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2009-11-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Report: US diplomats held up at checkpoint

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 When I was doing reserve duty in Intifada - I (1987) we had a US Jerusalem consulate limo trying to run a check point---I guess the driver thought that (how you call it) toothed carpet should recognize diplomatic imbumity.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-16 05:36|| 2009-11-16 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Flat tires...why do they hate us?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-16 07:54|| 2009-11-16 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe the Americans had refused to identify themselves because they wanted no record of the visit. Searching should not exclude diplomats in this day and age. High tech scanners and biometric IDs aren't all that intrusive to get in a huff about. "Thou dost protest too much."

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-11-16 11:47|| 2009-11-16 11:47|| Front Page Top

#4 They weren't "held up", they were stopped.

"Held up" is when a guy sticks a gun in your face and suggests you donate your wallet and watch to the "common man".

Posted by mojo 2009-11-16 16:49|| 2009-11-16 16:49|| Front Page Top

#5 "Held up" is when a guy sticks a gun in your face and suggests you donate your wallet and watch to the "common man".

As opposed to "Jacked Up", where the checkpoint guards introduce your face to concrete and your hands to the back of your neck.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2009-11-16 20:41|| 2009-11-16 20:41|| Front Page Top

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