December 26, 2009

Darn That Leg Bomber

I guess now we gotta put our pants in the plastic tray along with the shoes:

A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said.

Flight 253 with 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard was about 20 minutes from the airport when passengers heard popping noises, witnesses said. At least one person climbed over others and jumped on the man. Shortly afterward, the suspect was taken to the front of the plane with his pants cut off and his legs burned, a passenger said. Law enforcement officials said the burns indicated the explosive was strapped to his legs.

One more like this and we fly naked.

Posted by floridacracker at December 26, 2009 07:45 AM

   


| TrackBack
Comments

They'll be x-raying your schweet bodice before you know it..

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3549711,00.html

Might make you dance too..

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1019524.html
Oh btw.. You mentioned a "radiation pill"
They won't let you get it here, to save a trip ?

Posted by: csason at December 26, 2009 08:35 AM

Donnah, I had the same thought. They're already confiscating toothpaste tubes and stuff. I've been to a college football game where women were put in a separate line and made to dump the contents of their purses on a table. This is another great landmark victory for the officious. Maybe they'll finally just drop the mask and turn homeland security over to Barney Fife.

Getting on a plane now will be like stepping into a low-budget early 70s bimbos-behind-bars film, complete with the sadistic guards, human slave trafficking, and crazed lesbian warden.

Did anyone consider the possibility that the guy's pants just burst into flame from excessive lying?

Hope they weren't nice velvet ones like I'm wearing right now.

Posted by: Surfer Joe at December 26, 2009 05:53 PM

My comment was too testy...too many crazy links..sry.

Wonder why this guy is a terrorist, but the
guy that shot everybody at the Texas base isn't ?

Posted by: csason at December 26, 2009 05:59 PM

We'll call him the "third leg" bomber.
heh-heh

Posted by: nancy at December 26, 2009 06:33 PM

Short arm, dear......

Posted by: Mike The Bike at December 27, 2009 02:15 AM

If the fire was in that area maybe he's now the Uniballer.

Posted by: Surfer Joe at December 27, 2009 09:43 PM

Hahaha.

Posted by: Donnah at December 27, 2009 09:49 PM