Monday, August 21, 2006

Amy Goodman and Raed Jarrar: Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK

Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-Shirt Bearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK
Amy Goodman and Raed Jarrar
Democracy Now

On a trip back from the Middle East, Iraqi blogger and activist Raed Jarrar was not allowed to board a flight at JFK airport because he was wearing a T-Shirt that said "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic. Representatives of Jet Blue Airways forced him to change his T-Shirt saying wearing it was like "going to a bank with a T-Shirt reading 'I am a robber.'"

To Reda/Listen/Watch

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My friend just told me Delta made her turn her "George Bush Killed My Dog" t-shirt inside out because it was "offensive". Last week! Insane.