Guitarist Mistaken for Jihadist

James Hetfield probably thought that his days of getting booted off airplanes in the interest of public safety ended around the time he holstered his flask once and for all -- a theory that's not shared by the folks responsible for security at Britain's Luton airport. The airborne bobbies detained the Metallica frontman because of concerns over the "Taliban-like" beard that he's been sporting of late -- a decision that's politically sketchy, but awfully hard to question in terms of pure fashion consciousness.

Having taken a close look at the facial hair in question, we'd deem it more Amish than Jihadist -- and if Hetfield plays up that angle, he might be able to solve some of his transportation difficulties by wrangling a horse-and-buggy endorsement out of some nice folks in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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