Posted on 11/19/2002 9:16:31 AM PST by skinman_uk
Major airport security alert By Mark Wilkinson, Evening Standard 19 November 2002 A major security alert has been sparked after an Arab teenager claiming to support Saddam Hussein climbed onto an airliner at Stansted airport and caused £15,000 damage.
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Moroccan-born Josef Monti arrived on the Eurostar train on false papers and within 48 hours walked unchallenged into a highly-restricted area at the airport.
He climbed into the cockpit of an unlocked European Aviation Boeing 737, which was empty and unguarded, and smashed instrument panels and equipment.
He was about to attack another aircraft when he was detained by airport security. The 18-year-old later admitted to officials that he was a supporter of Saddam Hussein.
Although he asked to be directed to the notorious Finsbury Park mosque after arriving in Britain, Monti is believed to have no direct links to any terrorist organisation. But the ease with which he breached security at Britain's third-biggest airport has raised serious concerns.
One security source said: "If a lone teenager could get this far, just think what the combined might of al Qaeda could do."
Monti, who lives in Paris, arrived at Stansted in the early hours of Wednesday and wandered about "air-side" for several hours before being arrested.
On Friday at Chelmsford magistrates' court, he pleaded guilty to criminal damage and two charges under the Aviation Security Act. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced in six weeks' time
But then, there'll be plenty of time for that later, courtesy of loyal subjects of the Queen amid the hospitality of a British jail............
You have a Muslim punk who seemingly wakes up one morning in Paris. Hops board the train to London with phony papers. Then proceeds directly to the airport. To a secure area at the airport then proceeds to trash some parked airplanes.
Although he asked to be directed to the notorious Finsbury Park mosque after arriving in Britain........
LOL! A Muslim trip to England just ain't complete without visiting there!
Somehow, I think they sent him on a fishing expedition.
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