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Airline stopped man wearing Arabic T-shirt from boarding

An Iraqi man is suing airline and federal officials after they refused to let him board a flight at New York’s JFK Airport because he wore a T-shirt inscribed with an Arabic phrase.

Fri, 10 Aug, 2007 - 19:00

An Iraqi man is suing airline and federal officials after they refused to let him board a flight at New York’s JFK Airport because he wore a T-shirt inscribed with an Arabic phrase.

He has issued a discrimination lawsuit accusing the officials and Jetblue Airways of racial profiling.

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