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Afghan hijacker found working at Heathrow
Back in 2000, nine Afghan men hijacked a Boeing 727 flight containing 160 people, claiming that they were fleeing a Taliban death squad. The plane eventually landed at Stansted Airport in the UK, and the men, who hijacked the plane to try to seek asylum in the UK, were arrested after a four-day standoff. After serving several years in prison for hijacking and other crimes, the men (and several passengers) were granted asylum in the UK.Now, it appears that one of the hijackers, Nazamuddin Mohammidy, has been found to be working as a custodian at London's Heathrow Airport. Security officials originally mistook the man for an unlicensed cab driver and upon investigation, discovered that he was a former hijacker. The man's British Airways security pass granted him access into secure areas, but did not-- according to British Airways-- give him access to the planes themselves.
Comforting!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Garth May 21st 2008 3:46AM
You have got to be kidding me. All the multi-million dollars spent by countries world over to fight the "War on Terror" and we can't even screen airport employees properly. Scary!
Bob May 22nd 2008 6:09AM
Oh, bosh. This is not your typical hijacker--he was trying to get away from terrorists, not become one. He is as secure as anyone else.
Garth May 22nd 2008 7:38AM
Hijacking a plane and putting others at risk seem a little extreme to gain your own personal freedom, and it seems like it still should still disqualify you from getting a job at the airport. Right up there with education and drug/alcohol testing.
Sure he hasn't hijacked a plane lately and that first time was just an a mistunderstanding he just escaping persecution, but I like the guy lets give him a job.
Please.
If I robbed a bank it is unlikely that I will get a job as a bank. If I got a DUI it is unlikely that I would get a job as a bus driver. I think the same probably goes for hijacking planes.
Diane Clark May 22nd 2008 7:18AM
Don't you all see what is happening? We are being led down an ugly road where our freedoms are concerned. The ignorant are taking over and the rest of us are being held hostage. Civil war is knocking at our front door. Let's let it in!!!! Here in America we have a socialist, a dictator and a globalist running for office. July 4, 2008,,,,,let's take back our country. This is the perfect date to begin the takeover.
Barbara May 22nd 2008 10:34AM
Diane, you sound like a real nut.
erik k May 22nd 2008 10:51AM
DIANE CLARK.. you are a freaking idiot. i have never read a comment as stupid....i dont even know what to say. wow....
ALD May 22nd 2008 12:09PM
Your 100% right, I'm with you....and we should all sue the media for assisting this moron take over of our world!
AZite May 22nd 2008 11:19AM
Diane is mostly right. Except for the civil war, which ain't gonna happen. The US has become too brainwashed and complacent for that to happen. That is obvious from the followups from her posting.
It's sad we've lost it here. No, we gave it up.
And with the current presidential 'choices' it looks like we're gonna do it again.
Vote smarter, people.
Jeannie May 22nd 2008 12:59PM
I think Diane is 90% right. With the Big O, we are going down the poopy tube. Hillary would be better than MCcain, he loves to play soldier.
Bobby May 22nd 2008 7:31AM
No worries people, these guys mean us no harm. They all come from peace loving "tiny" countries that only spend 1/100th on their militaries compared to the U.S. The only time they may prove to be a "grave threat" is if we cut off their chief export which supplies the world with that feel good inside feeling. Stop being so pessimistic about our international brothas & sistas, I'm gonna negotiate their asses into oblivion. I personally certify this guy in the article is clean. Instead of water boarding, we strapped this guy down & subjected him to night & day rap music 7 days straight. He's jello, his head is clean I tell you...
Have no fear,, the "O" man is here.....
KJ May 22nd 2008 7:39AM
WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON, DID THEY GIVE HIM HIS MILK AND COOKIES ALONG WITH HIS PLAYBOY MAGAZINE AND WOOL SLIPPERS????? I JUST WANT TO BE SURE HE WAS TREATED LIKE A KING.
signed,
LIEberal Democrat Moron O-Bomb_A
Michael May 22nd 2008 8:30AM
Seriously....If you're going to make assinine comments at least have the decency to spell them correctly so we don't have to read your trash AND decipher it. Lieberal? Come on KJ
Veronica RaRa May 22nd 2008 7:56AM
HE SHOULD BE FIRED ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HIRED HIM.NO DOUBT HE WILL NOW BE INVESTIGATED/WATCHED.I`M SURE HE HAS GATHERED THE INFO THAT HE WANTED ABOUT THE AIRPORT.ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Web May 22nd 2008 8:15AM
I being an all American man, practically get a body cavity search, while the hijackers are working at the airports! AUGH!
