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"Tuttles Almanac" |
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05 Apr 2006 08:50:31 PM |
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Man Held as Terrorism Suspect over Punk Song |
Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-05T101158Z_01_L05785309_RTRUKOC_0_UK-CLASH.xml
LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism detectives
escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had
earlier become suspicious when he started singing along
to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.
Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees
Valley Airport and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.
The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the
airport because Mann had been singing along to
The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features
the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle
come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".
Mann told newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a
music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player
and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum,
Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.
"He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don't
think there was any need to tell the police," Mann
told the Daily Mirror.
A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been
released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.
"The report was made with the best of intentions
and we wouldn't want to discourage people from
contacting us with genuine concerns," she said.
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