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9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... because of their appearance. He said five of the six adults in the party are of South Asian descent, and all six are traditionally Muslim in appearance, with the men wearing beards and the women in headscarves. Irfan, 34, is an anesthesiologist. His brother, 29, is a lawyer. Both live in Alexandria with their families, and both were born in Detroit. They were traveling with their wives, Kashif Irfan's sister-in-law, a friend and Kashif Irfan's three sons, ages 7, 4 and 2. Read more: . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
Washington, DC: Nine Muslims ordered off plane after "suspicious" remarks
Jihad Watch —
... "9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet: Others on Flight Say a Remark Was 'Suspicious,'" by Amy Gardner for the Washington Post, January 2 (thanks to Paul): ...
Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
... Nine Muslim passengers were kicked off an airplane at Washington Reagan National Airport after making "suspicious" remarks. AirTran officials refused to rebook them even after the FBI had cleared them of any wrongdoing. ...
Get Ready for a New Round of Grievance Theater: Muslim Family Removed From AirTran Flight
JammieWearingFool —
While this appears on first glance as a misunderstanding , expect the unindicted terror co-conspirators from CAIR to crank out the press releases and hold press conferences decrying "Islamophobia" along with lawsuits to be filed. Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark. Members of the party, all but one of them U.S.-born citizens who were headed to a religious retreat in Florida, ...
Nine Muslim passengers removed from plane for "suspicious" remark
Feministing —
... This is upsetting. Yesterday, nine Muslims, including three children, were escorted off a plane after two passengers overhead them talking about airport security: ...
No More Trouble
N/A —
No more trouble, please. Just get off the plane. Somebody thought they heard you say something. And you don’t look quite right. The insanity will continue. For how long?
Muslim American Passengers Make “Suspicious” Remarks, Get Booted from Plane
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via CNN: ‘Safest’ seat remarks get Muslim family kicked off plane
Atif Irfan, his brother, their wives, a sister and three children were headed to Orlando to meet with family and attend a religious conference.
“The conversation, as we were walking through the plane trying to find our seats, was just about where the safest place in an airplane is,” Sahin said. “We were (discussing whether it was safest to sit near) the wing, or the engine or the back or the front, but that’s it. We didn’t say anything else that would raise any suspicion.”
The conversation did not contain the words “bomb,” ...
They Should Have Been Allowed to Fly
Preemptive Karma —
Glib Jewish racism | Main | Veep Debate thread January 02, 2009 They Should Have Been Allowed to Fly A little over two years ago now, we had quite the extended discussion over whether or not an airline was justified in barring several Muslim clerics from flying. Based on the police and witness reports, I felt the airline made the right call, but many here disagreed with me and saw it as pure racism. Today's news about a Muslim family being barred from flying by AirTran is an entirely different matter, and is clearly an incident of racial profiling. Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight ...
Another 'Flying While Muslim' Case
Little Green Footballs —
... A group of Muslim passengers was removed from an Airtran flight at Reagan International Airport yesterday, after passengers reported hearing them discussing airport security. ...
More 'freedom is on the farce'
At-Largely —
9 Passengers, including 3 kids, were removed from an airplane for a "suspicious comment." What did they say? Well two people in the party, a man and a woman were discussing "the safest place to sit on an airplane." What is funny is that because of my fear of flying, I have had similar discussions on an airplane. Lucky for me I am an American citizen. Oh, wait, all but one of the 9 passengers are American citizens too. I wonder what the issue was? Let's see if we can figure it out ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... After 9 Muslim passengers, including 3 small children, were taken off an AirTran flight and not allowed by the airline to rebook even after being cleared by the FBI, all apparently because one of them wondered aloud what was the safest place to sit on a plane, you have to ask: Is there anything a Muslim-looking person can say on an airplane without being considered suspicious? ...
Brand New Year
Shakesville —
Same old bullshit. Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark. Members of the party, all but one of them U.S.-born citizens who were headed to a religious retreat in Florida, were subsequently cleared for travel by FBI agents who characterized the incident as a misunderstanding, an airport official said. But the passengers said AirTran refused to ...
Security Theater and Security Porn
Swampland —
... Here we are, just two days into 2009, and already we have a Flying While Muslim incident to discuss. Yesterday at DCA, nine Muslims (identifiable with long beards and hijab, except for the three kids under age eight) were removed from an Air Tran flight. According to an Air Tran spokesman, "people got on and made comments they shouldn't have made on the airplane, and other people heard them." A TSA representative concurred: "Someone heard something that was inappropriate." ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
FRIDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Wall Street started 2009 on the right foot , with all three of the major indexes closing up 3% or more. * Is an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza the next move? * U.S handed over control of the Green Zone to Iraqi control yesterday, with minimal fanfare . Among those who didn't show up: the U.S. ambassador, the head of U.S. forces in Iraq, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. * U.S. manufacturing has hit its lowest level in 28 years . * Flying While Muslim continues to be problematic. * I wonder how many temper tantrums John Cornyn will throw before Al Franken takes the oath of ...
Air Travel + Muslims = Paranoid Epic Fail
Firedoglake —
Photo by Baijg
How appropriate that this should have happened at Reagan National Airport, this reminder that Americans are still reflexively, hysterically afraid of Muslims who say anything less reassuring than, "Gosh, I just love America! Golly gee, Americans are swell!"
Officials ordered nine Muslim ...
The terrorists have won
The Reaction —
By Libby Spencer The greatest weapon a terrorist has isn't a bomb, it's fear. If we allow ourselves to diminish our humanity and toss our common sense out of fear of terrorism, then they've won without lifting a finger. This latest bit of security theater is a prime example. Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark. And what was this highly suspicious remark? They were ...