Web May 22nd 2008 8:15AM
Airport customs ask seeming stupid questions, like business or pleasue, have you visited a farm...etc. Why not ask potential employees about their past of ideas of hijacking airplanes.
susan May 22nd 2008 8:17AM
The thing with Muslims(Arab Muslim especially) (No all of them) they are your friend until you get in their way! Dont ever trust a Towel head! They are so devious they would marry your siste(they marry their intended and then kill you!) They lull you into a false sense of security and then kill all you! They are ruthless!They are so clever,and know 5 or 6 languages and a hundred more ways to kill you! Hey the so called allies of ours Turkey (Turk Muslims) and
went into Cyprus over night (just becasue they thought the Greeks woudl Unite with the Cyrpiots,
and killed 100,000 people; shot, strangled, gassed , slit throats, you name it, they did it. Have we not learned anything from History? Or will it repeat itself again and again until the Muslims have all the Christians and Jews dead? Everywhere! Right now in America the Muslims own Obama abd if he becoems President he will gradually eliminate all Chrostoans and Jews from havinga job and starve them to death. Its his plan to do away with all Christian and Jews. hes a racist and if he becoems President it will eb a way for Muslims to take over America because Obama is a Muslim. Once a Muslim always a Muslim! Its how they are. They do NOT change, theya re lek camelons and take on the lifestyle of their intended and then strike when your nto aware fo their presence. and they are here! 7 milion Arab Muslims in America! Wat are they waiting for? Unity under Obama!
jim vertree May 22nd 2008 8:52AM
oh you are so right and the dumb a$$ people should wake up and look at the picture
GL May 22nd 2008 9:07AM
Obama just confirmed that he is a Christian on CNN yesterday, and that he beleives that Jesus died on the cross for his sins. He's not perfect, but he's not the devil or anti-Christ, either. Jesus would not approve of the calumny presented by posters on this blog. I'm a conservative leaning Independent, by the way.
kay May 22nd 2008 11:58AM
The Security Office and it's officials at Heathrow need a total overhaul! NO ONE (of any color, race, creed, etc..) with ANY arrest, police or criminal history should be working at our Airports!!!
Susan, PLEASE refill your psych meds for paranoid schizophrenia! YOU are the racist, and a bigot full of hateful IGNORANCE. How dare YOU characterise EVERY Muslim person when you don't know even ONE personally!Obviously, there are SOME fanatical Muslims with the same hate & venom that you harbor Susan, but they are few and far between; definitely NOT the majority! If you were correct, you'd be dead (and we'd be beter off as a nation)! My white American family has lived and worked openly as CHRISTIANS (with a huge crosses around our necks) in SEVERAL of the
nations you mention FOR YEARS, and we're ALL still alive, with MANY Muslim friends in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Cyprus, Isreal, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt! Get an Education to correct your abject idiocy! You're hate mongering, racism, and schizophrenia is very telling ABOUT YOU; it surely has nothing to do with Muslims!
ALD May 22nd 2008 11:59AM
Susan said: "The thing with Muslims(Arab Muslim especially) (No all of them) they are your friend until you get in their way! Dont ever trust a Towel head! They are so devious they would marry your siste(they marry their intended and then kill you!) They lull you into a false sense of security and then kill all you! They are ruthless!"
Well Susan 'Bandi Bush' as his muslim arab brothers like to call him (remember the hand holding & kissing) was really raised as a muslim...daddy kept him in the loop, his arab bothers bailed him out everytime his bankrupted his companies, etc... so he's the true enemy terrorist...just like his grandpa that financed the nazis and the future bushes that are 'in' with the Chinese the next superpower...and condi their buddy that's in with the russians that bush has made rich once again...thanks for screwing up the mideast bush that has russian oil so high now they have more billion dollar people than we do. Good job Susan you know how to pickem! You must be muslim too for your words talk of supporting this current admin of terroist.