Posted on 09/21/2004 7:05:56 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
WASHINGTON - A plane bound for Washington from London was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after passenger Yusuf Islam — formerly known as pop singer Cat Stevens (news) — showed up on a U.S. watch list, federal officials said.
United Airlines Flight 919 had already taken off from London en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made between the passenger and the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration.
The plane was met by federal agents at Maine's Bangor International Airport around 3 p.m., Melendez said.
Federal officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the individual as Islam.
One official said Islam, 56, was identified by the Advanced Passenger Information System, which requires airlines to send passenger information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's National Targeting Center. TSA was then contacted and requested that the plane land at the nearest airport, the official said.
"He was interviewed and denied admission to the United States on national security grounds," said Homeland Security spokesman Dennis Murphy. He said the man would be put on the first available flight out of the country Wednesday.
Islam, who was born Stephen Georgiou, took Cat Stevens as a stage name and had a string of hits in the 1960s and '70s, including "Wild World" and "Morning Has Broken." Last year he released two songs, including a re-recording of his '70s hit "Peace Train," to express his opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq (news - web sites).
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Because -- there are times when a woman has to say what's on her mind...(ick) -- Mary MacGregor. Okay, you can join me now in a rendition of "Rock The Boat" (Don't rock the boat baby.) Man, it's 1973 in here. Kung Fu Fighting bump to everybody.
see post 27
Remember:
"You're either with the terrorists or against the terriorists".
Good rule of thumb to ban people who support terrorist activity through their monetary donations.
Why couldn't musicians keep their shirts on in the 60s and 70s?
Ugh. Right in style for the spring of 1971.
YOu mean nice Sweet Cat Steven aka Peace Train got pop by FBI
DAMN
Just remember, Cat -- Don't cry out loud -- just keep it inside -- learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud -- and if you should fall -- remember you almost had it all.
I have now read both threads & this one is way funnier.
Mr Agron Loxha, Chairman of Kosova Aid and representative of the Kosova Information Centre [a KLA front] in London said: "Most villages in Northern Kosova have been emptied or totally destroyed. People have left their homes. Hundreds of thousands, including sick and crippled, some elders as old as eighty, are now occupying the forests, freezing with no provisions!" Commenting on the reports of rape gangs conducted by Serbs [a KLA lie], Mr Islam slammed the indecisiveness of the political leadership, "This is monstrous and is making us even more enraged at the slow pace of Nato's willingness to send ground troops. Give the KLA the guns and those cursed devils will disappear fast, straight to where they and their chief, Milosovic, belong - to hell!"
(See http://catstevens.com/articles/00110/ )
He has also been a suppporter of the Chechen bandits.
Our US authorities know that the KLA and the Chechen bandits are international islamist terrorists, and that the "Bosnian" islamists harbor and finance terrorists. Thus they are very watchful of at least some individuals connected with these groups. Now if we could only get those of our own mis-leaders (like the remaining clintonites in the State Department and Senators like Biden and Kerry) who support these goons' actions in their own local areas to change their tune, we might have a chance to flush the terrorists our of their European and Caucasus safe havens!!!!
Instead of martyrs receiving 72 Helen Thomas virgins, I really they all get a 'Cheeseburger in Paradise'!
Yes he was. I was a fan. After he came out in favor of the death threat to Salman Rushdie (an ass in his own right) I could not – in good conscious – listen to him.
Yes, but at the time I posted....nevermind.
Making the best of every virtue and vice...
Look at this! 155 senseless posts and not even a good ZOT!
OMGGG
This thread turn into I hate 1970 music
So who is Big cheese of Axis of Evil
ABBA?
Who would have thought it 30 years ago? Proving once again, there is no such thing as useless information. And besides, those cats were fast as lightning. Don't you know it was a little bit frightening. For they fought with expert timing. What great lyrics. Carl Douglas died long ago, sad to say. As did Van McCoy ("The Hustle"). Now there are easy-to-remember lyrics!!
My money would be on Seals and Croft...
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