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Since it has become apparent that governments around the world aren't really
going to do anything about the threat posed on airplanes by Islamic
terrorism, the airline passengers have taken control of things. Sadly, the
TSA (and its counterparts all over the globe) don't want to engage in racial
profiling.
But the people who have to fly on these airplanes...that put their lives on
the line and actually want to live until they reach their next destination,
are beginning to take action. Two recent incidents illustrate this
perfectly. The first involves a situation that took place on a flight last
week from Spain to the UK.
Two Muslim students were acting in a suspicious manner. The news coverage
doesn't say exactly what they were doing, but it was enough to bother the
passengers...and that's when it started. Some of the passengers informed
the flight crew of what was taken place, then a bunch of the passengers
stormed off the plane.
The suspicious fliers were removed from the plane at
gunpoint and the flight was on its way. The kids turned out to be clean,
but who cares. Since nearly every airplane hijacker in the last 30 years
has been an Arab Muslim, these passengers were simply playing the odds.
The second case involves something that took place yesterday. A Northwest
flight from Amsterdam to India was escorted back to the airport by Dutch
F-16's and
12 passengers were arrested for suspicious behavior. These
passengers were of Middle Eastern origin and were passing around a cell
phone on the plane, something that's not allowed. The other fliers weren't
having it, so the plane was sent back and those in question were marched off
by air marshals.
The message from government regarding airline security has been clear:
because of political correctness, they are not going to do anything to
prevent a repeat of 9/11. It's nice to see the passengers taking the
matters into their own hands. |
| | Posted 8/24/2006 9:52 AM - 1 comments
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