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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (24367)	6/27/2005 12:14:55 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 361358

I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg; lots of PTSD behind this war. Father nabbed at airport after taking his two kids Man spotted following an Amber Alert Sunday, June 26, 2005 Donna Iacoboni Plain Dealer Reporter With the help of a Southwest Airlines passenger, an Amber Alert ended Saturday morning with the rescue of two children from their mentally disturbed father, police said. According to Cleveland police Lt. Thomas Stacho and the Amber Alert issued to the media, this is what happened: Nichole Abdul Zahir of East 113th Street told police that her husband, Muhammed S. Abdul Zahir, took their toddler and infant about 12:05 a.m. Saturday from a relative's Central Avenue home. The alert was issued around 7 a.m., after police were able to determine that Muhammed Zahir, a custodial parent, could be a threat. Amber Alerts cannot be issued unless there is reason to believe a child might be harmed. Zahir, 24, was seeing a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., who told police Zahir was paranoid and delusional and was at risk to "do something dangerous." Zahir, a soldier in the Army who had returned from Iraq, was wearing desert camouflage clothes when his wife last saw him and when he was captured. After seeing the alert on television, two off-duty Cleveland police officers who had worked the third shift at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport reported having talked to Zahir a few hours earlier. A Southwest Airlines passenger also saw the alert and realized Zahir and the children were seated nearby in the terminal. The passenger told an airline official, who called police. Zahir was arrested without a struggle at 9:15 a.m. at Hopkins - 40 minutes before he was to board a Southwest Airlines plane to Baltimore. Yahya, 3 months, and Muhammed S. Abdul Zahir Jr., 21 months, were returned to their mother. Police took their father to the Brecksville VA Hospital. A prosecutor will decide Monday whether to charge Zahir. This was the 13th time that an Amber Alert has been used in Northeast Ohio since its inception in 2002. All of the children have been found unharmed within hours. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: diacoboni@plaind.com, 216-999-4852 cleveland.com