Saturday, December 26, 2009

Nigerian Banker Fears Son is Terrorist

If it weren’t so serious, there has to be a joke in there somewhere.

In Nigeria, a prominent banker said Saturday that he was meeting with security officials there because he feared his son was the suspect. Alhaji Umaru Mutallab told The Associated Press said his son was a one-time university student in London who had left Britain to travel abroad. He said his son hadn’t lived in London “for some time” but he wasn’t sure exactly where he went to.

(8) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1208 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Law + Politics + Politics - General

  1. Ok Owen—-you asked for the joke. Perhaps he thought the son went to Hawaii to seek out and marry Ann Dunham.  That would cause a lot of damage in the US eventually.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on December 26, 2009 at 1222 hrs


  2. I was thinking more about the famous Nigerian banker spam, but whatever floats your boat.

    Posted by Owen on December 26, 2009 at 1229 hrs


  3. He doesn’t know where is son even lives and now he is concerned about him?

    Parent of the year material here.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on December 26, 2009 at 1636 hrs


  4. The joke is where the burns occurred.  Setting off the bomb in your pants is not going to make you attractive to the 72 virgins in the afterworld.

    Posted by james Wigderson on December 26, 2009 at 1652 hrs


  5. Indeed the situation of him is so stupid and ridiculous that it’s getting too unserious.

    Posted by Hungary on December 26, 2009 at 2057 hrs


  6. Um…Let’s see…
    “If you send us your bank account information, we will use a small portion of it to send our son to study in your country, for which he would be eternally grateful, and would pay you back five times over…”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on December 26, 2009 at 2119 hrs


  7. Aside from the Nigerian banker scam spams we all get…

    How in the hell did a person on the terrorist watch list get a US Visa?

    and

    How could they not flag a person travelling on a ticket with cash for an alleged 2-week stay but only had 1 small carry-on?

    Time to get those human x-ray and walk-through sniffers into some airports.  But for now, enjoy your further carry-on restrictions (I wonder if they’ll reduce those checked bag charges?), not being able to stand or access your carry-on for the last hour of the flight and dress warm, because they won’t give you a blanket anymore.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on December 27, 2009 at 1110 hrs


  8. The kid COULD have become a lawyer…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on December 27, 2009 at 1219 hrs


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