Evil Muslim Imams Removed From US Airways Flight Drop Passengers From Lawsuit

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Imams Removed From US Airways Flight Drop Passengers From Lawsuit

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS - The six Muslim leaders who were removed from a US Airways

flight last fall after passengers thought they were acting suspiciously will

not include those passengers in their lawsuit against the airline and

police, an attorney for the imams said Wednesday.

A motion to amend the complaint to include the names of airline employees

and police officers was entered Tuesday in U.S. District Court, attorney

Frederick Goetz said.

"We've identified the people we think are responsible," he said. No

passengers were named.

The imams, who were handcuffed and questioned, say the airline discriminated

against them and violated their civil rights during the November incident at

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

A passenger raised concerns about the imams through a note passed to a

flight attendant. Witnesses also said the imams made anti-American comments

about the war in Iraq

The imams have said three of the men said their evening prayers in the

airport terminal before boarding the plane, and that they entered the plane

separately, except for one member who is blind and needed a guide. The men

did not sit together.

The original decision to include passengers in the lawsuit led to concerns

that people would be reluctant to report suspicious behavior for fear they

would be sued. But last week, lawmakers in the U.S. Congress reached a deal

on a homeland security bill to include language that would give immunity

from lawsuits to people who report suspicious behavior.

The bill was crafted in response to the imams' case.

An attorney for the imams has said the lawsuit's intent was not to go after

passengers who raise valid security concerns.

Goetz said the amended complaint had "absolutely nothing to do" with the

action in Congress.