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| Man on flight trying to sneak smoke |
| 2010-04-08 |
 Ay-Pee . . . A Qatari diplomat trying to sneak a smoke in an airplane bathroom sparked a bomb scare Wednesday night on a flight from Washington to Denver, with fighter jets scrambled and law enforcement put on high alert, officials said. No explosives were found on the man, and officials do not believe he was trying to harm anyone, according to a senior law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #6 hope that elbow to the chops was "funny" too. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-08 20:58 |
| #5 Not to say it doesn't happen here (can anyone say 'Cambridge'?), but the consequences have a bit more... impact. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-04-08 20:43 |
| #4 he made a joke that he had been trying to light his shoes One of the last night's topics in the O-Club was how police are treated in places like Mexico, Bahrain and the like, and the attitude taken by their elites when their 'lessers' dare question them. This was an example. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-04-08 20:42 |
| #3 Qatar by the way is a member state of the Arab League, which held its summit last month in Libya. Libya forced the Swiss embassy to return Swiss citizen and hostage Max Göldi to Libyan custody by threatening to storm that embassy. According to international law that even the Soviet Union, armed with thousand of nukes respected, the host country's forces may not enter embassy premises without the guest country's permission. Libya suffered no adverse consequences for this act. It's funny how international law in practice only affords protection to 'them' but not to 'us.' |
| Posted by: Glaising Dingle8123 2010-04-08 16:32 |
| #2 and of course since he's a diplomat he gets a free pass. I believe I would have too at least would have had too break his nose if I was a passenger. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-08 16:09 |
| #1 Two law enforcement officials said investigators were told the man was asked about the smell of smoke in the bathroom and he made a joke that he had been trying to light his shoes — an apparent reference to the 2001 so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. Middle Eastern guy making jokes about shoe bombers? Feel free to beat him to a pulp. Tell him it's the "punchline" to his little "joke". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-08 11:08 |