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Americans panicking again..................
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. The group, which was visiting the country as part of a goodwill tour, departed Saturday night after the FBI searched and interviewed them. The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. The other six boarded the flight before he returned; in the meantime, someone reported the unattended bag. Authorities refused to allow Abbassi to board, and the pilot ordered the other members of the delegation off the flight along with their luggage, said Coose, the TSA's deputy security director in Portland. Authorities who searched their bags became alarmed when they found documents written in Arabic with 911 written on them, Coose said. The delegation could not speak English to explain the documents, he said. It turned out that the group's host in Dallas, a previous stop, had given them instructions to call 911 if they got into trouble, but it was mistaken for a reference to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Coose called the incident "absolutely unfortunate." |
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Americans panicking again..................
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:28:40 +0100, "Sjoerd"
wrote: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. [snip] The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. An unattended bag will cause serious problems in many countries. In some places it might get blown up by the bomb squad. There was something on Italian TV today about an incident at Fiumicino airport that began with an unattended bag. Begin with that and then add the complicating factor that none of the party speaks the language of the country they're in, and I think any consequent delays in departure are totally predictable. -------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it. |
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Americans panicking again..................
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 14:08:34 +0100 B wrote:
:On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:28:40 +0100, "Sjoerd" :wrote: :http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html :PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were :detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what :appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. :The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, :Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said :Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. :An unattended bag will cause serious problems in many countries. In :some places it might get blown up by the bomb squad. There was :something on Italian TV today about an incident at Fiumicino airport :that began with an unattended bag. :Begin with that and then add the complicating factor that none of the :party speaks the language of the country they're in, and I think any :consequent delays in departure are totally predictable. Yes. But on the other hand, you are not full of hate for America, as Sjoerd is. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com |
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"Binyamin Dissen" schreef in bericht news But on the other hand, you are not full of hate for America, as Sjoerd is. You are just too funny, Binyamin. Sjoerd |
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Americans panicking again..................
You would be too if someone flew a couple of planes into tall buildings and
killed 3000 people. "Sjoerd" wrote in message ... http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. The group, which was visiting the country as part of a goodwill tour, departed Saturday night after the FBI searched and interviewed them. The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. The other six boarded the flight before he returned; in the meantime, someone reported the unattended bag. Authorities refused to allow Abbassi to board, and the pilot ordered the other members of the delegation off the flight along with their luggage, said Coose, the TSA's deputy security director in Portland. Authorities who searched their bags became alarmed when they found documents written in Arabic with 911 written on them, Coose said. The delegation could not speak English to explain the documents, he said. It turned out that the group's host in Dallas, a previous stop, had given them instructions to call 911 if they got into trouble, but it was mistaken for a reference to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Coose called the incident "absolutely unfortunate." |
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Americans panicking again..................
As much as I would be if then planes flew overhead dropping "cargo" that
killed tens of thousands more! But I digress! "Peter L" wrote in message ... You would be too if someone flew a couple of planes into tall buildings and killed 3000 people. "Sjoerd" wrote in message ... http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. The group, which was visiting the country as part of a goodwill tour, departed Saturday night after the FBI searched and interviewed them. The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. The other six boarded the flight before he returned; in the meantime, someone reported the unattended bag. Authorities refused to allow Abbassi to board, and the pilot ordered the other members of the delegation off the flight along with their luggage, said Coose, the TSA's deputy security director in Portland. Authorities who searched their bags became alarmed when they found documents written in Arabic with 911 written on them, Coose said. The delegation could not speak English to explain the documents, he said. It turned out that the group's host in Dallas, a previous stop, had given them instructions to call 911 if they got into trouble, but it was mistaken for a reference to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Coose called the incident "absolutely unfortunate." |
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:28:40 +0100, "Sjoerd"
wrote: Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind In light of world events it sounds like a reasonable precaution to me. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The News Guy(Mike) - Seinfeld Lists + (two mirrored sites) + http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym + http://waveprohosting.com/tnguym + All things Seinfeld; scripts, trivia, lists, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |
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Americans panicking again..................
"B Vaughan" wrote in message
... On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:28:40 +0100, "Sjoerd" wrote: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/West/....ap/index.html PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Seven delegates from the Moroccan parliament were detained at Portland International Airport for several hours in what appeared to be a mix-up involving language barriers. [snip] The visitors were about to board a 7 a.m. flight when one of the members, Abdellah Abbassi, left his carry-on bag behind while he got coffee, said Andrew Coose of the Transportation Security Administration. An unattended bag will cause serious problems in many countries. In some places it might get blown up by the bomb squad. There was something on Italian TV today about an incident at Fiumicino airport that began with an unattended bag. Unattended bags were matters of great concern long before 9-11. I remember leaving a bag unattended about 10 years ago at an airport and it generated quite an uproar. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Americans panicking again..................
Peter L wrote:
You would be too if someone flew a couple of planes into tall buildings and killed 3000 people. Sorry to be blunt but... GET OVER IT. Bush has killed 3 times more Iraqis than were killed at WTC. It is much better to have one plane crash per year and the rest flying full and airlines profitable than to put in so many fear messages that nobody flies, airlines are going belly up, Boeing firing people left and right etc etc. You cannot let terrorists prevent you from living a normal life. And that means you must prevent your government from going overboard with 1984 style measures which, in the end, will do far more damage to your economy and lifestyle than one very bad day in 2001. Americans should wake up from this nightmare and realise that it has been made far worse by the Bush regime that it really was. Yes, 9-11 was a disaster of biblical proportions, not because of the number of dead, not because of the plane crashes, but because of the people trapped and the sheer size of the structures that fell down and it was all shown live to the world. Had the BAM earthquake been shown live, with 30k people killed, perhaps it would have put the WTC disaster in perspective. The intelligence community should be told to do their work behind the scenes and their information must not be used as propaganda to exagerate the theaths to keep the public in fear. It is as if the United States of America was being artificially maintained in a state of shock even since 9-11. When Americans who would kill to prevent a government from issuing identity cards for fear of "big brother" end up supporting the Patriot Act and stuff like CAPPS, it means that there is something seriously changed with the american psyche. American should realise that the real threath is their own government who exagerates the threaths for their own political purposes. |
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