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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Mon May 13, 2013, 02:15 PM May 2013

REPORT: Saudi Arabian Traveler Arrested After Customs Agents Find Pressure Cooker In His Luggage [View all]

Federal authorities have arrested a Saudi Arabian who arrived by plane in Detroit on Saturday with a pressure cooker in his luggage, according to The Detroit News.

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Al Kwawahir, who says he's in the U.S. to visit his nephew, had a page missing from his passport and initially lied to authorities about the pressure cooker. He told them brought the device for his nephew.

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REPORT: Saudi Arabian Traveler Arrested After Customs Agents Find Pressure Cooker In His Luggage [View all] FarCenter May 2013 OP

What if he just wanted to make stew? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #1

Yeah, cause the are SO hard to come by around here snooper2 May 2013 #2

maybe the good ones do Enrique May 2013 #3

cheap and broken? then buy a decent quality one for a few bucks more & make sure it isn't broken. KittyWampus May 2013 #4

They are expensive here BainsBane May 2013 #6

Uncle is an idiot cali May 2013 #7

Why? BainsBane May 2013 #8

common sense. A month ago, pressure cookers were used as bombs- a fact cali May 2013 #10

You assume they watch American media BainsBane May 2013 #11

uh, this was world wide headline news cali May 2013 #15

An acquaintance of mine enlightenment May 2013 #12

Either a very stupid Jihadi or a very stupidly indulgent uncle. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #5

In other news... Javaman May 2013 #9

Missing passport page? Retrograde May 2013 #13

And the pressure cooker is probably not the issue LeftInTX May 2013 #14