SRK deatined at US airport

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If you believe India(n) media then all 300M+ amreekans will apologize.

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Just another self-created bogus story by indian media. I’ve never read/heard anything about apology in any of the US media. (NPR link is given above). And if it is, it would be just the same “I’m sorry , you had to wait” type statement that they give to every passenger whom they make wait for some time. It looks like now indian media is trying to hide the embarassment.*

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^ SRK was detained because he was a Muslim, not because he was an Indian. If at all, its embarassing for Muslims the world over :snooty:

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As a Muslim, I am not amused. As a Pakistani, I am not amused either. I was not amused when I read that George Fernandes was detained and/or strip-searched. I wish they have a more scientific way of selection and go about their business without humiliating good people. As long as they are civil and ask a few relevant questions, I don't think it's a big deal. However, if they are rude and go beyond normal questioning, that's a problem. I would think that SRK would have laughed it off after it was over if it was not too much of a harassing experience.

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Was Shri Boy George Fernandes also a muslim? If not then who should be embarassed?

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What an important issue :yawn:

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And the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State apologized for that incident :hehe: Thanks for trolling though…

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CNN.com - Apology over ‘strip-search’ saga - Jul 14, 2004

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has said sorry to India’s former defense minister following allegations he was “strip-searched” at an America airport.
Armitage, who arrived in India Tuesday, said he apologized to George Fernandes for an apparent breach of diplomatic protocol last year when the head of defense was searched by a security official as he entered the United States.
His apology came after a new book entitled “Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb,” by former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, alleged Fernandes was “strip-searched” in June 2003 at Washington’s Dulles Airport.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Armitage said he was “horrified” by the incident and telephoned Fernandes to “personally apologize.”
But Fernandes disagreed with the book’s description of the search.
He told reporters Wednesday that U.S. security personnel asked him to put his hands up and remove his coat, shoes and socks.
“The book calls it a strip search but this was no strip show like the phrase implies,” Fernandes said.
The search continued despite protests from the Indian ambassador to Washington, who repeatedly told the security personnel that Fernandes was a high-level Indian dignitary, he said.
U.S. Embassy sources in New Delhi have denied the charge, saying: “Mr. Fernandes was not strip-searched, but he did have a security wand waved over him when the keys in his pocket set off the metal detector.”
Embassy officials said there is an established procedure by which heads of state and senior foreign dignitaries are exempt from such checks, and regretted that the procedure was not followed.
Armitage’s trip to India is the first visit by a U.S. official since the Congress Party-led government replaced the pro-American BJP coalition in May.
The allegations contained in the book have triggered considerable uproar in Indian newspapers and among members of the government, who accuse their predecessors of turning a blind eye even as a senior Indian dignitary was “insulted.”
In his book, Talbot recounts Fernandes telling him about being strip-searched more than once in the United States.
“Fernandes regaled us with the story of how he had been strip-searched by officers of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service at Dulles Airport when he arrived for an official visit in early 2002, and again, in mid-2003, when he was passing through the U.S. on his way to Brazil,” Talbot writes.
"He seemed to enjoy our stupefaction at this tale. He and other Indians who later referred to the incident clearly regarded it as more than merely a lapse of protocol or just an another example of the post-9/11 excesses and indignities that air travelers had to endure for the sake of security.
“The Indians saw it as a symptom of a deep-rooted widespread condescension — or worse – on the part of the West toward the East.”

KAHAN MER GAI SAAREEEEEEEEEEY
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You are clutching at straws, its all after the fact when Boy George is no more a minister and an ordinary citizen BUT was strip searched when he was on official visit. The sorry should have come from US govt. to Indian govt. not from and to an individual.

Now back to the point, since Boy george was detained and strip searched who should be embarassed?

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An over enthusiastic immigration official over stepped his authority and breached diplomatic protocol. The US Deputy Secy of State apologized to George Fernenade on behalf of the US administration. Matter closed !!

Now lets get back to Shahrukh Khan, shall we ? Or do you need to troll some more ??

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Ah! seems like I touched a nerve!!! So Shri Talbbot must have told you personally that he apologized on behalf of US govt. especially after he published his book and blew the cover when boy George is no more in official capacity... very good very good not bad not bad at all!!!!...

Now back to the point at hand, since Boy george was detained and strip searched who should be embarassed? Or would you rather beat around the bush as usual.

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And the Indians call us the uncivilized ones..

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Lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Sharukh Khan is such a douche bag.

Muslims get this treatment everyday at airports in the US. Just because he is some big name in India, doesnt make him special.
There are thusands of Muslims who have to deal with this crap, and they have no embassy to call.

And I dont even know why these Indians are al upset. He was stopped for being Muslim, not for being Indian. Its has nothing to do with India.

I certainly hope the US doesnt appologize.

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lol... Its not over enthusaistic in any sense to be doing your job.

Americans, unlike Indians dont have this VVIP culture. Fernandez was treated like any ordinary brown citizen of a third world country that he is.

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