Yus

It is not only Gambians who are in this situation. In Washington Dulles  and national Airports they have cut down on almost all the Somalis/Ethiopians who were security agents for the same reasons .  The INS claimed that the documents that were documented were not legitimate which I doubt. Since the federal Government too over the security at those two airports plus Baltimore (bwi) one week ago the services  Argenbright co has been terminated and likewise almost all the african/muslim employees who work even in the airport parking lots .It is really sad as many of those hard working folks were honest and just victims of blatant legal INS discrimination  The federal government kept many as rehired staff but it was really the beef between the two for a few failed security tests performed secretly last month.

Habib

 

ps

thanks for considering the cease fire between you and beran especially on this wonderful day.

Tobaski

Sacrifice the lamb and not your friendship for peace's sake

hdg

>From: Y C Jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Some Gambians caught at the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport. >Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:53:26 EST > >Hi everyone: >I beg to add to this discussion cuz even though I am not aware the situation >in Atlanta, I have a hunch about why the INS would do this. > >Argenbright was the security firm responsible for airport security during >Sept 11. The powers that be have never forgiven Argenbright for being >breached by AL Qaeda operatives on this ill-fated day. In fact, I listen to >conservative radio shows quite a bit out here and it is not uncommon for >folks to grumble about how employees of the said company at airports are >mostly foreigners, who are incapable of speaking English properly. The >rationale being that if these folks cannot speak English properly, their >ability screen travelers properly is questionable. > >My hunch is that those who were arrested were simply the victims of a beef >the govt. has with Argenbright. > >I wish those folks the very best and hope they figure out a way to come out >of this incident unscathed. > >Yus > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>