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By: Procrastination

Procrastination — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 03:26:08 +0000

Do They Look Like Me?

You might have heard about the terror induced by 14 Syrian musicians on a Northwestern flight. There is no doubt that something out of the ordinary happened on Northwest Airlines Flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles on June 29….

By: Blogs of War

Blogs of War — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:57:06 +0000

The Debate Over Northwest Airlines Flight 327

Terror in the Skies, Again? (Parts 1 & 2) by Annie Jacobsen has sparked an interesting debate in the blogosphere.
As could be expected people are largely split into two camps:

The first camp, led by Michelle �The Marauder� Malkin, believes that th…

By: Procrastination

Procrastination — Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:12:21 +0000

Do They Look Like Me?

By: The Pink Flamingo Bar Grill

The Pink Flamingo Bar Grill — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:43:24 +0000

Terror in the Skies Again…or how Donald Sensing is trying his best to discredit this story.

The FBI was skeptical of its agents when they wanted to examine Moussaui’s computer, Atta’s roommates telephone number was on that computer, one opportunity to stop 9/11, poof. Cause? Political Correctness and a unhealthy skepticism of the sort that ca…

By: sara

sara — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 10:20:11 +0000

I would merely find it odd that someone would choose to eat their lunch in an airplane toilet. Or take their camera to the toilet, for that matter.

He may have taken his McDonald’s sack to the restroom to throw some of the trash away — I’ve done that before. And if you don’t trust your seat mates, you take your camera and other valuables to the restroom with you.

By: Jerseygirl

Jerseygirl — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 06:31:45 +0000

I read about the blonde hair on another blog where someone had checked out who Annie J was. I’m just trying to let you know that there can be a simple explanation for behavior that looks strange to us.

By: Bruce Hinton

Bruce Hinton — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 03:11:55 +0000

As I have kept trying to get across to folks, (http://jaatireport.com/Terrorism.htm), starting at; “Another Radical Concept”, it seems that our own authorities cannot stop thinking of us as just another probable enemy, instead of grokking that we are a huge force to be utilized AGAINST our radical enemies. We are motivated toward, and our spirit directed at, the preservation of our country, our citizens’ safekeeping, and maintaining our values).

By: Dean Cooper

Dean Cooper — Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:48:41 +0000

To me, the power in Annie’s article is that it re-ignites that very real fear we have that the terrorists are going to strike again. I presume Annie’s fears and all the others on that flight were unfounded and the group of Arab men really were musicians going on their next gig. I presume also that the Syrians noticed her fears (and the fears of others) and that invariably caused them to look and act even more suspiciously.

But even so, every one of us (except the crazy left-wing people over on Salon) know we might just of well have thought and felt the same things Annie did. And that’s plain scary!

The thing is that in general, this is no joke. There really are radical Muslims out there planning to kill us — and massively so. Some of us one day may well run into one of them. And we have ever reason to be scared.

And to me, that’s what we are feeling when we read a story like Annie’s. We’re feeling the terror that all of us really live with now — and only time has covered it temporarily with a veil of forgetfulness.

Annie’s story makes us remember — the terror really is out there.

By: K.

K. — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:54:35 +0000

In my opinion, the most valuable points in Annie Jacobsen’s article relate to the lack of questioning, inspections, and screening at the airport. Jerseygirl calls Jacobsen “some strange blonde woman,” but if Jacobsen mentioned her hair color anywhere in the article, I must have missed it. Jerseygirl’s point seems to be that if we ignorant Americans see groups of men with Syrian passports lining up together to use the restrooms; taking items into the restrooms such as cameras, phones, and food; blocking the aisles and conferring; and making eye contact with each other, then of course they’re practicing their faith and we have no business being suspicious . . . .

By: Mooner

Mooner — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:51:40 +0000

Who said anything about building a bomb? I would merely find it odd that someone would choose to eat their lunch in an airplane toilet. Or take their camera to the toilet, for that matter. I seriously doubt you have to worry about an unwarranted “let’s roll” scenario, since none of the passengers would even so much as confront any of the Syrian fellows with a simple question like, “Hey, ya get a nice shot of the john with your camera just now? Bet that’s a keeper for the ol’ scrap book.”

When Methodists start flying planes into buildings and beheading non-believers, then I’ll start worrying about them…

By: Tim Keller

Tim Keller — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:34:12 +0000

I wouldn’t become fearful that he was conspiring with half the plane’s passengers to build a bomb in there, that’s for sure. Seriously, because of this story I’m much more fearful of my fellow American passengers than I was a few days ago.

I can only imagine what it must be like to be a Muslim these days. There are extremists in every religion, but why are we all up in arms over these guys but nobody’s gunning for Methodists because Christian Zionists are trying to trigger Armageddon over in Israel, apparently with the blessing of both their & our governments? Do -you- want to actually live through the Left Behind series?

Tim

By: Mooner

Mooner — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:20:21 +0000

Um, Tim? Wouldn’t you be the least bit suspicious of someone who takes their Happy Meal inside of an airplane lavatory to eat it? Not in any way odd behavior there?

By: Tim Keller

Tim Keller — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:53:18 +0000

Question: If I’m a passenger on a plane where a bunch of the passengers are becoming unreasonably fearful of how some guy is eating his McDonalds Happy Meal & it looks like they’re about to play “Let’s Roll” on some unsuspecting fellow passengers who happen to be Brown, what should I do?

Opinions?

Tim