Nigeria and CAIR start whining about new US flight checks

abdulmutallabThe US government announced today that travellers from 14 countries, including Nigeria, Iraq and “PolkeStahn” aka Pakistan are to be subjected to extra checks including body pat-downs after muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was accused of trying to blow up a US jet on Christmas Day. Abdulmutallab’s home country of Nigeria is now whining that the new security measures for passengers flying to the United States are “unfair” and said they amounted to discrimination against its 150 million people. Cry me a river. And also, as expected muslim organization CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) is

“disproportionately target American Muslims who have family or spiritual ties to the Islamic world,”

See my tears? Here’s more from a CNN article:

“Under these new guidelines, almost every American Muslim who travels to see family or friends or goes on pilgrimage to Mecca will automatically be singled out for special security checks — that’s profiling,” said Nihad Awad, the council’s national executive director. “While singling out travelers based on religion and national origin may make some people feel safer, it only serves to alienate and stigmatize Muslims and does nothing to improve airline security.”

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January 4, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics


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