Man At Airport Conceals WMD (Wad of Magnetic Doo)

[DeSwiss]

I'm sorry. I can't help it!!!
:rofl:

Wired Iraqi Man Triggers Scare At L.A. Airport

Tue Mar 6, 2007 6:35PM EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.

The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning. A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.

"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.

Maliki, 35, who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was preparing to board a US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. The flight left without Maliki but with his luggage aboard. It made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas, where the plane was thoroughly searched but nothing was found, officials said.

Passengers were not evacuated and no flights were disrupted by the incident at Terminal One at Los Angeles airport.

"There never was a threat," Fetter said. He said police and the FBI were called in from "an abundance of caution" because Maliki was "so bizarre in his behavior."

Maliki, who had a U.S. green card, was being questioned by immigration officials about his immigration status.

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0643957420070306

Larry Fetters, TSA Security Director: "there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity"

How does one "associate" electrical wires with a body cavity???? I just want to know. I might want to try some day....

:shrug:

[uppityperson]

1. How'd they get the magnet out? And wtf with the luggage?

And the wires? This is an odd story. They left with his luggage on board, flew LA to Las Vegas where it was searched? So much for that little bit of airport security folklore.

[DeSwiss]

2. I know, I know....

....odd is the word. Maybe its some kind of new health kick???

[uppityperson]

3. Magnets are supposed to be good for arthritis.

I think I will stop now.

[SoCalDem]

5. Evacuation??

:rofl:

[DeSwiss]

9. Well...

...he did evacuate the airport pretty quickly.

[gatorboy]

4. A body cavity search?

If you're from the Middle East, are this considered mandatory these days?

[DeSwiss]

6. I think the wires....

....hangin out of his butt that got their attention. Hey even TSA guys couldn't miss that!

Not to worry though. He has a green card. So he's been vetted by the immigration folks...

[Syncronaut Seven]

7. It was a magnet alright, with an armature and an eccentric weight.

Otherwise known as a vibrator.

Wadda you think? :rofl: :patriot:

[DeSwiss]

8. Okay, okay I can see that....

....some people need something "extra" before a flight. Probably prescribed by his doctor for stress.

[Horse with no Name]

11. I was thinking more like Ben wah balls

But hey, what do I know?
I'm just an old lady...

[Error]

21. Who the heck is Ben Wah?

and what's the deal with his balls?

[htuttle]

18. Oh man, his friends are NEVER going to let him forget this....

[Warren DeMontague]

10. "Magnetic Ass" would be a great band name.

Just sayin'.

[GreenZoneLT]

13. Or The Electric Buttplugs

I think that IS a band. They're from Athens, Ga., and they play acoustic thrash metal, with bagpipes, right?

[MichaelHarris]

12. Bung Bomb

they're very deadly.

[uppityperson]

14. Update, he's a New Ageist! ohmmmm

http://www.townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?contentGUID=cf924f9d-4b17-4467-aefd-43c9447ddeff
"He initially said (the device) was therapeutic," she said.


http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=14434&Category=10
A source familiar with the investigation said Al-Maliki also had a polished stone, and that he initially told investigators that the devices were therapeutic.

[DeSwiss]

15. Now that's what I call...

..."hole-lis-tic medicine"!

[GoneOffShore]

16. At least he didn't cause a terminal dump

And before anyone gets all snooty, terminal dump means that the TSA cleared the whole terminal.

Snip
Fadhel Al-Maliki, a 35-year-old Iraqi national living in Atlantic City, N.J., had been flagged by security officials at LAX and was undergoing a secondary "selectee screening" when he set off a metal detector.

Al-Maliki, a former security guard, told screeners that he knew what had triggered the alarm and proceeded to remove items from his rectum, including a rock, chewing gum and thin wire filament.
Snip
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-lax7mar07,1,5620850.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

[uppityperson]

19. The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet.

"During questioning, Al-Maliki said the objects in his rectum were used to alleviate stress, federal law enforcement sources said.

The rock, authorities said he told them, was from another planet."

[htuttle]

20. Now that you mention it, I think I saw those in an infomercial one night at 3 am

It was for "Miracle Rectum Rocks". IIRC, Ron Popeil demonstrated them.

[TX-RAT]

17. Poo Bomber

Test run?