Passengers Pulled From U.S. Air Flight in Twin Cities After Crew Sees 'Suspicious Activity' (Muslim)

Fox News/AP ^ | November 20 | Staff

[PghBaldy]

MINNEAPOLIS — Six passengers of Middle Eastern decent were removed from a US Airways flight Monday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and taken for questioning by police, an airport spokesman said. The passengers had just boarded US Airways flight 300, bound for Phoenix, when crew members "saw suspicious activity" by the men and called airport police, said the spokesman, Pat Hogan. Police escorted the men off the plane and took them to be questioned, he said. Hogan said he didn't immediately have further information. The other passengers on the flight, which was carrying 170 people, were re-screened for boarding.

[PghBaldy]

Just heard on radio news break. Posted on Fox 21 mins ago. On my local news, they called them Muslim.

[PghBaldy]

WHOOPS. Just found the original article, from a Fox affiliate

[sockmonkey]

Oh, I'm so sorry I saw this-I'm flying to PHX in a few hours.

Now, I'll be more paranoid than I usually am when flying.

[KellyAdmirer]

Well, I'm sure the Muslims are all laughing about the big joke they pulled on their fellow passengers to exploit their fears of terrorism, now that they are sitting in the station house for questioning.

[nuconvert]

Phoenix seems to be a popular destination lately for suspicious passengers.

[mimmson]

Interesting that these men were also head to Phoenix, as was Sisayehiticha Dinssa. Dinssa you might recall was arrested last week at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport carrying nearly $80,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.

That story is still up at National Terror Alert site
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2006/11/16/man-arrested-with-laptop-cash-nuclear-info/

[Southack]

Hoaxing the system in order to spread panic by Thanksgiving travelors, no doubt...

[Cindy]

I'm updating here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741897/posts

[Oorang]

More info here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741897/posts?q=1&&page=1#1

[Maeve]

It is past time for internment camps for Muslims and deportation of non-citizen Muslims.

Without the anatomy to take the tough decisions, our country would be speaking German and Japanese right about now.

I refuse to let political correctness damn my grandchildren to Sharia, Islam and Arabic in the US and Canada.

[Strategerist]

Where, exactly, in the article did it say the passengers were Muslim?

[Man50D]

Now, I'll be more paranoid than I usually am when flying.

Your reaction is understandable although I interpret this to mean passengers and or crew members are more vigilant than ever. I consider that a good sign for what it's worth.

[yldstrk]

Fly anyway.

[MNlurker]

Updated info at other thread.

[oyez]

Looks like a diversion to me.

[Petronski]

His local news called them Muslim.

[Millee]

The rumble you hear is the sound of the ACLU running to their rescue. (Bleech!)

[GSlob]

Identification as muslims is claimed from a local radio broadcast, not from the article.

[Man50D]

It is past time for internment camps for Muslims and deportation of non-citizen Muslims.

Islam should be treated as a cult instead of a religion. The federal government established its position with cults when it raided the Branch Davidian compund in Waco Texas in 1993. Islam and its mosques should be treated in the same manner.

[PghBaldy]

Thank you. I searched for it, but should have searched various title permutations... Anyway, I have some friends who work for US Air (if they haven't been laid off) if I see them I'll try to ask them on Friday. They don't tell tales about work, but in the past we hear basically nothing compared to what goes on (terror related and air rage related). Most never makes the news.