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Icelandic woman shackled at JFK for overstaying visa

gadling.com — Lillendahl was arrested at JFK and interrogated for two days. During that time, she was held in a cell, had her hands and feet chained, was not permitted to call relatives and was even denied food and drink for a period of time. Now the Government of Iceland has asked US Ambassadors to explain the incident.

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  • chaserm, on 12/18/2007, -119/+31When are they going to start arresting and shackling all the illegal wetbacks...that's what I want to know.
    • skatastrophy, on 12/18/2007, -9/+36If she was a wetback from Iceland she must have been a very strong swimmer!
      • DavidYeah, on 12/18/2007, -22/+4You do know that the vast majority of the "illegals" are people who overstayed their visas...
        • bmson, on 12/18/2007, -0/+12I doubt they're Icelanders.
          http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21989185/
          • hedron, on 12/19/2007, -4/+3Iceland is the best place to live on Earth, huh? It's also 99.9% white. That can't be a coincidence.
          • redxxx, on 12/19/2007, -3/+3So, it is ok to treat Hispanics like *****, so long as folks from europe are handled with kid gloves?
            I don't really see why nation of origin should figure into our outrage about acts like this, other than bigotry of course.
        • btgoss, on 12/18/2007, -2/+14I don't think that is true. I would think most illegals are people who never had a visa. Visa's aren't just handed out like coupons, you have to have a reason to get one. Are you saying all of the Mexicans and South and Central Americans came here on visa's first? That just doesn't make sense.
        • republicker, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10*****
        • TheSabre, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10You do know that the vast majority of statistics and claims are made up on the spot...
        • Carthagefield, on 12/18/2007, -1/+6What you meant to say was: "88.2% of statistics were made up on the spot." - Vic Reeves.
        • Iconoclast25, on 12/19/2007, -3/+5Your REALLY need to go easier on that LSD, David.
    • NoCt1, on 12/18/2007, -24/+12When the wetbacks start going through JFK. big difference from crossing a river and fling into a country. Jackass
    • coreyb, on 12/18/2007, -8/+43Wow chaserm, a little bit of a racist streak there... not that I agree with illegal immigration, but geez, be a human being.
      • mightydavefish, on 12/19/2007, -1/+1The right wing anti-brown people crowd isn't strong on human decency.
        • Iconoclast25, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Errrr . . . dear spineless rotted fish . . . I'm right wing and married to a LEGAL immigrant, so why don't you suck the brown areas of both our asses? Has nothing to do with racism / decency and everything to do with ignorant, diseased and criminal elements streaming over the border. Oh, that's right - I just described libtards, didn't I?
    • reddfox321, on 12/18/2007, -10/+16When the wealthy decide to stop hiring them for menial jobs at god awful wages in conditions Americans aren't willing to work in.
      • moin1097, on 12/18/2007, -10/+10Ah, yes. The "Blame Whitey First" defense.
        • RonBurgundy76, on 12/18/2007, -10/+5You're a dumbass. See it in action yourself (as I have) and then tell me he's wrong.
          • Iconoclast25, on 12/20/2007, -1/+1Apparently you are liberally blind and yes, he's wrong. Pay a fair wage and Americans will do the work. When the meat packing plants were raided, there were US citizens and LEGAL immigrants waiting for the jobs the next day. Oh, but then they had to pay them legal wages. Too bad, so sad. DEPORT THEM ALL AND BUILD THE WALL - and if you lame gutless lefties don't like it, get the ***** out, too. The highest and best use for you libtard losers would be as organic fertilizer.
        • Myonosken, on 12/18/2007, -4/+8Nobody said just whites, but it's true. The world knows America will employ illegal immigrants so they continue to enter.
      • Iconoclast25, on 12/19/2007, -4/+3Deport the illegals and imprison those who hire them. The illegal jobs will dry up inside of a week of the first fat cat CEO being sentenced.
    • arcangelgabriel, on 12/18/2007, -4/+8When are asshammers like you going to shut up?
    • Brownds, on 12/19/2007, -1/+0But if we send the Mexican'ts back who will mow my lawn and do my landscape for 25 cents an hour?
    • blacklabelrum, on 12/19/2007, -1/+0eat ***** ***** *****!!!!!!
      • Iconoclast25, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Wonderfully well reasoned and articulated comment defending the practice of allowing illegal aliens to enter this nation unchecked. In fact, it is on par with the views of most globalists. Giving it the respect it is due, I must now flush. Bye-bye, Forrest.
  • Apokalyps2547, on 12/18/2007, -83/+18"Shackles" indeed. Handcuffs are standard procedure for an arrest.
    • Lukesed, on 12/18/2007, -7/+58Really? Chained hands and feet? Unless she was hannibal lecter, no.
      • Otto, on 12/18/2007, -21/+11Umm... yes. Prisoner transports often do chain both hands and feet. Even for non-Hannibals.
        • Jomwilli, on 12/18/2007, -4/+15Only for violent offenders.
        • physphd, on 12/18/2007, -2/+18Read the article first, Otto. She was held shackled in a cell for 2 days, not during transport.
    • RogerStrong, on 12/18/2007, -10/+20"All prisoners moved by TransCor agents are moved in full restraints (waist chains, leg irons and handcuffs). We interconnect prisoners for additional security."

      From the TransCor FAQ
      http://www.transcor.com/transcorfaq.html
      • physphd, on 12/18/2007, -5/+19RTFA. She was held shackled in a cell for 2 days, not during transport.
    • capiCrimm, on 12/18/2007, -8/+4I'm sure they're supposed to harass you with a Miranda too?
  • dnaspydir, on 12/18/2007, -11/+224WOW, I can almost hear international tourism to the US screeching to a halt.
    • wayback09, on 12/18/2007, -84/+7All because some dumb ***** was on a ten year expired visa? Now that is simply... stupid.
      • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -2/+57Good lord, can your reading comprehension get any worse? She wasn't on an ten year expired visa. She overstayed her tourist visa ten years ago. She hasn't been in the U.S. on that visa for that time.
        • fkr3, on 12/18/2007, -0/+20I overstayed my visa there not even two years ago.... I don't know what she did to annoy them but I've been back 4 times without incident. DHS and Customs people can be right ***** though. Give someone a $30k salary and an ounce of power and they feel like they matter.
        • bmson, on 12/18/2007, -0/+12She had visited US of A many times after she overstayed there visa.
          But this time was very different. Don't know why
          • gyrfalcon, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2It was different because the USA is different.
        • gummih, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1fkr3: you may be in for a surprise next time you visit then...
      • fac3less, on 12/18/2007, -2/+25wayback,
        You obviously haven't tried visiting your own country as a tourist. Shackles, ha. Weak, some of the ***** I've seen people put through at the border (as a Canadian) would be nothing compared to what she's endured. The US is sanctioning itself off.
        • moin1097, on 12/18/2007, -16/+2The Ron Paul effect.
          • gyrfalcon, on 12/19/2007, -0/+3the digg down stupid idiot effect.
        • coyote1284, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13Hell, try flying anywhere IN the US with a foreign sounding name. An acquaintence of mine was detained by TSA in Houston over her name. Her baggage made it to her destination, she didn't. It's one thing to not profile, it's another to detain a 100lb woman for 3 hours, bringing her to tears over her name.
          • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -13/+2Your an idiot. There is one reason they detain like that with their name being involved and it is for people on the terrorism watch list. If you share share first and last names with terrorists or the alias they use then there is a high chance you will be detained. Sucks but that is what they are doing now because they can't profile and it takes a lot of time to deal with and if she was brought to tears over it then she needs a serious skin graft because with skin that thin I can't imagine what kind of job she can hold down.
          • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+7"Your an idiot."

