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A cursory glance at the passengers (these 12)'s passports would reveal if they were Hindu Indian citizens.
If such were the case, its unlikely to say the least, that they would have been arrested.
Be prepared for the media to sweep under the rugs the "startling" fact, that these arrestees are in all likelihood peaceful adherents of the creed of Mad Mo.
Does Helen Thomas suspect that Karl Rove got the Dutch police to do this as US election year stunt?
***but declined to give further details due to the ongoing investigation***
Mums the word...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2347585
...A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, said crew members and air marshals observed the passengers trying to use cell phones and passing them among themselves while the airliner was taking off.
"It was behavior that average passengers wouldn't do," the official said....
I just got back home; arresting 12 passengers on one flight is a huge deal, imo.
Will check back in later for more information.
did they have names like "Joe Smith" and "Pete Turner" ? or maybe more like Ahkmed?
Interesting. I've been on that particular flight a few times.
"several of the 149 passengers on flight 42 to Mumbai were behaving suspiciously."
Good. Then they can go back to their country and say, "look, we can't travel around at all, because of profiling. Knock off the terrorism, or we cut off YOUR head."
Hot-headed Catholic Nuns, no doubt.
I hope that the Dutch give these guys a proper punishment. Subject them all to the dreaded Dutch Oven.
bttt
(The incident was probably sparked by the Jehovah's Witness pushing his pamphlets on the other passengers.)
The Dutch can't scratch their own ass! They love putting the old and sick to death, allow drug addicts to ruin their country, and they smile at terrorists! F*ck'em!
For your edification. All of the postings I have seen on DU since this story broke are pretty much predictable. This is all due to racist white people profiling muslims, the fear of attack as a part of a Carl Rovian scheme to effect upcoming elections, all Bush's fault,....yadda, yadda, yadda. Some things never change....certainly not DUmmy paranoia and inability to see the obvious.
Names of the arrestees released:
Names of the 12 released...
1. Batliwala Mohammed Iqbal
2. Batliwala Noor Mohammad Habib
3. Memon Yusuf Haji Ghaffar
4. Yousuf mohd salman mohd
5. Shakeel osman chhotani
6. Sohail abdul aziz nizami
7. ayub abdul qadir kolsawala
8. sajid abdul champalwala
9. mustafa ghulam
10. mohd ayub khan
11. mohd faroooq hasham
12. Imran Mohd Yousuf
WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!!!
Sorry for the incovenience,but; thanks pilot for caring about my safety.