Posted on 12/17/2006 4:42:22 AM PST by radar101
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told an audience in New Hampshire Muslim clerics pulled off a plane for praying should have been charged criminally.
Gingrich made the remark Friday night, as he delivered the keynote speech at the Manchester Republican City Committee Christmas dinner, the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader reported.
"Those six people should have been arrested and prosecuted for pretending to be terrorists," Gingrich said. "And the crew of the U.S. airplane should have been invited to the White House and congratulated for being correct in the protection of citizens."
The imams, who had been attending a conference in Minneapolis, were pulled off a US Air flight to Phoenix after other passengers said they had been acting suspicious. They were questioned by the FBI for several hours and then released.
Their suspicious behavior apparently consisted of reports that they had prayed in Arabic and that they were not sitting together but had walked around to talk to each other.
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Compare the cautious approach re the imams and 9/11 with the certainty evinced in post 77 re a nursing mom.
Which just reinforces my opinion.
AMEN. Going after the passengers for flagging the imams and airline employees for doing their jobs is crazy. Then again, that's what PC is anyway.
Their actions were terrorizing. They were purposely, without provocation, causing the passengers to fear for their own safety...and the so-called "holy" men knew it. The imams sat like the terrorists did on 9/11, they asked for the seat belt extenders, just to name a few actions.
Even more to the point, thay are putting themselves in danger.
How do you know that it was their intent to cause fear in the other passengers?
"Evidence" my ass. 3 witnesses I read or heard from that plane corroborated those facts. Do I need a Dept of Justice Arab ass-kisser to present it as "evidence" to believe it?
Read the police report. It's online.
Among other things it includes statements that the seat belt extenders were not used and did not appear to be needed by the passengers who were not that heavy.
It also includes statememt by the flight attendants that the imam who moved to the first class seat did so without permission.
Newt 2008!
I think Gingrich just won my vote for President, simply for demonstrating a willingness to offend to put American security first.
Newt Gingrich/Ben Stein in '08
There are no other options at this time. Be a lot better than McCain/Rudy fiasco!
A seat belt extender is obviously not generally thought of as an assassin's weapon - not is a man's belt, though both could be used as such.
alas, it'll never happen.
Who would be a good VP for Newt? Rudy,Condi or Steele.
Why do you think they asked for the seat belt extenders?
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