Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Being an Arab-American = Suspicious Activity

Oh that FBI. How silly they are. Don't they know that you can't judge a book by its cover?

In the latest spate of unconstitutional activity by our illustrious FBI, Arab-American and Muslim Floridians are being persecuted for being Arab-Americans or Muslims (or both, I suppose.)
FBI officials said the questioning was not in response to any specific threat and wouldn't focus on only Muslims or Arab-Americans. For example, federal agents plan to question people who may store chemicals or explosive materials or operate rental businesses, said Sara Oates, an FBI spokeswoman in Tampa.
As if that's any better. "Yeah, we're going to investigate possible terrorists. On the list: people who store dangerous chemicals or explosives, and the entire Arab-American and Muslim population."

Give me a freaking break.