First victim of Terror Plot ...

[AlfredJPruffock]

Terror Update



CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey.

So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.

Madin Azad Amin, 29, of Skokie, Illinois, was stopped August 16 after guards found an object in his baggage that resembled a grenade, prosecutors said.

When officers asked him to identify it, Amin said it was a bomb, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto.

He later told officials he'd lied about the item because his mother was nearby and he didn't want her to hear that it was part of a penis pump, Scaduto said.

He's been charged with felony disorderly conduct, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Amin's attorney told a Cook County judge Wednesday that Amin whispered that the component was a "pump." The guard misunderstood, and thought he said "bomb," according to defense attorney Eileen O'Neill-Burke.

"He told her it's a pump," O'Neill-Burke said. "He's standing with his mother. Of course he's not going to shout this out."

However, Judge Gerald Winiecki decided there was sufficient evidence for the case to move forward after the female security guard testified that she heard Amin "clearly" say the word bomb.

Amin is charged with felony disorderly conduct, which could bring a three-year prison sentence if he's convicted. Amin is due back in court September 13

He told the Chicago Sun-Times after the hearing that security officials did not give him a chance to explain the misunderstanding, that he would never use the word "bomb" while going through a security checkpoint, and does not consider a penis pump an unusual object to own.

"It's normal," he said. "Half of America they use it."

[AlfredJPruffock]

Umm... What terror plot?

Hmm ..wasnt it the one with WMDs being launched at Old Trafford with 40 minutes warning which would mean no second half ???

Its so hard to keep traack these days ... good job the Govenments putting all these measures to protect us though!

They get my vote next time again !

Ive always said that you cant be too careful these days ... hold on its somebody from the ruddy Ministry of Truth on the blower again ... back in a mo ...

[Erik The VIking]

You must have heard of the terror plotter army...

Groan

[wendigo100]

Umm... What terror plot?

You must have heard of the terror plotter army...

[bogeyman]

First and last Alf

Umm... What terror plot?

[AlfredJPruffock]

...is the Media !!!

Kerrrr...Ching !!!!


News, the Sun, the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail face paying damages to a London council worker after wrongly identifying her as a suspect in the alleged terror bomb plot to blow up passenger planes.

The media organisations have apologised after publishing and broadcasting pictures of Koser Zaman, 24, a British citizen and employee of the City of London borough council, mistakenly identifying her as Cossor Ali, who has been arrested in connection with the suspected bomb plot.

One of Ms Zaman's lawyers at David Price Solicitors & Advocates said today that following the apologies Ms Zaman will be pursuing damages claims from the newspapers and ITV.

Ms Zaman, who was never arrested by police, attended Walthamstow Girls' School where Cossor Ali also reportedly attended.

"Our client is appalled that this serious mistake has been made in so many different media outlets," said a spokeswoman from David Price.

"She wants to make it quite clear that she strongly disagrees with terrorism."

The Sun published an apology today, while the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and ITV News apologised yesterday.

Several other newspapers that used Ms Zaman's pictures have yet to apologise.