Mekki Hamed Mekki
Sudanese accused of terrorism
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A Sudanese American cab driver, Mekki Hamed Mekki was arrested in September 2002 on claims that he intended to hijack an airliner and fly it into the White House, as a second wave following the September 11th attacks.
He was one of several Sudanese people arrested in the wake of an announcement that a Sudanese Air Force pilot may have come into the United States from Canada.
He was deported.