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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If he screams allu akhbar when he has to pee, imagine what he screams when .... oh, never mind
about the only thing missing from this defense is twinkies
So, when you board the aircraft. What is one of the first areas you see? That’s right, the cockpit.
And who sits in the cockpit? Go ahead, you can say it...that’s right! The pilot and co-pilot!
Now. What do the pilot and co-pilot do? C’mon, you know. Very good! They fly the plane! You are very smart.
Ok, when you walk down the long tube to your seat, do you know where the cockpit is? That’s right! Right up in the front of the tube!
Gimme a friggin break.
Doncha know it’s customary to yell Allahu Akbhar before taking a shiite?
Riiiiiight.
I will from now on, but only on "number two" and I will try to time it to cover up the plop-splash.
He must have ignored that presentation the airline staff give at the very beginning of the flight when they point to the restrooms and the exits.
The cousin says so, so it must be true! Sheesh. If he just had to go to the bathroom, why was he yelling allah akbar (and beating down the door)? I mean, seriously.... this is so dumb...
He’s lucky he didn’t get the pi$$ beat out of him.
“His painful joint condition meant he had to take regular walks on flights, they claimed.”
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Inconveniencing everyone else on the flight by blocking the aisles.
Nope that demand alone, means next time you drive.
And your sorry but would have been arrested and banned from airplaines for life, too, dude!
I always scream ALLAH AHKBAR! when I need to use the restroom.
Pu-leaze
Yep....every morning like clockwork after my coco puffs I download a big ALLAH AHKBAR...
BTDT. Plane layouts are so complicated these days. They should at least put arrows on the floor directing passengers to the restooms. I mean, you make one wrong turn down the wrong aisle and you're lost for hours. Besides, who knew "Allahu Akbar" wasn't "Please, would you direct me to the can?"
Don't blame him - it's society's fault. Moslems think like libtards.
Never yelled it BEFORE going to the bathroom.
And sometimes people have been known to yell OMG!!! after I exit one...
While some do worship at the porcelian alter I highly doubt it was time for him to.
They are testing us again.
Well Rageh, if an arab looking guy assaults a flight attendant during a flight that I'm on -- believe me you will hear about some injuries on that guy too.
“I always scream ALLAH AHKBAR! when I need to use the restroom.”
As for me, I hop up and down saying, “Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord!” But it is subvocalized, and I don’t pound on the cockpit door when I say it.
He won't be having that problem anymore. It will be right next to his bunk.
He will need soap-on-a-rope however.
I could understand the occasional ‘Allahu Akbar’ upon leaving the jon.
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