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Western Union Blocking Money Transfers to Arabs
lowrydr310 writes "Western Union is blocking money transfers to people with Arab names. They have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have names like Mohammed or Ahmed. 'In one example, an Indian driver here said Western Union prevented him from sending $120 to a friend at home last month because the recipient's name was Mohammed.' Western union claims they are merely following U.S. Treasury Department guidelines that scrutinize cash flows for terrorist links. I agree that Western Union shouldn't allow anyone supporting terrorism to use their service, however I'm fairly certain there are millions of people named Mohammed or Ahmed who aren't terrorists. I wonder if any other financial companies such as banks are doing the same thing."
Where blatant racism, rights violations, and stereotyping are a bit more uncommon. Maybe im just generalising, but it's hardly surprising. Just another day in the modern USA.
And the next thing you know, /. will block Arab usernames.
Oh wait...
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I said most acts in the past 20 years (and I mean around the world,) where did I say that no terrorist acts happened without muslim connection?
see for yourself don't forget that pakistan, serbia, chechnia acts have muslim connections
You can't handle the truth.
But the IRA bombings weren't in the US. They were just sponsored by the US. You stupid cunt.
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
See for yourself. Muslim extremists are responsible for most terrorist acts compared to any other group within the past 20 years.
You can't handle the truth.
You are a stupid cunt, fucking retard. Oklahoma bombing was in the US, and since other's in this thread already replied that in the US most terrorist acts were done by other than Muslims, I wanted to make sure that the rest of the world is included in all my replies, you little rotten piece of human waste.
See for yourself anyway.
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(this is not a flamebait, this is a totally reasonable reply that is totally in line with the tone set in the parent post.)
You can't handle the truth.
Maybe a system where you gather a little more information about suspected terrorists other than their name before throwing them on some sort of list that prevents anyone with that name from doing all sorts of normal tasks.
Well, we tried that, and the NY Times decided to nullify it by publicizing it. We also tried to find patterns in international calls, but boy, that was just as awful as Watergate. As I understand it, the only thing left to government to catch terrorists before they blow themselves up for the glory of Allah is to hire psychics. And then the Slashdot crowd would make endless Miss Cleo jokes.
Which is why Slashdot political discussions are less than worthless. Unless you're into mockery.
Potato chips are a by-yourself food.
Ha-ha, what else is new. Troll and flamebait moderations in this thread. Who could have predicted THAT!?
You can't handle the truth.
And it's also safe to say that the only reason arabs are dying from American bombings is because the arabs attacked us first. They started the mess, and we'll finish it, even if it means making the Middle East a giant sheet of glass.
They had some success implanting the practices you like.s t!
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