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| Jihadi books lead to arrest at Houston airport |
| 2010-08-22 |
| A passenger from Mumbai, India seemed very jittery as he stood in line at the airport security checkpoint in Houston. When 40-year-old Vijay Kumar was pulled aside, after raising suspicion with 'behavioral detection officers,' they became even more alarmed. He had many books, including jihadist books and publications written in Arabic. He had books about espionage and diagrams that seemed to explain how certain US military weapons can be taken apart in the field. One book was called "Spycraft", another "New Voices of Islam" and police noticed the word "infidels" in some of the writings. Officers also found a pair of brass-knuckles in the luggage he had checked with his airline. Brass-knuckles are prohibited by law in Texas,so he was booked on a felony charge. In addition to the brass knuckles and the jihadist publications, police confiscated more than $10,000 in undeclared cash. When a TSA officer pulled out a swab and swiped it on Kumar's bags to test for explosives, the alarm sounded on the testing machine. A secondary test came up negative, which would likely mean the first machine wasn't calibrated properly. Kumar told police he was in Houston attending an "Islamic seminar." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 "I am traveling to visit White Castle" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-22 19:07 |
| #2 "Kumar told police he was in Houston attending an 'Islamic seminar.'" What kind of "Islamic seminar," considering the brass knuckles, jihadist books, and large amount of cash, is pretty obvious. Ask him the location and time of the "seminar." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-22 18:12 |
| #1 The universe has been brought back into balance: today it was very, very good to be a TSA officer. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Amsterdam 2010-08-22 17:38 |