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Old 08-18-2006, 12:47 PM   #4319
SlaveNoMore
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Maybe not so uh oh

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No explosives, despite the oh so obvious terroristness of the perpetrator:
  • A West Virginia airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in a woman's carry-on luggage twice tested positive for explosives residue, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said. ...

    ...A machine that security checkpoint screeners use to test for explosives registered positive results for two containers, and a canine team also got a positive hit, she said.

    ...Airport manager Larry Salyers said he was told the woman was a 28-year-old of Pakistani descent who had moved to West Virginia from Jackson, Mich.

    ...was targeted because of her nationality and Islamic headcover.

    "It was not only a false alarm, it was racial discrimination because there was nothing," Mian Qayyum said, refusing to name her daughter.
    "Anytime a prohibited item is brought to a checkpoint, then you are going to be immediately more interested in that bag," Kayser said.

    ...one-way ticket to Detroit


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One way ticket. Muslim dress. Two positive readings.

We really need to ask ourselves - would it have been better if there actually WERE explosives.

As for her protestations about racial profiling - Boo fucking hoo.
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