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Last update - 08:28 20/03/2008 Palestinian Americans warned of security profiling at B-G Airport By Haaretz Service and News Agencies Tags: Terrorism, Civil Rights  Authorities may question Palestinian Americans on arrival in Israel and require them to obtain a Palestinian Authority travel documents, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. Israel's airline security also faced a legal challenge Wednesday from a civil rights group charging that its practice of ethnic profiling is racist because it singles out Arabs for tougher treatment, and Arab American groups slammed the government's travel warning as condoning Israel's policies. "American citizens whom Israeli authorities judge may be of Palestinian origin are likely to face additional, and often time consuming, questioning by immigration and border authorities," the State Department said in a travel warning to U.S. citizens. Advertisement It added that Israel may require persons judged to have residency status in the West Bank or Gaza to use a Palestinian Authority travel document to transit Israel when entering the West Bank or Gaza, and they may have to depart via the Allenby Bridge to Jordan. James Zogby, president of Washington's Arab American Institute, said the State Department had accurately diagnosed the problem for Palestinian Americans traveling to Israel but had not done enough correct it. At a Supreme Court hearing, civil rights lawyers demanded an end to Israel's airport racial profiling policy, which they say violates Israeli law. Racial profiling is illegal in the U.S., where passengers must be singled out for security checks on a random basis. But some terrorism experts say Israel's measures are effective precisely because they take ethnicity into account - and warn that equality at the airport could cost lives. Israel is considered a prime target for hijackers and other attackers because of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and extremist Islamic rejection of the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East. Despite that, there hasn't been a successful attack on an Israeli airliner in decades, and experts point to Israel's security procedures as a key factor. Many of the measures are kept secret, but known precautions on Israeli airliners include armored luggage compartments, armed sky marshals and reinforced cockpits. But a key to preventing attacks, experts say, is the screening process on the ground, and that is the focus of the civil rights complaint. Israeli Jews and Arabs get dramatically different treatment when boarding Israeli planes, as anyone who's ever stood in line at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport has seen. Hanna Swaid, an Israeli Arab, remembers being strip-searched by gruff security guards and having his luggage taken apart piece by piece 20 years ago before he flew from Israel to London, where he was a post-doctoral student. Today Swaid is an Israeli Arab lawmaker, and he regularly receives complaints from Arab citizens about similar treatment. Swaid said last year a relative, a 25-year-old computer programmer, was not allowed to take his cell phone on a domestic flight, even though Jewish passengers were. He also said he knows of cases in which Arabs who serve in Israel's police or military have been singled out for extra scrutiny. But the court appeal by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel - and any public debate of the policy - are hobbled by the government's refusal to discuss any of the policy's details. In court, the government's attorneys would not reveal the screening criteria or admit that ethnicity was one of them. They agreed to divulge the information only in a closed session that excluded everyone but the judges and themselves. Representatives of Israel's