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Man Threatening Jews Taken Off U.S. Flight


(Reuters) A man who described himself as a Palestinian and said he wanted to "kill all the Jews" was hauled off a Detroit-bound Delta Air Lines flight in Miami and arrested, authorities said on Thursday. The plane was taxiing away from the terminal at Miami International Airport on Wednesday when Mansor Mohammad Asad, 43, of Toledo, Ohio, began making loud anti-Semitic comments and chanting, apparently in Arabic, Miami-Dade police said in a statement. "I'm Palestinian and I want (to) kill all Jews," he said, according to witnesses. The pilot returned the aircraft to the terminal and a Taser device was used to "neutralize" Asad after he charged an arresting officer.
2010-01-08 08:24:32
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