[AnotherUnixGeek]

As sad as that is, this is the world we live in today. The next mother-murderer-bomber could be a recent convert who doesn't fit the profile and will gladly sent her child to Allah.

I agree. That old lady in a walker could have had some sort of explosive device inserted into her walker by a grandson who recently converted to Islam, that white guy with the last name of Smith might be a fanatical devotee of Islam, that little girl might have parents who think nothing of using her to transport explosives onto the plane. Better safe than sorry.

[speekinout]

Yes. 2 or 3 of the British plotters were Anglos who recently converted to Islam; one was a couple who planned to use their baby as cover. In other incidents there was the 59 year old white woman (close to granny status) who disrupted a plane on her way back from Pakistan, and a young woman of Pakistani heritage flying from WV to SC.

It's true that most of the terrorists are Muslim Arabic men, but they have shown the ability to recruit people of all ages and ethnicities. Racial profiling would only work for a short time. After that, the worst dangers would be from the recruits (willing or unwilling). And how would we know who they were?