"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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quote:Originally posted by HobbyGuy
quote:Originally posted by Kimbercolt
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.
due to his injury he has some stort of electronics with wires running down his back. he was going from jax to las vegas, when he went thru the metal detector it set it off, the guy with a wand ran it over him. next thing you know he was on the ground. one thing about him is he does not move quick. after being man handled there was no trip to las vegas.
I'm really confused. I've read this a few times and still don't understand what you wrote? Please explain with some complete sentences and not simply one run-on sentence. Thank you.0
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