Posted on 09/01/2010 7:49:41 AM PDT by PghBaldy
... They said Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al-Soofi, 48, a Yemeni living in Detroit who has permanent resident status in the U.S., had merely packed items requested by friends and taped them together to ensure they did not get mixed up.
He and Hezem Abdullah Thabi al-Murisi, 37, a Yemeni who travelled to the U.S. on a visitor's visa, could now walk free from custody in Holland once the FBI has reviewed the evidence.
Last night the FBI said it had yet to make a decision...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Taping them together means they are going to have tape adhesive on them when they’re taken apart. It would have been faster and easier to use plastic grocery bags.
Taping something to the Pepto bottle was an attemt to hide it. Like a box cutter or someting else the shape of the Pepto bottle.
Didn't you read post #19? It's their cultural tradition to use tape. Maybe Zip-Loc isn't halal.
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