            Ah, man...that never gets old.
          • ErrorS, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2My Aunt has the last name "Nasser", imagine how easy it is for her to fly.
            Never anything really serious, just a pain in the ass.. probably not a whole lot worse than what most Americans go through, but I'm sure they spend a tiny extra bit of time searching her bags and confiscating her stuff than most Americans.
      • PoptartKing, on 12/18/2007, -2/+28Good job with the reading comprehension, kiddo. The visa incident happened 10 years ago, not that it extended from 10 years ago to the present day.
      • gothsquirrel, on 12/18/2007, -3/+24Hey ***** this is the quote form the article read it a few more times until you get it "all because she had overstayed her tourist visa 10 years ago" and also a good job calling that poor woman names and making yourself look like a big man.
      • NoCt1, on 12/18/2007, -3/+16And this is why i would like to move away from america. Iceland and Norway some of the most peace full places in the world. America - most of us are d bags.
        • moin1097, on 12/18/2007, -17/+2You know what to do. Just don't fly out of JFK.
          Don't come back-EVER.
          • RonBurgundy76, on 12/18/2007, -3/+10***** you. I don't blame people for wanting to leave. If I could afford it, I would have been long gone, myself, rather than try to resist and get shot/tased/imprisoned.
          • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -10/+2I think the fact you can't afford to leave shows what kind of winner you are Ron.
          • celandine, on 12/18/2007, -1/+6Pauldy, do you have any idea how much emigration costs; not even mentioning the fact that the US dollar is doing absolutely appalling in comparison to so many other currencies. I very much doubt you could emigrate if you wanted either. Your ridiculous attempt at an insult is pathetic, and slightly depressing when one thinks of how it shows you up to be the kind of shallow, materialistic person to instantly judge someone as being a 'winner' or not based on there monetary status.
          • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -3/+2Celadine, for most countries the monetary cost are almost nothing if you are educated and have desirable skill sets. If your a looser know nothing then it does get expensive because they don't want you in their country. So yea if he thinks the cost of emigrating out of the US is expensive then the chances of him being a looser are way up there, same with you.
          • ErrorS, on 12/19/2007, -1/+2Pauldy? You do realize that people are being educated in other countries and coming here for jobs, right? It rarely happens the other way around.. we have lots of high tech, high paying jobs but we have ***** schools the rest of the world laughs at.
          • pauldy, on 12/19/2007, -1/+1ErrorS, You need to do some fact checking and quit believing everything you read on sites like huffington's. In 2006 the number of student visas out numbered work related visas by 2 to 1. As to it happening the other way no it doesn't but not for the reasons you mentioned but because once you have lived in the United States going to another country doesn't seem like that great of a deal thats also why there are so many conversions after students complete their higher education goals to full citizenship.
    • r00tus3r, on 12/18/2007, -2/+71Seriously, I've been afraid to go to the US for a while now. No joke.
      • Jomwilli, on 12/18/2007, -16/+4Wow, the action/ Gangland movies are working! We need to show them more in Mexico though.
      • greves, on 12/18/2007, -1/+14You're not the only one. It's down to 70% of pre-9/11 levels.
        • hayzeus, on 12/18/2007, -11/+1Um -- no. It hit a low of 19% between 2002-2003, and had been falling PRIOR to 9/11. It has recovered substantially with the falling dollar, and has been well-above 9/11 levels for a while now.
          FAIL.
        • celandine, on 12/18/2007, -1/+4not exactally im afraid hayzeus,
          http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/19/government-re ...
        • hayzeus, on 12/19/2007, -2/+1@celandine:
          FAIL
          REASON: Quoting opinion pieces as fact
          SEE: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/tourism/States.pdf
          • celandine, on 12/20/2007, -0/+0hmm... i was hoping you might read the article and follow the source links. obviously too much for you. its based on 'Discover America' research figures, and is generally more accurate for the US market than the WTO estimates. And try to avoid writing FAIL in capitals. it is quite moronic.
      • arrrapirate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+4It's true, I've stopped visiting or even having my flights connect there. I know, they have lots of wonderful things that are hard to get in Canada, such as a burgeoning police state and power-tripping anti-"terrorist" measures, but I'll pass.
      • codmate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Me too.
        I'd love to visit the USA - but in the current climate with rampant tazering and "foreigners" seeiming to be a synonym for "dangerous terrorist" I think I'll give it a miss!
    • hayzeus, on 12/18/2007, -1/+8Then you're hearing things. International tourism will screech to a halt when the dollar stops sliding. Which is not going to be anytime soon.
      • fsweep, on 12/18/2007, -1/+3Exactly- it is dirt cheap to travel to the US these days.
      • lithera, on 12/19/2007, -0/+4I'll profit from that crumbling economy right here out of my chair thank you.
        As beautiful as some parts of the U.S. are, it's simply not worth the hassle and risk anymore to go visit it. If you so much fart as a foreigner you are labeled a potential terrorist. There are a gazillion more places on the planet just as beatifull & cheap and worth a visit
    • andresthor, on 12/18/2007, -0/+19I am not coming anywhere near the US until they stop this fingerprint and photo crap they got going when you enter the country... it's crazy.
      • sat0shi, on 12/18/2007, -2/+3Better not go to Japan either then while you're at it. America's bitch (a.k.a. Japan) also started this system just last month.
    • ronaldinho, on 12/18/2007, -5/+7ALMOST, but US tourism will go up as long as the dollar keeps falling. We need the gold standard back!
      • Tracon, on 12/18/2007, -2/+7not possible to switch to it now. there isn't enough gold in the solar system let alone the US.
      • Adamande, on 12/19/2007, -0/+4The dollar has been falling for quite some time, and so has the tourism. What you're saying doesn't make sense.
      • rajulkabir, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Nope, despite the drop in the dollar, tourism has continued to fall. Even fire-sale prices aren't enough to lure people into the hassle and abuse.
      • grav3k33p3r, on 12/19/2007, -1/+2are you listening to what you are saying? adopting the gold standard will make a recession even more likely.
    • canUdi9it, on 12/18/2007, -1/+8Back in the US, back in the US, back in the USSR!
    • Amnesia10, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8The numbers of tourists are already substantially down on 2001. The entry procedures put me off, and I have no ill will towards Americans. The rest of the world is watching the US implode into a police state.
      Also this event was 12 years ago and she even returned again without incident, so of course she did not expect any problems. And since when has Iceland been a hotbed of Islamic terrorism or are they on a secret Axis of Evil list?
      http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/02/loss-of-touri ...
    • puto, on 12/19/2007, -1/+7I live in BC and no longer visit your fine country. I don't wanna be anally molested by your border guards.
      • frostieDude, on 12/19/2007, -0/+6I live in the US and I don't blame you.
    • bj00rn, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Well, to tell you the truth, this IS the reason I don't travel to the US. I travel all around the world (only this year Ukraine, Egypt, Turkey, Latvia and Holland) and I would go there if I didn't feel there was a considerable chance that I would be harassed at a US airport these days.
    • rupaw, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Not very likely. I hate to travel to the U.S. - the Immigration Officers treat you like a terrorist and the whole process reminds me of a trip to the Sowjet Union before the wall came down, but who can resist the weak Dollar. If you get a EURO salary, then the US is cheap as a 3rd world country. It's incredible...
      But forget your tourism industry as soon as the Dollar goes up again. People don't come to the US because they feel so welcome here.
  • ssn697, on 12/18/2007, -17/+82A shackled woman story, and not a single pic? Does the submitter not know his audience here on Digg?
    • saltinekracka20, on 12/18/2007, -22/+13If it makes authority look bad, Digg doesn't require proof.
      • BoyWithBigHands, on 12/18/2007, -4/+12click the hyperlink in the article. it will take you to the original msnbc article..where it has direct quotes by names of the foreign ministers involved. that's a pretty good start. let me know when you get access to the sercurity camera from inside the cell.
      • 1337Einstein, on 12/18/2007, -2/+11Sigh...He was making a comment about bondage. It was supposed to be a joke.
        • ssn697, on 12/18/2007, -3/+3I forgot: It is Digg. All jokes most come with a 10 pound mallet...

