If I was sitting in a country rife with warring factions I would have handed over my Visa card.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/gas-stuck-syria-air-france-asks-passengers-check-143445...


Quote: PARIS - An emergency layover in Syria's capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.

The plane, heading from Paris to Lebanon's capital, diverted amid tensions near the Beirut airport on Wednesday. Low on fuel, it instead landed in Damascus, the capital of neighbouring Syria, where a civil war is raging.