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To: Kieri
"It was not only a false alarm, it was racial discrimination because there was nothing," Mian Qayyum said. "They should clear her name and apologize on national TV."

And I suppose it is racism in Atlanta and among the press that has kept Richard Jewel (white guy) from getting his apology after being accused as the Olympic Park Bomber for a much longer period of time.

A screener noticed a bottle in Rima Qayyum's carry-on bag as she was going through security before her 9:15 a.m. flight Thursday to Charlotte, N.C., airport authority president Jim Booton said.

The terminal was evacuated at 11:25 a.m. after two bottles of liquid in the bag initially tested positive for explosives residue twice, and a canine team also got a positive hit. Chemical tests of the bottles' contents later turned up no explosives, said Capt. Jack Chambers, head of the State Police Special Operations unit.

It may be profiling that she was screened but not that she was detained.

15 posted on 08/18/2006 6:54:41 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee

Richard Jewel recently received an honorary commendation from Sonny Perdue, the GA of Georgia. He has been recognized for his courage and his heroism.

http://www.gov.state.ga.us/press/2006/press1221.shtml


44 posted on 08/18/2006 7:14:11 AM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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