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2011-11-26 Home Front: WoT

UAE students want apology after being pulled from flight

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Posted by 2011-11-26 09:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Oh holy heck. If they didn't screen the heck out of these guys, they would have been sorely remiss. And I bet once back in the plane, they were joined by several armed air marshals.

1) Traveling as a group.

2) Studying to be a pilot.

3) Talking about planes and military subjects.

4) Flying to Washington, D.C.

5) Native to a country with ongoing agitation and infiltration by Iran.

6) Freaking Muslims.

7) Switching seats.

If I had been on that flight, I would have demanded a different plane. FTS.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-26 11:26|| 2011-11-26 11:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The only mistake here was letting these morons into the country in the first place.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-11-26 13:16|| 2011-11-26 13:16|| Front Page Top

#3 8) UAE was the financial and communications hub for the 9/11 attacks.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-26 14:22|| 2011-11-26 14:22|| Front Page Top

#4 UAE is the financial and communications hub for a lot of things.

Posted by Pappy 2011-11-26 15:31|| 2011-11-26 15:31|| Front Page Top

#5 In early February 1999, Clarke met with Al Maktoum, one of the UAE royals who was known to hunt with Bin Laden, in the UAE. Al Maktoum was a big supporter of the Taliban and al-Qaeda. And although people often forget, two of the 9-11 hijackers were citizens of the UAE and the vast majority of money supporting the attacks flowed through the UAE.

The 9/11 Commission Report has six references to the UAE, most of which can be found on page 138. One of these suggests that but for the cooperation of the UAE, we would have killed Bin Ladin two years in advance of September 11.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-26 16:11|| 2011-11-26 16:11|| Front Page Top

#6 They should apologize for creating such an inconvenience and their visas should be revoked to make an example out of them. I don't believe they were terrorists but I do believe they were playing games with the other passengers and the system and probably contacted Cair ahead of time.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-26 17:19|| 2011-11-26 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Nibbled-to-death-by-cats-fare.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-26 17:51|| 2011-11-26 17:51|| Front Page Top

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