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NJCher

(35,688 posts) Sat Apr 26, 2014, 06:17 PM Apr 2014

If it sounds like Al Qaeda, it must be...

French mom blacklisted because name sounds like ‘Al Qaeda’

What's in a name? Apparently not a trip to the U.S.

Aida Alic, whose name appears as Alic Aida on her passport, claims the ban from entry into the U.S. was just because of her name.

Swiss airlines received noticed from U.S. border authorities that she would not be allowed to come to the U.S.

See the story at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/french-mom-blacklisted-sounds-al-qaeda-article-1.1769864