          To clarify: Bondage joke, lots of girlfriend-less geeks on Digg. Silly attempt at humor

          Attempt by saltinekracka to make geek/female bondage joke into political statement: LAME
    • unknamed, on 12/18/2007, -1/+10Pics on her blog... assuming that's really her of course (but, hey, it's on the internet so it must be... right?)
      http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
      • Lordy1952, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4WOW i knew it...i knew it....SHE IS HOT
        • joeTaco, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2Of course she is. Have you ever been to Iceland?
      • BlackMask, on 12/19/2007, -2/+2goddamn i would be ***** her till she loves me
        • TotalHalibut, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2The smell of virginal digg users. So sweet.. so.. sinister.
    • Wacer, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1I wonder if there is a mistranslation of the word shackled? I could mean in American terms of being handcuffed to a bench. Still this is rather harsh for someone who entering the country on a flight from Iceland.
  • itsameericle, on 12/18/2007, -2/+29link to original article:
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22263392/
    • hanapbuhay, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4Would you like to take a survey? No thanks!

      What I'd like is an add-on for my browser to automatically say No to surveys and Skip Ads.
      • Bridea, on 12/18/2007, -1/+8Get Firefox. Get AdBlock Plus. Get on with it.
  • sungsam, on 12/18/2007, -12/+99poor bjork :(
  • johnnick, on 12/18/2007, -6/+98So, 10 years ago the woman overstayed a visa and on this visit she's held incommunicado and questioned for two days? Seems like that's a little overkill.

    Fortunately, despite tactics like this, the value of the dollar compared to foreign currencies will keep tourists coming here because their currency goes so much further here.
    • ElAssoWipo, on 12/18/2007, -2/+50Well in the defense of the airport security, she was a tall blond woman after all. If that doesn't scream illegal alien or terrorist sleeper cell, I don't know what does.
      • timinpa, on 12/18/2007, -0/+6Reverse profiling?
        • fotbr, on 12/18/2007, -1/+25nah, just a chance for the minimum-wage retards to grope a tall blond.
    • Lukesed, on 12/18/2007, -6/+16I don't see that happening, tourism to the US goes down nearly every year and so does the dollar.
    • jeremyjx, on 12/18/2007, -6/+1So I'm confused -- did she overstay her visa by 10 years or overstayed it a few days 10 years ago? The article isn't real clear on that. If you are here on an expired visa for 10 years then I think it's her own damn fault, but if she overstayed it 10 years ago, then yeah, this is all a little crazy.
      • vertinox, on 12/18/2007, -0/+7The incident was 10 years ago in which she stayed too long but left way back then. She hadn't been in the states since and came to NYC to shop with her friends for the Holiday. Sadly, she won't be spending her Euros here anymore.
    • tsotha, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1My Ex overstayed her visa, so I've seen how the system works. It may well be true she overstayed ten years ago for a bit and then left, but ICE doesn't know that. For a long time they really didn't have much clue about who was coming and going, and it's only within the last year or two that they know who's leaving.

