Flanagan says profiling Muslims would make flying more secure

Seizing on the recent foiled terrorist plot to blow up airliners bound for the U.S. from England, Republican congressional candidate Mark Flanagan called for closer screening of Muslims at U.S. airports as a way of preventing future attacks.

And the Bradenton Republican went a step further, calling racial profiling "a tool of war," and grabbing international media attention in a race in which he's been largely outgunned -- Flanagan was featured on a Sunday morning Fox News show, and Arab news outlets, including Al-Jazeera, have picked up his comments.

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