Maybe he was looking for the bathroom?

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Family defends Yemeni passenger who stormed cockpit, shouting 'Allahu Akbar' as plane came in to land at San Francisco

Of course authorities announced "no known motive."

Look, up in the air: Classic symptoms of what Daniel Pipes calls “Sudden Jihad Syndrome”.

If you see something, say something — and do something. Fortunately, the crew and passengers of AA Flight 1561 did — tackling a nutball Yemeni Muslim shouting “Allahu Akbar” as he beat on the cockpit door of their plane.

Now, watch law enforcement authorities downplay the incident as nothing-burger:

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.

Within moments Sunday, a flight attendant tackled Rageh Almurisi. Authorities do not yet have a motive.

While authorities said that Almurisi, 28, of Vallejo, Calif., has no clear or known ties to terrorism, 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.

…Marty, 35, recalled that she and other passengers on the plane were stunned when they saw Almurisi walking down the aisle. She said a woman in a row across from her who speaks Arabic translated that Almurisi said “God is Great!” in Arabic.

Andrew Wai, another passenger, told KGO-TV on Monday that the wife of one of the men who took Almurisi down later said Almurisi was yelling “Allahu Akbar.”

“There was no question in everybody’s mind that he was going to do something,” Marty said.

A male flight attendant tackled Almurisi, and other crew members and passengers, including a retired Secret Service agent and a retired San Mateo police officer, helped subdue him as he banged on the door, police said. The flight attendant put plastic handcuffs on him.

However the lovely AP, oddly enough, is brave enough to speculate as to motive.

AP Solves Mystery of Muslim Man Banging on Cockpit Door Shouting "Allahu Akbar"

AP attempted to shed some light on the man's intentions by quoting a relative of the man who helpfully suggested"

"He might have seriously mistaken the cockpit for the bathroom.... He's only been on three planes in his whole life."
:blink:

I have to give them credit here: Most media organizations will not touch the issue of the motivation of oddly-behaving Muslim men with a ten foot pole. He was probably misquoted. In Arabic, I'm sure he probably said, "Allah willing, I must use the facilities. Funny how you can scream “Allahu Akbar” at the top of your lungs and still have authorities proclaim your motives unknown.

It’s not the first time.

Flashback.
Flashback.
Flashback.
Flashback.
Flashback – It’s the jihad, stupid.
 
when someone is on a plane the next noise that should be heard after someone yells Allahu Akbar, should be the report of a 9mm Glock semi auto followed by blood spatter and a loud thump on the floor.

I figure they'll run out of terrorists before we run out of bullets. It' simple math really, kind of like the old TV show "Numbers"
 
Dude was obviously constipated and in extreme pain from eating airport vendor food. I mean WTF would a muslim guy scream when in excruciating pain other than ALLAH AHKBAR!
I mean we scream " Oh my God " for other issues.
 
Update

Bail denied to man who tried to force
his way into cockpit of American Airlines flight

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/bail-denied-to-man-who-tried-to-force-his-way-into-cockpit-of-american-airlines-flight.html

And yes...motive is still...unknown?


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