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  • Air scare: All 12 detained Indians freed

    08/25/2006 4:35:12 AM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 13 replies · 794+ views
    The Times of India ^ | 25 Aug, 2006 0002hrs IST | The Times of India
    AMSTERDAM/MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: An edgy Dutch security apparatus, after creating the impression of a foiled terror plot when it arrested 12 Indian on Wednesday following the return of a Northwest Airlines flight to Amsterdam, late on Thursday night brought the curtains down on the high-voltage drama by releasing all of them. The 12 held were all Muslims, most of them Bohra Muslims from Mumbai. Their irrational exuberance during takeoff — when they reportedly talked on mobile phones and exchanged them around — seems to have aroused the suspicion of the air marshals. The moral of the story: there is currently zero...