      So they probably weren't aware she ever left.
      • GiggleStick, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5Accept that they detained her as she was arriving on a flight from Iceland. Hard to do if you haven't yet left the US.
      • AndreiOttawa, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3INS (CIS) makes you fill out an I-94 form that is stapled to your passport. The form specifies till what date you can stay in US and in what status. When you leave the US, you return the card (usually airline clerk takes it from you). These cards are then processed by INS. This is how they know that you left the country.
    • DangerCollie, on 12/18/2007, -0/+6Incidents like this are not the norm but the rest of the world doesn't know that. As far as they're concerned our collective level of intelligence is going down faster than the dollar.
      I'm not sure the drop in the dollar is going to overcome the resistance to coming here. If you think people are going to tolerate dickish behavior just to save a few Euros, you're a Republican.
  • bicyclethief, on 12/18/2007, -9/+169Icelanders hate our freedoms.
    • Urusai, on 12/18/2007, -2/+47They also have strange letters in their alphabet...probably used for secret terrorist communications. Do they have any oil?
      • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -5/+3Oil? Icleand is the result of a range of underwater volcanos and hotspots moving up and down the mid Atlantic ridge.
    • ClockworksNine, on 12/18/2007, -3/+5That's why hers were taken away.
    • echo2501, on 12/18/2007, -3/+26I'm beginning to hate our "freedoms", too.
    • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -1/+4Most people do, hate the quality of your "freedoms". I imagine you to, hate your "freedoms". Most Americans don't realise that their freedoms are taken for granted, in most other countries.
      • xlar54, on 12/19/2007, -1/+2Yep. Amsterdam takes our freedoms "for granted".
      • b0b0, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1And which countries constitute "most other countries"?
    • NihilFist, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2I hear Iceland is code for "heaven" in Al-Qaeda-speak.
    • johnnyafrica, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2Shame that your government has taken most of freedoms away :) Hmmm the freedom to... ummm what freedoms do you have left?
      • rajulkabir, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2The freedom to buy a bunch of guns and shoot up a shopping mall. That's about it. Freedom of speech, religion, press, association, all that stuff is going down the drain, but the God forbid anyone should be stopped from accumulating an arms cache.

        The RKBA people keep saying the guys are to defend liberty, but so far they haven't done jack ***** about all the liberty that's been taken away in the past 7 years. I am starting to realize they are a bunch of pathetic liars. As long as they keep getting more guns to play with, I doubt they ever will.
        • codmate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Guns are the American equivalent of a security blanket.
          Every time I hear somebody defending American gun culture, I hear a five-year-old whining for his dummy.
  • weside, on 12/18/2007, -30/+5That'll learn her.
  • mandarin, on 12/18/2007, -3/+42Thats how they say hello in Homeland Security now...
    You pay extra for the shackles...
    • moin1097, on 12/18/2007, -1/+3There's a place in south Philly that doesn't charge too much.
  • Captbob007, on 12/18/2007, -66/+10I'm all for arresting/detaining/harassing ANYBODY who's in this country illegally, whether they come from south of the border or not. What's the same for everybody is fair in my book.
    • whyufail, on 12/18/2007, -2/+26Please tell me you didn't read the article. I would like to believe that there is one less dumb person in the world.
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -2/+32She wasn't here illegally. They detained her for overstaying on her tourist visa TEN years ago.
      But, hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your ranting.
    • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -1/+8Besides, Icelanders don't need tourist visa to visit USA.
    • PeppermintPig, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3Punitive equality is not equality. Just because you think it's fair doesn't mean I should have to put up with it. Thanks for supporting fascism.
  • JasonCox, on 12/18/2007, -17/+52"Now the Government of Iceland has asked US Ambassadors to explain the incident."
    Ambassador: It happened on US soil, that's all you need to know.
    • techweenie1, on 12/18/2007, -0/+9hmm yet they can't say this to Mexico? Weird.
    • bmson, on 12/18/2007, -1/+15They broke international laws
      • gumbalah, on 12/18/2007, -7/+2This is america, no such thing.
      • ORBAT, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1So the hell what? The US craps on international laws practically every, and in much more gross cases than this.
    • 01l0, on 12/18/2007, -5/+24Ambassador: 9/11. 9/11 9/11.
      • coyote1284, on 12/18/2007, -2/+5OMG! How much money do I have to give you to make me feel safe again!
        • ORBAT, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Good news: you don't need to give the government any money, just sign away all your rights.
    • mwolfzorn, on 12/18/2007, -2/+6Actually it probably didn't occur on US soil. The government usually questions you before you legally enter the country.
      • jgzman, on 12/18/2007, -1/+1New Jersey?

        Besides, JFK is entirely within the bounds of the US. You may not have been processed yet, but unless International Airports have a section that is not part of the US, (kinda like embassies) she was on US soil.
        • tsotha, on 12/18/2007, -0/+0Yeah. I had a friend take a business trip to Frankfurt. She had a layover in Paris, and they wouldn't let her walk the 100 yards to the departing terminal because she didn't have authorization to be in France.
        • Myonosken, on 12/19/2007, -0/+5Have you never seen The Terminal??
    • vertinox, on 12/18/2007, -0/+7Didn't the US put in a protest when Iran detained those people recently?
      • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2How could they, after what the USA has done to Iraq? Perhaps the people in Iraq are protesting being illegally held in their own country. Americans on foreign soil, don't make the soil, theirs.
    • buckrogers1965, on 12/18/2007, -2/+6At some point governments are going to start "inviting" our citizens and ambassadors to leave their countries.
  • stronglikedan, on 12/18/2007, -37/+9Teach her to ***** with the good ol' U S of A!
    • stronglikedan, on 12/18/2007, -13/+5To everyone digging me down:
      Here's a buck. Go buy a sense of humor.
      • Jomwilli, on 12/18/2007, -4/+7Dan, here's your buck back, use it to take a bus back to whatever Redneck backwoods hollow you're from.
      • johnnick, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3I think people missed the silent "/sarcasm" tag at the end of your post, Dan.
        • GiggleStick, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1The thing is, it's not really sarcasm if you have to put a sarcasm tag. That sorta ruins it.
        • stronglikedan, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2Oh well, I only have two hands so I can't hold everyone's. Glad someone got the joke, johnnick.
  • saltinekracka20, on 12/18/2007, -38/+9Talk about a sensationalist story. "Shackles"?? Are you kidding me? And can we have the other half of this story as well?
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -3/+23well it appears to be serious enough for the Icelandic government to be asking the U.S. for an explanation.
    • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -6/+1You forgot rule #12 for the digg lamers if it shows the US in a bad light there is no need for proof and if you offer anything that supports the US you are to buried with extreme haste.
    • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5Patience, patience! They're creating one as soon as possible. The security probably didn't expect her to complain.
    • scott2007, on 12/19/2007, -1/+1Sounds like a hoax to me.

