http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1741897/posts?page=355#355
UPDATE:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/NATION/928787937/1001
“US Airways, airport seek trial in imams’ suit”
By Audrey Hudson
January 4, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “US Airways and Minneapolis airport officials are demanding a jury trial in a civil rights lawsuit filed by a group of Muslim imams who were removed from a flight for suspicious behavior.
The airline and Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), which oversees Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, are also claiming immunity for their employees named in the suit, citing a “John Doe” law passed by Congress last year that, among other things, protects people acting in an official capacity to prevent terrorist attacks.
“We believe the police officers acted appropriately and that it is important that airports across the nation be able to take action when there is a reasonable belief that travelers could be threatened,” said Patrick Hogan, MAC spokesman.”
355 posted on 01/04/2008 1:44:20 AM PST by Cindy
UPDATE:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/NATION04/410150204/1008
“Inside the Ring”
By Bill Gertz
January 4, 2008
“Coughlin sacked”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, has been fired from his position on the military’s Joint Staff. The action followed a report in this space last week revealing opposition to his work for the military by pro-Muslim officials within the office of Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
Mr. Coughlin was notified this week that his contract with the Joint Staff will end in March, effectively halting the career of one of the U.S. government’s most important figures in analyzing the nature of extremism and ultimately preparing to wage ideological war against it.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mr. Coughlin was accused directly by Mr. Islam of being a Christian zealot or extremist “with a pen,” according to defense officials. Mr. Coughlin appears to have become one of the first casualties in the war of ideas with Islamism.”