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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

No bail for Yemeni jihadist who charged cockpit shouting "Allahu Akbar"

Not once but twice did Rageh Al-Murisi try to get into the cockpit while the plane descended for a landing while shouting Allahu Akbar.  For this he is denied bail and left in a cell until his arraignment.  The authorities say they have no motive to explain Murisi's actions, and his family says he is a decent guy and would never do anything like what he is accused of. 

With 13,000$ in postdated checks in his pocket, valid and invalid ID from two states and the fact he did not tell his family he was on his way to visit adds up to many questions with few answers. 

Shouting Allahu Akbar as he threw himself against the cockpit door should alert those in charge as to the motive, but PC will blind them to the realities of Islamic doctrine and it's call to convert, subjugate or kill the un-believers(9-29).


From Boston.com May 11

Judge denies bail for passenger who roiled Calif. flight 

SAN FRANCISCO — A Yemen native who disrupted a San Francisco-bound flight was portrayed by prosecutors yesterday as a dangerous and erratic passenger who tried to barge into the cockpit twice, did not carry any luggage, and yelled “God is great’’ in Arabic.

Assistant US Attorney Elise Becker said Rageh Al-Murisi, 28, was carrying valid and expired forms of identification from New York and California, $47 in cash, and two postdated checks totaling $13,000 in his wallet. She said he made one check out to himself but did not specify where the other was from. She also said he didn’t tell his relatives in California that he was traveling there.

Murisi faces one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants as pilots on American Airlines Flight 1561 were preparing to land in San Francisco on Sunday, one week after the United States’ raid and killing of Osama bin Laden, which has raised fears of possible retaliation.

“He attempted to enter the cockpit right before a critical part of the flight,’’ Becker said in arguing to withhold bail for Murisi.

Judge James Larson denied bail yesterday, but planned to revisit the issue on Friday.

Uh, what reason would there be to revisit the decision about bail?  More importantly, why do it at all?

In the court affidavit filed Monday, air marshal Paul Howard said that after being told the cockpit door wasn’t the restroom, Murisi made eye contact with a crew member, lowered his shoulder, and rammed the door. The crew member told Howard he then got between Murisi and the door, but Murisi kept yelling and pushing forward in an attempt to open it, according to the affidavit.

Court documents say Murisi repeatedly yelled “Allahu Akbar,’’ or Arabic for “God is great,’’ and tried twice to open the cockpit door before being subdued by a crew member and several passengers...

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