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Old 19th Sep 2019, 06:45
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tdracer
 
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Airbubba, it seems it's much worse than that.
An American Airlines mechanic was denied bail by a federal judge Wednesday for potential ties to ISIS, after he was arrested for allegedly sabotaging a plane at Miami International Airport.
  • Prosecutors presented evidence in court that defendant Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani has a brother in Iraq with potential ties to ISIS and lied about visiting him in the country in March.
  • A search of Alani’s phone by prosecutors turned up a “disturbing” ISIS video of someone being shot in the head. Alani allegedly sent the video to someone along with a message that Allah should take revenge against non-Muslims, but it’s unclear if the video was texted, emailed or transmitted by another electronic method.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisette.../#7e8254bd177a

His being a fool now appears to be an unlikely 'best case'. The more likely worst case is unimaginable bad...
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