profiling

Submitted by rw (Australia), Aug 12, 2006 at 06:37

It was amazing to read British newspapers and other online accounts of the plot initially, because one important fact was not stated - that the terrorists were all moslems; that it was an islamic terrorist attack was ignored. They just won't say it. I have family flying home to the US from Australia tonight, and they are not allowed any carry on luggage. But they are not moslems, and have no interest in blowing up the aeroplane they will be on. Surely profiling must now be increased; one would feel uneasy about travelling on any plane with a moslem on it! I feel I would l want to know before leaving; and to know that I was on a moslem-free plane!!

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