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| Saudi Arabian Arrested At Detroit Airport With Pressure Cooker | |||
| 2013-05-13 | |||
| Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker, a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month. Hussain Al Kwawahir will be arraigned at 1 p.m. in federal court for allegedly using an altered passport and lying to a Customs and Border Protection Agent about the pressure cooker.
He told agents he was visiting his nephew, who attends the University of Toledo. During baggage inspection, officers noticed a page missing from his passport.
During the baggage exam, officers found a pressure cooker. Al Kwawahir said he brought the pressure cooker for his nephew because the devices are not sold in the United States, according to the complaint. Later, he changed his story and admitted that his nephew had purchased a pressure cooker in the U.S. but it was cheap and broken.
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| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 Typically they blow because some debris from the cooking plugs up the little hole. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-13 19:12 |
| #10 Long as you know what the one you're talking about looks like, and what it can be used for .... Otherwise, you could get an interesting ... reaction. ;-p (I was in the kitchen as a kid when my mother's pressure cooker blew the regulator on the top - I was under the table before the regulator hit the floor. Not sure why it blew.) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-13 19:05 |
| #9 Actually she's right - my wife has a pressure cooker which is pretty -well- whimpy and I wouldn't want to try to can something in it. I doubt it even can get to 10 lbs and how would you know if it did? No gauge and no little weight/cap which would jiggle around at 10 lbs. Its just that we always called them pressure cookers. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-13 18:16 |
| #8 CF will never accept your description Barb, |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-13 18:08 |
| #7 Most people do, CF, but pressure canners generally have a different gauge from pressure cookers. I'd use a pressure canner as a pressure cooker, but not the other way around. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-13 18:01 |
| #6 Bagh! Our family used to can food all the time - tomatoes, corn (lots of corn!), Beef (90 minutes at 10 lbs...), Fruit, etc.... We always refered to them as pressure cooker and never as a canner. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-13 17:07 |
| #5 Smart enough to get money for a plane ticket, but not smart enough to not do something stupid. Wonder how he was cleared at the other end? Sure, maybe the bags weren't searched, but the passport? Some would directly hang him in the terminal. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-13 16:58 |
| #4 Thanks for the education, Barbara. My wife calls what she uses to cook things up a 'Pressure Cooker'. I'll be sure to correct her the next time. I'd NEVER blame you for any fallout resulting from this small tidbit of info. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-05-13 15:54 |
| #3 "Folks around here use them for canning vegetables, not as munitions." I think you'll find that's a pressure canner, MR. It's usually somewhat different from a pressure cooker, which is used to cook meat (and other stuff) extra-fast. /pedant But you're right that you can buy a pressure cooker just about everywhere that sells cookware. And if the "nephew" bought a pressure cooker that was "cheap and broken," he's an idiot who deserves a kick in the ass, not a "poor baby." I don't even know how to "break" a pressure cooker |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-13 15:04 |
| #2 The page missing from his passport probably was countries he had visited looking for a pressure cooker. |
| Posted by: Mugsy Glink 2013-05-13 15:02 |
| #1 "because the devices are not sold in the United States" BS I can think of about 5 to 6 places within 15 miles of here that sell these. Also available online from many domestic sources. Folks around here use them for canning vegetables, not as munitions. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-05-13 14:33 |