"magnet was found in his rectum."
Wired Iraqi man triggers scare at L.A. airport
Tue Mar 6, 2007 6:35pm ET
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.
It could have been as harmless as a device so his Boy Friend could find him in the dark[:D][:p][:p][:p] [my silly 2 cents](elv)
Tue Mar 6, 2007 6:35pm ET
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.
It could have been as harmless as a device so his Boy Friend could find him in the dark[:D][:p][:p][:p] [my silly 2 cents](elv)
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rectum, hell it almost killed um! 0 -
Just another idiot who doesn't understand that a magnet is of no use when someone tells you to get the lead out. 0 -
Was he trying to fly north? Maybe he wanted to have a CompASS! [:D] 0 -
quote: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.
...and this is unusal because...? Where else do you keep your magnets? Doesn't everybody?[;)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
Was he trying to fly north? Maybe he wanted to have a CompASS! [:D]
If they hooked a battery up to the wires, would it make his stick point North?0 -
...or maybe doing a recon run to determine how sensitive those metal detectors really are.
I know that if they aren't properly adjusted you can slip through with a small metal object clamped up in your armpit. It's a long story.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Txs
...or maybe doing a recon run to determine how sensitive those metal detectors really are.
I know that if they aren't properly adjusted you can slip through with a small metal object clamped up in your armpit. It's a long story.
+1 on the recon run![:0]0 -
I bet you they wanted to know if these items would set off any alarms. They were setting up an attack. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Txs
...or maybe doing a recon run to determine how sensitive those metal detectors really are.
I know that if they aren't properly adjusted you can slip through with a small metal object clamped up in your armpit. It's a long story.
Inquiring minds want to know how you know that. [}:)]0 -
now dont go & get paranoid...A----he simply has a fetish different than most, or B
by applying a small charge he can keep himself properly pointed towards Mecca.....prayer call0 -
You do wonder what other parts someone else might have taken aboard so that they could have been assembled later. It's not impossible. 0 -
It was a test run for sure, just to see what if anything would happen when he went through with a metal object that size!
Well I guess they just found out how sensitive those airport metal detectors are, they can alert to a magnet planted IN your body !!0 -
quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
You do wonder what other parts someone else might have taken aboard so that they could have been assembled later. It's not impossible.
I would not want to be on that assemble crew.
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quote:Originally posted by acdodd
quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
You do wonder what other parts someone else might have taken aboard so that they could have been assembled later. It's not impossible.
I would not want to be on that assemble crew.
AC
Just try to remember not to hold the small parts in your mouth.0 -
...should have wired a TAzer to his wires and watch him do the chicken.
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that was nothing read this
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=122&set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=nw20070302105840716C144016
San Salvador - An inmate at an El Salvador jail was caught with a hand grenade stuffed up his backside - a novel attempt to disguise his apparent escape plans.
Guards at the San Francisco Gotera prison outside the capital San Salvador found the V40 grenade, about the size of a golf ball, lodged up the man's rectum during a security clampdown, a prison spokesman said on Thursday.
They also caught another 16 inmates who each swallowed a cellphone.
"We'll have to expel the objects and if they won't come out we'll have to perform surgery in hospital," said Alberto Uribe, a spokesman for the El Salvador prison service.Last year, prison guards found an M67 grenade in the vagina of a female visitor at the overcrowded La Esperanza-Mariona prison on the northern fringes of San Salvador.
Prisoners in the Central American country use weapons to try to escape or attack fellow inmates and prison guards, and use cellular phones to order free gang members to commit crimes or smuggle narcotics.0 -
A test run for sure, the magnet simulated the mass of the battery & metallic parts of the detonator. The explosive wouldnt be detectable.
This man needs to be dropped off at altitude.0 -
46270 has eletronics inplated in him, you talk about people
jumping throught the hoops, if it was not for the pain.
they used the metal detector on him, did not wait for an
explaintion of what it was, down on the floor, if you know
anything about him, you know he cant move fast, you dont have
to throw him on the ground, he will get there. he hurt like
hell. after there little exercise in security, he was unable
to go. Its a good thing I had stayed until he got in the air.0 -
Wired Iraqi man triggers scare at L.A. airport
Tue Mar 6, 2007 6:35pm ET
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.
No apparent threat? A guy walking around with a magnet up his butt is an apparent threat in my book.0 -
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
Last year, prison guards found an M67 grenade in the vagina of a female visitor at the overcrowded La Esperanza-Mariona prison on the northern fringes of San Salvador.
An M67 fragmentation grenade is not a small object.0 -
That is a common Arab practice. The theory is that the magnet will attract a boyfriend with "wood" made of "steel".
Just those zany, wacky, fun-loving Arabs doing their crazy antics.[:o)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by elvjeep
during a body cavity search of the man
I DON'T want that job. [xx(][xx(][xx(]0 -
People do a lot of strange things when evil thugs are holding their families hostage back in the olde country. 0 -
I have an ICD (Implanted Cardiac Device - defibrillator), and the manufacturer sent me a plastic card looking like a credit card, to instruct security personell that I was not to be magnetically scanned. Neither a walk though unit nor a hand wand. They are to hand search me.
I notify the airline when I book a ticket, notify the check in counter and notify the security people at the check point. So far, I have had no problems getting aboard.
As the others have said, this was a dry run and the guy should be diverted to Guantanemo.
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quote:Originally posted by mrseatle
People do a lot of strange things when evil thugs are holding their families hostage back in the olde country.
So you have knowledge that is what was the case? Or are you just providing excuses in advance?0 -
He was told that this is how he can test for iron-rich blood in his stool.[:0][:D] 0 -
Kind of strange ... can't help but think he was not up to good! 0 -
Come on folks cut him some slack, how else would you remove a metal gerbil from your anus orifice? 0 -
rectum hell, it almost killed um. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
I have an ICD (Implanted Cardiac Device - defibrillator), and the manufacturer sent me a plastic card looking like a credit card, to instruct security personell that I was not to be magnetically scanned. Neither a walk though unit nor a hand wand. They are to hand search me.
I notify the airline when I book a ticket, notify the check in counter and notify the security people at the check point. So far, I have had no problems getting aboard.
As the others have said, this was a dry run and the guy should be diverted to Guantanemo.
D.
you know how 46270 felt, he never thought about notify the Airlines, but you would have thought they would have let him explain before being thrown to the ground.0
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