Test Run
An Iraqi national, in the US with a green card, triggered a scare at the Los Angeles airport. He had a magnet and wires secreted inside his rectum. And authorities say there is no apparent cause for concern. Sure.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Iraqi national wearing wires and concealing a magnet inside his rectum triggered a security scare at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday but officials said he posed no apparent threat.
The man, identified by law enforcement officials as Fadhel al-Maliki, 35, set off an alarm during passenger screening at the airport early on Tuesday morning.
A police bomb squad was called to examine what was deemed a suspicious item found during a body cavity search of the man. Local media reports said a magnet was found in his rectum.
"He was secreting these items in a body cavity and that was a great concern because there were also some electric wires associated with that body cavity," Larry Fetters, security director for the Transportation Security Administration at the airport, told reporters.
Well, gee. I missed the newest craze, apparently. The butt magnet must be all the current rage if the Feds aren't even concerned. They apparently have no worries that the man could have been testing security to see what he could get through. But no worries. Just a butt magnet. Nothing to see. Move along.
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By Brass, Wednesday, 7 March , 2007 @ 8:14 am
It’s looking like he was here illegally as well, apparently, he had overstayed his visa.
By reddog, Wednesday, 7 March , 2007 @ 9:42 am
I always wear a butt magnet. Doesn’t everybody?