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Dallas Muslim Women Arrested After Police Standoff
2007-07-18
Another from Little Green Footballs.

Kimberly Al-Homsi called 911 about 12:40 a.m. Monday. She said her friend, Aisha Hamad, had threatened her with a knife. The two are noteworthy because a few months ago, they were seen at Dallas Love Field, both dressed in camouflage pants under traditional Muslim robes, conducting what appeared to be surveillance, officials said.

Police say that Monday morning, when an officer came to the door, Ms. Hamad threatened to shoot him. She told him the only way she would leave was in a body bag.

So began the standoff, during which she fired a paintball gun at a tactical robot and missed, police say, and at the end of which a negotiator persuaded her to come out peacefully. Once outside, Ms. Hamad, 50, fought with them while they tried to handcuff her, police say, so they used a Taser on her. Police took Ms. Hamad to a hospital, where she was to undergo a mental evaluation. She is likely to face assault charges, Arlington police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour said.

Meanwhile, police searched the home on Wembley Road and found four explosive devices, one of which was sitting on a bedroom table. Citing an ongoing investigation, Arlington Assistant Fire Marshal Stephen Lea would not say what the devices were. “We do not know whether they would function as [explosive] devices until we have time to study them and look at them and test the materials,” Mr. Lea said. “I can tell you this; there wasn’t anything in there that would have blown her house to pieces.”

The terrorism angle stems from Feb. 25, when the two women were spotted at Love Field acting in a way authorities found suspicious. Surveillance video showed one of them walking back and forth, apparently pacing off distances. When confronted, the women told officials they were looking for the Frontiers of Flight museum.

Two days later, the pair was spotted at the airport again. This time Ms. Al-Homsi, 42, was sitting on the hood of a car looking through binoculars at airplanes. Dallas officers stopped the car nearby, but the women refused to let police search it, authorities say.

The women also came under scrutiny after they were reported driving near the runways at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on July 4.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  "Jeremiah 51:14 says, “I will fill you with men, as with locusts; and they shall raise up a battle cry against you.” The locusts are among us and AmericaÂ’s liberal politicians and media are deceived. "
http://focusonjerusalem.com/newsroom.html
Posted by: DieMuzzieScum   2007-07-18 15:24  

#4  #3 I agree with BA. These two are doing muzzie misdirection street theater while others they are associated with are up to real mischief. Watch DEPORT them all...

There, fixed it for ya.....
Posted by: OyVey1   2007-07-18 15:09  

#3  I agree with BA. These two are doing muzzie misdirection street theater while others they are associated with are up to real mischief. Watch them all...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2007-07-18 14:56  

#2  Hey, wait a minute. Ever since George Bush personally abolished the Bill of Rights, no one has the right to refuse a search without a warrant. Didn't the Dallas police get the memo?
/sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler   2007-07-18 14:35  

#1  She told him the only way she would leave was in a body bag.

Missed a perfect inline comment setup there, TW! What's happened to Texas? They should take some lessons from the CO State Patrol officer who off'd the whacko in front of the Governor's offfice the other day.

Police took Ms. Hamad to a hospital, where she was to undergo a mental evaluation.

There is HOPE! Maybe we can now classify Islam as a mental disease!

These are too many "incidents" for something NOT to be up with this pair. Squeeze them for all their worth, then track their hubbies/boyfriends/aquaintences and keep an eye on 'em all!

Dallas officers stopped the car nearby, but the women refused to let police search it, authorities say.

Jeebus, I've been stopped and searched before for a LOT less than that. And, I'm a mythical WASP in the "deep South."
Posted by: BA   2007-07-18 14:09  

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