Look at the lax treatment by UK authorities: he was allowed to retrieve his cell phone and board another flight a few days later, despite having tried to carry a bomb onto one.
Were authorities afraid of being labeled Islamaphobic ?
“Passenger who tried to carry a pipe bomb on to a flight at Manchester Airport is jailed for 18 years,” by Keiligh Baker, MailOnline, August 23, 2017:
A would-be terrorist who attempted to carry a pipe bomb on to a flight at Manchester Airport has today been jailed for 18 years.
Nadeem Muhammad was jailed at Manchester Crown Court for possessing an explosive with intent to endanger life after a pipe bomb was found in his hand luggage.
Muhammad, 43, was attempting to board a Ryanair flight to Bergamo, Italy, on January 30 when security officers found the device, made from batteries, tape, a marker pen and pins.
When the object was swabbed there was no trace of explosive on the outside and officers did not believe it was a viable device.
It was only after further forensic examination weeks later that it was found to be dangerous and Muhammad was charged with a bomb plot.
He walks onto a plane with a “pretend” bomb, and that doesn’t bother anyone? And turns out that the pretend bomb is a real bomb after all. And that doesn’t alert anyone?
During the trial it was revealed Muhammad was released shortly after being questioned by counter terrorism officers when the bomb was first found.
He was then allowed to board another flight to Bergamo, near Milan, five days later.
The court also heard Muhammad, who was born in Pakistan but had an Italian passport, was planning to detonate the bomb once on board the Boeing 737.
Muhammad from Bury, Greater Manchester, was questioned by officers from the counter terrorism unit but released.
He returned to the airport the following day to collect his mobile phone, which had been taken by police, and then again on February 5 when he boarded another flight to Italy.
It was only on February 8 when the device was examined by forensics officers that suspicions were raised and the bomb squad was called….