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FBI surrounds house of Saudi student following sightings of him with pressure cooker pot, only to find he was cooking rice

A Saudi student living in Michigan was questioned in his home by FBI agents after neighbours saw him carrying a pressure cooker and called the police.

Talal al Rouki had been cooking a traditional Saudi Arabian rice dish called kabsah and was carrying it to a friend's house.

According to reports in a Saudi newspaper on Friday, the FBI are increasingly vigilant about 'pressure cooker' home-made bombs after the Boston bombers used one to make an explosiv

The Saudi journal, Oukaz reported on the story of the Saudi student who had FBI agents come to his home, following a tip-off from neighbours that he was seen moving about with a pressure cooker bomb.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2323316/FBI-surrounds-house-Saudi-student-following-sightings-pressure-cooker-pot-cooking-rice.html

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FBI surrounds house of Saudi student following sightings of him with pressure cooker pot, only to fi [View all] jakeXT May 2013 OP

I think I'll buy a pressure cooker before they become illegal or impossible to get. Cobalt Violet May 2013 #1

full disclosure Enrique May 2013 #7

If pressure cookers are outlawed only outlaws will have pressure cookers. Cobalt Violet May 2013 #78

A lot them are really just crockpots with aesthetic enhancements anyway. DirkGently May 2013 #89

Yes. I plan to stick with my crockpot. JDPriestly May 2013 #92

Ours has a laser sight & tactical grips. But it's only for cooking DirkGently May 2013 #95

They have electric ones now Mojorabbit May 2013 #103

As I recall, the frightening part was the steam when you took the lid off. JDPriestly May 2013 #109

Those were the very old ones! I have one like that I do canning in. Mojorabbit May 2013 #134

A lot of grandmas will be terrorists. LiberalFighter May 2013 #99

Army cooks died for your right to keep and bear pressure cookers! nt bananas May 2013 #118

First they came for the pressure cookers and I did nothing...nt Javaman May 2013 #139

Does anybody have a program to print a pressure cooker on a 3D printer yet? BlueStreak May 2013 #38

You might be able to buy one at a pressure-cooker show... KansDem May 2013 #105

Only a good person with a pressure cooker can stop a bad person with a pressure cooker. n/t FourScore May 2013 #122

STOP HER BEFORE SHE COOKS!! Javaman May 2013 #138

They'll have to pry my pressure cooker out of my cold dead hands... Javaman May 2013 #137

Of course, after Cleveland, the altmedia bashed law enforcement for not being proactive graham4anything May 2013 #2

Pressure cookers and naked women on leashes are pretty much the same thing toddaa May 2013 #9

LOL, so true. He is on a roll as usual! n-t Logical May 2013 #11

The people in Boston might say the pressure cooker was a helleva lot worse graham4anything May 2013 #12

Calling the police RIGHT NOW toddaa May 2013 #18

Oh Crap Half-Century Man May 2013 #48

Did you just google "pressure cookers quran"? toddaa May 2013 #57

.......no......... Half-Century Man May 2013 #67

um, anyone paying attention could have predicted it... zerosumgame0005 May 2013 #22

Fox television did... nebenaube May 2013 #25

I didn't watch the XFiles, They stole it from Kolchak the conspiracy theorist graham4anything May 2013 #28

I find it ironic that you can't suspend disbelief Cal Carpenter May 2013 #115

Conspiracy like the "libruls r gonna buy all our bullets!" one you pushed? Bonobo May 2013 #127

Reintrerpret the 2nd. ALl it takes is ONE vote. In President Obama I trust graham4anything May 2013 #131

btw, this is ad hominem redux.however, if you want me to say my angle-(thought i had) graham4anything May 2013 #132

"[W]ho in their right mind would have concieved that 19 people would be able to carry out..." Ezlivin May 2013 #75

Gary Hart did bananas May 2013 #119

Gary Hart proves here that OBL and the 19 did it. End of conspiracy theories. OBL did it. graham4anything May 2013 #133

