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'Maybe he was looking for the bathroom': Family defends Yemeni passenger who stormed cockpit
dailymail.co.uk ^ | May 10, 2011 | Daniel Bates

Posted on 05/10/2011 1:28:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

The Yemeni man who was wrestled to the floor after pounding on the cockpit door of a plane approaching San Francisco may have mistaken it for the bathroom.

Rageit Almurisi cannot speak English very well and could have misunderstood the signs inside the jet, his cousin claimed.

The maths teacher, who was heard yelling 'Allahu Akbar' as he allegedly battered the door, had also only been on three planes in his life and would have been unfamiliar with the layout.

His family also claimed that Almurisi, 28, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis and could also have reacted badly when an air stewardess told him to sit down.

His painful joint condition meant he had to take regular walks on flights, they claimed. ‘I would not be having that,’ his cousin Rageh Almoraissi said.

‘If a flight attendant has the nerve to grab me and try to force me to my seat, believe me, you would hear about other people having injuries.’

Almurisi sparked panic when he started yelling and banging on the cockpit door on American Airlines Flight 1561 from Chicago, just ten minutes before it was due to land on Sunday night, according to police.

But the suspect's cousin, Rageh, 29, said he was a university educated, easygoing person who had arrived in Northern California a year-and-a-half ago from Yemen in search of a better life.

He told the Bay Citizen newspaper he probably overreacted when he was told to sit down.

‘There's a lot of things I'm guessing, you know, I'm just trying to figure it out,’ said Rageh. ‘I know he wasn't trying to harm anyone. I know that for sure. He's not a terrorist. He's a nice guy.’

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KEYWORDS: allahfubar; almurisi; flightincident; jihadinamerica; lameexcuse; movealong; nothingtoseehere; pravdamedia; ragehalmoraissi; skyjacking; suddenjihadsyndrome
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1 posted on 05/10/2011 1:28:37 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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I always scream ALLAH AHKBAR! when I need to use the restroom.

Pu-leaze.


2 posted on 05/10/2011 1:29:32 PM PDT by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Stooopid man if he does not know where the bathroom is.


3 posted on 05/10/2011 1:29:43 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I guess the first question ought to be, does he always scream ‘Allahu Akbar’ when he needs to go the bathroom?


4 posted on 05/10/2011 1:30:11 PM PDT by La Lydia ("California: When the parasites outnumber the hosts, it's all over.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So does he always shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ when going to the john?


5 posted on 05/10/2011 1:30:19 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yeah right. How many moooooslems go to bathrooms by yelling Aloha Ackbar while banging on the door?


6 posted on 05/10/2011 1:30:27 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’m not a frequent flyer, but even I know the difference in a cockpit door and a restroom door..


7 posted on 05/10/2011 1:30:34 PM PDT by pnz1
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If this guy has all these reasons why he can’t act correctly on the plane, they do allow pets to ride along in kennels, with the luggage. He should ride with them.


8 posted on 05/10/2011 1:31:27 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

MS...Muslim Sh*t


9 posted on 05/10/2011 1:32:41 PM PDT by Krodg
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go.


10 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:01 PM PDT by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why do we let people from Yemen get on planes? Seriously, why do we let them into our country at all? Did we let German and Japanese freely travel during WWll?


11 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:07 PM PDT by keat
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He teaches “maths” - presumably at an English high school - and can’t read the sign on the restroom door????


12 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:07 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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I never knew "Allahu Akbar" means "I gotta pee". No wonder Rage Boy rages...


13 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:18 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hmm... meaning “Allahu Ahkbar” means “I gotta take a dump!”


14 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:39 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Sir Napsalot

Wow. The same comment four times in less than a minute. That must be some kind of FR record. :)


15 posted on 05/10/2011 1:33:59 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Herman Cain did NOT support TARP, and he did NOT say the Federal Reserve should not be audited.)
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To: pnz1
but even I know the difference in a cockpit door and a restroom door..

This same phrase could be used against the gay agenda.

Just an observation.

16 posted on 05/10/2011 1:34:20 PM PDT by humblegunner
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17 posted on 05/10/2011 1:34:48 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How do you misunderstand the signs on a restroom door?


18 posted on 05/10/2011 1:35:23 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Fear can hold you prisoner.Hope can set you free.(Shawshank Redemption))
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>>I always scream ALLAH AHKBAR! when I need to use the restroom.

Pu-leaze.<<

It confirms what I have always thought: “allah akbar” means “holy sh!t!”


19 posted on 05/10/2011 1:35:40 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I always scream 'Allahu Akbar' right before I take an Obamah!
20 posted on 05/10/2011 1:36:06 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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