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Israel: Airport Security Detains British Rapper

Posted 6 March 2009 2:43 GMT

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Español · Israel: Seguridad del aeropuerto detiene a rapero británico
عربي · إسرائيل: قوات أمن المطار تعتقل مغني الراب البريطاني

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When British rapper Lowkey arrived in Israel this week to help raise funds to rebuild Gaza, airport security didn't react kindly to his arrival and detained him for questioning. David of Israelity explains: “For better or worse, we invented profiling… Justified? Well, yeah. The ultimate goal is to prevent people dying in a terror attack.”


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    # 6 March 2009, 15:53 pm

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