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08/30/10 9:00 PM
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Okie dokie, so let me get this straight. On Sunday, it was hot enough here in Charleston that I burned my feet on the sidewalk outside our apartment while walking our dog. A few hundred miles to the west, in Birmingham, Alabama, the high temperature reached near ninety degrees despite rain. At the airport there in Birmingham, a Muslim gentleman from Detroit, Michigan named Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi arrived to catch a flight. He was flying to Amsterdam, connecting once at O’Hare International in Chicago. Despite being in the deep South in late August, al Soofi wore such bulky clothing as to attract enough attention from airport personnel that he was referred for further screening. According to an ABCNews report, security officials in Birmingham found that he was carrying $7,000 in cash, and a search of his checked baggage revealed A cell phone taped to a bottle of Pepto-Bismol Three cell phones taped together Several watches taped together A box cutter Three large knives Thankfully, al Soofi and another man were arrested and charged with “preparation of a terrorist attack.” Too bad the pair weren’t arrested until they reached Amsterdam. That’s right. Despite the bulky clothing, the cash, the knives and the taped watches, phones and liquid container, according to the ABCNews report al Soofi and his luggage were cleared for the flight from Birmingham to Chicago.
On Sunday, it was hot enough here in Charleston that I burned my feet on the sidewalk outside our apartment while walking our dog. A few hundred miles to the west, in Birmingham, Alabama, the high temperature reached near ninety degrees despite rain. At the airport there in Birmingham, a Muslim gentleman from Detroit, Michigan named Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi arrived to catch a flight. He was flying to Amsterdam, connecting once at O’Hare International in Chicago.
Despite being in the deep South in late August, al Soofi wore such bulky clothing as to attract enough attention from airport personnel that he was referred for further screening. According to an ABCNews report, security officials in Birmingham found that he was carrying $7,000 in cash, and a search of his checked baggage revealed
Thankfully, al Soofi and another man were arrested and charged with “preparation of a terrorist attack.”
Too bad the pair weren’t arrested until they reached Amsterdam.
That’s right. Despite the bulky clothing, the cash, the knives and the taped watches, phones and liquid container, according to the ABCNews report al Soofi and his luggage were cleared for the flight from Birmingham to Chicago.