Transport Ministry, Ben-Gurion Airport and the Israel Airports Authority said Wednesday they would not comment before the end of legal proceedings. The next hearing is scheduled for May, and any decision in the case is at least months away. Swaid says he understands the need for security checks. "It's in my interest and that of all the other travelers," he said. "But the screening should be done equally for both Arabs and Jews and be done politely," he said, rather than the humiliating treatment commonplace today. "In what's known as the profiling process, any Arab is seen as a threat, and it's not a good feeling for an Arab to pass through the airport with this tag of being a suspect," he said. "You have to check people, but you have to do it equally and with respect." Swaid said Israel should adopt a model closer to the U.S. policy that bars ethnic profiling and instead relies on random checks and screening based on country of origin. He is now drafting legislation that would change the current policy. Proponents of Israel's approach say checking all passengers equally would require manpower and resources many times greater than are needed today and would needlessly extend the time passengers spend waiting for flights. Ariel Merari, an Israeli terrorism expert who has written about aviation security, said ethnic profiling is both effective and unavoidable. Israeli security personnel must learn to be more courteous, he said, but there is no denying that the policy has played a central role in Israel's enviable record: The only time an El Al airplane was hijacked was in 1968, and the last time hijackers succeeded in boarding one of its planes was in 1970. Then the hijackers, a Palestinian woman and a Nicaraguan, were foiled by sky marshals, an innovation at the time. "It's foolishness not to use profiles when you know that most terrorists come from certain ethnic groups and certain age groups," he said. A bomber on a plane is likely to be Muslim and young, not an elderly Holocaust survivor. We're talking about preventing a lot of casualties, and that justifies inconveniencing a certain ethnic group Bookmark to del.icio.us   Death penalty Iran hands down death sentence to man who spied for Israel. Robot hospital The place where IDF treats droids wounded in the line of fire.   1.   Violation of HR 22:27  |  A. 19/03/08   2.   Screw convenience, this saves lives! 22:44  |  Gili 19/03/08   3.   C`mon. Isn`t this crap old news already. 22:47  |  common sense 19/03/08   4.   Its not the profiling 22:58  |  Dave Duncan 19/03/08   5.   Jews DON"T blow up airliners 23:09  |  judith 19/03/08   6.   Profile, but respectfully 23:09  |  Slibovitz 19/03/08   7.   Absolutism 23:11  |  Ilya 19/03/08   8.   Arabs are Overwhelming Majority of Terrorists 23:33  |  Straight Talk 19/03/08   9.   The truth 23:43  |  Jean 19/03/08   10.   More Israeli Racism 23:46  |  JJ 19/03/08   11.   Profiling 23:58  |  Arthur 19/03/08   12.   when was the last time a jew hijack an airline? 00:04  |  vik 20/03/08   13.   Hope "Haaretz" journos are screened too 00:05  |  Absolute Sweden 20/03/08   14.   its not the profiliong stupid, its that it works 00:06  |  ralph 20/03/08   15.   Screw politically correctness - save lives! 00:22  |  Ofer 20/03/08   16.   Regretable but necessary 00:33  |  Avi Yerushalmi 20/03/08   17.   stupidity begets stupidity 00:34  |  peter 20/03/08   18.   US random screening is a joke - Israel shows the way 00:41  |  Raymond from DC 20/03/08   19.   Jews Have No Rights - Only Palestinians 00:49  |  Alex Nevilles 20/03/08   20.   NOT OUR FAULT IF MOST TERRORISTS ARE ARABS! 00:56  |  Joey 20/03/08   21.   Profile ME! 01:14  |  Scharker Yid 20/03/08   22.   ISRAEL PERFECT TARGET 01:22  |  TOBIA 20/03/08   23.   Everybody who does not like life in Israel is FREE to GO 01:30  |  Alex 20/03/08   24.   