I have a naked pressure cooker on a leash in my backyard - any issues ? n/t CincyDem May 2013 #61

Yes, I believe you have serious issues toddaa May 2013 #66

Who are you... CincyDem May 2013 #83

Who knows what evil plot lurks in the mind of a twisted BDSM foodie? toddaa May 2013 #86

My typical Saturday night awoke_in_2003 May 2013 #91

Yep - we've always said pressure cookers were gateway appliances. Stop them and it all stops. n/t CincyDem May 2013 #111

What you are doing is appliance porn, and porn is a bit of hot-button topic here....nt msanthrope May 2013 #96

A million dead from a pressure cooker bomb? Where do you come up with this crap? You.... Logical May 2013 #10

I don't like my friends and neighbors getting blown up or shot graham4anything May 2013 #14

Really? When did your freinds and neighbors get blown up or shot? Rex May 2013 #27

Our neighborhood lost many from 9-11. Do you want to visit their memorials and graves? graham4anything May 2013 #34

Yes, I would like to visit those memorials and graves, Heidi May 2013 #77

Under your twisted logic, if I see a middle eastern man walking out of the Bed, Bath and Beyond.... Logical May 2013 #17

I think it is all an act. Rex May 2013 #30

Great point. It seems so out of touch that maybe he is just messing with us. n-t Logical May 2013 #36

Are you calling Poe? toddaa May 2013 #41

. Bonobo May 2013 #128

Being due beer, travel money and experiences helps... Democracyinkind May 2013 #87

you can buy pressure cookers at bb&b? HiPointDem May 2013 #88

I'd presume. They sell kitchen items there. Chan790 May 2013 #100

Here you go..... Logical May 2013 #113

"better a little inconvience than a million dead." Rex May 2013 #24

Yes, let's call the cops every time someone walks outside with a pressure cooker. Apophis May 2013 #47

Your grandmother is safe unless she looks like -- you know -- one of THOSE people. Jim Lane May 2013 #73

Well, my grandma is black, so yeah. Apophis May 2013 #120

Your grandma's chicken sounds yummy! Brigid May 2013 #110

"better a little inconvience[sic] than a million dead" I think that's a Georgie Bush quote. rhett o rick May 2013 #80

"A million dead?" Just how big was this fucking pressure cooker? DirkGently May 2013 #94

I think I'm going to start woolldog May 2013 #3

We blast people for not paying attention. LisaL May 2013 #4

I'm glad they were wrong, but can you imagine the uproar had the situation been real.... Tarheel_Dem May 2013 #81

Quickly adding that dish to "must try" folder. Lars39 May 2013 #5

Same here. surrealAmerican May 2013 #79

"Uh, sir? The WMD appears to be full of...rice." pinboy3niner May 2013 #6

Depending on what he's cooking, Hayabusa May 2013 #20

If it's my red beans and rice Aerows May 2013 #53

"Uh, sir? The WMD appears to be full of...rice 'n beans." krispos42 May 2013 #21

"Ricin beans? Quick, check his Elvis impression!" pinboy3niner May 2013 #23

Or his Taekwondo skills? DirkGently May 2013 #97

*groan* krispos42 May 2013 #135

? Half-Century Man May 2013 #42

Here we fucking go. How long before needing to show ID to buy one? Over reaction as usual! n-t Logical May 2013 #8

Been seeing calls for them to be tracked or licensed even around here Posteritatis May 2013 #62

It is crazy! n-t Logical May 2013 #65

And this kind of stupidity is why they are incompetent to protect us. bemildred May 2013 #13

Boston started with somebody buying and on the street carrying two of them graham4anything May 2013 #16

If "police and law enforcement" want a better rep with the unwashed masses, bemildred May 2013 #35

More security everywhere would stop more things. Of that we agree on. graham4anything May 2013 #37

Well, not "everywhere", but we agree it has it's place. bemildred May 2013 #45

Rather like the time Frank Burns spotted some Koreans burying a kimchi pot Orrex May 2013 #15

