Air Marshals Stop 'Shoe Bomb' Attempt On United Jet to Denver (Suspect is Qatari Diplomat)

ABC News ^ | Wednesday, April 7, 2010 | Rhonda Schwartz, Richard Esposito, and Brian Ross

[Menehune56]

I read an interesting article a couple weeks ago that confirms the claim that AA587 was brought down by a shoe bomber who may also have been involved with the anthrax attacks. The official cause of overcorrection by the pilots to air turbulence never sounded very credible IMHO.

[a fool in paradise]

“Suspect”

Gee, I hope they got the RIGHT guy when they tackled one of the passengers.

[TChris]

If they play the “diplomatic immunity” card, their delegation will likely be sent home, our delegation will be called home, and Qatar will go on the terrorist list and all trade between us will be shut down.

Ahh, for the good ol' days. I see you're reminiscing a bit.

[massgopguy]

No it was fumes from the empty main fuel tank. Because jets always take off with empty fuel tanks.

[worst-case scenario]

Qatar is a crucial ally in the both the Iraq and Afghanistan war. The Al Udeid Air Base, near the capital, Doha, plays a critical role. the base has the longest runway in the Gulf and can handle 120 planes, and is located just 700 miles from Baghdad.

The only way that we will shut down “all trade” with Qatar is if those wars are ended.

[GovernmentShrinker]

while the dumbass diplomat was not an attempted terrorist he is a full-fledged IDIOT who should be convicted of first degree capital stupidity with aggravating circumstances.

Which is exactly why we should let the Qataris handle him. Trust me, they've already booked his flight back to Qatar, where he can begin job-hunting, with this nifty new item on his resume. If one of our diplomats pulled a stunt like this while posted to a foreign country, s/he'd be protected by our maze of idiotic employment laws, and remain on full salary while months of "investigation" was followed by months of "appeals" and so on. In Qatar, they just fire people who need firing. They'll yank his diplomatic passport, and may well decline to give him any sort of passport at all for a while, based on this stupid stunt he pulled while in a foreign country.

[rdl6989]

The suspect was on his way to meet with an imprisoned Al Qaida agent when this happened. Hmmm.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/national/diplomat-was-to-meet-jailed-terrorist-20100408-apx

[rdl6989]

See #287

[DBrow]

Destroying their idol won’t destroy the cult. I don’t think Islam will just quit, if we nuked their most sacred spot.

[DBrow]

See my 289. Zotting the Ka’aba won’t zot Islam, was the point.