Asian students' shock at ejection from jet by passenger mutiny

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401905&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they were suicide bombers.

Manchester Umist students Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, both 22, said they sympathised with nervous travellers, but urged people not to be paranoid about Muslims.

"We might be Asian, but we're two ordinary lads who wanted a bit of fun," Mr Ashraf told the Daily Mirror.

"Just because we're Muslim does not mean we are suicide bombers."

The pair were marched off the jet at gunpoint after fellow passengers alerted officials on the flight back from Malaga, Spain.

Sohali and Khurram

[DRoseDARs]

1. This was LBN about 2 days ago...

...and it is no less disgusting. :thumbsdown:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2465416

[Malikshah]

6. A repeat: My wish for those that mutinied.

May you be bumped off of overbooked flights for 5 yrs running.

May you then be sat near colicky babies for the next 10 yrs.

May you then be sat next to inebriated passengers with excessive irregularity induced incontinence and flatulence who upon finally succumbing to their inebriation inadvertently loosen their bowels next to you for 10 yrs.

Then may you lose your luggage for the next 20.

Karma is karma.

No amount of rumored talk of what was said or not makes up for the clear case of mob mentality that would make the denizens of the town in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery blush in embarassment.

[niyad]

13. and I thought I could do good curses!!-- I REALLLLLY like yours!!

[Harper_is_Bush]

2. what was it about their behaviour that alarmed passangers? nt

[uppityperson]

3. They talked non-english.

and I think looked at their watches.

[sam sarrha]

9. are these the idiots that ran around using cell phones on take off trying

to get other passengers to use the phones..

if they were they were dumb F'n stupid and messed up big time.. faking a crisis on a plane isn't funny

[uppityperson]

10. nope, here is a link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401419&in_page_id=1770
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2465416&mesg_id=2465416

[Kailassa]

17. And just where did that happen?

If you are talking about the 12 men who were taken off a fight
from Holland a day or two ago, then none of that is recorded
as having happened. - No running around, no suggestion they
indicated any sort of crisis, and they were only passing the
phones between themselves.

[zreosumgame]

12. and most damming of all...

they are non-white

[Kagemusha]

4. Flying while Moslem.

nt

[uppityperson]

5. link to DU LBN from 4 days ago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2465416&mesg_id=2465416

[JI7]

7. any comments from Blair on this ?

[Kerrytravelers]

8. It is so sad that two guys can't even travel without out bigotry.

How insane.

[Miss Chybil]

11. All Asians and ME looking people should have to fly in their underwear.

/sarcasm

[CornField]

14. Only the hot ones.

;)

[saigon68]

15. LOL or the dead ones

As Sabrina says


The only good islamic is a dead islamic

[Miss Chybil]

19. I wonder if this picture will be put in the history books...

I'm ashamed.

[Miss Chybil]

18. Yes. Good point! nt

[Vinca]

16. I feel sorry for these guys, but I understand the passengers.

Governments have the flying public paranoid to the point of taking a bus. You can't scare the bejesus out of people for years on end without consequences. Leaving your Snapple at the gate was just about the last straw. It doesn't make it right, what happened to Sohali and Khurram, just understandable.