screening Arabs 01:35  |  PalFan 20/03/08   25.   Whom should they single out ? 02:23  |  TOMY 20/03/08   26.   If they do not like it , use Arab plains . 02:25  |  TOMY 20/03/08   27.   Israeli Passenger Profiling - Best In The World 02:28  |  Phil 20/03/08   28.   Is this a joke? 02:41  |  Jon 20/03/08   29.   Respect yes, eqaulity no 03:07  |  Jon 20/03/08   30.   Airports USA and Israel 03:13  |  Richard 20/03/08   31.   It really is very simple, it WORKS 04:16  |  Doc Holliday 20/03/08   32.   Palestinian Terror Attacks Since Oslo 04:57  |  Phil 20/03/08   33.   WHO SHOULD THEY PROFILE,CHINESE OR POLES MAYBE BRAZILIANS 05:18  |  Jorge 20/03/08   34.   rights group 05:18  |  mb 20/03/08   35.   Not as long as Arab terrorists profile Jews for murder 05:38  |  Nina 20/03/08   36.   Screw Human Rights - we`re at war Haaretz 06:16  |  James Kevin O`Leary 20/03/08   37.   Israel`s Only Concern 06:22  |  Ron 20/03/08   38.   Who gives a shriveled rat`s ass about what they think! 06:23  |  Romano 20/03/08   39.   #12 Vik 06:23  |  Khalid 20/03/08   40.   NO ARABS = NO TERROR! 06:50  |  Dodi Binn 20/03/08   41.   palestinian "Americans"(?) 07:01  |  Shmuelshachor 20/03/08   42.   Americans are being profiled getting OFF the plane. 07:02  |  A different Ben 20/03/08   43.   so exactly WHAT is wrong with doing it equally? 07:19  |  eric 20/03/08   44.   A Clear Treaty Violation 07:21  |  Mark of Lewiston 20/03/08   45.   Re the Issue of Humiliating Treatment 07:36  |  Brad 20/03/08   46.   Palestinian American = Palestinian Arab In Thought ... 07:38  |  Lavi 20/03/08   47.   AMERICANS should b warned of throat cutters& hijackers airoplanes 08:42  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   48.   Mark of Lewiston 08:45  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/03/08   49.   #36 Kalid 09:07  |  the smart one 20/03/08   50.   Quit that snivelling 09:10  |  Mr Ipp 20/03/08   51.   The other side of the story 09:17  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/03/08   52.   #39 A different Ben 09:27  |  Mr Ipp 20/03/08   53.   eric! Must you always have an opinion?? 09:49  |  S 20/03/08   54.   PC is killing the world 10:10  |  Steve 20/03/08   55.   Not only Arabs are singled out 10:18  |  Linichka 20/03/08   56.   45 Margie 10:23  |  Mark of Lewiston 20/03/08   57.   Highjaking Khalid #39 10:25  |  rondi 20/03/08   58.   Racism? 10:45  |  David Nigel Braham 20/03/08   59.   #48 Margie in Tel Aviv 10:59  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/03/08   60.   #42 Americans are being profiled getting OFF the plane. 11:01  |  Steve 20/03/08   61.   airport screening 11:05  |  ingrid 20/03/08   62.   #47 PETER SM 11:08  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   63.   what is next ? 11:09  |  Atilla Karagözoğlu 20/03/08   64.   airport screening 11:13  |  ingrid 20/03/08   65.   Palestinians value death, perform acts of blind terror 11:13  |  Johnny 20/03/08   66.   Almost 100% of terrorists are muslims 11:14  |  Johnny 20/03/08   67.   # 46 11:22  |  Steve 20/03/08   68.   Thank you for the treatment to the Genocidal Arab Leaders! 11:28  |  H. Kollen 20/03/08   69.   to Khalid 11:49  |  Chicano 20/03/08   70.   Typo in article 11:50  |  Shlomo 20/03/08   71.   I beg to differ 11:51  |  JES 20/03/08   72.   A different Ben 11:52  |  rich 20/03/08   73.   Borderpolice at Ben Gurion are the biggest racists I`ve ever seen 11:53  |  Tarik 20/03/08   74.   tell th usa 9/11 would never had happened 11:58  |  v hardman 20/03/08   75.   # 67 12:00  |  Jose 20/03/08   76.   This is done in UK 12:01  |  Rustam 20/03/08   77.   A different Ben - Its more complicated... 12:10  |  ERSB 20/03/08   78.   FAKE PETER SM @47. 7/11 plane hijack was by Moslems mainly Saudis 12:22  |  PETER SM 20/03/08   79.   The arabs have more 12:26  |  danny 20/03/08   80.   