Doubtless he was just elated over Obama’s reelection and getting a bit over-exuberant. The passengers were greasy Islamophobes for not taking his “Islamic slogans” as declarations of peace. “Mid-air scare: Man turns violent on Mumbai-Delhi flight, raises Islamic slogans,” from TNN, November 8: NEW DELHI: In what was described by a frequent flyer as the […]
Nigeria: Airline passengers subdue man who stood up and began screaming “Allahu akbar”
Clearly they were Islamophobes cravenly interfering with the man’s prayers. “Terror scare: Arik passengers wrestle man mid-air,” by Everest Amaefule for Punch, October 24 (thanks to Chimmy): Passengers and crew of an Abuja-bound aircraft belonging to Arik Air were thrown into panic on Tuesday when a passenger behaving in a strange manner stood up and […]
Chicago-based Muslim convicted of funneling money to jihadis stuck in Egypt, claims he’s on terrorist watch list by mistake
Suburban man He’s just a “suburban man,” says the Chicago Sun-Times, but in 2005, a Daily Southtown story said this: Prosecutors told a federal appeals court Tuesday that Enaam Arnaout, the imprisoned leader of a now-defunct Palos Hills-based Muslim charity, should have been dealt with as a terrorist and sentenced to much more time behind […]
TSA detains man with facial palsy for refusing to disclose where he was going and why
Close down the TSA! In the atmosphere of politically correct authoritarianism in which we live, the TSA cannot focus on the actual source of the threat to air security, and so has opted for intrusive questioning and the unwarranted detaining of free citizens. This is madness. “Steve Gunn: Just say no when the TSA asks […]
TSA charged with racial profiling at Boston’s Logan Airport
Close down the TSA! In the atmosphere of politically correct authoritarianism in which we live, the TSA cannot focus on the actual source of the threat to air security, and so has apparently opted to zero in not only on “Middle Easterners,” but also on “Hispanics traveling to Miami, for instance, or blacks wearing baseball […]
Newark TSA allows woman who tested positive for explosive residue to board flight to Cleveland
Close down the TSA! “Security breaches at Newark Airport,” by Lisa Evers for Fox 5 News, August 6 (thanks to David): Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials say United Airlines checkpoint operations at Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport were shut down Sunday after TSA and local authorities tried to find a passenger that wasn’t […]
U.S. on lookout for radical Christians with upgraded underwear bombs — no, wait…
Actually, oddly enough, it is Islamic jihadists who misunderstand Islam so spectacularly as to deploy these bombs. And U.S. officials will always be one step behind those who spend all their days plotting how to please their god through blood and murder. “US on lookout for terrorists using upgraded underwear bombs,” from the Associated Press, […]
Napolitano: “˜Historically” DHS Hasn’t Vetted U.S. Citizens Against No-Fly List Before They Take Flight Lessons
Oh, well, then, we should never ever vet them! “Napolitano: “˜Historically” DHS Hasn’t Vetted U.S. Citizens Against No-Fly List Before They Take Flight Lessons,” by Edwin Mora for CNS News, July 25 (thanks to Ron): (CNSNews.com) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told lawmakers today that, historically, her department has chosen not to vet U.S. […]
U.S. flight schools still not screening foreign nationals, could be training jihad terrorists
Flight schools must not provide “flight training to a foreign student unless the Secretary of Homeland Security first determines that the student does not pose a threat to aviation or national security.” But actually to do this checking would be “Islamophobic.” And anyway, what could go wrong? “9/11 Flashback: US Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Training […]
Pamela Geller: Close down the TSA!
An idea whose time has come. “Close Down the TSA!,” by Pamela Geller in the American Thinker, July 10: It got hardly any notice in the mainstream media, but the New York Post did report on June 24 that “a JFK Airport terminal had to be evacuated and hundreds of passengers marched back through security […]