i read today that news report from "newsairwise.com"
"A passenger flight to Miami was delayed for more than seven hours yesterday after the discovery of
playing cards with Arabic writing in a toilet triggered a security alert.

The British Airways Boeing 747, with 329 passengers on board, had been given the all-clear after being
swept by security staff at Heathrow's Terminal 3 when a crew member discovered the cards.

The jet had been moved from its stand when the captain decided to postpone the flight.

The cards were later found to feature a calendar written in Arabic.

"The flight was delayed because some Arabic cards were found in the rear toilet and that was after the
aircraft had been fully searched and security cleared," a BA spokeswoman said.

"The only possibility was that a passenger had left it there and you do not take chances.
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Some questions i asked myself
- Why a card game with arabic can delay a commercial flight ?
Does the western in general, angloamerican in particular, mistrust towards the arabic world reachs that point ?. I don't think a card game with hebraic or chinese would have started the same actions.
- It reminded me an AA flight last year ARN-ORD, where i was asked with suspicion, because of a stamp of Egypt on my passport, if i had still friends overthere (sic!!).The AA office in stockholm still remembers my angry call i gave them on the return...
- More generally, could someone knowing well the FAA rules indicate me why all passengers on a US carrier coming from Europe or Latin America are "cooked" by security guards 2 or 3 times, especially if you are not American, but when leaving US, they hardly ask you if you packed yourself your stuff ????
I was told once that increased security was necessary in Europe because being a transfer point between MiddleEast and North America.
What about Latin America, or US itself ??(especially with the millions of maniacs carrying a gun for no special reason)