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Saudi man with pressure cooker due in Michigan court

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UPDATED: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:32
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:54 AM

Nothing strange there. I always take my George Foreman grill with me when I fly.

http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-man-pressure-cooker-due-mich-court-1438023
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:07 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Says he was "travelling with it". Was it in his carry-on stuff? Doesn't say that anywhere I see. As you suggest, is it a crime to travel with a cooking implement? Was there anything inside it? Maybe he was profiled? Maybe unjustly?

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:35 AM

AGENTROUKA

Seems super weird.

Unless he had a ton of other illegal things with him (chemicals, etc.), the pressure cooker itself doesn't exactly pose a danger, does it?

The passport issue is more complex. If it was really altered, why is anyone focusing on the ridiculous pressure cooker? Shouldn't that passport be the story?

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:44 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I'm guessing rampant paranoia and pressure cookers having been in the news...?

The passport page is more important, obviously, and hell, don't they sell pressure cookers in Ohio??

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:19 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

from CNN.com:

Quote:

Based on the conflicting stories and missing pages in his passport, Hussain was arrested and charged with altering a passport and making materially false statements.
...

During followup security screening, customs officers discovered a pressure cooker in his luggage.

So there were pages missing from his passport. He didn't tell the feds a convincing story about why. They found the pressure cooker. He had a couple of differing stories about why he was carrying it. One version-- it was a gift for his relative, who had a cheap one that broke.

ANd he's now being held on a couple of minor league , oughtta-be misdemeanors.

Can't be a terrorist, he's from Saudi Arabia, where Bush41 was the ambassador for a while, and where only 18 of the 19 Sep 11 guys came from.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:31 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

He should've had a gun instead. The right-whingers would have rushed to his defense.

Remember, if you're a terrorist bent on mayhem, just go to a gun show and buy a gun from an individual, no questions asked, no background checks needed. Buy high-capacity magazines and ammo by the pallet-load, and nobody with think twice. In fact, the Tea Party will ask you to join them and call you a "patriot".

Hell, even al Qaeda and their affiliates are recommending this to their followers.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:32 PM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

He had a couple of differing stories about why he was carrying it. One version-- it was a gift for his relative, who had a cheap one that broke.

Just a wild guess, but did it maybe explode?

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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