      Fished in!
  • luke374, on 12/18/2007, -11/+113In a terrible misread, I saw that as:

    "Icelandic woman shackled at JFK for overusing Vista"
    • whyufail, on 12/18/2007, -6/+7That would sadly be more appropriate.
    • MiDri, on 12/18/2007, -3/+7I actually read it as "Icelandic woman shackled to KFC for overusing Visa"
    • AgntOrnge, on 12/18/2007, -2/+3You seriously need to get away from the computer/intraweb more often...
    • mandarin, on 12/18/2007, -1/+3With Mac users today? Geez you cannot speak the word Vista unless you want dirty looks thrown at you...
    • Jomwilli, on 12/18/2007, -1/+5You guys need to get your vision checked ;)
      • thealliedhacker, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1LMAO I thought it said "get your version checked".
        I was like "heh... oh... wait... *****..."
    • Smegzor, on 12/18/2007, -1/+7Maybe she was shackled and made to use Vista. I know thats what it would take to make me use it. ;)
      • moin1097, on 12/18/2007, -2/+1But, don't you kind of get shackeled if you Vista anyway?
    • blitzkriegpunk, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1Twist of the year... including last year!
    • fearlessfx, on 12/18/2007, -1/+2a truly terrible crime
  • Skurt, on 12/18/2007, -5/+64I lived for two years in Iceland, nice country, nice people - Great GeoThermal heat! Bastards in Customs think they are above the law. 10 YEARS ago this person went past their Visa, and now they nab this hardened criminal? Not when she left the country, but when she returned on a new Current Visa.

    For all us Americans living in Iceland now, good luck with your neighbors...
    • tman84, on 12/18/2007, -0/+7iceland is a very interesting place as its growing about an inch every year, it sits on the rift between the Atlantic plate and European plate which are currently drifting apart
      • RonBurgundy76, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3I don't know a lot about the geology of Iceland... is it the same type of volcanic activity that causes Hawaii to grow in similar fashion?
  • danielson0014, on 12/18/2007, -32/+210 years! Thats a long vacation!
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -3/+30English *****! Can you read it?
      • Theisos, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1Dugg for Pulp Fiction reference.
      • danielson0014, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0-- all because she had overstayed her tourist visa 10 years ago. Erla Osk Arnardottir Lillendahl, 33, is not happy about the treatment she received upon arriving at JFK --
        where in there does it say she wasn't there the whole time, it's definitely unclear. You still "arrive at the airport" if you are LEAVING THE COUNTRY. I can read just fine *****.
    • misterRobot, on 12/18/2007, -1/+7They aren't very clear, but I'm pretty sure she came to the US ten years ago, overstayed her visa by a short period of time, then came back for another vacation and got busted.
      • Jomwilli, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3Yes, that is how I interpreted it as well.
      • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -3/+1So in the end she committed a crime and was upset and humiliated because she was "Busted" 10 years later. Something tells me there is more to this story.
        • dakbonsa, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0No, if it was that "serious" problem to begin with, they should have fined her when she was leaving. What's up with just letting her leave the country and arresting her 10 years later?
          • pauldy, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Well ten years ago would have been pre 9/11 afterwards security is supposed to be tighter on people entering and leaving the country. I read her blog and its pretty obvious her big mouth got her in trouble by her own accounts of the situation.
  • balazsbela, on 12/18/2007, -4/+41Wow, talk about US hospitality :D
  • whatthefu, on 12/18/2007, -3/+50Skip the ***** blogspam: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22263392/
    • cr0ss, on 12/18/2007, -1/+1I don't know about you, but I can't trust any news sites these days for a truthful statement.

      I'd gladly read the reports of the one who it happened to. What does she have to lie about?
  • OMGLINUXWOAH, on 12/18/2007, -30/+6Shackled for no reason. Sounds logical and I'm sure there is not more to this story whatsoever.
    • whyufail, on 12/18/2007, -5/+17Clearly you haven't been following US policy recently.
    • MiDri, on 12/18/2007, -2/+5I shackle tall blonds all the time.
    • signal15, on 12/18/2007, -4/+11Why is it that some people just think that all things happen for good reason and the government, businesses, and church have every right to do whatever they want?

      It's you people that are partially to blame for all the ***** that happens.
      • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -5/+2Because we aren't all stuck in some pseudo psycho fantasy land were pot makes you smarter, we take personal responsibility for our own failures rather than blaming other people, and we understand more often than not people won't go through the hassle of detaining someone for 2 days without a pretty good freaking reason.
        • PeppermintPig, on 12/18/2007, -1/+3Why not? They're not paying for the cell and the meals, and it makes the bureaucrats look like they're actually providing something of value.
    • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -1/+2I think you sarcasm was overlooked.
      • OMGLINUXWOAH, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Yes it was, but most diggers are ***** fools.
  • BrotherHero, on 12/18/2007, -9/+3You know, I think Tom Hanks had the same problem. (Ekkk what an awful movie!!!!)
  • thefallofbrad, on 12/18/2007, -24/+3who does she think she is?!
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -3/+12Um, a tourist?
    • RonBurgundy76, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Someone that probably decided that that was her last vacation in America.
    • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4And who probably had been spending quite a few thousand dollars in USA supporting your sorry ass!
  • unknamed, on 12/18/2007, -2/+41Unverified personal account by this woman (plus a picture of her... she's kind of hot, might that explain anything?)

