A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said.(Hat Tip: LGF)
Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck, was jailed Saturday on $500,000 after being arraigned on a charge of possessing a weapon in the sterile area of an airport.
Ghanem was arrested Thursday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers detected the knife "artfully concealed" in the book, airport spokesman Michael Conway said.
Someone had carved out the inside of the book and placed the knife inside it, said Ghanem's attorney, Nabih Ayad.
"He said he didn't know where the knife came from," Ayad told the Detroit Free Press. [...]
Saturday, September 09, 2006
A little reading for the flight
Another day, another attempted terror attack:
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