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Thursday, January 1, 2009

'Safest' seat remarks gets Muslim family kicked off plane - CNN.com

Okay, folks, the insanity brought on by holiday craziness aside, this is a disturbing little item:

'Safest' seat remarks gets Muslim family kicked off plane: "A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.

Atif Irfan said federal authorities removed eight members of his extended family and a friend after passengers heard them discussing the safest place to sit and misconstrued the nature of the conversation."

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