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    Muslim US Air Force veteran barred from flight

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    Post by notazbad2000 Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:00 pm

    Muslim US Air Force veteran barred from flight

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    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A
    Muslim U.S. Air Force
    veteran, who had trouble entering the country last year to visit his
    ailing mother, was barred Wednesday from boarding a flight in Oklahoma City to return to his home in
    Qatar.


    Saadiq Long, an American citizen, told The Associated Press he attempted to
    board a Delta flight at Will Rogers World Airport but was denied a boarding
    pass.


    "I think about three police officers arrived after that," Long said. "It was
    very, very strange, by the way, and very intimidating."


    Lt. Jay Barnett, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department reached
    after business hours, couldn't confirm that police were sent to the scene, but
    said officers assigned to the airport would be summoned for a security
    concern.


    After the police encounter, a U.S. Transportation Security Administration
    agent told Long he couldn't board a plane but did not give him a specific
    reason, Long said.


    Adam Soltani, director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on
    American-Islamic Relations, who had joined Long for his departure, said they
    asked, "Well, who do we contact?" They then were referred to the FBI, Soltani
    said.


    Long said his lawyer has attempted to reach the FBI, which maintains a no-fly
    list.


    FBI spokesman Rick Rains in Oklahoma City declined comment when reached by
    the AP. And Delta Air Lines did not return a call for comment.


    TSA spokesman David Castelveter said: "It's my understanding this individual
    was denied a boarding pass by the airline because he was on a no-fly list. The
    TSA does not confirm whether someone is or is not on the no-fly list, as that
    list is maintained by the FBI."


    Long said he had been visiting his mother, who suffers from congestive heart
    failure, for several months. He was attempting to return to Qatar, where he
    lives with his wife and children and teaches English. He intended to travel via
    Amsterdam.


    Long said last year he also had difficulty entering the country and that the
    FBI harassed him and his sister after his arrival. The harassment stopped after
    Long requested a Department of Justice inquiry, Soltani said.


    Long's lawyer, Gadeir Abbas, sent a letter to the FBI in January informing an
    agent of Long's plans to return home.


    "Mr. Long requests that he be accorded the same right given to millions of
    American citizen travelers every day: the right to board a plane," Abbas wrote.
    "It is Mr. Long's sincere hope that, by informing the FBI in advance of his
    departure from the U.S., he will avoid the travel difficulties that have caused
    his family so much hardship already."


    Long said he plans to stay in Oklahoma City until the FBI instructs him on
    what he can do to fly. He said he needs to get back soon to support his
    family.


    "Two months and they still can't tell me why I can't fly," he said. "Of
    course, I'm willing to go through whatever it takes."


    http://news.yahoo.com/muslim-us-air-force-veteran-barred-flight-151958070.html



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    Post by Ronbo Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:58 pm

    "The TSA does not confirm whether someone is or is not on the no-fly list,"

    Then how would they know one way or the other? That makes about as much sense as a frippen screen door on a submarine Evil or Very Mad
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