ROMULUS, Mich. - A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said.
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.
If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_re_us/airport_arrest
Any time a muslim is arrested at an airport with a knife, etc. it's bad for the Democrat's election hopes. Reminding the public that we are at war with muslim terrorists is the real reason the Democratic National Committee is trying to get "The Path to 911" off the air. The Clinton protest against the same film is just a self-serving smokescreen.
Posted by: Bill Cruchon on September 10, 2006 02:32 PM