Note crossposting and follow-ups.

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:31:00 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , take out
'takeout' to reply wrote:

But on the original question: What do you think the impact would be
if
every Arab or Muslim were pulled out of line at the airport and
given
a special search?

One obvious result is that we'd catch more terrorists....

Considering that the terrorists are somewhat smarter than
cherrystone
clams, I doubt it.

Among other things, how do you tell the difference between Yussif al
Ibrahim and Jose Gonzales just by looking at them?


Precisely. If all Muslim men between the ages of 17 and 40 are
searched befor bording airplanes then any Muslim men between the
ages of 17 and 40 who plan to hijack the plane will simply grow
a beard, wear a turban, and claim to be a Sihk, or some such
other ethnic person not subject to mandatory searching.

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FF