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Iran could develop nuclear suicide bomb vests, claims JD Vance (www.9news.com.au)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Pre-9/11 security in American airports was wild to me. There had been a load of plane hijackings in Europe before my time so it was always fairly locked down but I distinctly remember San Diego airport you could basically walk in off the street and nearly be at the plane when people were disembarking in the late 90s.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I used to get really really high as a teenager and go walk around the airport and people watch as a teenager. No one checked shit. And this was at one of the busiest airports in the world.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah we had a handful of hijackings in the US too.

    We didn't care until brown people did it.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    It had much less to do with the attackers race, and much more to do with the fact that prior to 9/11, aircraft hijackings were primarily done for ransom, not to use the plane as a weapon for a mass casualty event.

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