    http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
    • baalzebub, on 12/18/2007, -1/+7Viking heritage...
    • Urusai, on 12/18/2007, -1/+6I'd frisk her. Probably wouldn't shackle her, though.
    • PJ1967, on 12/18/2007, -1/+11Had any Halliburton employees been there, she would've been gang-raped.
    • snotrokit, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4kinda hot? Um I would up that a bit.
      • rajulkabir, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Huh? Bad dye job, pasty skin, mannish face.
    • CedEx, on 12/18/2007, -1/+4I see that in her comments someone says for Americans travelling abroad to say that they are Canadian. As a Canadian, I ask that you don't do this. If America is the best country in the world, sew an American flag on your backpack instead of a Canadian Maple Leaf please.
  • Crath, on 12/18/2007, -6/+16she doesnt have any money, tase her!
    • Bridea, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3I think you don't understand that "Visa" means more than a financial institution.
      • Crath, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2i just made it into a very very general statement, that is all
  • savethemooses, on 12/18/2007, -7/+10This is like the time Coach Bombay shackled that hot Icelandic chick. Except that time it was consensual.
  • hmugabe, on 12/18/2007, -9/+4Maybe she looked like a muslimer not a blue eyed blond icelander.
    • Devdude30, on 12/18/2007, -1/+6lol check her blog...
      http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
      • spyd3rweb, on 12/18/2007, -1/+2she is not the eggman, or the walrus.
      • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -3/+1Just got done reading her blog and now I understand, she's one of those but I'm entitle to break the rules Paris Hilton bitches. LOL, oh well she got hers and now she is gonna bitch about it to the whole world if they will listen.
        • sinrtb, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1If they had just sent her packing when she got here i'm sure it wouldn't be newsworthy.
          • pauldy, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1They might have if she hadn't opened her big mouth and started talking about how many times she had been back and how it had never been a problem before. Her own big mouth got her in trouble.
    • pintomp3, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3muslimer?
    • RonBurgundy76, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3wth is a Muslimer? Is that a word?
  • wetmetalthong, on 12/18/2007, -5/+116This procedure is actually commonplace. My roommate was just recently picked up on felony charges for pills she had a prescription to (but didn't have the bottle). The pills were taken by the officers, no ticket written. She went back to IL from IN, and they issued a warrant for her arrest. Then, she said in jail for a week (and food is *quite* scarce in jail) before they bothered to take her back to IN.
    While she was there, another inmate was pregnant and had undergone gall bladder surgery. Those who haven't had their gall bladders removed don't know that you can not process complex carbs. The police made no attempts to provide her a special diet. If she could not eat the food, THEN SHE DID NOT EAT. A PREGNANT WOMAN, need I remind you. And even worse: if she got sick, she would have to sit in solitary (a small room with a hole for you to piss and ***** into in the middle) until the doctor arrived. He made a weekly visit. Obviously, she wouldn't want them to know she was sick.
    And we have no idea what ever came of this woman or her unborn child. She was still there when my roommate left.
    This is reality, my friends. I swear to you: you are guilty until proven innocent, and people who like to bully and abuse usually become cops. I'm *not* saying all cops are these people, but these precincts *definitely* exist.
    • MiDri, on 12/18/2007, -2/+33Goes back to the old saying, "Those who seek power should not have power."
    • shifty2, on 12/19/2007, -3/+2"THEN SHE DID NOT EAT. A PREGNANT WOMAN"

      at first i didn't see the period. Punctuation DOES make a difference!
    • ztexas, on 12/19/2007, -0/+4We live in an enormously punitive society that is descending towards a police state. I don't intend that as overstatement - it's evident in many respects.
      Drug policy in particular has gone haywire. We suck.
  • cornswalled, on 12/18/2007, -51/+5"all because she had overstayed her tourist visa 10 years ago."

    She was in the country illegally for 10 years and SHE'S the victim???
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -1/+28Are all you 'cons this stupid? She overstayed on her tourist visa ten years ago...and left. She wasn't here for those ten years on that expired visa.
    • unknamed, on 12/18/2007, -1/+15Time to brush up on those reading comprehension skills...

      She overstayed her visa by 3 weeks, 10 years AGO. So, to clarify... 10 years ago she had a visa that she overstayed by 3 weeks (we therefore deduce that she did go back to Iceland at that time and has been there since).
    • varmit, on 12/18/2007, -1/+10Read the sentence again. Its says that she overstayed a tourist visa 10 years ago, as in she left a few days late 10 years ago and she is getting detained coming back to the US 10 years later to tour the USA again.
    • coreyb, on 12/18/2007, -1/+10She over stayed her visa ten years ago, not for ten years...
    • Zorkon, on 12/18/2007, -2/+5The story linked above isn't well-written, so I could see how you might think she's been in the country illegally for 10 years. What actually happened was that 10 years ago she overstayed her tourist visa by 3 weeks - and then returned to Iceland. She traveled back to the US several times since then without incident, but on this last trip they decided to detain her for her minor transgression 10 years earlier. Customs or whoever (mis)handled this overreacted in the extreme.
    • Hermmunster, on 12/18/2007, -1/+4She was not in the country for 10 years. 10 years ago she left on a date past when her visa expired. She's been gone for 10 years. Now 10 years later she returned on a new visa to sightsee with friends. She was arrested and held for 2 days though she had a valid visa and the incident of which they were concerned happened 10 years ago, long before 911.
    • pintomp3, on 12/18/2007, -5/+4the europeans overstayed their welcome 500 years ago.
      • topapito, on 12/18/2007, -2/+2Yeah, you should all be sent back you idiot.
    • blergle, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5You people really are as thick as the proverbial ***** aren't you? How do you remember to breathe?
      • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3Even if the link was too ambiguous an article, it did have a link to the original article. Since the start of the posts, it had been repeatedly explained. Dense/thick, dumb as a rock or stupid but please don't get the pigs involved. They are a lot smarter and have runny *****.
    • ORBAT, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1English, *****, do you speak it?!
  • m00dy, on 12/18/2007, -2/+17link to the woman's blog, pictures included:
    http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
    • chsbrgr, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1someone actually RP spammed her comment section ... classy.
    • Motodog, on 12/18/2007, -0/+3I'd shackle her too if I could, she's hot!
  • Octaman, on 12/18/2007, -2/+19Yay, another great advertisement for tourism to the US!
  • ericthegreat, on 12/18/2007, -9/+3Please be Bijork!
    • 1337Einstein, on 12/18/2007, -1/+6Would that be kind of like "Bjork" except bi? Of this I would approve.
  • vervalsing, on 12/18/2007, -6/+36Dear Iceland: I am sorry some of our law enforcement officials are douchebags. If you would like to see the more hospitable side of the USA, might I suggest traveling to somewhere other than New York?
    • bmson, on 12/18/2007, -0/+15I'm from Iceland and I've been to NY 3 times, trough JFK.
      I've had a really nice stay over there, great people and superb city.

      There are assholes everywhere. But the US laws protects these assholes, in the States.
      Let's hope for a change in the next election :)

      But believe me... Icelanders will keep visiting US of A.
    • oreonblade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4While I think travel to all parts of the USis a good idea, the fact that there are douchebags in NY doesn't mean the rest of the country is devoid of assholes. I've had bad times in NY, Cali, Europe and Asia...don't paint entire regions in one broad stroke.
    • shm1, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2Avoid NY and fly through Newark instead? Great idea.
    • MrMustard, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0I've been to the states a fair few times, people are great and really enjoyed myself but the airport security and procedures always seems to be over the top. That applies to most busy airports over there.

