Posted on 01/01/2009 7:46:55 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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 rebook them, and they had to pay for seats on another carrier secured with help from the FBI.
Kashif Irfan, one of the removed passengers, said the incident began about 1 p.m. after his brother, Atif, and his brother's wife wondered aloud about the safest place to sit on an airplane.
"My brother and his wife were discussing some aspect of airport security," Irfan said. "The only thing my brother said was, 'Wow, the jets are right next to my window.' I think they were remarking about safety."
Irfan said he and the others think they were profiled because of their appearance.
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this kind of prudent action will not happen during the osamaobama administration.
Heck I wish this would happen more often.
Irfan said he and the others think they were profiled because of their appearance.
That’s just too damn bad. Love it or leave it.
Tomorrow morning, CAIR will unleash its BS.
Also, if you attended a funeral service at a graveyard before flying, it's a good idea to wash off the bottoms of your shoes first. That way you will avoid extraordinarily personal searches of your luggage, and sock checks (where they go way beyond messing with your shoes).
“AirTran refused to rebook them, and they had to pay for seats on another carrier secured with help from the FBI.”
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The airline thought the incident serious enough to refuse to rebook them, but the FBI toes ahead and serves as their travel agent?
Two words one number
INTERSTATE
95
SOUTH
We Americans had a bad experience with muslims and aircraft about 7 years ago.
Hey CAIR STFU!
Preemptive strike! Wanted to avoid the holiday rush.
The legal action will begin next week. One guy thrown off was a lawyer, another was an anesthesiologist.
The muzzies are screwing with us. They know they can pull this crap because they’ve got the greedy ambulance chasers on their side who will do anything for the big bucks.
It’s worse. See my post #11.
Hell, one of them was on the plane. He'll make some serious hay out of that.
Why? What does graveyard soil contain?
Betcha if I made the same remark, I’d have been removed also.
Suck it up, muzzies. Your idiot mullahs got you into this mess. You can get out of it by simply killing them. Soon, I hope.
maybe fertilizer?
Yeah, and let’s hope they were removed and left in some other country!
Please see this ... The Third Jihad ...
And forward the link to everybody you know.
indeed.
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