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Pakastani Politician Detained By US Customs Over Opposition To Drone Strikes
First time accepted submitter Serious Callers Only writes "According to reports, Imran Khan was detained yesterday by US officials for questioning on his views on United States drone strikes in Pakistan. Glenn Greenwald writing for the guardian: 'On Saturday, Khan boarded a flight from Canada to New York in order to appear at a fundraising lunch and other events. But before the flight could take off, U.S. immigration officials removed him from the plane and detained him for two hours, causing him to miss the flight. On Twitter, Khan reported that he was "interrogated on [his] views on drones" and then added: "My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop." He then defiantly noted: "Missed flight and sad to miss the Fundraising lunch in NY but nothing will change my stance."'"
If Khan really wants this solved, then he should do the right thing and push his gov's intel world to stop supporting them.
Actually, he does. He is against both the Taliban and the ISI (which is the group, remember, that convinced the Reagan administration to train Osama Bin Ladin).
I am not by any means saying that he is perfect, but as far as I can tell, he is saying more of the right things than any other major Pakistani politician.
i wonder how the US would react if Pakistan started arresting random visiting politicians & diplomats on the grounds that, well, you know...
If you're referring to Islamic Fundamentalists
Some would argue that "Islamic Fundamentalists" is just a fancy term for normal, mainstream Muslims who aren't of the ultraliberal (from the POV of Middle Eastern folks) branch of Islam (and who are often called "apostates", not "liberals", in the same area).
And they'd be correct. Even the "ultraliberal" Muslims in the west often end up being caught funding terrorists.
Nice how /. neglects that the man is a pro-taliban activist.
Hell being a pro-taliban Pakistani official, he may have been one of the people responsible for hiding bin Ladin in Pakistan and funneling weapons to them.
Also who knows what kinds of checks officials were running behind his back, this may have been a delaying tactic to find out what he was up to and the questioning about drone strikes a complete ruse.
All I see here among /.ers is wild speculation coming from one, incomplete report and hatred of the TSA.
How many Islamist do you know? That you have actually talked to? Most people are just people. 23% of the world's population are Islamist.