Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song

Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song

Joe Strummer remains dangerous, even from beyond the grave:

Anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".

Could have been worse. He could have been singing The Guns Of Brixton:

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?

This hits me waaaaay too close to home...