actually, it`s worse than that 12:26  |  mati 20/03/08   81.   Hey, There is such thing as "common sense" 12:31  |  PARIS 20/03/08   82.   PALS COULD HAVE BEEN IN CAMPS LIKE JAPANESE 12:35  |  petra 20/03/08   83.   THROW THEM OFF ALL PLANES. 12:40  |  petra 20/03/08   84.   Cause of profiling="Jews value life,Arabs value death" 12:43  |  Alan 20/03/08   85.   For my schizoid doppelganger 12:46  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/03/08   86.   The new fashion: Call Israeli racists 12:59  |  MR 20/03/08   87.   That elderly Nordic lady looks suspicious to me 13:14  |  Gideon Reader 20/03/08   88.   It`s a shame so many have to pay 13:15  |  Lynn 20/03/08   89.   Palestinian American must not travel via Israel 13:20  |  Morris B 20/03/08   90.   THEY ARE............................. 13:27  |  GABE1 20/03/08   91.   Margie in Tel Aviv @59 13:36  |  GABE1 20/03/08   92.   HR wimpiness 13:41  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   93.   Margie of the UK @71 13:41  |  GABE1 20/03/08   94.   I`ve been "profiled" 13:47  |  Linichka 20/03/08   95.   PETRA 13:49  |  GABE1 20/03/08   96.   Jews at Arab airports 13:50  |  MR 20/03/08   97.   AND THERE SHALL BE TWO LAWS 13:55  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   98.   #73 Tarik 14:00  |  ka 20/03/08   99.   # 76 Rustam...done in Canada too 14:05  |  Lynn 20/03/08   100.   Mark of Lewiston 14:06  |  GABE1 20/03/08   101.   Muslims 14:08  |  Nemesis 20/03/08   102.   #91 Gabe 1 14:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/03/08   103.   #85, #93 Gabe1/Margie 14:21  |  Boycott 20/03/08   104.   The Beaceful Arabs 14:29  |  GABE1 20/03/08   105.   NO 2 GILLI SHALOM I LOVE MONTREAL. DANNY. 14:29  |  DANNY. 20/03/08   106.   Khalid....your anger is somewhat misplaced 14:49  |  Lynn 20/03/08   107.   Most talkbackers... 15:30  |  nina 20/03/08   108.   Screening Tactics 15:38  |  Jason 20/03/08   109.   Least inconvenience that can be done to murderers of 280 millions 15:48  |  Genuine Tosefta 20/03/08   110.   Several Months Ago The US Tested Its Airport Security 15:50  |  Eli 20/03/08   111.   You have to do what you have to do 15:59  |  Tosefta 20/03/08   112.   Flying through Jordan and other rubbish #1 16:19  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   113.   Bigots 16:21  |  US Citizen 20/03/08   114.   In Our Daily Lives We Profile Our Mates, Our friends and Our 16:46  |  Eli 20/03/08   115.   Entirely Reasonable Screening Procees 17:18  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   116.   Israeli policy is designed to isolate the territories 17:20  |  Ibrahim 20/03/08   117.   #97 Unreasonable Yaakov Sullivan 17:21  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   118.   Jason, correct. 17:52  |  Ibrahim 20/03/08   119.   Ibrahim`s laod of poppycock 116 17:53  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   120.   #118 The Thing About Circles... 18:03  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   121.   if it aint broke - dont fix it 18:07  |  SHIMON 20/03/08   122.   #117 False Sullivan and his poor lies 18:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   123.   Palestinian Americans 19:12  |  John Youssef 20/03/08   124.   Considering the number of American criminals entering Israel 19:15  |  Gee 20/03/08   125.   #1 No HR Right Not to be Screened 19:26  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   126.   Expelling arabs also saves lives 19:28  |  McCarty 20/03/08   127.   Good for you, John Youssef... 19:30  |  Linichka 20/03/08   128.   Saturday Night Live Skit 19:57  |  Gilad 20/03/08   129.   not racism, realism and pragmatism 20:14  |  jj 20/03/08   130.   #124 Again False Sullivan on Right of Being Searched 20:18  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   131.   # 123 Excellent, just tell all other pal`s to do the same... 20:19  |  misha 20/03/08   132.   Yes Khalid, it should have been named.... 20:53  |  Scharker Yid 20/03/08   133.   American taxpayers should be able to fly in 21:02  |  Aphemia 20/03/08   134.   #130 Unreasonable Yaakov 21:28  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   135.   If you want to call it racism.... 21:36  |  leo 20/03/08   136.   Conspiracy theory regarding Slowman 21:36  |  Pal Haar 20/03/08   137.   Really?? 21:36  |  Uzi 20/03/08   138.   Flying through Jordan and other rubbish #2 21:52  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   139.   Flying through Jordan and other rubbish #3 21:52  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   140.   Terrorism is out there 21:52  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   141.   A world of hypocrites 21:58  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   142.   duh ? 21:58  |  alan 20/03/08   143.   Pal Haar re slowman #136 21:58  |  Robert/Montreal 20/03/08   144.   I would reccommend 22:02  |  Doris Cadigan 20/03/08   145.   There are three types of US citizens 22:03  |  El-Birawi 20/03/08   146.   Ramzi, Sorry for your inconvenience... 22:24  |  JP 20/03/08   147.   #134 False Sullivan Still Not Telling Truth 22:26  |  Yakov Sullivan 20/03/08   148.   # 1 you are right any "normal" 22:27  |  Eva 20/03/08   149.   El Birawi how sad: no wonder you want to kill them all 22:28  |  also pathetic 20/03/08   150.   ChanahS 22:31  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   151.   El-Birawi 22:32  |  JP 20/03/08   152.   #24 PalFan I agree with you 22:33  |  Eva 20/03/08   153.   #42 a different Ben 22:43  |  Eva 20/03/08   154.   #147 If Unreasonable Sullivan Had Facts To Support His Case... 22:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 20/03/08   155.   JP in NYC 22:50  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   156.   "True" Sullivan Misspelled his own name? 23:02  |  Linichka 20/03/08   157.   Ramzi, I hear what you are saying... 23:08  |  JP 20/03/08   158.   Profiling saves life 23:13  |  trumpeldor 20/03/08   159.   Ramzi 150 23:19  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   160.   Ramzi 150 23:19  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   161.   El Birawi - do you also believe 23:22  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   162.   Ramzi 155 23:26  |  ChanahS 20/03/08   163.   Palestinian Ramzi Re ChanahS #150 (The opposite actually) 23:50  |  Gil 20/03/08   164.   Palestinian Ramzi Re ChanahS #150 (The opposite actually) 23:51  |  Gil 20/03/08   165.   ChanahS 23:53  |  Ramzi, a Palestinian 20/03/08   166.   #138 RAMZI 23:58  |  Eva 20/03/08   167.   Ramzi 163 00:03  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   168.   Ramzi, (#163) Who made you the Dominator of this forum? 00:08  |  Gil 21/03/08   169.   Ramzi, (#163) Who made you the Dominator of this forum? 00:08  |  Gil 21/03/08   170.   Palestinian Ramzi Re ChanahS #150 (The opposite actually) 00:09  |  Gil 21/03/08   171.   To John Youseff - 123 - A Palestinian/American 00:22  |  Dolly 21/03/08   172.   And TOO RIGHT TOO...... 00:25  |  Daga 21/03/08   173.   Missing the Point 00:29  |  Jimbo 21/03/08   174.   Ramzi (#155) Please tell us the whole story please 00:36  |  Gil 21/03/08   175.   Ramzi (#155) Please tell us the whole story please 00:37  |  Gil 21/03/08   176.   Screening is not the same as probing 00:46  |  Gilbert Simon MD 21/03/08   177.   #44Mark of Lewiston..I think You are wrong... 00:54  |  KATHY 21/03/08   178.   Ramzi wants Israel to hit a new low 00:58  |  x-ray 21/03/08   179.   Jews from Arab countries also Profiled. So what? 01:05  |  semsem 21/03/08   180.   I am fed Up With All the Whiners.Imperative.It is DoneTo AllofUs 01:09  |  KATHY 21/03/08   181.   As a Palestinian RP is good 01:11  |  Hassan 21/03/08   182.   