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."

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.
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Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

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.

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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:16:08 GMT, (The News
Guy(Mike)) wrote:

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.

Of course, as would a search of the bag to ensure there was no
hazardous material in it. Once it was verified that there was no
hazardous material, they should have been allowed to continue. The
PIC's action of ordering the rest of the party off the plane was
completely over the top though, and is yet another example of yank
over-reaction - again.

Dave

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But on the other hand, you are not full of hate for America, as Sjoerd is.


You are just too funny, Binyamin.

Sjoerd

You would be too if someone flew a couple of planes into tall buildings and
killed 3000 people.


"Sjoerd" wrote in message
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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."

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."

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.



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"B Vaughan" wrote in message
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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
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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.