[ButThreeLeftsDo]

That is all....so far..

[cmsgop]

Good

[xjcsa]

This would be an aircraft from the America West side of the US Airways/America West merger.

[nhoward14]

"Middle Eastern ethnicity"

Uh oh... some lowly copy editor is going to get fired for including this detail.

[word_warrior_bob]

Can the cries of racial profiling be far away?

[Irish Eyes]

Bump for more news

[garjog]

Questions:

1. How many are named Muhammad?
2. Are they flight school students?
3. Are they represented by the ACLU yet?
4. Which party did they support in the last election?

[PatrickF4]

Sources say the men, of Middle Eastern ethnicity, behaved in a manner that caused the crew to be concerned.

Their presence wasn't enough of a concern, I guess. Can someone call the ACLU? (insert limp-wristed gesture here --->).

[Boazo]

They will turn them loose,and that will be the end of it.

[csvset]

Has CAIR been notified? Standyby for fits of Muslim outrage.

[Mr. Brightside]

Oh, Middle eastern men?

I thought it was another "nursing mother" story.

[saganite]

Probably more response testing and probing to see what reaction they will get. Tomorrow you''ll hear these fols were just innocent members of an Islamic blues band or some such nonsense and the ACLU will get involved.

[Dallas59]

MUSLIMS

[Rome2000]

behaved in a manner that caused the crew to be concerned.

You mean they were voting DONKEYCRAT?

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Does anybody else recall Phoenix being mentioned in other threads? Is there some kind of 'hotbed' of activity there?

[oceanview]

more "syrian band members"?

[gb63]

You infidels. You not understand ancient custom of setting fire to our shoes after walking in land of infidels. :-)

[Beagle8U]

Can't they just install a half dozen "ejection" seats in every plane and seat them in those?

[ml/nj]

Middle Eastern ethnicity

They were undoubtedly f$#$!~g Islamic Swine. Jews have "middle eastern ethnicity too." Why do they use such a phrase instead of really reporting what is going on.?

ML/NJ

[no-to-illegals]

I wouldn't put it past this being a probe by the enemy to run a test case in our courts. Do any of the six know / or associate with another of the six? I'm certain that question will be a question by our courts when the case is brought into the system for the six to collect a fee from the taxpayers of our nation for running a probe of our airline security.

A cash payout from our courts to a group suing because of racial profiling. (wink wink)
No court in America would dare demand America behave PC during a time of war....and newspapers never tell secrets...I know because the nyt (spelled small for a big reason) put the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in the garbage can and forgot to print it on / in their paper.

[Oorang]

A couple of additional details in this article:

Updated: 11/20/2006 08:39:47 PM

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that federal investigators and airport police are questioning six Middle Eastern men who had to be escorted off of a plane Monday afternoon at Minneapolis/St. Paul International.

U.S. Airway officials tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Aviation Expert Bob McNaney that Monday while Flight 300 was preparing to take off from Minneapolis to Phoenix, a passenger passed a note to a flight attendant saying they noticed 'suspicious behavior,' among the men. The men would not get off the plane when asked, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned, and had to be removed by police.

http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S20152.html?cat=1