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1-MINUTE NIGHTMARE BEGAN WITH A SCREAM
New York Post ^ | 11/18/02 | GERSH KUNTZMAN

Posted on 11/18/2002 1:02:08 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:10:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The first sign that something was wrong aboard El Al Flight 581 was a stewardess' scream.

Then there was the sound of the cockpit door being kicked, the sight of another flight attendant sprinting toward the front of the plane, and, finally, a reassuring announcement.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airseclist

1 posted on 11/18/2002 1:02:08 AM PST by kattracks
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To: *AirSec_List
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2 posted on 11/18/2002 1:23:23 AM PST by Free the USA
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To: kattracks
Ah, yes...those peaceful arabs....again....hmmmmmmmm, maybe he was in the hunt for an apple to peel....an ADAM's apple!!
3 posted on 11/18/2002 2:29:06 AM PST by crazykatz
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To: kattracks
gee... is it possible that this was perpetrated by an arabic male aged 17-45?... the type we aren't supposed to profile?... the "peaceful religion" type?... hmmm? ... Hmm?
4 posted on 11/18/2002 3:23:21 AM PST by AFPhys
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To: AFPhys
Profiling Quiz:

To ensure we Americans never offend anyone -- particularly fanatics intent on killing us -- airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and former Governors awarded the Medal of Honor. In view of this, let's pause a moment and take the following test:

In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
(a)Olga Korbut
(b)Sitting Bull
(c)Arnold Schwartzeneger
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1979,the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a)Lost Norwegians
(b)Elvis
(c)A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon by:
(a)John Dillinger
(b)The King of Sweden
(c)The Boy Scouts
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a)A pizza delivery boy
(b)Pee Wee Herman
(c)Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70-year-old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by:
(a)The Smurfs
(b)Davy Jones
(c)The Little Mermaid
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diverwas murdered by:
(a)Captain Kidd
(b)Charles Lindberg
(c)Mother Teresa
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a)Scooby Doo
(b)The Tooth Fairy
(c)Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the train job.
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
(a)Richard Simmons
(b)Grandma Moses
(c)Michael Jordan
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a)Mr. Rogers
(b)Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
(c)The World Wrestling Federation to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless"
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of people were killed by:
(a)Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
(b)The Supreme Court of Florida
(c)Mr. Bean
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
(a)Enron
(b)The Lutheran Church
(c)The NFL
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
(a)Bonny and Clyde
(b)Captain Kangaroo
(c)Billy Graham
(d)Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

Hmmm . . . nope, no patterns anywhere to justify profiling.

5 posted on 11/18/2002 6:07:34 AM PST by I still care
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To: I still care
Bump and bookmarked just for the test (by the way, is there an answer key available?)
6 posted on 11/18/2002 6:12:10 AM PST by 1riot1ranger
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To: kattracks
"He started saying, ‘I'm going to Istanbul to see a friend. I'm not a threat,' " Snelzo said.

I think these people are hard-wired to lie.

7 posted on 11/18/2002 6:16:22 AM PST by Diana Rose
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To: kattracks
2 such air marshalls on five particular planes on a particular day and 9/11 never would have happened.

We have terrorists slam airplanes into our buildings.

We have a federal government say we don't have enough marshalls for the flights to the point where it takes a stewardess to disarm a guy trying to set off a shoe bomb!

We have Diane Feinstein shaking her tiny little fists saying we shouldn't even arm our pilots...Why? Because if the pilots has to stop a terrorrist attack, it might distract them from flying the plane!

Why are our pilots not even armed yet? and why haven't we hung people like the good senator from Kalifornia on charges of high treason?
8 posted on 11/18/2002 8:23:36 AM PST by Live free or die
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To: 1riot1ranger
Hmmm.... I think the answers are all (d), because I got the one about the embassy bombings wrong. I said Hillary did it...
9 posted on 11/18/2002 8:41:12 AM PST by I still care
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To: I still care
you left off the washington dc area snipers.

God Save America (Please)

10 posted on 11/18/2002 9:45:50 AM PST by John O
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To: Live free or die
"We have a federal government say we don't have enough marshalls for the flights to the point where it takes a stewardess to disarm a guy trying to set off a shoe bomb!"

Yeah, but we have enough funds to federalize the dopey gate security teams and employ half-wits to fill the jobs. God forbid we hire a full staff of air marshalls so that there is at least one on every flight. I believe that most Americans would be willing to pay an extra $10.00 per ticket to have this.
11 posted on 11/18/2002 9:57:56 AM PST by Constitutional Patriot
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To: I still care
Thanks for this post. I have seen this quiz before, but it always is worth repeating and reminding us over and over an over again ...
12 posted on 11/18/2002 10:10:50 AM PST by NEWwoman
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To: John O
you left off the washington dc area snipers.

Good point!

13 posted on 11/18/2002 10:11:57 AM PST by NEWwoman
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