Originally Posted by
nomiiiii
I'm sorry what? You're painting a very broad offensive brush here. Just because a flight is coming from Iraq doesn't mean that a terrorist is sneaking on it. What ridiculous hypberbole.
While this is true, the idea is to mitigate the risk. This is why we see EL AL's gates, whether in the US or Frankfurt at the end of a terminal or surrounded by barriers and the like. It isn't that there definitely is a terrorist. It needn't be seen as an offensive comment, but rather a comment that lines up with the risk mitigation steps that are generally taken.
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