a warning means they condone it? 01:11  |  MaryRose 21/03/08   183.   Ramzi and other Arabs 01:19  |  US Citizen 21/03/08   184.   Ramzi, a Palestinian 01:21  |  Bobby the Jew 21/03/08   185.   Hassan in Australia - Thanks 01:35  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   186.   A in Jerusalem # 1 01:37  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   187.   # 5 Judith Jews don`t blow airlines! 01:40  |  Bobby 21/03/08   188.   #133 01:44  |  John Allen 21/03/08   189.   # 181 Hassan You`ve said it..RP is good. 01:48  |  KATHY 21/03/08   190.   JP 01:51  |  John Allen 21/03/08   191.   # 171 Dolly .You Took The Words Out Of my Mouth. 02:05  |  KATHY 21/03/08   192.   # 165 Ramzi..The Pal;?EXCUSE ME! Did You Say This Is notThe Place 02:19  |  KATHY 21/03/08   193.   ISrael security at BG 02:19  |  Sabra 21/03/08   194.   SEcurity 02:22  |  Mahmud el Masri 21/03/08   195.   Mark of Lewiston 02:24  |  Sabra 21/03/08   196.   Racial profiling 02:43  |  Nechama 21/03/08   197.   semsem 179 03:04  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   198.   Bobby 187 03:07  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   199.   # 59 #48 Margie In Tel Aviv versus The fake Margie and we Know 03:35  |  KATHY 21/03/08   200.   BooHoo 04:17  |  Avi 21/03/08   201.   The lost point. & chanahs 04:18  |  Eli Cohen 21/03/08   202.   #122; Yaakov Sullivan you are of course wrong about that 04:19  |  Doc Holliday 21/03/08   203.   Hasan ya hmar 04:23  |  Abu alamjad 21/03/08   204.   Eli Cohen 201 05:05  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   205.   I suspect American Muslims are lower security risk 05:14  |  Haldrik 21/03/08   206.   Islam isnt a `race`, but an ideology, and deserves critique 05:23  |  Haldrik 21/03/08   207.   Abu Alamjad 06:01  |  Hassan 21/03/08   208.   mmmmmmmmmmm.......... 06:01  |  Danite 21/03/08   209.   195 Sabra 06:14  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/03/08   210.   Haldrik 06:24  |  MaryRose 21/03/08   211.   205 Haldrik - American Passports 06:48  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/03/08   212.   Palestinian Americans warned ofsecurity profiling at B-G airport 06:54  |  martin list, m.d. 21/03/08   213.   Humiliation and Degradation? 07:09  |  JES 21/03/08   214.   To Mark of Lewiston # 211 - 9/11 EASILY FORGOTTEN 08:07  |  Dagma 21/03/08   215.   Gabe1 #194 08:18  |  spotter 21/03/08   216.   To 212 martin list m.d - Air Travel...... 08:25  |  Dolly 21/03/08   217.   To Danite # 208 = Look who`s talking.... 08:49  |  Natasha 21/03/08   218.   JES 213 08:52  |  ChanahS 21/03/08   219.   #208 Danite 09:54  |  Hastaroth 21/03/08   220.   Haldrik #205 10:19  |  S 21/03/08   221.   To Yaakov & ramzi. Enrico Macias 10:29  |  Altalena 21/03/08   222.   Enough 10:49  |  Enough 21/03/08   223.   What about FEAR of ANOTHER 9/11..... 10:53  |  Onlooker 21/03/08   224.   Claims are doubtful 10:53  |  Lobo08 21/03/08   225.   Counter Productive Policey 11:00  |  Lobo08 21/03/08   226.   To Mark of ewiston # 209 - Once an Arab always an Arab 15:44  |  Dagma 21/03/08   227.   To Mark of Lewiston # 44 - EXCEPT..... 16:19  |  Dolly 21/03/08   228.   To All my frends the Posters..... 17:02  |  Dagma 21/03/08   229.   It`s All About Saving a Lot of Lives! 17:47  |  Natasha 21/03/08   230.   # 203 Abu alamjad..Hassan is Not a donkey.He is Just a Sensible.. 20:35  |  KATHY 21/03/08   231.   # 53 to my friend "S" (2nd try) 08:23  |  eric 22/03/08   232.   To eric # 231 - In Equalising..... 12:34  |  Dolly 22/03/08   233.   Airline Security 20:09  |  Nechama 22/03/08   234.   Airline Security, part 2 20:16  |  Nechama 22/03/08   235.   LET EM WALK 12:29  |  petra 31/03/08   236.   Profiling is disrespectful 23:27  |  Adam 30/06/08

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