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To: KLP who wrote (160637)	3/13/2006 11:26:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793809

I agree with you that organized checkpoints like the ones for airports and government buildings treat everybody the same. The article Kumar was citing was quoting a young South Asian male who perceives that South Asians are singled out at places like traffic stops, and when applying for jobs. Maybe true, maybe just perception. But probably both, no? I've read too many posts by yahoos sneering at "ragheads," towelheads," "diaperheads" and the like to dismiss it.

To: KLP who wrote (160637)	3/14/2006 12:15:24 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793809

You really do need to search everyone. Al Qaeda is an international organization which had every racial group and many ethnicities within its ranks. You don't even have to be a terrorist... "...in April 1986 Nezar Hindawi, a freelance Syrian-funded Jordanian terrorist and would-be agent of Syrian intelligence, sent his pregnant Irish girlfriend on an El Al flight to Israel, promising to meet her there to be married. Unknown to her, however, Hindawi had hidden a bomb (provided by the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)) in a false bottom to her hand luggage. His attempt to bomb the airliner in midair by duping his pregnant girlfriend was thwarted when the bomb was discovered by Heathrow security personnel." - fas.org fas.org