Fox News is reporting this breaking news right now. A man, a Qatari , is in custody for allegedly attempting to light something on an United Airlines flight from DC to Denver. Apparently this guy works in the Qatari embassy.
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Fox News is reporting this breaking news right now. A man, a Qatari , is in custody for allegedly attempting to light something on an United Airlines flight from DC to Denver. Apparently this guy works in the Qatari embassy.
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Originally Posted by NJCardFan
Swell.
Here is the NY Times story on it:http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...y-airline.html
Apparently he was trying to light his shoes on fire. Are people going to wake up now? More than likely not.
Well, at least he won't get accused of being smart. Unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJCardFan
Maybe his feet were cold.:confused:
I thought electing Barry was gonna make these bastards love us. :rolleyes:
Air marshals took him down. Of course this is going to be explained away as an isolated incident and won't lead to profiling of Arab looking passengers. I don't give a rats all who get offended but it's time to start profiling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape
After 9/11 and Richard Reid, there were zero attempts during the rest of Bush's term. Obama has been president for less than 15 months and this is the 2nd such attempt in the last 4 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoliCon
actually -Quote:
Originally Posted by NJCardFan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/us/04webtsa.htmlQuote:
Published: January 3, 2010
WASHINGTON — Citizens of 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to the intense screening at airports worldwide that was imposed after the Christmas Day bombing plot, Obama administration officials announced Sunday.
So they're starting to wise up a little at least . . . .
I was thinking the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJCardFan