On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:24:40 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Charles J. van Doornewaard wrote:
    >> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>
    >>>Earl Evleth writes:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Of course, if those were really terrorists aboard the flight, just letting
    >>
    >> it
    >>
    >>>get into the air might
    >>>have been sufficient to allow them to carry out some dastardly deed.
    >>
    >>
    >> Absolutely right. If their primary interest was the passengers' safety they
    >> should have at least forced the plane to land at a nearby remote military
    >> airport (I'm sure they have plenty of them in the US) and have the two
    >> suspects taken out of the plane.
    >>
    >> But to make things even worse.... after the plane landed back at Schiphol
    >> airport they let the two suspects walk away.
    >>
    >> So much for the Dutch co-operation with the USA in the battle against
    >> terrorism.
    >Or is it merely that the Dutch, being aware of incidents
    >such as the one involving Ted Kennedy, might appreciate more
    >evidence than the inclusion of a name on an (American) "no
    >fly" list, before they detain a legitimate traveler and risk
    >a lawsuit?

Yeah genius. That's why the WTC planning was done in Hamburg where
they knew they would be safe.

    > If their primary interest was the passengers' safety they should have
    > at least forced the plane to land at a nearby remote military airport
    > (I'm sure they have plenty of them in the US) and have the two suspects
    > taken out of the plane.

Interest in the passengers' safety, for most of us, includes not
wanting to have your customers kidnapped on hearsay evidence by
American goon squads and shipped off to some US quasi-colony for
a year or two of continuous torture before getting released without
charge or explanation.

So far the only "evidence" anyone here has produced that there was
any problem at all was a leak to Newsweek by the US intelligence
services with nothing to back it up; exactly the sort of crap they
used to start a war not that long ago.

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