A delegation of Pakistani military officers has abandoned a trip to the US after being mistaken for terrorists and ordered off an airliner. The eight officers, led by a two-star Navy rear admiral, were on their way to a meeting at US Central Command. They had boarded a United Airlines Flight from Washington to Tampa on Monday but were taken off the aircraft because of comments made by one of the men, according to an airline spokesman.
Pakistani officials said the officer, weary from the journey to the US, had said, “I hope this is the final plane to the destination” causing a female passenger, who believed he was threatening the aircraft, to panic. Major General Athar Abbas, a spokesman for the Pakistan military, said the officers had been cleared by subsequent security inspections. “However, as a result of these checks, military authorities in Pakistan decided to cancel the visit and called the delegation back,” the army said in a statement. The dispute appeared to be a sign of the mistrust between the US and Pakistani military, which claimed the delegation had been subjected to “unwarranted checks”. Paranoia gone mad people!






