Tev
09-01-2010, 12:58 PM
Because those two guys in Denmark were just a "dry run" at how stupid airport security can be. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7975392/Pakistan-military-abandons-US-trips-after-being-mistaken-for-terrorists.html)
A delegation of Pakistani military officers has abandoned a trip to the US after being mistaken for terrorists and ordered off an airliner.
The eight officers, led by a two-star Navy rear admiral, were on their way to a meeting at US Central Command.
They had boarded a United Airlines Flight from Washington to Tampa on Monday but were taken off the aircraft because of comments made by one of the men, according to an airline spokesman.
Pakistani officials said the officer, weary from the journey to the US, had said, "I hope this is the final plane to the destination" causing a female passenger, who believed he was threatening the aircraft, to panic.
Major General Athar Abbas, a spokesman for the Pakistan military, said the officers had been cleared by subsequent security inspections.
"However, as a result of these checks, military authorities in Pakistan decided to cancel the visit and called the delegation back," the army said in a statement.
The dispute appeared to be a sign of the mistrust between the US and Pakistani military, which claimed the delegation had been subjected to "unwarranted checks".
Washington views Islamabad as a vital part of its strategy to tackle militants in Afghanistan and deprive them of havens in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.
Dammit all to hell. We can't even get Arab-looking people who are vital to our anti-terrorist campaign from their homeland to US Central Command without being a bunch of jerk-asses. People really need to just calm down already.
But really, why did we trust the general population to act like non-idiots? Why didn't we just spring for a private jet for our foriegn military guests? I'd have been cool with my tax money going to making sure everything went as smoothly as possible with no hyperventalating lady in the front row screaming "Terrorist!" at the top of her lungs at them.
A delegation of Pakistani military officers has abandoned a trip to the US after being mistaken for terrorists and ordered off an airliner.
The eight officers, led by a two-star Navy rear admiral, were on their way to a meeting at US Central Command.
They had boarded a United Airlines Flight from Washington to Tampa on Monday but were taken off the aircraft because of comments made by one of the men, according to an airline spokesman.
Pakistani officials said the officer, weary from the journey to the US, had said, "I hope this is the final plane to the destination" causing a female passenger, who believed he was threatening the aircraft, to panic.
Major General Athar Abbas, a spokesman for the Pakistan military, said the officers had been cleared by subsequent security inspections.
"However, as a result of these checks, military authorities in Pakistan decided to cancel the visit and called the delegation back," the army said in a statement.
The dispute appeared to be a sign of the mistrust between the US and Pakistani military, which claimed the delegation had been subjected to "unwarranted checks".
Washington views Islamabad as a vital part of its strategy to tackle militants in Afghanistan and deprive them of havens in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.
Dammit all to hell. We can't even get Arab-looking people who are vital to our anti-terrorist campaign from their homeland to US Central Command without being a bunch of jerk-asses. People really need to just calm down already.
But really, why did we trust the general population to act like non-idiots? Why didn't we just spring for a private jet for our foriegn military guests? I'd have been cool with my tax money going to making sure everything went as smoothly as possible with no hyperventalating lady in the front row screaming "Terrorist!" at the top of her lungs at them.