Not Dangerous In And Of Themselves

That's how the baggage of a Yemeni man was described after he and an associate were arrested in Amsterdam on Monday. The two had boarded a plane at O'Hare in Chicago. The owner of the luggage, one Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, a Yemeni national living in Detroit, had sent his gear to Dulles International outside of Washington, D.C., then boarded the plane to Amsterdam. Contained in the luggage: a cell phone taped to a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, three other cell phones taped together, and several watches taped together.

The men were arrested on suspicion of preparing for a terrorist attack. After they had been stopped and searched in both Chicago and Birmingham, Alabama. But nothing they were carrying was illegal "in and of themselves", so they were allowed to continue on. You can be sure that CAIR or one of the other pro-death-cult organizations in this country are going to raise a huge stink over this, and yammer on about profiling, harassment, human rights, the "religion of peace", and all the other bullshit that usually piles up around incidents like this.

Which, of course, is all utter nonsense. If this wasn't a dry run for a terrorist attack, then I'm a Packers fan. (Hint: I HATE the goddamned Packers.) Soofi and his buddy were trying to find out exactly what they could and couldn't get away with, so either they or some of their fellow cultists could attempt the real thing at a later date.

Let's follow the logic, see if things add up: muslim + Yemeni national + lives in Detroit near huge muslim community known to harbor fanatics + cell phones taped to bottles + other things taped to other things + things stored in checked luggage + luggage sent on one plane while owner boards different plane + cell phones know to be used as triggering devices in bombs + muslim has 7 grand in cash + muslim on his way back to Yemen = WALK-THRU FOR TERRORIST ATTACK!!!

Pretty simple math there. What amazes the absolute shit out of me is that there are so many idiots willing to believe that this was just a series of meaningless coincidences.

Article in 8/31/10 Chicago Tribune, and here.