Posted on 04/08/2010 12:25:24 PM PDT by EBH
WASHINGTON - A Qatari diplomat who sparked a bomb scare after sneaking a smoke in an airplane's bathroom will be sent home or transferred to another country, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The officials said that as a result of his recall, the U.S. government would not take any formal action against the diplomat.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case, said they expected Mohammed Al-Madadi to leave the United States later Thursday or Friday in accordance with assurances given to them by the Qatari embassy in Washington and authorities in the Qatari capital of Doha.
"We fully expect this will be resolved very quickly," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters. Crowley declined to comment on the specifics. But other officials with knowledge of the discussions between U.S. and Qatari authorities said Al-Madid would be leaving the country and his departure would mark the closure of the case.
Crowley said the U.S. government is satisfied that the Qatari government is taking the matter seriously.
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It was a consular visit. Just like we have our consular officials make to each and every US citizen jailed abroad. And if you’re a worthless loser who we know is guilty as sin, we send some worthless junior consular schmuck to visit you. That’s what happened here, except that the worthless junior consular schmuck in question was so colossally stupid that he couldn’t even manage to make it all the way to the jail, and got arrested himself instead.
It wasn’t a “dry run”. It was just a very stupid and immature young man blowing up his fledgling career. He’ll be on a Qatar Airways flight back to Qatar within 24 hours, maybe much sooner, and his diplomatic career is over as soon as he walks off the plane.
Believe what you want. Too much of this happens lately and I for one am not over the near tragedy of what happened at Christmas.
The Christmas crotch-bomber was not a consular employee travelling on official business, and he DID have explosives on him. Not much similarity there. And per karmic justice, this ultra-stupid kid got to keep his private parts intact, while the crotch-bomber’s privates got seriously damaged.
In scarcely related news, I want to know why they don’t make nicotine gum and patches available in airports and even airplanes.
The crotch bomber and this guy are Muslims, aren’t they? Whats the difference? Remember the “Flying Imams?’’
Guess what... his mission accomplished;
Jan 2015 Catch-and-release update : Obama’s sending al Marri to Qatar:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3249113/posts
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