President Obama’s strict new security guidelines for air travelers from high-risk countries is drawing criticism from officials in some of the targeted nations, including American allies Iraq and Afghanistan.
As part of an array of new measures enacted after the failed Christmas Day bombing of Detroit-bound Flight 253, airport-security officers are patting down passengers from 14 countries, most of them in the Middle East and Africa. While the Transportation Security Administration has justified the move as a proactive means of keeping out potential terrorist threats, the Iraqi and Afghan ambassadors to the United States oppose the singling out of their citizens.
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