Two of the largest pilots’ unions in the nation are urging commercial pilots to rebel against current airport screening rules. In late October, the Transport Security Administration implemented more invasive patdown rules. Travelers (including Muslims) and pilots were faced with a new dilemma — have a revealing, full-body scan or what some are calling an…
August 16 2010 Camiel Eurlings, the Dutch Caretaker Transport Minister, questions whether Muslim women are able to pass through airline security systems in the Netherlands without removing their veils. While passengers and airport personnel say sometimes women are not asked to show their faces at customs, the Dutch police responsible for airport security deny the…
Two women, one a Muslim, have become the first people to be barred from boarding a flight because they refused to go through a full-body airport scanner. Manchester airport confirmed today that the women, who were booked to fly to Islamabad with Pakistan International Airlines, were told they could not get on the plane after…
This editorial claims that despite the changes that have been made to airport security since 9/11, an effective system has yet to be developed. The writer lauds Israeli airport security, which focuses on human guards who conduct face to face interviews with suspiciously-behaving people. A question on outdated CIA intelligence practices is also explored.
Two al-Qaida militants who have allegedly been threatening the US and British Embassies in Yemen were killed by government forces on Jan. 4. The embassies were closed to the public for the second day. The Yemeni forces were tracking Nazih al-Hanq of the group al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula. Increases in security were apparent on…
