9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet
Others on Flight Say a Remark Was 'Suspicious'

by Amy Gardner
Washington Post
January 2, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1212/9-muslim-passengers-removed-from-jet

Excerpt:

Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.

Members of the party, all but one of them U.S.-born citizens who were headed to a religious retreat in Florida, were subsequently cleared for travel by FBI agents who characterized the incident as a misunderstanding, an airport official said. But the passengers said AirTran refused to rebook them, and they had to pay for seats on another carrier secured with help from the FBI.

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