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		<title>TSA: &#8216;Technically&#8217; Security Agents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic and Air Travel Don't Mix<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hizballugha.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11943395&amp;post=26&amp;subd=hizballugha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well this one hits close to home&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">TSA is watching you!</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i-JHBrLMJVn_S_ymxLHjmAgrNyZg" target="_blank">story</a> speaks for itself, but I have to admit that I stopped doing anything remotely related to Arabic while onboard a plane.  I do pack my texts, and I have corrected homework, but that is it.  I&#8217;ve never had any issues, but I can&#8217;t say that I&#8217;m surprised something like this finally happened.  Granted, I can&#8217;t see how TSA would think that a terrorist with ill-intentions would need Arabic flashcards or would study them in full view of anyone looking.  Maybe a recent convert to the violence-oriented &#8216;Islamic&#8217; groups?  Now that I&#8217;m picturing this hilarity in my head, I think there might be a business opportunity in there somewhere.</p>
<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t remember التكبير ?  Well, try our flashcards and soon you&#8217;ll see that the only things you&#8217;ll forget are your dignity and self-respect!&#8221;</p>
<p>I guess students studying Arabic are just another obstacle in the grand war on terrah.  Well, them and people who stuff rudimentary plastic explosives into their crotch or their shoes.  Most Arabic students I know could concoct a more effective terrorist plan than these asshats&#8230;if they were so inclined.  <strong>*sigh*</strong></p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:  The ALCU has posted a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgegDIUocw" target="_blank">video</a> interview of Mr. George.<br />
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		<title>The life and times of Akbar Zeb &#8211; أكبر زب</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arab nations nervously smile and shy away from "The Biggest Dick".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hizballugha.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11943395&amp;post=7&amp;subd=hizballugha&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Akbar Zeb is a really important Pakistani, and apparently his government is trying to send him to an Arab country to serve as their ambassador.  However, no one wants Mr. Zeb to come.  Why,  might you ask, are Arab governments rejecting the assignment?  Well, his name roughly translate (in Arabic) to, &#8220;The Biggest Dick&#8221;.  While I can see how this might cause more than a few people to snicker and recoil in government-sanctioned horror, I can&#8217;t help but think that this is something one is more likely to find in the 1st grade than in the grand ol&#8217; arena of Geopolitics.</p>
<p>In any case, the Party wishes Mr. Zeb the best of luck.</p>
<p>Sources here:  <a href="http://www.arabtimes.com/portal/news_display.cfm?Action=&amp;Preview=no&amp;nid=5198" target="_blank">In Arabic</a> and <a href="http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/03/ambassador_at_very_large" target="_blank">In English</a></p>
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