Wed, Sep 01, 2010
One Was Allegedly Carrying Mock Bombs In A Suitcase
Two men who flew aboard a United
Airlines flight from Chicago to Amsterdam were arrested when they
arrived in the Netherlands and charged with "Preparation of a
Terrorist Attack." One of the two was allegedly carrying what were
described as "mock bombs" in his luggage while in the U.S.
"This was almost certainly a dry run, a test," one senior law
enforcement authority told ABC News.
The Dutch public prosecutor said the arrests were made at "the
request of American authorities." The pair had been allowed to
board the flight at O'Hare despite security concerns about one of
the men.
One of the suspects, Detroit resident Ahmen Mohamed Nasser al
Soofi, had first traveled from Birmingham, AL to Chicago. He had
been stopped for additional screening in Birmingham due to what
officials described as "bulky clothing," and was found to be
carrying $7,000 cash. When his luggage was inspected, it was found
to contain a cell phone taped to a plastic bottle, three cell
phones taped together, a box cutter and three large knives. There
were also three wrist watches taped together. Not finding actual
explosives, TSA cleared the luggage to fly from Birmingham to
Chicago (we assume in the hold of the airplane, ed).
At Chicago, al Soofi reportedly checked the luggage on a flight
to Dubai and on to Yemen, where he was reportedly from
originally, with a stop at Washington's Dulles airport. But
he got on a plane to Amsterdam with the second man, Hezem al
Murisi. When it was discovered that al Soofi was not traveling with
his luggage, the plane from Dulles to Dubai (yes, it got from
Chicago to Washington) was returned to its gate and the
suitcase was confiscated. It was then that Dutch officials were
alerted, and the two were detained when they arrived in
Amsterdam.
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