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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1714)	9/29/2006 11:22:18 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 20106

Laz is a calif repub. which makes him a feel good liberal

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1714)	9/29/2006 1:05:53 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

The only way for people to stay safe in the current war against the West is to stay ever vigilant and take matters in hand when necessary. The government cannot do it alone and neither can the pilot......but alas they will never admit it. Man forced off plane by fellow passengers (who thought man was Muslim) AP via Seattle Times ^ \| 9/29/2006 \| Jessica Bernstein-Wax seattletimes.nwsource.com MADRID, Spain — A Spanish university professor with a long beard and dark complexion said Thursday he was briefly forced off an airliner during a layover on the Spanish island of Mallorca by passengers who feared he was an Islamic terrorist. Pablo Gutierrez Vega said he was humiliated when three German passengers on an Air Berlin flight approached him during a layover in Palma de Mallorca on Aug. 30 en route from Seville, Spain, to Dortmund, Germany, and asked to search his carry-on luggage. The men told him that other passengers were frightened by his appearance, said Gutierrez Vega, 35, a law professor at the University of Seville. "They treated me like an Islamic terrorist because of my appearance," Gutierrez Vega said, according to an account posted Thursday on the Web site of the newspaper El Pais. The airline confirmed the incident and called it regrettable. "I acknowledged that we contributed to this man going through something very unpleasant," said Air Berlin's managing director for Spain and Portugal, Alvaro Middelmann. After realizing the men were not undercover police officers, Gutierrez Vega refused to hand over his luggage. The pilot then approached the group and led the professor to the runway so they could speak in private. "The pilot said the passengers believed I was a Muslim," Gutierrez Vega said. (Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ....