Pasgn. mother: Authorities should apologize ( WV shutdown - Muslim dress

[wakeme2008]

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060818/NEWS01/60818001

CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) - A woman whose daughter's carry-on luggage caused a West Virginia airport to shut down for 9 1/2 hours says it was her ethnic background, not a few bottles of suspicious liquids, that set off security officials.

Initial laboratory testing by the FBI turned up no evidence of explosive materials in the bottles carried at Tri-State Airport by Rima Qayyum, a 28-year-old Pakistani woman dressed in the traditional Islamic headcover.

No charges were filed against the woman, who was never detained and was cooperative when interviewed by the FBI.

Qayyum's mother, Mian Qayyum of Jackson, Mich., told The Associated Press that her daughter is four months pregnant, lives in Barboursville and is innocent.

..more at link....

[babylonsister]

1. I agree wholeheartedly. CNN goes first. nt

[rodeodance]

2. the dogs need to be retrained also.

[rodeodance]

3. there were 3 false positives including the sniffer dog.

.....The FBI did not return messages Thursday night seeking comment on the allegations.

A screener noticed a bottle in Rima Qayyum's carry-on bag as she was going through security before her 9:15 a.m. flight Thursday to Charlotte, N.C., airport authority president Jim Booton said.

The terminal was evacuated at 11:25 a.m. after two bottles of liquid in the bag initially tested positive for explosives residue twice, and a canine team also got a positive hit. Chemical tests of the bottles' contents later turned up no explosives, said Capt. Jack Chambers, head of the State Police Special Operations unit.

The woman had purchased a one-way ticket to Detroit by way of Charlotte on Wednesday. The flight eventually left for Charlotte without her.

Rima Qayyum planned to return to the airport Friday to take another flight, her mother said.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. What Moran would bring bottles of liquid in thier carry-ons?

:shrug:

You would have to be living under a rock to not know that this prohibited.

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. It could just be

That you keep a small bottle of hand lotion in your purse, and forget that it is in there. Or maybe you travel often on business and just dumped your shaving kit into your overnight carry-on, forgetting that you have shaving cream, toothpaste and cologne in there. Heck, I still forgetting to remove the nail clippers from my backpack when I fly, and that rule has been in place for years.

It is not that people are morans; it's that habit takes over when you are rushing to pack.

[Cocoa]

7. it's worse when the morans are Muslim

you and I get to be morans without getting our lives turned around. Muslims not so lucky.

[thecrow]

6. I think it was her one way ticket that did it.

*Gasp* she only wantd to fly ONE WAY??>??