Posted on 08/30/2006 5:10:08 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iraqi architect on Tuesday said he was forced to change his t-shirt before boarding a flight in New York because the shirt had "We will not be silent" written on it in Arabic and English. ADVERTISEMENT
Raed Jarrar wrote on his Internet blog (http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com) that he was required to change out of the shirt prior to boarding a JetBlue flight from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to California this month because officials told him people were offended by the shirt.
In an interview with New York Public Radio on Tuesday, Jarrar said, "I grew up and spent all my life living under authoritarian regimes and I know that these things happen. But I'm shocked that they happened to me here, in the U.S."
Jarrar could not immediately be reached for comment.
JetBlue said it was investigating the August 12 incident.
"We're not clear exactly what happened," JetBlue spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said.
The American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee said the U.S. Transportation Department and the Transportation Security Administration were also investigating the incident after the committee lodged complaints on behalf of Jarrar.
Good for JetBlue!
AMERICA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
His fellow passengers won't be silent either.
since he likes the phrase, maybe it would bode well to carve it into his chest lest he forget the saying. Lets make sure he remembers it. Then let him travel shirtless.
"Yup. I have a thought. Why don't you leave? Oh, and don't let the door hit you in the @ss."
I second that....! If he thinks it's his consitutional right to wear a t-shirt, then he didn't learn anything when he applied for citizenship.....
Media attention whore alert!!!!
Indeed it is. And it is the constitutional right of Jet Blue to refuse you service if you do not meet their standards of appropriate attire.
You're not the only person in the US with rights, assclown.
http://www.parkerstudio.com/AAW/notsilentstories.html
more of the shirts
This movement is simply a confrontation of the FREE WEST saying that Islam will be who they want to be. I think its time to move Islam aside. They have no right in my society if my society says they dont.
Here's an e-mail I sent:
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""It sucks to be an Arab/Muslim living in the US these days. When you go to the middle east, you are a US tax-payer destroying people's houses with your money, and when you come back to the US, you are a suspected terrorist and plane hijacker.""
You had to change your t-shirt, you say?
Thank heavens you were dealing with American Christians. Two Americans in Iraq had their shirts changed for them by a mob:
http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/archive/images/iraq.htm
... that is, changed into smouldering ashes, along with thier entire bodies.
So cry me a river.
If you spent more time denouncing the mass murderers and their apologists waving the banner of Islam, instead of the people who are trying to cut them down and root them out, maybe you'd elicit a little more sympathy. Maybe if you didn't go out of your way to put your fellow airline passengers into a state of mortal fear as some sort of sick, perverted game, then maybe more people would give a damn.
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This outside agitator is as pink as they come-
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-09,GGLG:en&q=%22Raed+Jarrar%22
A suggestion, stay in Iraq and avoid embarassment.
Aside from that there is this incident :
The other thing you can't miss in Jordan and Syria is people's anger against the US. On more than occasion, I got shouted at because I live in the US. The most interesting incident was during a visit to a Lebanese refugee camp. I was called by two young Lebanese people, and they asked me whether me and the rest of the delegation visiting their shelter where coming from the US. I said yes. They said: "you better get the hell out of here unless you want us to make a scene". I tried to explain that we are the "good" Americans who are against the war, so they said go back home and change your government. "you can't come here visit us in a shelter that we were sent to because of your tax money and your bombs, and expect us to be nice to you". So me and the other Americans got the hell out of there.
Or maybe some of these incidents he describes happened a little differently than he recalls:
The other thing you can't miss in Jordan and Syria is people's anger against Hezbollah. On more than occasion, I got shouted at because I support Hezbollah. The most interesting incident was during a visit to a Lebanese refugee camp. I was called by two young Lebanese people, and they asked me whether me and the rest of the delegation visiting their shelter where Hezbollah supporters from the US. I said yes. They said: "you douchebags better get the hell out of here unless you want us to make a scene". I tried to explain that we are the "good" Americans who are against the war, so they said go back home and leave us alone. "you can't come here visit us in a shelter that we were sent to because of your support for terrorism, and expect us to be nice to you". So me and the other international socialists got the hell out of there.
I caught that little phrase too. Not only is he an idiot, he's a lying idiot.
Yeah, except that it doubly and triply sucks to be an Arab/(Any other country inserted here). Like Winston Churchill said: "Democracy is the absolute worst kind of government ever invented by man -- except for all the others."
This cat needs to grow up.
I heard commentary on talk radio this morning about Muslims who are knifing, driving over and shooting citizens here in the USA. Its a trend developing. Its individuals doing this. Thier freinds and neighbors then say "what a quiet, thoughtful harmless fellow, he must have been stressed". Meanwhile they killed 1-10 people, especially Jews. The Arab Muslim population here should be afraid to even fart too loud.
Idiots in arabic t-shirts can bring down planes. This jerk is lucky he didn't get it shoved up his sorry @$$.
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