Motive for this bizarre incident has yet to be announced, but it is a safe bet that Rageh Almurisi was not disturbed over a broken relationship, was not despondent over being unemployed and was not suffering from the effects of poverty or bad parents.
From the
Denver Post May 9 by Terry Collins and Marcus Wohlsen
Suspect in flight disturbance had California ID
SAN FRANCISCO—The passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly toward the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco. He was screaming and then began pounding on the cockpit door.
"I kept saying to myself: 'What's he doing? Does he have a bomb? Is he armed?'" passenger Angelina Marty said.
Another shocked passenger, Andrew Wai, thought, "Could this be it? Are we going down?"
These expressions of emotion based in a very real fear is called "Islamophobia" by those wishing to silence us. They would have us silent if they could.
Within moments Sunday, a flight attendant tackled Rageh Almurisi. Authorities do not yet have a motive.
While Almurisi, 28, of Vallejo, Calif., has no clear or known ties to terrorism, authorities say, the incident underscored fears that extremists may try to mount attacks to retaliate for the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden last week.
Federal agents are investigating Almurisi's background. He was carrying a Yemeni passport and a California identification card, authorities said.
Yemen, a nation at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, has been a focus of U.S. officials because one of the most active branches of al-Qaida operates in the remote part of the country.
A cousin of the suspect described him as an educated, easygoing person who had arrived in Northern California a year-and-a-half ago from Yemen in search of better opportunities.
Just once I would like to hear a family member of neighbor report that they thought the perp was "this close" to snapping, and that they knew that any day there would be trouble.
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