I'm sure this is just right wing propaganda pushed by the Bush administrations war on Islam..

Oh wait... Bush is no longer the President..

Damn that Bush !!!!


ABC News Exclusive: Two Men on United Flight from Chicago Arrested on 'Preparation of a Terrorist Attack' in Amsterdam
Suspects Had Been Cleared Sunday by TSA in Chicago, Birmingham Despite Security Concerns


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

dang, united has a flight from CHICAGO to the NETHERLANDS via Alabama?,,,,,

glad they got the guys,,,

Thats not quite as bad as the JFK to Detroit to Amsterdam.. That one has always puzzled me..

yeah, my ex did the detroit-amsterdam stops coming to the states from the UK too,,,,

doesnt the JFK just suck in general though?...lol

yeah it sucks, but its still better than Newark.

What a coincidence, they both happen to be Muslim.

He's just one of them islamicistic 'bitter clingers' who wants to cling to his cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together, a box cutter and three large knives. People just need to be more 'tolerant' of his 'religion' ... after all, it's a 'religion of peace' ...

Two men from the Detroit area were arrested in Amsterdam on a flight arriving from Chicago, reportedly suspected of assessing the aviation system for a potential future terror attack.

The two men did not have prohibited items on them, a law enforcement official told Fox News, saying that although knives were found in their checked luggage, such checked items aren't prohibited. The individuals also were not on the no-fly list, nor were there any active warrants for their arrest.

"Suspicious items were located in checked luggage associated with two passengers on United Flight 908 from Chicago O'Hare to Amsterdam," the Transportation Safety Administration said in a written statement. "The items were not deemed to be dangerous in and of themselves."

FBI agents in Chicago are assisting Dutch investigators as needed, an FBI spokesman told Fox News. Several non-functioning cell phones also were found taped together in a piece of checked baggage of one of the men, the FBI said.

"It's still a fluid situation right now," the spokesman told Fox News.

ABC News, which first reported the arrests, quoted an unnamed U.S. official saying that the pair were charged by the Dutch with "preparation of a terrorist attack." One of the men initially drew suspicion when boarding a flight from Birmingham, Ala., to Chicago, but authorities allowed him to board, ABC News reports.

Sources told Fox News that the men posed no immediate danger to the flight, but U.S. officials are looking into whether the men were "testing the system."

Fox News' Catherine Herridge and Marla Cichowski contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/30/detroit-men-arrested-flight-chicago-amsterdam/

And Pedophilia.

None of the apologists have commented..

Interesting..

They'll be along shortly!!

If they can't frame their debate with racism then they don't bother posting..

Seems like the Airlines are guilty of profiling.

So far, the only ones they have caught with terrorist type items have been Mid-Eastern Muslims.

Isn't it against the law to profile?

Heard on the news this morning the airlines are going to be more vigilant when processing foreigners.

And we all know what "foreigner" they are referring to.

Mebbe the airlines have been silently takin' notes and watchin' Sheriff Joe in AZ ... ? I'm pretty sure that whole 'Mid-East Muslim' thing is coincidence, tho' ... aren't we all ... ? There's lots of Mid-East folks who just pack strange stuff in their suitcases when they fly ... and Pepto-Bismol's just one oddity. Cell phones? Box cutters? Knives? Well, who doesn't need one or two of those in the course of a day ... I'm just sayin' - this is all bein' so blown out of proportion ... let's just have ourselves a good ol'-fashioned stoning and celebrate somethin' 'cuz no one was killed - yet ...

no surprise, considering the political environment currently

why is stopping someone with 'bulky clothes' in Birmingham Alabama at summers end,,,considered 'profiling' seems like REASONABLE suspicion to me,,,