Political analysis
Those Six Imams Are All Terrorists
- By The Stiletto
- December 01, 2006
Definitions of terrorism are many and varied, but they have certain elements in common: using methods of intimidation, the act of terrorizing, threatened use of force or violence with the intention of intimidating, the condition/state of being terrorized. The six imams handcuffed and escorted off a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week said and did several things that fit these definitions of terrorism – therefore, they are terrorists and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
In her column on the incident, political analyst Mona Charen writes that before they boarded the flight, “[I]t seems that they were speaking in Arabic … of their disgust with the US war in Iraq and with American policy in general. One was heard to declare that he would do whatever was necessary to fulfill his obligations under the Koran. Another repeated, ‘Allah, Allah.’”
Charen continues:
When passengers see six Arab men praying, talking animatedly in Arabic (a fellow passenger understood Arabic and was one of those who contacted a flight attendant), and then boarding an airplane and sitting in different places, I wonder what goes through their minds? Is it: “I sure don’t like Muslims. Think I’ll just harass and annoy them”? Or could it possibly be: “Oh dear God, this is what the 9/11 hijackers must have looked like”? …
Of course passengers would not be nervous in the presence of six priests or six rabbis. Neither of these groups has any history of blowing up innocent people. …
But Islam is problematic. While we would love to think that Islam is as pacific as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism or Hinduism, the facts suggest otherwise. Time and again, terrorists who have committed or attempted to commit murder on a large scale have done so after becoming serious Muslims.
Maybe the imams meant to gin up a discrimination claim that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) could use in its never-ending mission to prove that there has been an “an anti-Muslim backlash in the US since 9/11” – despite all evidence to the contrary. But their activities had the effect of terrorizing people who were about to be trapped on an airplane with them.
Or maybe the imams had a more sinister motive. The Washington Times reports that they “exhibited behavior associated with a security probe by terrorists and were not merely engaged in prayers, according to witnesses, police reports and aviation security officials.” In particular:
Witnesses said three of the imams were praying loudly in the concourse and repeatedly shouted “Allah” when passengers were called for boarding US Airways Flight 300 to Phoenix.
Passengers and flight attendants told law-enforcement officials the imams switched from their assigned seats to a pattern associated with the September 11 terrorist attacks and also found in probes of U.S. security since the attacks – two in the front row first-class, two in the middle of the plane on the exit aisle and two in the rear of the cabin. …
Three of the men asked for seat-belt extenders, although two flight attendants told police the men were not oversized. … Rather than attach the extensions, the men placed the straps and buckles on the cabin floor, the flight attendant said. …
A flight attendant said one of the men made two trips to the rear of the plane to talk to the imam during boarding, and again when the flight was delayed because of their behavior. Aviation officials, including air marshals and pilots, said these actions alone would not warrant a second look, but the combination is suspicious.
A follow-up report in today’s The Washington Times elaborates further:
[P]assengers told police and aviation security officials … [the imams] tested the forbearance of the passengers and flight crew in what the air marshal called a “[political correctness] probe.”
“The political correctness needs to be left at the boarding gate,” the marshal said. “Instilling politically correct fears into the minds of airline passengers is nothing less than psychological terrorism.”
The 9/11 terrorists conducted a dry run of their murderous plot one week before pulling the trigger, and there have been numerous instances since of jihadis probing security procedures. This could have been the true agenda of the six imams.
The Homeland Security Department’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is looking into the incident. The Stiletto can only hope that they are investigating the imams – one of whom, Omar Shahin, is linked to an Islamic charity with ties to Hamas, according to Jihad Watch – and not US Airways personnel, who are guilty of nothing more than prudence.
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These guys are terrorists. They had a plan and it covered all possible scenarios. If we don’t get caught, then hurray…allah akbar. If we do get caught, then we switch to plan b and use the American system and sensibilities against them to cry discrimination. They are playing us for fools people. WAKE UP.
627 days ago by TerroistHunter
If I was on this plane, these six people would have gotten a lot more than a note passed the the flight attendent from me. I’m 6’5, 245lbs of American beef and I’d be damned if I’l let these mecca loving idiots talk shit and make suggestive threats on any plane i was on. These passengers did the right thing and the airline should not cow tow to these types.
626 days ago by SixFive
I want 6/5 on my plane. I’d totally back you up bro…verbally at least…or as long as you had the upperhand anyway….ooohhh forget it. I’ll just sit down.
625 days ago by Sybols&Silence