Posted on 03/07/2007 1:42:37 PM PST by VAGOP
This is disturning on many levels -
LAX passenger hides objects in his body; bomb squad called His plane was diverted but deemed safe.
The Iraqi national, a legal U.S. resident, said he was trying to ease stress. He is turned over to ICE. By Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writer March 7, 2007
Authorities called in the bomb squad early Tuesday and diverted a flight to Las Vegas after Los Angeles International Airport security screeners found hidden wires and other objects in a body cavity of a Philadelphia-bound passenger.
Fadhel Al-Maliki, a 35-year-old Iraqi national living in Atlantic City, N.J., had been flagged by security officials at LAX and was undergoing a secondary "selectee screening" when he set off a metal detector.
Al-Maliki, a former security guard, told screeners that he knew what had triggered the alarm and proceeded to remove items from his rectum, including a rock, chewing gum and thin wire filament.
Larry Fetters, federal security director at LAX, said at news conference that Transportation Security Administration officers had become alarmed because Al-Maliki was acting strange but initially refused to identify the items he had hidden.
Concern that the objects might be components for an explosive device led airport authorities to call in the Los Angeles Police Department and FBI bomb technicians as well as a hazardous material team.
A preliminary investigation appeared to rule out a theory that Al-Maliki may have been looking for weaknesses in security or was rehearsing for a terrorist act, federal and local law enforcement authorities said.
During questioning, Al-Maliki said the objects in his rectum were used to alleviate stress, federal law enforcement sources said.
The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Chewing gum to simulate plastique
Wires for simulating wiring on a bomb
Rock to simulate detonator or some other uknown device.
This was a test run and nothing BUT a test run.
Or they would fit very well in him.
I cannot fathom why the plane was allowed to go airborne after this was discovered. I guess it is good that they eventually got around to bringing it down, but IMO they screwed up bigtime by allowing it to fly when they had this turkey and his buttfull stopped at the gate.
How do you....OH! You mean you drink it. Never mind
I suppose this now means everybody gets a rectal search before boarding a flight.
That is from a movie, isn't it?
Did this happen at LAX, or Ex-LAX?
The 'It Feels So Good When I Stop' Defense.
Gives a new meaning to the phrase, "Magnet A$$."
Cucumber?
Rectum?
Damn Near Killed Him!
Something doesn't smell right about this story.
Probe...trial run.
nevermind do NOT explain this to me!
Oh, come on, how can you NOT be interested in knowing more about this, especially since it's designed to relieve stress?
I agree with the others: this is a test run, pure and simple.
"hey, I routinely empty the contents of my glove box into my bum, it helps me relax. I did have a little trouble with the owners manual from my '87 Civic, so I left that out."
The lady chronicles incidents which never make the papers, including one about 5 or 6 muzzies arrested for trying to breach the cockpit on the same Paris to Miami flight that Richard Reid tried to blow up with his shoe bomb. Rather than sending the perps to Gitmo as would have been appropriate, they were simply deported on the next available flight to Paris.
Well, that obviously worked. He's now stress-free.
Ahem... It was an Iraqi.
Everyone remember the Taliban edict about not bring young boys into their private quarters? Nuff said.
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