      By the way can someone clear up exactly what douchebag means?
  • p0s3r, on 12/18/2007, -33/+4Explanation the US should give: She overstayed her visa 10 years ago.
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -2/+18ah, another day, another bunch of douchebaggery from l0s3r.
    • cornswalled, on 12/18/2007, -16/+1You'd think someone who was living in another country illegally for 10 years would be a bit more contrite when that country catches up with her.
      • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -1/+11I even corrected you earlier. ***** moron.
    • jpop, on 12/18/2007, -2/+7You'd think that would have come up when she was going for her current visa...
      • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+6She do not need one, Iceland is part of the visa waver program. Same with all Scandinavian countries. As long as the stay is less than 6 months, you don't need anything but a valid, machine readable passport.
    • verivalta, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4Makes me wonder if there is a statute of limitations on this kind of thing.
  • Kaervek, on 12/18/2007, -1/+26So she didn't look Arabic?

    Progress!
    • DeadRepubs, on 12/18/2007, -7/+2Multiculturalism is taking over,Muslims are taking over! Wake up you MuzzyLoving sheeple!
      /Far right loon.
      • sumGIRL, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0Deadrepubs are you really Anne Coulter, and all your freaky posts are one elaborate punk'ing of the internetz?
    • leexy, on 12/18/2007, -2/+2Arab not Arabic.
    • Pherdnut, on 12/18/2007, -0/+0Not Arabian?
  • superfusion, on 12/18/2007, -7/+2Shackles, eh. Bjork, Bjork, Bjork ... it's called "checked luggage."
  • Typhoon2009, on 12/18/2007, -0/+13I don't know what's more surprising, the fact that she was treated so poorly or the fact that INS (that's what they called USCIS in the 90s) actually arrested someone for overstaying their visa. Seriously, in the 90s it was easy as hell to get in and out of the US.
  • Devdude30, on 12/18/2007, -2/+8wow...i want to see the excuse they have for this one
  • laziefred, on 12/18/2007, -1/+16At least they didn't tase her.
    • Wacer, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1They probably made her change into prison garb and had hidden cameras in the room. /jk
    • ORBAT, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Yeah, they probably just gang-raped her instead.
  • Hermmunster, on 12/18/2007, -1/+31Treating guests in your home like this is reprehensible. You would not treat visitors that you permitted into your home like this. Had she not had a current visa then we could have questioned her motives, but like any other tourist she deserved our respect and welcome. We can't have this sort of behavior from our government or it's agents.

    When you permit this to occur to others you open the door wide to have it happen to you. This is an abuse of power. The poor lady was hardly a threat.
  • ahughes, on 12/18/2007, -4/+25Iceland Government++

    It is nice to see that other world governments are questioning the actions of the US. Too long has the US gone unchecked. I cannot wait to see what a post-Bush US has in store for the world.
    • spyd3rweb, on 12/18/2007, -0/+6Its not looking too good at the moment.
  • ryan83189, on 12/18/2007, -11/+4Great; the only person to leave Iceland in it's history, and this is what happens to her.
    • bmson, on 12/18/2007, -0/+13Average Icelander travel abroad 4 times a year.
    • Pherdnut, on 12/18/2007, -1/+4Lol. Yeah, they get what's called "vacation" over there. And somehow they have spending money in spite of their communist-like social democracy.
  • strongsad, on 12/18/2007, -5/+23Try not to act so shocked please... the TSA does NOT represent the best and brightest that America has to offer.
    • Groovemaster, on 12/18/2007, -1/+13I think it's important that you explain who DOES represent America's best and brightest.
    • Jumile, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Obviously not. But they are amongst the first people we see when we land - awesome ambassadors. Funny how the threat of some imaginary "think of if she HAD been more than a 'visa teh-rist'" event can be used to treat visitors in the basest and most inhumane way possible.
    • buckrogers1965, on 12/18/2007, -0/+8The TSA represent us when the first people that Tourists meet coming into the country is the TSA.

      These hostile, violent, and unfunny jack booted thugs are creating such an inhospitable environment that tourism has dropped to a third of what it used to be.
    • DangerCollie, on 12/18/2007, -0/+6I used to think that, too. Right up until 2004 when Chimpy got re-elected. Now I'm not so sure anymore. My worst fear is that George Bush really is representative of what we've become.
      • codmate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2In my experience American culture has changed for the worse since 9/11.
        My first thought when watching 9/11 was for the poor people in those buildings.
        My second thought was "Oh ***** - America is going to over-react so much, the repercussions will screw up the whole of the first century of the new millennium.".
        America was paranoid before. Prod an already paranoid person and you confirm *all* their paranoid fantasies.
  • aphexcoil, on 12/18/2007, -13/+25Round Trip Airfare to the US: $650 dollars
    Your first US meal at the airport: $13.40
    Getting detained for two days because of your expired VISA: Priceless

    For everything else, there's MASTERCARD.
    • active1x0, on 12/18/2007, -13/+8Hi, 1999 wanted me to tell you this: It's not funny anymore, now go die.
    • shm1, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Back to /. with you.
    • Carthagefield, on 12/19/2007, -0/+3Or... For everything else, there's GUANTANAMO.
  • irvman21, on 12/18/2007, -21/+3It's unfortunate that the ACLU fights against allowing common sense to be used in these such situations. This woman must be treated exactly how a Muslim man who attends extremist mosques that advocate murdering civilians or else law enforcement officials are delcared racists.
    • nblsavage, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12How about getting TSA agents who are capable of standing upright and can read something upwards of "See Spot Run"?
    • jpop, on 12/18/2007, -3/+6Actually, I think she was treated worse. They don't do this to muslim men because that'd be "profiling".
      • DeadRepubs, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0It is profiling you stupid xenophobe.
        • sumGIRL, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0DeadRepub can you pinch my nipples and call me a nazi?
    • buckrogers1965, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5We could treat everyone nice instead.
    • IADTatami, on 12/18/2007, -0/+4The ACLU did ***** all to this woman.

      I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to pin this one squarely on the shoulders of the hysterical authoritarians who played an active role in deciding her fate.
    • Pherdnut, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2Classic misunderstanding of the ACLU's purpose by the GOSimpletons. The whole point is to keep this from happening to anybody for no good reason. A visa goof from ten years ago is no more reason to treat someone this way than being one of 2 billion Muslims, which yes, is racist and prejudicial if there are zero grounds for suspicion.
  • invisiblehat, on 12/18/2007, -9/+66I hate this ***** country more and more everyday. How can the rest of the World not hate Us? And to any 'patriotic' morons that are going to Digg me down and tell me 'if I don't like it, why don't I leave'--> ***** Off! It is people like you who have ruined this once-wonderful place.
    • saltinekracka20, on 12/18/2007, -36/+3If you don't like it, then leave.

