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Watch list delays homecoming for reservist returning from Iraq
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^
| 4.12.2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/12/2006 8:04:54 AM PDT by conserv13
A Marine reservist returning home after eight months in Iraq was told he couldn't board a plane to Minneapolis because his name appeared on a watch list as a possible terrorist.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Brown, who was in uniform and returning from the war Tuesday with 26 other Marine military police reservists, was delayed briefly in Los Angeles until the issue was cleared up.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; marines; noflylist; tsa; wot
I'm glad we have the Marines fighting for us.
Does anyone really feel protected with the TSA in charge? This is shameful and ridiculous.
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:04:58 AM PDT
by
conserv13
To: conserv13
Gub-mint proficiency at it's finest!
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:09:40 AM PDT
by
Andonius_99
(They [liberals] aren't humans, but rather a species of hairless retarded ape.)
To: conserv13
Bushes Fault
Rummys Fault
Cheneys Diabolical Plan
Semper Fidelis
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:12:03 AM PDT
by
marine86297
(I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
To: conserv13
his name appeared on a watch list as a possible terrorist. Because Daniel Brown is such a unique name.
Obviously a cover for the real reason - Some Catholic in TSA has set this up to hassle the author of The Da Vinci Code
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:14:14 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Liberal comes from "liber" the Latin word for "free" - Liberal Republic, you know it makes sense)
To: conserv13
He was delayed briefly? What a scandal!
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:14:32 AM PDT
by
KarinG1
(Some of us are trying to engage in philosophical discourse. Please don't allow us to interrupt you.)
To: KarinG1
He was delayed briefly? What a scandal! I agree. While annoying, and certainly not without irony, I fail to see why this is a story.
But then again I consistently fail to read the Star and Sickle too...
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:18:54 AM PDT
by
Egon
(We are number one! All others are number two... or lower.)
To: Egon
But then again I consistently fail to read the Star and Sickle too...
LOL. It is tough when that is the only rag available. I used to read it daily when I first arrived in Italy, but wow it is just full of bad news whether it be a guy getting busted for drugs or Bush doing something wrong. I think it is amazing how liberal the rag is and it is for military folks.
To: KarinG1
He was delayed briefly? What a scandal! Long enough to miss his flight and make his friends and family wait longer for him. A uniformed Marine.
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:25:00 AM PDT
by
conserv13
To: napscoordinator
I think it is amazing how liberal the rag is and it is for military folks. Ah, you're talking about Stars and Stripes. The article posted was sourced to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
I'll agree with you, though. Stars and Stripes was unreadable back when I was in, and I'm certain it hasn't strolled anywhere toward the right in the intervening years.
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:28:01 AM PDT
by
Egon
(We are number one! All others are number two... or lower.)
To: conserv13
Yep, federalizing them made all the difference
To: conserv13
Can you imagine this happening in World War 2? LOL!
"I'm terribly sorry Sergeant Basilone. We can't allow you to board this transport home, because you might be a Japanese soldier."
(Thunderstruck silence, followed by a spash when the TSA screener lands in the harbor.)
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:29:42 AM PDT
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: conserv13
Was he in a "service" uniform, like camouflage? Or was he in his dress uniform? If the former, what is there to distinguish him from the thousands of other people who wear such attire.
Gosh! Even deer hunters will be delayed at the airport because they are wearing camouflage?
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:39:41 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Well then, you wont have to worry about you flight being overbooked out of any Alabama airport then.
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posted on
04/12/2006 8:56:55 AM PDT
by
fireforeffect
(A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Even in cammies, servicemen and women are required to be in FULL uniform. This includes name and rank (even if it is subdued) on the outside of your uniform, as well as an ID that identifies you as a servicemember. I don't think more hunters have their name on their cammies, or at least most that I know, and none have a rank insignia on their cammies.
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posted on
04/12/2006 9:49:51 AM PDT
by
Ro_Thunder
("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
To: conserv13
Since I got 404'ed when I tried to access the full article I was unaware that the Marine was forced to catch a later flight. Oh, the humanity.
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posted on
04/12/2006 9:57:08 AM PDT
by
KarinG1
(Some of us are trying to engage in philosophical discourse. Please don't allow us to interrupt you.)
To: TexasTaysor
Yep, federalizing them made all the differenceYeah, right, as if their IQ climbed 50 points (to a grand total of 50 points) by federalizing.
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posted on
04/12/2006 10:14:13 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Make illegal immigration illegal!)
To: traviskicks; Travis McGee
When we went through security they swabbed my bags and found gunpowder residue," he said. "Once that happened they made me dump all my gear. They swabbed all my gear and found gunpowder residue on my boots. I had a lot of gear in Fallujah the first time."Gunpowder residue on an active combat marines gear the horrors George bushes grand tsa expierements is a unparalled success! I wander how many arabs were not screened at all because Leon Mineta directive of only screening two arabs per flight was already met?
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posted on
04/12/2006 5:00:03 PM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: freepatriot32; albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; Americanwolfsbrother; AlexandriaDuke; ...
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
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posted on
04/12/2006 6:47:01 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/israel_palestine_conflict.htm)
To: marine86297
Bushes FaultYes, as in "the buck stops here". He signed the legislation (dumbass that he often is) - his fault.
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