Arabic T-shirt sparks airport row before boarding jetblue flight
Aug 30, 2006 | 9:20 am
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Arabic T-shirt sparks airport row before boarding jetblue flight
Arabic T-shirt sparks airport row
An architect of Iraqi descent has said he was forced to remove a T-shirt that bore the words "We will not be silent" before boarding a flight at New York.
Raed Jarrar said security officials warned him his clothing was offensive after he checked in for a JetBlue flight to California on 12 August.
Mr Jarrar said he was shocked such an action could be taken in the US.
US transport officials are conducting an inquiry after a complaint from the US Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
JetBlue said it was also investigating the incident but a spokeswoman said: "We're not clear exactly what happened."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5297822.stm
An architect of Iraqi descent has said he was forced to remove a T-shirt that bore the words "We will not be silent" before boarding a flight at New York.
Raed Jarrar said security officials warned him his clothing was offensive after he checked in for a JetBlue flight to California on 12 August.
Mr Jarrar said he was shocked such an action could be taken in the US.
US transport officials are conducting an inquiry after a complaint from the US Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
JetBlue said it was also investigating the incident but a spokeswoman said: "We're not clear exactly what happened."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5297822.stm
Aug 30, 2006 | 9:39 am
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Originally Posted by thesimflyer
please do a search on this forum.. its been posted various times... 
Moderator, if this is a dupe, please close.
Aug 31, 2006 | 1:17 am
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Originally Posted by thesimflyer
please do a search on this forum.. its been posted various times...
Aug 31, 2006 | 1:33 am
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Originally Posted by MiamiBeach
Can you tell me where this was posted?
Outrageous incident at JFK
In OMNI 8/24:
"We will not be silent"
Aug 31, 2006 | 7:01 am
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Does anyone know how to do caligraphy in Klingon? I have an idea for a T-shirt! 
Aug 31, 2006 | 8:57 am
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Originally Posted by ContinentalFan
Does anyone know how to do caligraphy in Klingon? I have an idea for a T-shirt!
Aug 31, 2006 | 9:32 am
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Now posted on MSNBC as well. Quote from this article:
One official told him, Going to an airport with a T-shirt in Arabic script is like going to a bank and wearing a T-shirt that says, Im a robber, he said.
One official told him, Going to an airport with a T-shirt in Arabic script is like going to a bank and wearing a T-shirt that says, Im a robber, he said.
Aug 31, 2006 | 6:30 pm
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Originally Posted by tjl
Has there been anything that clarified who the various officials were with (airline, airport, or TSA, or someone else), or who was initially bothered by the shirt and started the whole thing?
Whoever triggered it, it's a good story.