Kolleen

>Over the holidays, the news kept flashing that shot of the guy arrested
>for attempting to blow up a Paris flight. I asked dsister how she would
>have reacted if she had seen him on one of her flights. (I know this gets
>into discrimination... I call it instinct). She said she would have viewed
>him with great suspicion and never hesitates to let the pilots know of
>suspicious looking people on her flights.


I didn't catch a pix of the paris guy, so i don't know what you mean
Sarah.

I think the doctor in my story wasn't worried of them being arab, he was
worried becasue they were cajoling together then split apart as if they
didn't know eachother.

I would of been suspicious also regardless of what they looked like. Its
just not a natural scene.

regards,
kolleen

Sarah Carothers

<I didn't catch a pix of the paris guy, so i don't know what you mean
Sarah.
>
He appeared drugged (his eyes had that look of being glazed over). It wasn't that he was Arab (I don't think he was)... it had more to do with an dishoveled appearance rather than a race issue. He was travelling overseas without any luggage. He bought a one-way ticket. Things were stacking up to make him look very suspect.
Sarah



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Tia Leschke

>
>He appeared drugged (his eyes had that look of being glazed over). It
>wasn't that he was Arab (I don't think he was)... it had more to do with
>an dishoveled appearance rather than a race issue. He was travelling
>overseas without any luggage. He bought a one-way ticket. Things were
>stacking up to make him look very suspect.

And he had tried to board the day before and got turned away as being
suspicious. I'm just amazed at how lax security was in his case. It's
very fortunate that the folks on board were on the ball. And now they're
saying he was just testing, preparing the way for more sophisticated
attempts. I'm perfectly happy to stay on the ground.
Tia

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