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I definitely struck me as an exercise in creative writing. The Observer story is real but too many "facts" in "her" story were way too far out. To wit: 1) 14 Terrorists that have to interact in bathrooms are way too many for see if they can sneek a dry run without anybody noticing. 2) "She" states that large musical instrument cases were never inspected.

This story smacks more of paranoia than of fakery, IMHO.

While I agree, based on my own extensive travel experiences only, that the conduct of the flight attendants was highly unusual, it does not strike me as far fetched.  If the government had indications that 14 male Syrian passport-holders of a certain age were converging on a single flight, I imagine there probably WOULD be a relatively high number of air marshals.  Activity like that, coupled with the obviously rattling activities of the men in question, are going to make any flight attendant nervous, not to mention passengers still attentive to the lessons of a certain airliner that crashed in Pennsylvania. The one who supposedly told the author's husband things she shouldn't have was understandably concerned more with her life than with routine protocol.

One thing that I expected to see by way of explanation was the trips to the lavatory.  I suspect that, given the long duration of the flight, at least some of the men going to the lavatory would probably have been performing ritual ablution and prayer.  I have several Muslim associates who do this very discreetly at work.  At least one of these associates prays in the lavatory of airplanes on long flights as a way to faithfully practice his religion while remaining tastefully discreet.  Of course I can't know for sure, but this seems as likely an explanation as anything else.

That said, regardless of the author's paranoia, she does point out some very serious security problems that should be addressed immediately.  If nothing else, the story is a useful reminder that air travel remains anything but 100% safe from terrorism.

to convince yourself it's a hoax.

Now, why is that?

This was the WWS's own writer, and from the looks of the site, devoted to finance, not politics, it would indeed be a strange thing to host a hoax. You think, possibly given the amount of 5WH in the story that such a site wouldn't have minimally vetted the article, or would take a chance with their reputation for hosting a hoax?

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Mark Twain

There's a slight possibility that an enterprising blogger could get Instalanched if attempted to confirm this story. That shouldn't be that difficult as it includes a quote from Dave Adams, spokesman for the air marshals. Call him up and at least confirm the quote and see if he can shed more light on this incident and whether other passengers were in fact concerned over the Syrians' behavior.

Smells like a hoax to me as well.

If WWS put up a bogus story to drum up traffic to their financial investment site...mission accomplished.

... trying to convince myself, but I don't think so.  I fly a lot, I live near the airport so I have a lot of neighbors who are in the airline industry.  The behavior doesn't ring true.

I will say I do not believe there will ever be another successful hijacking of a western aircraft (note there hasn't been since the flight went down in PA on 9/11) since if you know you're going to be used as a flying missile enough passengers will rise up. However, that doesn't rule out the old-fashioned bomb blowing up the airliner itself.  Which is another odd thing to the story - the passengers acted largely like sheep which contradicts all of the real incidents on western aricraft since 9/11.

Michelle Malkin spoke to Dave Adams at the Federal Air Marshal Service.  She says he confirmed the basic facts of the story.  I remain interested in the rest, however.

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Here. She's confirming more details - and lo! The Post has apparently been sitting on the story.

Some major premise: "What I experienced during that flight has caused me to question whether the United States of America can realistically uphold the civil liberties of every individual, even non-citizens, and protect its citizens from terrorist threats."

That's in the first paragraph. The writer's intent could not be more clear and colors every subsequent word.

Interesting to see the article attached to a web site (nevermind nobody ever heard of it), where previously crapola like this would propagate within email.

Secondary, implied premise: Michael Moore is right, white people ARE wimps.

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