Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown

London Times ^ | 8/15/2006 | Ben Webster

[Agent Smith]

I am glad to hear that at least one western government is sane.

[joyce11111]

That is what should be done. Not the PC attitude that we have here.

[Battleofbritain]

It's not gonna happen. It's still just being discussed and now the self-appointed "moderate muslim" leaders are going to go beserk.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

and they should..we all know it's wheelchair bound grammas and grampas along with their amish friends that are causin all the trouble... (sarc/off)

[tubebender]

Let's hope this spreads to the US...

[Dog Gone]

Philip Baum, an aviation security consultant, said that profiling should focus on ruling out people who obviously posed no risk rather than picking out Asian or Arabs.

Sounds good except that this is a distinction without a difference.

[Calpernia]

B.B.B.!

IOW, Big Brit Bump!

[strange1]

But it would cause outrage in the Muslim community because its members would be far more likely to be selected for extra checks.

Boo Phocking Hoo.

[Lizavetta]

BEcause there is at least one terrorist (Timothy McVeigh) who is not Middle Eastern, it is therefore safe to assume that other non-Middle Eastern men could be terrorists.....leading to the inescapable conclusion that profiling Middle Easterners is racist and wrong.

And as we all know, NOTHING - not murder, not rape, not genocide, not torture - NOTHING is worse than to have a racist mindset.

God help us and save us from our sold-out leaders.

[Blueflag]

AMEN!!

"But it would cause outrage in the Muslim community because its members would be far more likely to be selected for extra checks."

Because your brethren ARE the F%#%$ing problem!!!

[Yaelle]

This is smart. Two checkpoints.

THOSE WHO PRAY TO ALLAH and

THOSE WHO DO NOT PRAY TO ALLAH ought to cover it.

[nopardons]

Good news, but how are they going to spot the white or black converts, if they shave and/or wear western garb?

[kittymyrib]

"...there is a real risk of criminalising minority communities.”

No need for the police to do that. The Muslim community in England is doing a bang up job of turning itself into a criminal community when the police are looking into SEVENTY terrorist plots now, with hundreds of Muslim suspects.

[PureSolace]

The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background.

Bring This Practice to the US! We must not allow Islamic Fascists to continue to kill us!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

The Amishadeen will strike you when you are least suspecting it!

[Yaelle]

It's been proven. PC kills.

If a group to which I belong were blowing up innocents all over the world, I would understand that if I chose to fly, I would have to go through an hour or more of scrutiny. And boy would I turn on my fellow California blondes for putting me up to it, not on the societies that are just trying to stay alive!! Get a clue, good Muslims!

[CJ Wolf]

If it doesn't we should at least make sure all flights pass through the UK.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

"Good news, but how are they going to spot the white or black converts, if they shave and/or wear western garb?"

Since 99% of world terrorism is done by Muslims, profiling this group and employing sophisticated questioning can eliminate 99% of the terrorism. In addition, everyone else should also go through a good questioningm too.

[traditional1]

Why not just make those in line eat pork before they enter the screening area?

[ncountylee]

The threat of nude searches will keep the Islamoslimes from flying. Kind of like sissies in that regard.