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."

Comments

Racism.

[keyne9]

Absolutely disgusting.

This is NOT a War

[spykemail]

This is not a war. You can't have a war on terror, any more than you can have a war on good table manners or abstract thought. There is no need to criminalize law abiding US citizens because of their government's complete and utter failure to maintain security. When the NSA fails to do its job it turns to our Executive leaders begging for more power, but even once they get it and the other branches of government look the other way they continue to display their incompetence.

If this were war, it could not be won. You cannot defeat terror. We would be dooming ourselves to spending the rest of eternity in a state of constant war for absolutely no reason.

We HAD a war with Iraq. War's over (though the violence will no doubt continue for decades). If you enjoy this state of war so much feel free to invade Cuba, Iran, or North Korea. Hell why not take the shortcut on that last one and attack China and Russia?