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Old 6th Sep 2019, 22:41
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Originally Posted by UltraFan
The guy is an idiot, not a terrorist. Would this even be on the news, let alone on FBI "joint terrorism task force", if his name was Joe Bob Whitaker? I wonder.
He will probably claim that he was profiled as an Iraqi who speaks little English but has worked on American Airlines planes for three decades.

From the article linked above:

At Friday’s first appearance, Alani spoke halting English and the judge asked for an Arabic interpreter to translate.

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