What a coincidence: they were on their way to a conference on “Islamophobia” and they got pulled off a flight just for being Muslim! Imagine! And this is such palpable hooey: I fly several times a month, sometimes several times a week, and innumerable times have flown on planes with Muslims in traditional dress. No […]
Muslim shouts “You’re all going to die, Allahu akbar” on Southwest flight, plane makes emergency landing
Shahsavari after his Allahu-akbaring Nothing to do with terrorism, of course. “Passenger: ‘You’re all going to die,’” by Joe Gamm for the Amarillo Globe-News, October 18 (thanks to Debbie): Somewhere in the heavens above Amarillo, angry shouts rang out from the back of Southwest Airlines Flight 3683. “You”re all going to die,” a man dressed […]
Muslim woman removed from Southwest flight sues
Abbasi hard at work claiming victim status I am just about to board a Southwest flight. If I get removed for working on “Jihad Watch” in the gate area, I’ll let you know. Irum Abbasi may have been wrongly singled out. Nonetheless, the involvement of Hamas-linked CAIR in her case is just one of many […]
Saudi passenger tries to get into cockpit of flight bound for Indianapolis; no charges filed
He spoke little English, but understood enough, obviously, to be able to get a ticket and get on the flight in the first place. And he apparently lied about being a student at the University of Indianapolis. But nothing to see here, folks. He was just “confused.” “Saudi passenger disrupts flight bound for Indianapolis,” from […]
FBI, TSA investigating Arabic writing on underbellies of Southwest Airlines planes
UPDATE: Now that pictures of these markings have finally been released, we can see that they aren’t Arabic at all. They don’t even look like Arabic. Someone who was investigating this case was a complete idiot. ——— This is not just graffiti. This is not “Kilroy was here.” The messages are unlikely to be saying, […]
Report: Al-Qaeda branch has acquired Libyan surface-to-air missiles, threatening air travel
More steals and deals at the jihadist garage sale of the century. “Qaeda offshoot acquires Libyan air missiles: EU,” from Agence France-Presse, September 5: Al-Qaeda’s north African branch has acquired a stockpile of weapons in Libya, including surface-to-air missiles that are threatening air travel, the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator said Monday. Due to the turmoil in […]
Failed underwear bomber says he assaulted guards “in defense of Muhammad,” says he should only be judged according to Sharia
We have seen many other cases where a Muslim defendant has refused to recognize the authority of the court, with various gestures of disrespect, because it is not a Sharia court. And because he only recognizes Sharia law, Abdulmutallab therefore calls himself unlawfully imprisoned. Unfortunately for him, we don’t imprison defendants only according to the […]
If you see something silly, say something: Homeland Security video portrays all “terrorists” as white, middle class males
Don’t they know stereotyping causes alienation, and alienation and poor self-esteem lead to radicalization? Now these poor men are going to have to deal with those additional radicalized Misunderstanders of Middle America and worry about backlash because of their portrayal in this video! And this is going to damage our standing with middle-class white guys […]
Air security: “If people are stopped simply for the sake of balance, whether in terms of gender, age or race, the powers will not be used in the most effective way — or in the fairest way”
The discussion about the absurdity of frisking Grandma in order for air security to appear “fair” (Fair to whom? Not Grandma) about counter-terror measures is taking place across the pond as well. In any country, not targeting resources to acknowledge the more probable source of the threat is not only wasteful, but reduces security efforts […]
The TSA protects you from another wheelchair-bound nonagenarian
Here we go again. The TSA protected us recently from a 95-year-old, wheelchair-bound leukemia patient, and now this. It is a good thing that there were agents available to do this, and that they were not too busy patting down former Secretaries of Defense and six-year-olds. Extra scrutiny for young Arab and Pakistani males, despite […]