Posted on 07/22/2004 6:56:18 AM PDT by Amerimom2
bttt...
The danger of explosive decompression from a gunshot is wildly overstated. One shot is not going to bring down an airline.
I have come to find out that is true but except in the case that it hits the flight crew....
I agree, and thanks for the Snopes info.
http://www.donaldsensing.com/2004/07/air-marshals-not-worried-aboard-flight.html
More details and reason to doubt Jacobson's interpretation.
Also all 14 Syrians had EXPIRED visas. So, again, who knows and as always it is up to the the individual to keep his/herself safe.
Michelle Malkin points out that all the visas of the band members had expired. However, due to legal "wonkery," the expiration date of a visa does not necessarily coincide with the end of the authorized duration of the holder's stay in the US (see her post). Some visas expire upon entry to the US (that is, they can be used only once) while the authorized visit is obviously much longer. So while the band's members might have been here no longer legally, it isn't certain they were, at least from the information we now have.
So who knows, agreed. (Plus they could have legal visas, real jobs as musicians, and still do dry runs as terrorists.)
But apparently the Syrians strange behavior, which "freaked out" the Jacobsens, passes for normal on Syrian airlines.
The air marshals felt alarmed only by Jacobsen and her husband, wondering if they weren't a terrorist distraction themselves!
"Which is different from assuming he is a terrorist."
I never assumed he was a terrorist, I said someone should check him out. sheesh
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