to it?

The things ya see when ya got no battery cables handy....

[paulat]

Okay...give me the quote...

Where in the Koran does it say you have to wear a MAGNET UP YOUR BUTT???!!!

[Moonman62]

If I were the bomb squad guy I would have dropped some tacks on the suspicious region just to make sure it was only a magnet.

[blam]

Unbelieveable.

Is there anything normal about these people? A magnetic up your butt, come on?

[GATOR NAVY]

Ah c'mon. Everybody walks around with wires and a magnet in their butts.

Yeah, and it's racist and homophobic and sexist and classist and blah, blah, blah, woof woof to suggest otherwise.

[peteram]

Maybe he was trying out one of those new "pain-relieving" magnets. You know, the kind that you apply to the skin to make aches go away?

He had a real pain in the a** that he couldn't get rid of.

[RunningWolf]

"There never was a threat," Fetter said.

Yes that is absolutely ridiculous. They guy had a potential bomb up his ***, or was testing to see how much of one he could pass thru the detection system. And they caught that 'one' and its not a threat?

Well based on that, I guess pretty much nothing 'is a threat' from these characters. Well unless they think they have broken the latest cell, then they have 'diverted a major threat'

[NorCalRepub]

I think he confused the part of the Koran that said "The End"....*smirk*

[Grizzled Bear]

"There never was a threat,"

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Of course there was no threat. He just read that popular science magazine article titled "Make Yourself a Speaker." Did anyone find out whether he was a woofer or a tweeter?

[John123]

Wonder who got to make that call?

John Edwards... please pick up the pink courtesy phone...

[billybudd]

If there wasn't a threat, why did they inspect him? It's like playing poker and drawing junk on the river and saying "Ah, there was no chance I could have won."

[starbase]

...but OMG .. this world anymore is terrifying .. God help us and save us, I pray.

Yes, it's funny, but in all seriousness I've noticed more sinister, darkly complexioned males hanging around certain parts of this west coast town I live in.

It's really noticeable, and they usually fixate on me (I'm a pretty big, very American looking guy), as if they're looking for a really tough infidel to take out.

I'm not kidding, our country is now flooded with Muslim "immigrants" (5 million since 9/11), and sooner or later they will start small scale actions all over the place, IMO.

I'm shopping around now so as to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights, and I suggest everyone else bear their rights in mind too. Just having a piece on you could save yourself and numerous others should SJS break out (Sudden Jihad Syndrome).

Otherwise, I have a joke for you, a farmer, a brain surgeon, and an Iraqi national were walking through the mall with magnets up their butts and....

[NorCalRepub]

....most likely a sub woofer.....his but has probably been stuck to the refrigerator for years.....

[Army Air Corps]

A "You ain't gonna believe this s**t" ping

[Uncle Miltie]

Of course there was no threat. He just read that popular science magazine article titled "Make Yourself a Speaker." Did anyone find out whether he was a woofer or a tweeter?

Depends on if it was Taco Bell for lunch.

[NorCalRepub]

.*but = butt*

[Shortstop7]

Think this will be the lead on Katie's News tomorrow?

[TASMANIANRED]

Strange butt plug that is for sure...

[Army Air Corps]

Sure. It will be discussed immediately after a panel of Global Warming skeptics debunk the GW theory and just before jveritas is interviewed about Pre-War documents.

[Army Air Corps]

Maybe it was a defective flatulence converter. He could always call John Edwards to help him sue the manufacturer...

[zadox]

Some sources on the net are reporting: Securities officials reported that two men with electrical cords "either wrapped around or coming out of their bodies" were being questioned. The men also were in possession of "magnets," Los Angeles TV Channel 5 reported." Here is a link to one. This is not a good sign. I wonder how much longer it will be before we pick up a "passenger" with a surgically implanted device.