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NASA Diver Insists Tale Of Porn-Watching Muslim Hijackers Is True, Despite Discrepancies

Justin Elliott | December 7, 2009, 1:39PM

A scene from the 1997 film Air Force One

A man who claims he witnessed a "dry run" by Muslim hijackers on a plane at Atlanta's airport last month told TPMmuckraker this morning he is standing by his story, despite several holes in the tale and the carrier's claim he was not even on the plane.

In an email account of his experience that went national on right-wing blogs last week, Tedd Petruna describes a group of 11 Muslim men "in full attire" who created a disturbance on a Nov. 17 AirTran flight on the runway at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

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