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| Somali-American Stranded in Cairo After Landing on No-Fly List |
| 2010-06-17 |
| Yahya Wehelie, 26, said Wednesday that after landing at the airport in Cairo in early May, he was told he would not be able to board his connection to New York and would have to go to the U.S. Embassy for an explanation. Embassy officials later told Wehelie and a younger brother with whom he was traveling that they would have to wait for FBI agents to arrive from Washington. Wehelie, who was born in the United States to Somali immigrants, said U.S. officials took his old passport and issued him a new one that was good only for a one-way trip to the United States. But, he said, he was also informed by an FBI agent that he cannot board any plane scheduled to enter U.S. or Canadian airspace, leaving him in a kind of limbo. "I don't know any other way to get home," said Wehelie, who said he had spent 18 months in Yemen after leaving Burke to find a bride and learn Arabic. Yahya has missed the boat. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #5 He can't board a plane, what's wrong with boarding a Ship, slower but you get there all the sae, as well as having a delightful shipboard honeymoon. Or is he just indulging in the Muslim pasttime of bitching about being caught. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-06-17 13:43 |
| #4 Do like everyone else and sneak across the Mexican border. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-17 07:08 |
| #3 For once, I actually like an action taken by our government.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-06-17 06:29 |
| #2 No Arabic speakers and schools in the good old USA? No women? None in the Arab metropoles? None in Cairo? Or Jordan? Yemen... the font of education... |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-06-17 06:12 |
| #1 Note the headline: "American stranded" instead of "FBI sent to investigate why dual citizen spent 18 months in Yemen". |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-06-17 00:38 |