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So wait, to play the devil's advocate here a bit...
From the POV of the airline personnel, a passenger reports that another group of passengers is 'acting suspiciously' and 'talking about the airline security'. What options to you have? If you ignore it, and it turns out the people *are* terrorists, you are screwed. Completely, utterly screwed. You're the guy that "Could have prevented the next 9/11, if only you'd heeded the warnings!"
That said, in this instance, it probably had a lot to do with their dress and 'different-ness'. And while it would be great if everyone could Just Get Along, and it's terrible that these people were inconvenienced because of their religion/differentness, and they should be recompensed....when you have people proclaiming Death To America in the name of Islam, it's kind-of hard to be surprised that some people in this country are even more paranoid of muslims than usual. (And yes, I know Islam isn't about that, but it's still a fact that what OBL + co have/are doing, they're doing in the name of their conception of Islam).
That said, I was in the airport the other day, and who was in the 'special' security area getting the once over? Some poor schmuck in a turban.
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