Posted on 08/24/2006 12:12:03 PM PDT by Quilla
Exactly!!!
It's a federal crime to refuse to follow the flight crew's instruction (at least in the U.S.)!
So are we serious about that or just playing? There seems to be no dispute that these 12 willfully and openly disobeyed the crew's instructions on that aircraft!
What the heck kind of a circus are we running? Just let them go? Because they are Muslims? Are Muslims now presumed to be above the law?
I read yesterday a new suggestion for preventing Airline terrorism: Travellers have to undergo a security screening that takes between 3-5 days and only pork products will be served for meals.
OTOH I wouldn't trust my laptop and cell phone to still be in my checked baggage when I arrived in India, either.
Merely a techniqality.
Now this is rich! (sarc) Next time we hear about these jerks they'll have murdered a lot of innocent people.
Not in the US...my hubby and son flew to Canada last week, returning today...they were allowed to carry on laptops, cell phones, ipods, earphones, etc.
Thank you.
These men were "arrested" for some violation. Although short on experience, I just can't see how one talks their way out once the arrest is made.
List of Detainees:
(1) Mohammad Iqbal Batliwala
(2) Noor Mohammad Habeeb Batliwala
(3) Yusru Haji Gaffar Memon
(4) Yousuf Mohammad Salman Mohammad
(5) Imran Mohammad Yousuf
(6) Shakeel Osman Chhotani
(7) Sohail Abdul Aziz Nizami
(8) Ayub Abdul Qadir
(9) Sajid Abdul Qadir
(10) Ghulam Mustafa
(11) Mohammad Ayub Khan
(12) Mohammad Farooq Hasham
A typical outing of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick.
IT training in Scarborough, Tobago? Really?
lol lol lol
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I'd guess they were just comparing notes, so as to speak, and got caught at it.
Or they could have been plotting to kill everyone on board, hard to say these days.
Rat, I have yet to disagree with your views on any variety of topics. More people should think as we do. Simple solutions get the job done, and prevent further complications.
You can't yell "I've got a bomb" on a plane or in an airport because it is a criminal act.
These dry-runner al-qaeda types can get away with all the actions of constructing a bomb or carrying out a terrorist attack and they just walk away.
This needs to be a crime as well, so we can lock up these innocent dry-run al-qaeda types before they practise so much that al-qaeda has a fool-proof plan that kills thousands again.
Write your congressman because we need a new law against this yesterday.
No wonder I couldn't get through to Dell tech support for the last few days!
There's a variety of reasons they do this, and now they're probably laughing their islamic a$$es off.
The first goal is to test the system. A dry run, as everyone has pointed out.
The second goal is to use our ideals of personal liberty and political correctness against us. They're simply gaming us, trying to get us alarmed, knowing that the behavior in and of itself is not technically illegal, and now we're forced to let them go. They'll use this to ridicule people, saying they're prejudiced against poor, innocent islamics, and maybe even attempt to bring suit against the airline. The overall goal of this is to cause people to keep quiet when the alarms start ringing. That behavior modification will be very useful when the actual suicide bombers decide to conduct their mission.
The third goal is to see just how much they can get the infidels riled up. A fun game, to them. In other words, they're punking.
In the US, refusing to follow flight crew instructions is a Federal Offense. I think it has a year of jail time plus bug fines.
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