[1017] in peace2
Fwd: wow. this is bad
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Rios)
Fri Sep 21 17:06:08 2001
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From: Marc Rios <mrios@MIT.EDU>
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>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:57:37 -0400 (EDT)
>From: bark bark cute <krevice@sub-zero.mit.edu>
>To: eit@tep.org, hug club <brambleberry@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: wow. this is bad (don't read)
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>http://www.startribune.com/stories/1576/704367.html
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>Arab-Americans kicked off NWA flight Associated Press
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>Published Sep 21 2001
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>SALT LAKE CITY -- Three Arab-Americans from Utah have been kicked off a
>flight from Minneapolis because the other passengers refused to fly with
>them.
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>The three men live in Salt Lake City and were on their way home from
>Philadelphia Thursday when they were booted from a connecting flight in
>Minneapolis.
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>The men decline to give their names, but say they had undergone an
>extensive security check before being allowed to board the Northwest
>Airlines flight. But other passengers refused to fly as long as they
>stayed on board. Northwest says it had no choice. The airline says under
>government security rules is has to ``re-accommodate'' passengers if their
>actions or presence make a majority of the other passengers uncomfortable.
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>The men say they feel depressed and very discriminated against.
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>They flew home on a Delta flight.
