Increased Security Check at U.S. List of Shame Countries

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By Abdulaziz Billow Ali


All passengers flying from Sudan to the United States through the East African Nation are subjected to enhanced screening techniques such as body scans and pat-downs as a mandatory procedure to be enforced by airlines and aviation authorities worldwide. “We would target countries on US list of state sponsors of terrorism that is currently comprised of Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria”, said the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Other countries on the same list include Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq as well as Lebanon.

The security ban comes barely a week after a failed attempt by a Nigerian man to bomb a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and whom the US claim was trained in a Yemen based Al Qaeda terrorist network The TSA said those techniques include full-body pat-downs, carry-on bag searches, full-body scanning and explosive detection technology. The TSA said those techniques include full-body pat-downs, carry-on bag searches, full-body scanning and explosive detection technology.

All passengers are screened electronically for weapons and bombs regardless, and the new rules that include random enhancements appear more agreeable to airlines, which chaffed at broad requirements imposed after the Dec. 25 incident. The Republicans and other Diplomats strongly attacked the Obama Administration concerning the failed attempt by a Nigerian born Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab who is currently in custody in the US.