Strip search at airports
submitted 1 month 25 days 3 hours ago by: irfanzafar : 32 comments
According to the new Homeland Security rules people who come to America from the 14 countries labelled as hotbeds of terrorism must now undergo intense security screening at airports. Citizens of these countries will be pulled aside for pat-downs and extra hand-baggage searches.The list terms four countries -- Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba -- 'state-sponsors of terrorism'. The other 10 'countries of interest' are Afghanistan, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Iraq.The new rules are tantamount to racial-profiling and will do no service to the Americans who on the one hand are talking about bridging the gaps between nations and on the other are making rules which amount to public insult. What the Americans seem to be forgetting is the fact that they will be creating more enemies rather than winning the hearts and minds of the people.Islamabad.
THE NEWS (15th of Jan, 2010)Dr. Irfan Zafar
irfanzafar@msn.com
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I think they should profile; it is Muslims blowing up planes and building and not old white ladies. Whenever I fly; I feel much more comfortable if I see the staff profiling and checking Muslim men more closely. I for one am not offended in the least
Surely none defend terrorism, its too bad, its cruelty and it has been declared "haram" by Muslim scholars.
But what about the man who killed Gandhiji and the man who killed Indra Gandhi, the People who put Pakistani visitors train on fire, who demolished Babri Musjid. What about terrorist political party of India always doing julaaow ghairaaow of Muslims. What about incidences taking place in U.S repeatedly a US citizen opened fire in a school, at Army camp, in a hospital and in a market or in an office.
Continuous cruelty, disappointment and helplessness has given birth to such mis-happening. One must tryo to understand and justify circumstances before speaking on certain matters like this.
Everyone has freedom to have certain opinion and so you have. At the same time everyone should respect others opinion and comment in moral limits
Dear Mian_Q
Why do your conspiracy theories have to zero down to india ? have you ever done any kind of self introspection to see if there is a remote chance of you being at fault ?
The rest of the world is moving ahead and you are obsessed with yourself. Pakistan is not the center of the world and your pet gwadar port is not the most prized piece of real estate dear mian_q :-)
You are sick minded and ill-logic person, allergic with Islam and Muslims, I don't have comment on yr sick views. This is best way for me brother. Brother, because we all are from Adam and Adam from dust. Please forgive me if I hurt you in any way.
lol - so saying that pakistan is not the center of the world or that gwadar port is not the most prized piece of real estate is the output of a sick mind :-) very interesting dear sir. I'd still say that introspection is necessary rather than blame everything on US, Israel and India.
I don't think profiling works in this case. Its just more nuisance for passengers and escalated security costs. They 'should' have caught that idiot nigerian with good-for-nothing in his pants.
How can you say that profiling does not work?
9 out of 10 times, such attacks are comitted by non-caucasian, male adults who are primarily (with a few exceptions) Muslims.
Airport security must identify men who fit into this category and give them a very thorogh once over; maybe even a strip search. I fall into this category and would not mind any security precaution which makes my flight safer.
how many cases have you heard that worked when profiling was being done? That nigerian still went through. I still maintain that in this particular case, muslim profiling is not productive. They should focus more on how the nigerian got through. It appears that these body scanners have got to be 'sold'.
Strip search, and these scanners, are the worst thing to happen to 'you' but you are still unaware I guess. Your civil liberties are going to dust - as if you had them after 911. And a pakistani is telling this to an american.. how amazing.
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