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To: Gay State Conservative; Jack Hydrazine

Not sure why Indonesia keeps getting brought into this, given that apart from seven Indonesian citizens (probably Christians) being aboard the plane this story has diddly squat to do with Indonesia. Any security lapses or other related issues appear to lie at the door of Malaysia, China and Thailand.

Just for the record Indonesia’s passport analysis is far from “primitive” in fact it is much more rigorous and thorough than in many western countries where a bored official usually just waves people through with a cursory glance at documents. Indonesia like neighboring Singapore subjects each passport to a computer check which brings every detail up on screen for the officer examining it. The officer spends usually about three to five minutes with each arriving passenger, often longer, the queues for each flight can take an hour or two.

Trust me there are far, far fewer illegal immigrants in Indonesia than there are in the US. The punishments for being an illegal alien are a lot tougher.

For the record I don’t believe the stolen passports are related to the loss of the plane. Why would a suicide bomber who knows he is going to die care about being identified? Why would he book onward flights? The passports were stolen in Thailand, the tickets were bought in Thailand the onward flights were to Amsterdam. I am guessing they were drug smuggling.


276 posted on 03/09/2014 5:39:05 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: PotatoHeadMick
Not sure why Indonesia keeps getting brought into this, given that apart from seven Indonesian citizens (probably Christians) being aboard the plane this story has diddly squat to do with Indonesia. Any security lapses or other related issues appear to lie at the door of Malaysia, China and Thailand.

The only reason *I* mention Indonesia is because it's a neighbor of Malaysia and is,from what I've seen,rather similar to Malaysia in many ways.I've seen no evidence suggesting that Indonesia,or Indonesians,are involved in this crash,whatever its cause.

Just for the record Indonesia’s passport analysis is far from “primitive” in fact it is much more rigorous and thorough than in many western countries where a bored official usually just waves people through with a cursory glance at documents. Indonesia like neighboring Singapore subjects each passport to a computer check which brings every detail up on screen for the officer examining it.

I have passed through Indonesian and Singaporian immigration/customs twice and Malaysian immigration once.Of course that doesn't make me an expert on the functioning of any of them but passing through Singaporian immigration was far more reminiscent of going through British...Canadian....or US immigration than were my contacts with Indonesia or Malaysia.*Those* experiences were,for me,far more reminiscent of contacts I've had with Vietnamese,Indian and Tanzanian immigration stations.

277 posted on 03/09/2014 6:02:48 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

It is possible that the two with the stolen passports were drug mules or so they thought.


278 posted on 03/09/2014 7:01:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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