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Re: Holloman AFB, NM
Rep. Herrell tours Holloman Air Force Base, reviews Afghan refugee operations
U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Herrell will review Afghan refugee operations at Holloman Air Force Base on Tuesday. Rep. Herrell will take a tour of living conditions and will oversee the refugee vetting process, a news release from Herrell's office stated. Holloman AFB received the first Afghan refugees last Tuesday. Rep. Herrell is "intent on letting New Mexicans and all Americans know the details of the process which has brought thousands of Afghan nationals into the country," the news release stated.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/rep-herrell-to-tour-holloman-air-force-base-to-review-afghan-refugee-operations
Southern New Mexico Muslim community, resettlement agency prepare to welcome Afghan refugees
Afghan refugees began arriving at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo in the past week. Refugees are also being sheltered temporarily at Fort Bliss's Doña Ana County complex in New Mexico.
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2021/09/06/afghan-refugees-to-be-welcomed-by-las-cruces-muslim-community/5715665001/
Boeing: Directors to face investor lawsuit over fatal crashes
Boeing's board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max plane, a US judge has ruled. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn said the first of the crashes was a "red flag" about a key safety system on the aircraft "that the board should have heeded but instead ignored". He said the real victims were those who died and their families but investors had also "lost billions of dollars".
The BBC has asked Boeing to comment. In his ruling the Delaware judge said: "While it may seem callous in the face of [the families'] losses, corporate law recognizes another set of victims: Boeing as an enterprise, and its stockholders. "Stockholders have come to this court claiming Boeing's directors and officers failed them in overseeing mission-critical airplane safety to protect enterprise and stockholder value." The crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019 killed all 346 people on board, leading to the 737 Max being grounded around the world.
Investigations later found a flaw in an automated flight control system, known as MCAS, was at fault. In January, Boeing paid $2.5bn to settle criminal charges it concealed information about changes to MCAS from safety officials, contributing to the crashes. But it still faces civil lawsuits from families along with the latest action from shareholders. On Tuesday, Vice Chancellor Zurn dismissed some of the investors' claims, including one regarding a decision to award former chief executive Dennis Muilenburg a $60m retirement package after he was fired. However, the judge said another claim about board member oversight could go ahead. Shares in the plane maker slumped following the accidents and are yet to fully recover.
The Max was cleared to fly in the US in November 2020, and in Europe and Canada in January this year. It remains grounded in China. The crashes have already cost Boeing about $20bn in fines, cancelled orders and other costs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58483150
Afghan refugee stopped on U.S.-bound flight with explosive materials, but terrorism not suspected
A male Afghan refugee who was departing the Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the United States was detained Monday after it was discovered during pre-flight screening that he had blasting caps and other explosives materials in his carry-on luggage, three U.S. officials told Just the News. The man, who was born in the early 1990s and an Afghan citizen, was working as contractor for the U.S. government when he was evacuated, and officials believe the materials were related to his work and not terrorism, officials said.
Nonetheless, the man was placed on a restricted list and prevented from traveling to the U.S., according to a Transportation Security Administration summary of the incident obtained by Just the News. "Subject has been moved to a 'red list' and will not travel to the U.S." and U.S. air marshals were advised, the TSA memo stated. Screeners, including a member of the German military assisting the U.S. at the Air Force base in Germany, found five blasting caps, one igniter switch, a "def cord" and one shock tube when the refugee was apprehended late Monday morning German time, according to officials and the TSA summary report. "TSA advised that during the physical search (full open) of the individuals baggage a German military member identified a suspicious item in the baggage," the TSA memo stated. The explosives were taken outside the hangar, an ordinance team was summoned and the man removed from the entry line from the flight, the memo stated.
Though the man wasn't suspected of ill intent, the incident is a poignant reminder that the rushed evacuation and processing of refugees from a country with significant terrorist sympathies poses risks, although officials stressed the pre-flight screening did in fact work as it should. It was not immediately clear how the man got the explosive materials inside Ramstein, but officials said they were working on the hypothesis that he had brought them with him from Afghanistan during his evacuation.
Officials said the Pentagon was taking the lead investigating since the episode occurred on a U.S. military installation. The FBI, Customs Border Protection, TSA and Homeland Security were assisting the investigation. The incident occurred the same day Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged many Afghan refugees were not fully vetted before they were evacuated from their country to U.S. bases elsewhere. "In our effort to get as many people out as fast as we can while we had the airport functioning, we focused on doing just that," Blinken said, but officials are now "doing accountings on the back end as people arrive in the United States."
https://justthenews.com/government/security/afghan-refugee-stopped-us-bound-flight-explosive-materials-terrorism-not
nope no terrorism here...blasting caps and an igniter but NO terrorism suspected here.