The Faces of Global Terror
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Boom_70 said:
You have a point there, but since it appears names are specified under each photo, I don't see how there would be much of a case. It's not like the poster has pictures of 26 random people. These are people the U.S. wants under arrest and questioned for acts of terrorism.
I'm not sure the poster features guys who are likely to be spotted by the average air traveler. I mean, really, is there much chance you're gonna run into Osama bin Laden at the Cleveland airport Chili's?
I can make out that the second guy on the top row is Al Masri, believed to be the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. I'm guessing the others at the top are similar big names. That would be my only qualm, really, if they're putting up posters of guys who are nowhere near the U.S. and likely never will be. In so doing, are they reinforcing the stereotype of Muslims being terrorists? Maybe, maybe not.
I guess the question is this: Are these posters more likely to (a) help capture a terrorist or (b) lead to extra hassling and possible intimidation for some guy who happens to be Muslim, but just wants to catch a flight to Minneapolis or sell you a newspaper?
I can make out that the second guy on the top row is Al Masri, believed to be the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. I'm guessing the others at the top are similar big names. That would be my only qualm, really, if they're putting up posters of guys who are nowhere near the U.S. and likely never will be. In so doing, are they reinforcing the stereotype of Muslims being terrorists? Maybe, maybe not.
I guess the question is this: Are these posters more likely to (a) help capture a terrorist or (b) lead to extra hassling and possible intimidation for some guy who happens to be Muslim, but just wants to catch a flight to Minneapolis or sell you a newspaper?
MartinEnigmatica
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I thought Jason Giambi played for the Yankees. Hmph.
This blogger's opinion from Dec., 2006, sums it up pretty well:
So I was standing in a security line at Reagan National Airport couple weeks ago when I saw a poster titled, “The Faces of Global Terrorism.” (PDF copy - also see the State Department press release) All 26 appeared to be light- to medium-brown skinned, young, Middle Eastern men of Arab descent ... every last one. No women. No whites. No blacks. No Asians.
I couldn’t help but spot the almost painful irony of standing in a long security line - where I was required to take off my shoes and stand on a dirty airport floor and empty my laptop bag and watch comically serious TSA agents confiscate lotion in 8-ounce containers instead of the requisite 3 ounces and eye little old white ladies as they walked through metal detectors - of mostly white passengers, women, and a few blacks and Asians. I don’t recall seeing one person in line who looked or dressed like any of the men on the poster.
So I was standing in a security line at Reagan National Airport couple weeks ago when I saw a poster titled, “The Faces of Global Terrorism.” (PDF copy - also see the State Department press release) All 26 appeared to be light- to medium-brown skinned, young, Middle Eastern men of Arab descent ... every last one. No women. No whites. No blacks. No Asians.
I couldn’t help but spot the almost painful irony of standing in a long security line - where I was required to take off my shoes and stand on a dirty airport floor and empty my laptop bag and watch comically serious TSA agents confiscate lotion in 8-ounce containers instead of the requisite 3 ounces and eye little old white ladies as they walked through metal detectors - of mostly white passengers, women, and a few blacks and Asians. I don’t recall seeing one person in line who looked or dressed like any of the men on the poster.
Shropshire Slasher
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I figured they'd make a poster of all the No. 3 Al-Qaeda guys out there. Apparently they're hanging off the date palms out there.
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