Muslim woman gets apology after airport detention
TAMPA - Homeland Security officials have apologized to a woman who was strip-searched after being detained at Tampa International Airport.
Safana Jawad is a Spanish citizen who was born in Iraq and flew to the U-S in April to visit her then-16-year-old-son.
But federal agents said Jawad was suspicious. They denied her entry and took her to jail, where she was strip-searched and held in a maximum security cell for two days.
Forty-five-year-old Jawad was later deported.
The US Homeland Security Department has sent an apology letter to Jawad, though it only expresses regret for the strip search.
Officials won't say why they found Jawad suspicious or whether they believe she was rightfully detained.
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
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