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Originally Posted by detbuch
The article does say this "After an Arabic-speaking Southwest employee escorted him off the plane . . ."
Doesn't say that the employee was on the flight, but it's possible that someone on the plane did understand Arabic. More information than the story relates is needed for anyone to have a reasonably biased opinion.
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The NYT who first reported the story lays it out in clear detail.
Student was having a pleasant conversation in Arabic with his uncle back in Iraq. A woman ahead of him was certain she had identified one of Jim's bad chocolates and notified the flight attendant.
Southwest scrambled to find someone who spoke Arabic to talk him off the plane who apparently was unintelligible and the student asked him to speak English. The then said poor Arabic speaker cautioned him about using Arabic on the aircraft for reasons just like this.
You guys are holding out on a presumption of guilt, oh, he must have done something right, he's a Muslim?
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A video of the event was just posted to youtube.