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On a Wing and a Prayer
Opinion Journal ^ | 06 Dec 06 | Debra Burlingame

Posted on 12/06/2006 5:21:58 AM PST by rellimpank

Grievance theater at Minneapolis International Airport.

Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Those are the words that started it all. Six bearded imams are said to have shouted them out while offering evening prayers as they and 141 other passengers waited at the gate for their flight out of Minneapolis International Airport. It was three days before Thanksgiving. Allahu Akbar: God is great.

Initial media reports of the incident did not include the disturbing details about what happened after they boarded US Airways flight 300, but the story quickly went national with provocative headlines: "Six Muslims Ejected from US Air Flight for Praying." Yes, they were praying--but let's be clear about this. The very last human sound on the cockpit voice recorder of United flight 93 before it screamed into the ground at 580 miles per hour is the sound of male voices shouting "Allahu Akbar" in a moment of religious ecstasy.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; muslims
--excellent wrapup of the imim-airline incident--
1 posted on 12/06/2006 5:21:59 AM PST by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Allu Akhbar- also the last words on the cockpit tape of the Egyptair flight the homicidal/suicidal captain rode into the North Atlantic several years ago.


2 posted on 12/06/2006 5:25:05 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: rellimpank

Bless Debra and comfort her in this time of another terrible tragedy in her life.


3 posted on 12/06/2006 5:25:47 AM PST by OldFriend (FALLEN HERO JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI, REST IN PEACE)
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To: rellimpank

If you are ever around when something like this is going on Just start repeating in a loud voice Jesus Christ is my Savior. If others will join you I balieve the Muzzies will get the message.


4 posted on 12/06/2006 5:29:47 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: sgtbono2002

First time I've heard someone suggest it, wish I had thought of it first !!!


5 posted on 12/06/2006 5:33:43 AM PST by Obie Wan
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To: sgtbono2002
"If you are ever around when something like this is going on Just start repeating in a loud voice Jesus Christ is my Savior."

I'd be more inclined to start pummeling someone and deal with the legal repercussions later.
6 posted on 12/06/2006 5:36:03 AM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: rellimpank

Excellent article and a great reminder that they are still out there and they still want to kill us.


7 posted on 12/06/2006 5:44:41 AM PST by Terpin (Missing: One very clever and insightful tagline. Reward for safe return!)
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To: rellimpank

Next time I travel, I will make sure I have a pocket recorder with me. Assuming, of course, that I fail to notice beforehand that the stinking savages are on board the same plane as me.


8 posted on 12/06/2006 7:17:53 AM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: silverleaf
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!

If I hear that, it's the same as hearing "Tora! Tora! Tora!" as far as I'm concerned....Jihad words.

9 posted on 12/06/2006 7:20:32 AM PST by ErnBatavia (recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
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To: Publius6961
Next time I travel, I will make sure I have a pocket recorder with me.

Techno-lightweight question...do I assume that camera cell phones can also record sound (such as with that Michael Richards rant)? Eventually, they'll get caught "on tape" with their antics.

10 posted on 12/06/2006 7:23:37 AM PST by ErnBatavia (recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
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To: ErnBatavia
Techno-lightweight question...do I assume that camera cell phones can also record sound (such as with that Michael Richards rant)? Eventually, they'll get caught "on tape" with their antics.

Yes, they do. However, are cell phones allowed on the plane?

11 posted on 12/06/2006 8:27:15 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: silverleaf
Allu Akhbar- also the last words on the cockpit tape of the Egyptair flight the homicidal/suicidal captain rode into the North Atlantic several years ago.

Actually, the co-pilot of the EgyptAir flight said "Tawakilt ala Allah" 11 times, which means "I rely on God".

12 posted on 12/06/2006 8:32:58 AM PST by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: sgtbono2002

Good idea!!

Wow, so it turns out that contrary to many published reports, these 6 Imams did not merely "pray" in the waiting area, they engaged in a variety of provocative and suspicious acts onboard the plane, including ignoring their assigned seats to sit in the pattern of the 9/11 hijackers (that CANNOT have been accidental) and 3 of them requesting "seatbelt extenders" despite no evident need for them and then not using them as seatbelts but rolling them up and placing them at their feet as though holding them in preparation for some other use.....

These clowns are propagandists working to (1) weaken airline security, (2) promote Islamist issues, and (3) win some huge $$ settlement.


13 posted on 12/06/2006 9:40:19 AM PST by Enchante (America-haters and Terrorists Around the World Embrace Chamberlain Democrats)
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To: rellimpank

That's an excellent article. Thank you for posting it.


14 posted on 12/06/2006 9:49:37 AM PST by California74
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