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An Iraqi student, Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight before it took off. Mr Makhzoomi, who came to USA as an Iraqi refugee is a student at the University of California at Berkeley. He says he was escorted off a flight just for speaking Arabic. The airline has responded that another passenger perceived Mr. Makhzoomi's comments to be threatening. The airline statement says: 'Our Crew responded by following protocol, as required by federal law, to investigate and report to law enforcement agencies any potential threat to civil aviation. It was the content of the passenger's conversation, not the language used, that prompted the report leading to our investigation.'