Well,Well,Well.....Had to say I told you so. But here we have another innocent man who was hung out to dry and accused of being a terrorist when in reality he was an innocent man.
His only crime? Being dark skinned and having the name Mohamed.
I refer to Mohamed Haneef , a 27 year old Indian born doctor who was working in the Gold Coast in Australia. After the foiled terrorist plot in London and the attempted suicide carbombing of Glasgow airport, supposedley Mohamed Haneefs cell phone SIM card was found at the apartment of one of the brothers of the British terror suspects. British authorities quickly alerted their counterparts in Australia and Haneef was promptly arrested.
But it turns out, the authorities got it all wrong. Dr. Haneef was NOT a terrorist, he was a happily married man who was persuing his profession in Australia and was scapegoated because of his name and skin color.
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I think calling him "innocent" may be premature. It may be that he is, indeed, innocent. But he did live with a couple of the terrorist plotters, he fit the "mold" of the other terrorists (doctors from the middle east and from a small circle), and it may be that he had some role in the plot. Simply because the Australian authorities thought the evidence was insufficient to hold him, doesn't mean that more evidence won't be found to indict and hold him. Then again, as you said, he may be innocent. I don't the "war on terror" is laughable because of this story.
The fact that several individuals did attempt to blow up an airport terminal is proof that a war exists, whether the majority wants to accept it or not.
Dude, I'm waiting for another post.
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