Pakistan army cancels U.S. talks over security checks

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's army on Wednesday said it scrapped talks with U.S. military officials after a military delegation sent to Washington had to go through "unwarranted" airport security checks.

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[Solid Beast]

Security at U.S. airports has been especially stringent since the 2001 al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington, with scores of passengers complaining they had been singled out for checks due to their "Middle Eastern" or "Muslim" appearance.

I have an Islamic name and am a visible minority. But I've never had a problem or felt like I was being singled out while flying, and I fly almost monthly. Can I live with the fact that some people lost a few minutes of their precious time, in order to ensure the safe passage of myself and others? F yes.

"The delegation...was subjected to unwarranted security checks at Washington airport by the U.S. Transport Security Agency," the army said in a statement.

What made these checks unwarranted? Did security personnel tell the visiting delegation to take off their underwear, hold their breath while counting to 10 and spread their cheeks wide? What the hell was so unwarranted? Perhaps they were going to uncover something they wouldn't like. Well Pakistani citizens everywhere have suffered and received a bad name from the actions of the duplicitous Pakistani government, only fair for these guys to feel the sting of their well conceived policies. Next time security should put a flash light in their ***.

 

[ganesh177]

Misbehaving with stewardess and telling her its her last flight, what else do you expect to happen ?
Its US, where clintons and obama's daughter too wont get any special treatment, which our the pakistani delegation failed to comprehend.
Worse thing it came from someone who represents the nation, how are you going to expect proper treatment for common pakistanis in US.
Detaintion of delegation is a matter of shame, i must say.

 

[Solid Beast]

Detaintion of delegation is a matter of shame, i must say.

So far the details are not clear but the article only mentions a security check which all people must go through and not detainment.
Nobody is detained for no reason, but everyone is checked. The last terror attack attempt in the US stemmed from a Pakistani with recent and direct ties to the military establishment.

 

[ganesh177]

So far the details are not clear but the article only mentions a security check which all people must go through and not detainment.
Nobody is detained for no reason, but everyone is checked. The last terror attack attempt in the US stemmed from a Pakistani with recent and direct ties to the military establishment.

I have read it from another source.
Here ..

A Pakistani military delegation became the latest victim of the paranoia permeating US airports on Monday night, when US security officials detained a brigadier at Washington's Dulles airport on a complaint by a passenger who said he did not feel safe sharing the flight with the delegation.
The brigadier was removed from the United Airlines flight, and others in this eight-member delegation were also detained after they disembarked. They were later released.

"The delegation was detained for two hours, telling them nothing, not allowing them to talk to anyone," said the Pakistani official.
"They did not let them speak and treated them like terrorists," said a Pakistani official. "The investigators were unprofessional, junior officials."

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[Solid Beast]

Thanks for bringing the whole picture in front of us mate. I too would feel uneasy sitting next to a high ranking Pakistani military delegation on a commercial flight. From a diplomatic and state level perspective this is a pretty hefty slap in the face. But for all the other Pakistanis in this world who've suffered under bad image from these guys, it is a very befitting response. I now believe in Karma.