Horn, John wrote: > Flight diverted after Cat Stevens found on watch list > Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Posted: 10:18 PM EDT (0218 GMT) > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- A plane bound for Washington from London was > diverted to Maine on Tuesday after passenger Yusuf Islam -- formerly > known as pop singer Cat Stevens -- showed up on a U.S. watch list, > federal officials said. > > United Airlines Flight 919 had already taken off from London en > route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made > between the passenger and the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a > spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration. > > http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/21/plane.diverted.ap/index.html > > Sheesh. That'll teach him to re-record songs in protest of the war. >
Anyone have any idea why Cat Stevens is verboten? xponent Pissed Plane Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