+37 burnodo May 2013 #90

Why do you need a pressure cooker to make rice?...... wandy May 2013 #19

You don't have to use a pressure cooker - but for the recipe he was using csziggy May 2013 #39

You are the FIRST person, in all this rice/pressure cooker insanity, to inquire as to why truth2power May 2013 #129

looks like the terrorists won burnodo May 2013 #26

Confession time: SoCalDem May 2013 #29

Why does anyone need a pressure cooker arsenal? nt dairydog91 May 2013 #40

Uh? Half-Century Man May 2013 #44

I have a huge one I use for canning Retrograde May 2013 #56

I've got one about that size for canning Ednahilda May 2013 #64

I have four! Two I inherited. nt Mojorabbit May 2013 #106

The 8 qt I bought..the 4 & 6 I inherited too SoCalDem May 2013 #123

We've got at least three, too. MADem May 2013 #117

. Iggo May 2013 #31

white person with pressure cooker treestar May 2013 #32

Good thing, I guess, that my Pakistani friend bought one 6 months ago. elleng May 2013 #33

Racism and Security Theatre dairydog91 May 2013 #43

ruh roh, those macrobiotic people better watch themselves graywarrior May 2013 #46

Humans really aren't smart enough for life, generally speaking. Schema Thing May 2013 #49

Was it an Assault pressure cooker? RetroLounge May 2013 #50

Famous But Incompetent BeyondGeography May 2013 #51

I'd love for this to make me feel good. Half-Century Man May 2013 #52

When pressure cookers are outlawed Betsy Ross May 2013 #54

Now we won't be able to take PRESSURE COOKERS on airplanes for crying out loud Voice for Peace May 2013 #55

Not even my carrion pressure cooker? pinboy3niner May 2013 #59

your carrion has to fit under your seat, or be in the checked luggage. Voice for Peace May 2013 #63

I had a cartoon once....there was some sort of vulture walking toward an airport boarding gate truth2power May 2013 #130

Cooking While Saudi. Jamastiene May 2013 #58

+1. Crazy icky paranoia... nt riderinthestorm May 2013 #69

Don't know for certain, but to me this looks like a possible explosive.. DreamGypsy May 2013 #60

2 questions Half-Century Man May 2013 #71

Kind of looks like paella. Brigid May 2013 #112

OMG--that 2nd pic!!! They're doing the right hand bread dip routine! MADem May 2013 #124

We would not want the smoking gun to come in the form of a pilaf NoPasaran May 2013 #68

Thread win. (nt) DirkGently May 2013 #98

Well, everybody knows that nobody but crazed Arabian Jihadis eat rice. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #70

I have a crock pot. I think that's only a misdemeanor. Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #72

It only rises to a felony and a trip to Guantanamo if you cook rice in it. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #74

Wow! Politicalboi May 2013 #76

Message to Muslims get the red out May 2013 #82

So was it a rice cooker? BainsBane May 2013 #84

Very common in SW Asia to use pressure cooker for rice if one doesn't have reliable electricity. MADem May 2013 #108

well, i hope this guy learned an important lesson orleans May 2013 #85

what's funny is DonCoquixote May 2013 #93

Guns good - Pressure cookers bad! liberal N proud May 2013 #101

Did he carry it in a backpack? Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #102

Pressure cookers are VERY POPULAR in southwest Asia and in the Arab world. MADem May 2013 #104

I was looking online for a replacement rubber ring GentryDixon May 2013 #107

This thread will probably tie up a half-dozen FBI agents for the next three weeks MannyGoldstein May 2013 #114

That makes the whole thing worth while toddaa May 2013 #116

Good plan pinboy3niner May 2013 #121

Oh shit, back on the list for me, then... MADem May 2013 #125

I'm not worried about pressure cookers defacto7 May 2013 #126

Man from Saudi Arabia arrested at Detroit airport with pressure cooker jakeXT May 2013 #136

TERRORIST rice. You can never be too safe. Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #140