Terror Suspects On US Flight Held Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Source: The Sun Online

Airport officials became suspicious after finding "mock bombs" in the men's luggage. One of the suspected terrorists had a mobile phone strapped to a medicine bottle and several watches. The incident was described as "dry run" for a possible attack. Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi and Hezam al Murisi were arrested in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport after flying in from Chicago. The incident has been compared to the Christmas Day bomb plot last year when Umar Farouk Abdulmuttallab was charged with trying to blow up an Amsterdam to Detroit flight. The two arrested men are both from Detroit. They were carrying $7,000 (£4,500) in cash, but reports they were carrying knives have been denied. A senior police official said: "This was almost certainly a dry run, a test." It is claimed that on checking in at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Soofi put his luggage on a plane bound for Yemen — but did not board the flight. The luggage was later recovered when flight officials found he was not on board. A spokesman for the US Department for Homeland Security said: "Suspicious items were located in checked luggage associated with two passengers on United Flight 908 from Chicago O'Hare to Amsterdam. "The items were not deemed to be dangerous in and of themselves, and as we share information with our international partners, Dutch authorities were notified of the suspicious items. "This matter continues to be under investigation." The Sun Online Courtesy of SecurityOracle.com - The Secury Industry's Portal