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Yemeni jugged for concealed knife at Detroit Airport | |
2007-01-17 | |
ROMULUS -- A Yemeni immigrant caught with a knife hidden in a book at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and faces possible deportation. A jury convicted Mohammed S. Ghanem in Wayne Circuit Court of a felony charge of possessing a weapon in a secure area of an airport. Wayne County Circuit Judge James Callahan agreed the small blade posed little threat as a weapon, but was troubled about why Ghanem of Hamtramck would bring it. "It didn't really have any sharp edges to it," Callahan said of the 2 1/2 -inch blade. "Why would someone do it? One of the possible reasons to do that was to see if the security system could be breached. Thank God, it was not." Ghanem, 22, insisted he had no idea the blade was embedded in his address book before a one-way flight to Yemen on Sept. 7. "I dunno."He said he was returning to his country to find a bride. Federal authorities determined Ghanem was not a terrorist threat, said his attorney, Nabih Ayad. Airport security found the knife embedded in an address book with a page glued over it. In the book, authorities found Arabic writing mentioning jihad and a reference to "making the local news," Ayad has said.
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Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
#10 Possible Deportation? Why isn't this a guaranteed promise? |
Posted by: Jise Snoluper9807 2007-01-17 17:40 |
#9 Snakes I can live with. Muzzies, however... |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-17 15:13 |
#8 "I'm tired of these motherfucking |
Posted by: Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-17 13:35 |
#7 Hey, next door to Yemen, there is Saudi Arabia. And, the source of bountiful wisdom there, "The Religious Police", have determined that the letter "X" is blasphemy. This knife is but a side show! They must first eradicate the letter "X", then they can deal with smuggling real knives... |
Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-17 12:35 |
#6 Ghanem, 22, insisted he had no idea the blade was embedded in his address book... Airport security found the knife embedded in an address book with a page glued over it. He's so clever, if he were a knife he'd cut himself. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-17 12:07 |
#5 The good news: In 2008, Mo gets to be reunited with his bride. The bad news: In Yemen. |
Posted by: ed 2007-01-17 10:58 |
#4 Right on, Eric. Guys like that have no place in the gene pool. Send him to Gitmo. |
Posted by: treo 2007-01-17 10:45 |
#3 we don't want him back - let him go and revoke any visa or passport issued |
Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-17 10:40 |
#2 A Yemeni without a rhinohorn dagger with an 8 inch blade is an embarassment to his parents. That blade he had in the book will get him a lifetime of kidding. |
Posted by: 3dc 2007-01-17 09:26 |
#1 I'm more worried about his going back to the old country to find a subserviant bride. |
Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-01-17 07:54 |