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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3591592, member: 76194&quot;]About two years ago a friend of mine (whom is atheist and born in the US... but has a Persian name because his parents fled the Iranian revolution) went to spend three months in the Emirates with his sister and brother-in-law, whom are also natural born Americans but live there currently because they have a car dealership there. I asked my friend to be on the lookout for one or two antiques for me... which I would gladly pay for it he could find and send to me. He found and sent me what I had asked for, but his sister lent him the money as his credit card did not want to work. So I promptly sent money over there through his sister&#039;s account to cover the costs of the antiques. My bank called me and basically interrogated me about funding terrorists. Even after explaining everything, and telling them that I knew his relatives over there (I&#039;ve personally met them before) and they are US citizens who live there because they own a Mercedes dealership in Dubai, they did not sound convinced but eventually let the money go through.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, until today every time I fly internationally I get &quot;randomly selected&quot; for extra tests such as swabbing of my hands and sometimes luggage too. And when my friend came back from his trip he was subjected to a 2-hour interrogation at the airport.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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