"The Terrorist Next Door, Part One: Profiles No More
Some time in the late 1990s, a friend and I took an impromptu three-day trip to Istanbul. As we stood at the airport waiting to check in, a pretty, dark-haired woman, probably in her mid-thirties, approached us, excused herself, and asked if perhaps we might be willing to be of help. Her mother – she gestured to an elderly Turkish woman in a headscarf and long coat and laden with cheap, plastic travel bags – had more luggage with her than the airline would permit. Since my friend and I had just one small suitcase each, would we be willing to check some of Mamma's luggage in under our name?"
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