"Yo boyyyyyyy! Pat Boone is in tha howwwse!!"
Posted on 08/23/2006 5:31:14 PM PDT by Jotmo
Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they were suicide bombers.
• Mutiny as passengers refuse to fly until Asians are removed
Manchester Umist students Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, both 22, said they sympathised with nervous travellers, but urged people not to be paranoid about Muslims.
"We might be Asian, but we're two ordinary lads who wanted a bit of fun," Mr Ashraf told the Daily Mirror.
"Just because we're Muslim does not mean we are suicide bombers."
The pair were marched off the jet at gunpoint after fellow passengers alerted officials on the flight back from Malaga, Spain.
Holidaymakers on board flight ZB 613 from Malaga to Manchester became alarmed at the men's behaviour, and demanded that air staff remove them from the plane in the incident last week.
Cabin crew informed Spanish authorities of the passengers' fears and the men were taken off the Monarch Airlines flight and quizzed by police. The plane had been due to take off at around 3am last Wednesday but was delayed by around three hours.
Some passengers reportedly stormed off the Airbus 320 aircraft and refused to fly unless the pair were removed.
The pair were quizzed by officers for several hours, but then put up in a hotel and allowed to fly back to the UK later that day.
Most likely there "fun" involved intentionally acting suspicious to scare the other passengers.
By intentionally leaving out this very relevant piece of info, the implication is that the people were just bunch of bigoted rubes, scared by the mere presence of muslim males.
No Bias here.
Move along, move along.
there=their
Sorry, the rest of the world isn't prepared to bet lives on that.
There's a cure for this: Islamofascist Airlines
No security checks, joke around all you want. Fly with your brothers and leave the rest of us in peace.
Two Asians?
While "Asian" students may be accurate, my guess is that a more common description for these two might be "Middle Eastern."
Ah, the "Asian" codeword is broken, but not to our surprise.
I think that's code for Pakistanis.
It's what the British call Iraqis/Iranians/Indians/etc.
Probably of Pakistani descent, if not Pakistani in origin. I suppose Afghan is a possibility too.
"Yo boyyyyyyy! Pat Boone is in tha howwwse!!"
Probably southwest asian.
Pakistanis are called Asian in the UK for some reason.
Or South Asian.
I'd say that's exactly what it involved. Now the 'lad' is whining because he got what he was asking for.
Precisely. It also includes Egyptians, etc.
Actually,...I think it's the other way around.
While "Middle Eastern" students may be accurate,my guess is that a more common description for these two might be Asian.
Funny! I'm just a lad who wants to have some revenge for the thousands and thousands of innocent Americans you goat-sodomizing, unwashed, odorific genetic Muslim mutants have killed. So don't mind me if I just want to have a "little fun" at your expense!
Remember, people in the UK really aren't like Americans.
Too bad isn't it? Maybe if you aren't in agreement with terrorism, then speak out against it to your friends and family and in your mosques. Other wise, live with the fact that your type frighten decent people.
"Asian" my a$$. I wouldn't fly with them!! And I'd be leary about flying with Pat Boone, but that's just me.
There is a solution .... Sedate all Muslims prior to lift-off.
They kinda look like Wham!
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