Re: Strange, But True Airport NewsOn Mar 12, 8:55 am, "me" <michaelnewp...@yahoo . com > wrote:
> * aviationweek.typepad . com /airports/2007/03/strange but tru 1.html
>
> Friday, March 09, 2007
> Strange, But True Airport News
>
> The don't pay screeners enough for this kind of search. An Iraqi
> national caused a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport
> after screeners discovered wires on his body and a magnet inside his
> rectum, reports the New Zealand Herald. Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off
> the alarm during a routine screening, and the bomb squad was called to
> check what was called a suspicious item during a body cavity search,
> said the newspaper.
I guess he should be thankful it didn't happen in Boston, where they
likely would have chosen to destroy the suspicous item remotely with
explosives.
"Fire in the hole!"