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'Terroristic threat' suspect from Minn. arrested at Chicago airport
StarTribune ^ | 10/23/09 | Paul Walsh

Posted on 10/23/2009 8:36:36 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A 36-year-old Richfield man charged with making terroristic threats during an argument with another man in Wright County has been arrested at O'Hare Airport after skipping out before his trial was to begin this month, authorities in Minnesota said today.

Ismail Alqawasmi remains in custody after his arrest at 8 p.m. Thursday, the Wright County Sheriff's Office said.

The Chicago-Sun Times reported that Alqawasmi flew into the United States from Amman, Jordan, on Royal Jordanian airlines and a customs official conducting a name check found the warrant on a law enforcement data base, according to police. Alqawasmi was searched and had a Jordanian passport that was being held by U.S. Customs, police told the newspaper.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airport; chicago; flyinimams; imams; jordan; mooselimbs; terror; tiza; tm
Gee, I hope the airlines won't have to this guy too much money in a settlement....
1 posted on 10/23/2009 8:36:36 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Cindy; Islaminaction

Ping..


2 posted on 10/23/2009 8:37:08 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

If this guy has a Jordanian passport, he is not a “36-year-old Richfield man,” he is a Jordanian, and I’d like to know why he is in our country. He also sounds like a dim bulb, having skipped out and returning with the apparent belief no one would notice.


3 posted on 10/23/2009 8:42:26 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Arrested at O’Hare and Muslim? He probably will get a czar job in the Hussein Admin.


4 posted on 10/23/2009 8:42:58 AM PDT by Frantzie (Do we want ACORN running America's health care?)
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To: La Lydia

Probably hangs out at the SA on Airport Road with all the other cab drivers.


5 posted on 10/23/2009 8:51:07 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Good chance......


6 posted on 10/23/2009 8:53:08 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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Poorly written story. Was the Jordanian passport the one he was traveling on? I suspect not: to enter the USA, he would have had to show a passport so, one that was found by authorities “searching” him, would logically be a second, perhaps phony, passport. Important because terrorists often have multiple identities/passports.
7 posted on 10/23/2009 9:01:25 AM PDT by Godwin1
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To: La Lydia
belief no one would notice

sadly, it's highly likely no one would.
8 posted on 10/23/2009 9:05:59 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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To: SpinnerWebb
No. They identified, stopped him and arrested him. He is not the first and won't be the last. You would not believe the efficacy of the new law and databases.

U.S. Aviation and Transportation Security Act --

(International flights) Electronic transmission of passenger information through the Advanced Passenger Information (API) system is mandated by the U.S. Aviation and Transportation Security Act. All passengers entering/departing the U.S. by air are required to have this information transmitted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), allowing U.S. CBP to review all passenger data in advance of the flight's arrival. All international flights arriving and departing the U.S. are required by law to provide API data. API data is also transmitted to Customs and Immigration Officials in all other countries when required by law.

By the way, the airlines fought this for more than 10 years before it finally made its way into law, and only well after 9/11.

9 posted on 10/23/2009 9:16:49 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia
Affirmative action terrorist training camp outing.
10 posted on 10/23/2009 9:19:59 AM PDT by MaxMax (Obama can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: La Lydia

well thank goodness our sovereignty is being handed over to the UN moonbats...was this guy in drag?

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEEKS TO PROTECT TRANSVESTITE TERRORISTS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369213/posts


11 posted on 10/23/2009 9:21:34 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: La Lydia

That’s refreshing to hear. Thanks for the update.


12 posted on 10/23/2009 9:21:47 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What the heck? Is this a daily event?


13 posted on 10/23/2009 9:33:13 AM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: Islaminaction

Sure feels like it......


14 posted on 10/23/2009 9:34:10 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR.....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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