By Douglas J. Hagmann
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Yesterday afternoon, six men of Middle Eastern ethnicity, later determined to be Muslim Imams (religious leaders) were removed from an airplane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport after a passenger raised concerns about the group through a note passed to a flight attendant. according to witnesses, the men were acting in a manner that caused the passengers and flight crew to be concerned about their intentions. The six men, on board U.S. airways Flight 300 scheduled to fly from Minneapolis to Phoenix, refused to deplane when requested by the flight crew. They were ultimately taken off the plane at the gate and were questioned for a few hours by authorities.
When I reported about this incident for the Northeast Intelligence Network shortly after it happened, I cautioned readers that this could have been a test run of sorts, but not the kind of test run normally thought of in our fight against Islamic terrorists. The event could not have been choreographed better: six Islamic religious leaders humiliated by the response of the airline, security officials and later the authorities to a perceived threat aboard the aircraft. Clearly, the six Muslim leaders were victimized by the inherently racist and religiously bigoted american security apparatus that has been erected in response to the threat of Islamic terrorism.
Everyone who has been paying attention to the progression of Islamic ideological jihad being waged against the West over the last two decades should not be surprised at the response by CaIR, Islamic leaders, and of course, the media to this event. Mark my words: the plight of the Muslim leaders aboard U.S. air Flight 300 will be a defining moment in the asymmetrical war in which we are engaged – a water shed event for the tactic of the insidiously effective tool known as Islamic ideological jihad. Expect the fallout from this event to be wide and deep, with the liberally biased media carrying the torch of “Islamophobia” to new heights.
Following the media hype I anticipate, watch for the cries of “outrage” by those who have been poisoned from the well of political correctness. Watch for the disingenuousness of high-profile Islamic leaders and organizations such as CaIR, who will publicly issue venomous condemnations of the airline, the security officials, and even the passengers and law enforcement officials who reacted in such a bigoted and racist manner. The tactic here, whether intentional or as a consequence of the “outrage,” will serve to shift the focus away from the threat posed by Islamic terrorism to the unfair treatment of Muslims. In wartime, (and we are at war, whether you believe it or not) this shift of focus will provide those having evil intentions against the United States to operate in a less constricted manner. Whether you believe that this is the intention by those registering objections and outrage, it will nonetheless be the result.
For the 25 million americans who will be traveling by air this week to and from their Thanksgiving destinations, the men and women in charge of your security will have the added worry that they will offend someone by responding to a “perceived” threat. The result will be yet another chink in the very battered armor that is protecting the flying public. From this incident and the cumulative cries of Islamophobia, those who are employing the tactic of Islamic ideological jihad will likely be able to score a win, and sufficiently terrorize a public into submitting to the destructively stealthy and treacherous bonds of political correctness.
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