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http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/24/fake.bomb.ap/index.html

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey.

So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.

Madin Azad Amin, 29, of Skokie, Illinois, was stopped August 16 after guards found an object in his baggage that resembled a grenade, prosecutors said.

When officers asked him to identify it, Amin said it was a bomb, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto.

He later told officials he'd lied about the item because his mother was nearby and he didn't want her to hear that it was part of a penis pump, Scaduto said.

He's been charged with felony disorderly conduct, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Amin's attorney told a Cook County judge Wednesday that Amin whispered that the component was a "pump." The guard misunderstood, and thought he said "bomb," according to defense attorney Eileen O'Neill-Burke.

"He told her it's a pump," O'Neill-Burke said. "He's standing with his mother. Of course he's not going to shout this out."

However, Judge Gerald Winiecki decided there was sufficient evidence for the case to move forward after the female security guard testified that she heard Amin "clearly" say the word bomb.

Amin is charged with felony disorderly conduct, which could bring a three-year prison sentence if he's convicted. Amin is due back in court September 13

He told the Chicago Sun-Times after the hearing that security officials did not give him a chance to explain the misunderstanding, that he would never use the word "bomb" while going through a security checkpoint, and does not consider a penis pump an unusual object to own.

"It's normal," he said. "Half of America they use it."

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
All right. I gotta know. Does Madin Azad Amin speak with a frakking accent??? Would he be charged if his name wasn't Madin Azad Amin?

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So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.

Madin Azad Amin, 29, of Skokie, Illinois, was stopped August 16 after guards found an object in his baggage that resembled a grenade, prosecutors said.

When officers asked him to identify it, Amin said it was a bomb, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto.

He later told officials he'd lied about the item because his mother was nearby and he didn't want her to hear that it was part of a penis pump, Scaduto said.

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
This is why he is arrested. the main part of this is that "he later told officilas that he'd lied about the item".

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
If xenophobia weren't a form of quasi-justified hate, this kid would have been released after the situation was explained.

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
If they have people operating the x-ray that cannot tell rubber from explosives and call for a search they are pathetic in Chi Town and need to be retrained! Not to mention the bag searcher I am sure has come accross alot of these before and if not would have had it pointed out by others that had. Not to mention it is a little rubber pump. Like a blood pressure pump. Come on now use some common sense here people.

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Originally posted by rue:
You p-nis will explode with pleasure! It's so good it should be illegal. Everyone will notice it!

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Honestly, the guy was a fruitcake, he was carrying a johnson, and called it a bomb in an airport, he was nuts. Hook em book em cook em.

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Originally posted by canttakesky:

According to this article, we only have that one lady's word that he did. It's her word against his.

Why is everyone so quick to jump to the conclusion that the security screener was the one who was right?

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
I think that he said he had lied is the main part of this whole situation.

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http://www.nbc5.com/travelgetaways/9722064/detail.html

CHICAGO -- Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage.

So Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors said.

The security guard then asked Amin to repeat what he'd said to a supervisor. This time, Amin was chuckling as he spoke, prosecutors said.

In fact, Amin was trying to disguise the fact that the black object -- resembling a grenade -- was a component for a penis pump.

All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up to three years in prison if convicted, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

Amin is due in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, Conklin said.

Amin eventually told investigators he'd lied about the object's true use because his mother was standing nearby when the object was discovered and he didn't want her to know about it, Cook County assistant state's attorney Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing last week.

The incident occurred Aug. 16 as Amin was set to catch a flight to Turkey, Scaduto said.

Amin has no known criminal history, Scaduto said.

Copyright 2006, Chicago Sun-Times Inc.

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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Are you in the camp that says the Government is over-stating the terrorist threat for their own ends?

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I ask because isn't this kind of article and discussion much the same thing only from the other side of the fence?

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
You would be surprised how often people make "bomb" jokes around airports. They think it is funny. How I do not know. But if he was making a joke he needs to learn a lesson for this one.

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
Yes there are cameras at all security checkpoints. Unfortunatly they do not capture audio. Not that it would matter. There is usually too much noise to isolate a single conversation at that checkpoint anyway.


EDIT - You would be surprised how often people make "bomb" jokes around airports. They think it is funny. How I do not know. But if he was making a joke he needs to learn a lesson for this one.

Kelkhil

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
I can see people making jokes about bombs at airports. I can even see some drunken white college student snickering "bomb" to a security screener.

What I have a hard time seeing is a guy with name like Mardin Azad Amin, an near east asian looking man, traveling with his mother and 2 children to Turkey (those tickets can't be cheap), making a joke about a bomb to a security screener in a very low voice.

Now maybe he DID do it. I don't know. If he did, I wonder if he would have faced charges like this if he were a white drunken college student.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

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You p-nis will explode with pleasure! It's so good it should be illegal. Everyone will notice it!

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Originally posted by Kelkhil:
He was fined $10,00, given 30 days in jail and 1 year of probation. Oh yeah and he was white.

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I ask because isn't this kind of article and discussion much the same thing only from the other side of the fence?

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You think this discussion is understating the terrorist threat for someone's own ends?

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I didn't post this article to comment on the terrorist threat. My comment is that we have created a climate of racial phobia and racial profiling so strong that someone is facing felony charges for what in less stressful times might be forgiven as a misunderstanding or at worst, a sick, stupid joke.

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I mean, he didn't phone in a bomb threat intended to disrupt airport activities, or leave unattended baggage (a true security risk), or yell "Bomb" in a crowded lobby to cause panic. He allegedly said "bomb" in a very low voice.

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I would not call that disorderly conduct--it wouldn't have been we weren't crazy fearful. I am guessing that it wouldn't have been if he had been a 60 year old southern white grandfather. The screeners would probably have given him the benefit of the doubt, asked him to spell it out, and then let him go when the object was identified.

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I am saying this rampant fear is making us turn on each other as fellow Americans, as fellow human beings. It reminds me of the Japanese internment camps, the early early days of Nazi Germany, or the Chinese Cultural Revolution. I am saying I don't like it, and not just because it's wrong. When mob fear goes unchecked, I can very well be the next Mardin Azad Amin.

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IMHO, this is akin to the present Government making assumptions about the terrorist threat and fanning the flames of fear.

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If he said bomb in a whisper or yelled bomb at the top of his lungs, a bomb is a bomb.

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Do you have statistics to back up this assumption?

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
But he says he didn't say "Bomb."

According to this article, we only have that one lady's word that he did. It's her word against his.

Why is everyone so quick to jump to the conclusion that the security screener was the one who was right?

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Originally posted by citizen:
Why are you so quick to assume he didn't?

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