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Tuesday, 15 August 2006
Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown
Contributed by Bill Faith

THE [British] Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk.

The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background.

The system would be much more sophisticated than simply picking out young men of Asian appearance. But it would cause outrage in the Muslim community because its members would be far more likely to be selected for extra checks.

[Read on. H/T: Mary Katharine Ham]

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Dan Riehl comments here.

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 15, 2006 at 11:44 AM in Bill Faith, Great Britain, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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