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| February 21, 2002 Iranian Jew who attends synagogue regularly Newsday February 17, 2002 Security Screener Misses Box Cutters at LaGuardia The Great Neck man who flew from New York to St. Louis with two box cutters Friday is an Iranian Jew who attends synagogue regularly, lives with his parents and works with his brother selling ladies apparel in Manhattan, relatives and neighbors said yesterday. Joubin Kalimian, 32, was on his way from New York to Las Vegas to attend a fashion show, his sister Jackie Shamash said. He was arrested with the cutters in his pockets during a layover in St. Louis as he tried to get back aboard the plane. Kalimian needed the box cutters "for opening the boxes" of clothing at the show, Shamash said from the doorway of Kalimian's home, as their distraught father stood beside her in a gray pinstriped suit. "He's totally innocent," Shamash of Great Neck said. "In a day or two, they'll realize they made a mistake." Kalimian, who authorities said also goes by the name Joubin Kali, appeared before federal magistrate Mary Ann Medler in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Friday and was held in lieu of $50,000 secured bond, pending a preliminary hearing on Thursday. He told investigators that another box cutter had been taken from him at LaGuardia Airport before he boarded American Airlines Flight 2947 for the first leg of his trip Friday. The two box cutters found in St. Louis by random screening were approximately 6 inches long and 1 inch wide with an "extremely sharp retractable blade," federal prosecutors said >>> full text Funny stuff, interesting stuff, important stuff, stupid stuff, all sorts of stuff... Hundreds of daily tidbits were featured in The Iranian Times. They will be gradually archived here. Have you got something for this page? Email us
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