      Then set yourself on fire.
    • active1x0, on 12/18/2007, -30/+3Hey, if you don't like it, you can leave.
    • fotbr, on 12/18/2007, -6/+13I'm not going to tell you to leave if you don't like it, but do you really think that bitching on digg is going to make one damned bit of difference?
      • vertinox, on 12/18/2007, -2/+15Yes. It shows his dissent for his nation and others like he will realize they are not alone.
        • pauldy, on 12/18/2007, -2/+3Yea so all the lunatics can get together smoke some weed and talk about how bad the government is then turn around and do nothing about it.
    • finickyEater, on 12/18/2007, -8/+2I've always thought the lack of capitalization skills were killing this country. Thanks for proving me right.
    • dimplemonkey, on 12/18/2007, -5/+2If you hate this country but have no ability to leave, my suggestion to you is to not whine like an immature adult. Make your voice heard, perform an action that pulls us out of the negativity we're being perceived as. I sick and tired of admitting to the rest of the world that we suck. I, for one, would like to make changes effective immediately because my son has to grow up learning that we do have a voice in this country.
      • digindrivefast, on 12/19/2007, -1/+1It helps to have an understanding of simple responsibility these days and you have my vote! Do something, say something! Acts of kindness go a long way too! I feel she was mis-treated but she was also not here on a legal visa....
    • Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 12/19/2007, -1/+4The rest of the world DOES HATE US.
      What the hell do you think terrorism is?
    • captric, on 12/19/2007, -2/+1I would say try Kuwait or Somalia - you will like it there
    • ztexas, on 12/19/2007, -0/+4I moved here many years ago from Canada, always having admired the US. Well, I was wrong. While there are many great people here, the US government and its policies suck. For all of you convinced of America's ongoing greatness, please visit a few other countries. Not all have such high rates of imprisonment, inadequate health insurance, massive defence overspending, and draconian law enforcement. The only great thing left here is free speech (which seems to be coming to an end right now -- hear the feds at the door).

      • codmate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+2The only thing that could change America for the better now is if Americans visited other countries (without taking weapons with them).
  • coxon, on 12/18/2007, -4/+35Please do something if you are an American citizen. Vote, write letters, riot. Things have to change.
    • Theisos, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2I was a little worried when I saw your rating fall below zero. But most Digg users are smart people. Nothing to worry about. If only we could get the rest of the world to think a little more like us.
    • jeffiek, on 12/18/2007, -2/+3Speaking of voting. May I suggest someone that really, really doesn't like big government? Someone that would just love to trash the TSA? Someone that would actually be man enough to apologize to Iceland and this woman for a travesty such as this? Someone running for President, perhaps?

      Just my $.02
      • Carthagefield, on 12/19/2007, -0/+0Yeah, John Kennedy tried something once, didn't end well.
    • codmate, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1Don't just vote - run for something political!
      Rioting sounds good - but nothing is as effective as striking.
      Striking hits the government and elites where it *really* hurts - in their pockets!
      You may have to be self-sufficient for a while. Learn the old skills - like how to grow your own food. Collaberate with your neigbours on strategies for surviving a long strike. It can be done and would definitly work. Don't hit them for a day. Hit them for a month at least. Full force unilateral striking. Then they will listen. You labour is worth much much more than your vote!
    • ORBAT, on 12/19/2007, -0/+1The American people voted Bush into office TWICE, most can't write worth ***** and are too lazy and/or idiotic to riot.

      Fail.
  • UtopianComplex, on 12/18/2007, -4/+63Iceland only has 300,000 very tight nit people. This is not going to be ignored by them, and will be a permanent memory for most of them. They get excited whenever they are in the news because of their small size, this will definitely tarnish our relations with Iceland.
    • Treoinmypocket, on 12/18/2007, -21/+2Unfortunately everything you just wrote is exactly why no one will care.
      • Theisos, on 12/18/2007, -4/+9*****...
      • Pherdnut, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5The fact that she looks like the Anglo ideal is precisely why everyone WILL care for a change.
        • Treoinmypocket, on 12/27/2007, -0/+1December 27th and I hear the deafening roar of no one caring.
      • Treoinmypocket, on 12/19/2007, -0/+124 hours later....still not a peep in the media.

        As I said - no one will care.
      • Treoinmypocket, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1This was reported on Dec 17th. It is now the 20th.

        I stated a fact that no one will care. 18 people DUGG me down. Not a peep in the media.

        I told you no one would care.
    • arnigunnar, on 12/18/2007, -1/+28You got that right ... everyone is going nuts over this here in Iceland.
    • Thuktun, on 12/18/2007, -1/+2"very tight nit people"

      ?
      • fearlessfx, on 12/18/2007, -2/+4the suffer from serious lice over there, apparently .
      • igyigyigy, on 12/18/2007, -0/+5He meant it's a tight-knit community, and you know it.
    • captric, on 12/19/2007, -4/+1OH NO!
      No more Icelandic visitors!!!???
      • Beltiras, on 12/19/2007, -1/+3And you think that Icelanders not visiting is but the beginning of the shunning the USA is about to face?

        I worried when visiting Florida this fall. A co-worker looked into canceling his Vegas trip when news of this broke.

        Seriously, if this is how you treat your friends, who is ever going to speak up for you?
        • captric, on 12/19/2007, -1/+1Illegal aliens are not our friends , icelandic or not
  • necbone, on 12/18/2007, -14/+8Go AMERICA!!!!!!
  • venicerocco, on 12/18/2007, -1/+15The military industrial complex strengthened by the Bush Administration is to blame for this incident. Unless we break free from this, we will all be treated this way at least once in our lives.

    This is an example of what Eisenhower warned us about in 1961.

    It's happening in front of our eyes.
  • joebaloney, on 12/18/2007, -2/+8As screwed up as this is, it's kind of sad that its such an outrage simply because its an icelandic woman.
    If it were a Saudi Arabian, or even a Mexican it probably wouldn't be news.
    • venicerocco, on 12/18/2007, -5/+2It's still not news,
    • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+2No, it's appalling because of the treatment she got not because she was from Iceland.
      • worthone, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1I think we all know this single case of a tourist held as a prisoner-of-sorts was published because she was Icelandic. Regarding the treatment she received, ask yourself this: did she get waterboarded, tazed, tortured otherwise? Had she been a male muslim, would there have been as big of an outrage?
        • EarlOfLade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1Not from me, no.
          Any random person treated this way, is appalling. A random muslim man is not a terrorist per definition, but a random muslim man. .
    • boflaade, on 12/18/2007, -0/+1True! The news media would have ignored it.
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