Just. Fucking. Great.
Two men taken off a Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines flight in the Netherlands have been charged by Dutch police with “preparation of a terrorist attack,” U.S. law enforcement officials tell ABC News.
U.S. officials said the two appeared to be travelling with what were termed “mock bombs” in their luggage. “This was almost certainly a dry run, a test,” said one senior law enforcement official.
A spokesman for the Dutch public prosecutor, Ernst Koelman, confirmed the two men were arrested this morning and said “the investigation is ongoing.” He said the arrests were made “at the request of American authorities.”
The two were allowed to board the flight at O’Hare airport last night despite security concerns surrounding one of them, the officials said.
The men were identified as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, of Detroit, MI, and Hezem al Murisi, the officials said. A neighbor of al Soofi told ABC News he is from Yemen.
Airport security screeners in Birmingham, Alabama first stopped al Soofi and referred him to additional screening because of what officials said was his “bulky clothing.”
In addition, officials said, al Soofi was found to be carrying $7,000 in cash and a check of his luggage found a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together, a box cutter and three large knives. Officials said there was no indication of explosives and he and his luggage were cleared for the flight from Birmingham to Chicago O’Hare.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/united-flight-arrested-terror-charges-amsterdam/story?id=11517664
Another test run by muzzie terrorists, but gawd forbid the TSA actually profile, scrutinize, and stop these mutherfuckers. We wouldn’t want to offend anyone; “Islamophobia”, and all that.
Posted by RHC505 on 31/08/2010 at 15:13
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/europe/01plane.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
from a news article on this incident:
But Omar Sufi of Detroit, who said he was a cousin of Mr. Soofi, said his relative’s actions did not sound unusual.
He said that his cousin had most likely been trying to take medication and phones back to his family, and that it was common to bind together items meant for the same recipient. “This is our culture,” he said.
—so that explains it—empty pepto bismol bottle taped to electronic device—gift for his family—
at least the Dutch can catch them, but what is TSA doing…not enough…looks like the test run worked, they can get up into the air out of a US airport….